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How My Grandparents Fell in Love
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lucy DeVito
In 1933, a young Jewish immigrant returns to his Polish hometown in search of a wife and sets his sights on Chava, a savvy shopgirl. Written by Car...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KUER


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 18:21
  • Purchases: 3
Over The Back Fence
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tune in the The Live Feed for this month’s presentation of Over The Back Fence, with host Damen Presteman and a cast of local talent featuring musi...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Ten Thousand Things Theater brings Electra to Northern Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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A conversation with Michelle Hensley, artistic director for Ten Thousand Things Theater about her troupe's unique performances.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 14:06
Marc Maron / Mary Lynn Rajskub
From: Colleen Nelson
Series: Overheard with Evan Smith
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On this episode of Overheard, we hear from two comedians. First, stand-up comedian Mark Maron talks about his podcast. Later, comedian and actor M...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Ethan Hawke / Richard Linklater
From: Colleen Nelson
Series: Overheard with Evan Smith
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On this episode of Overheard, two Hollywood icons talk movies, music and more. First Academy Award-nominator actor Ethan Hawke followed by directo...

Bought by KUT and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Beyond Your Control: Two short plays by David Auburn and Mike Reiss
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Peter Gallagher
Ed Asner, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Gallagher, Elizabeth Ashley and others star in two shorts about fatherhood, and fathers who don’t always enjoy a s...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WCPN, WHRV, KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Bounce With Me! We're Being Heated! by Christopher Sullivan
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lucy DeVito
Take radars, magnetrons, and dielectric heating; add two teenagers; mix and get lots of heat in this funny short about a teenage first date. Winner...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 25:55
A Perfect Night for a Mystery
From: Peter Bresnan
Caption: Stephen Thomas Oney and his cast rehearse for a live broadcast of “The Legacy of Euriah Pillar” at the University of Portland, Maine, Credit: Stephen Thomas Oney
For many, Cape Cod means sunshine and sandy beaches. But to one West Barnstable writer and producer, the Cape means foggy cemeteries at night, dang...

  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 04:36
Macbeth Opens by the Indiana University Theater Department
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The director and one of the actresses spoke earlier this week with Interchange host Doug Storm.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 08:19
Wence Upon A Time
From: Andrew Smith
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Wence Upon A Time is a Christmas musical radio play, based on the legend of Good King Wenceslas

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 2
199-Space Boomerang
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A space boomerang meets its fate in a collision with the Earth about 60 miles off of the coast of Sri Lanka producing a bright, but harmless light ...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Salvation on Stage
From: Justin Bull
Caption: Alex Valentine’s headshot outside Highfield Hall during the production of “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.” Alex played the role of Bert Bratt. - May 2015, Credit: Mark Bramhill
It hurts when you know you missed an opportunity. One actor from Dartmouth, Massachusetts knows that feeling. But he just landed the lead role in a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Session
From: Mackenzie Martin
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A classic radio drama adapted for KUST radio from the short story "Summer Session" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
Malapropisms 3
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
In Conversation with Naturi Naughton
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Caption: A Curtis Farrow with Naturi Naughton,
A Curtis Farrow In Conversation with Naturi Naughton,

  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 22:06
The usual suspects
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
OBVIOUS CHILD -- Jenny Slate and Gillian Robespierre
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Gillian Robespierre, Jenny Slate, San Francisco, CA 5/22/14 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Jenny Slate and Gillian Robespierre talk expanding a short, the place of choice, and being willing to get bruised up for a film.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 13:39
Rise of the Trimosphere
From: WHJE
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Can Brian Sternoff, spy in training, stop the highly professional organization known as the Trimosphere and save the Agency?

  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:04
Big East Tourney Wednesday Preview
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
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Sports Director John Fanta previews the Big East Tournament games for Wednesday Evening March 12th. Included in this preview is the Seton Hall- B...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:03
Chicago-based The Bricklayers mask theatre visits The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The Bricklayers (Matt Trucano, founding artistic director; Kyle Cadotte, co-founding artistic director, and Jonathan Greene, international theater ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 1
Ives Said It
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Liv Rooth
A trio of short plays from a master of the medium, David Ives, with an April Fools Day feel to them. First, in SURE THING, a chance meeting between...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe became the first superstar of gospel music and was an early influence on Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and ...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMUN, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
The Granite City Radio Theatre, Episode 1 Part 1
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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KVSC presents the Granite City Radio Theatre in partnership with the Pioneer Place Theatre Company in St. Cloud. The Granite City Radio Theatre is ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 54:40
  • Purchases: 1
A new book about the Taylor/Burton romance
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When naming the most important stories of the 20th century, gossip writer Liz Smith rattled off the assassination of JFK, the Lindbergh kidnapping,...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds Familiar #7: Footsteps
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
Caption: Inside the studio at Footsteps
Foley artists are the unsung performers behind the Hollywood blockbusters. They design and perform the sounds you hear in the movies, from fistfigh...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 1