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The Last Man on the Mountain
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mining Pigeonroost Hollow. Now Jimmy Weekley is the last person left there.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, PRX Remix, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 13:59
  • Purchases: 4
Chapter 12 - A Time to Live, A Time to Die
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard learns the value of a liberal education at the College of Wooster, where the study of science and religion are complementary. During Easter...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
Chapter 11 - Going West!
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard faces the uncertainty of college life and its requirements. And his heavy New York accent marks him as an outsider at the College of Wooster.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 19:47
Marcel Donaj
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detain from Marcel's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
With over 50 professions in his life Marcel, now homeless, lives with a camera, a dog and a passion for cars.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
Yolanda Williams
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detain of Yolanda's portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
Who could imagine overcoming a multi decade street life, fed by crack & prostitution, to care for a family that disowned you? Yolanda can, and did.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:25
Bob Boxley
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detail of Bob Boxley's portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B. Klein
Monsters? Attempted suicide? The "second hand smoke" of insanity? Bob will be the 1st to admit that clinical psychology requires a bit of a split-...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
Chapter 3 - Life Leaves Grooves on Windowsills
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
The tenement windowsill is the instrument of social interaction between neighbors and the social control of children on the street. The front wind...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 16:11
  • Purchases: 1
CWMJ #3: Standardized Patient
From: Michael Simon Johnson
Series: Conversations with Michael Johnson
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Michael Johnson shares what it's like to be act as a patient for med students training to be physicians and how being a fake patient has actually m...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Ken Nerger
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Ken Nerger (Detail), Credit: Emile B. Klein
Surviving cancer, the economy and a haunted house.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 09:26
Offseason
From: Kristina Loring
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When the summer ends, Provincetown goes from being a tourist spot of 50,000 people to a quiet, small town. But, production of a new local TV series...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Leaving A Mark (Censored)
From: Emily Hsiao
Caption: Bruce's tattoo, Credit: Emily Hsiao
Emily Hsiao finds a man on Craigslist who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes and meets him. **This is the clean version of th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KCRW


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 5
Leaving A Mark (Uncensored)
From: Emily Hsiao
Caption: Bruce's tattoo, Credit: Emily Hsiao
Emily Hsiao finds a man on Craigslist who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes and meets him. **This is the explicit version o...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 1
LimeWire Pirate Edition
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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A story about endings– of the long, drawn-out, painful variety in particular. Also, boat metaphors.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 18:15
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
UnFictional: The Ballad of Dock Ellis
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Dock Ellis is one of the most memorable characters to ever play baseball. He challenged the baseball establishment, but always had impeccable stye.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KMXT, Louisville Public Media, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
UnFictional: My So Called Guru
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
UnFictional: After You Left
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode there are mysteries to solve, sudden appearances and unexpected disappearances. Two stories about searching for something that does...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
On the Day I Died, It Was Mostly the Blues
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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I live next to the Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro, North Carolina and my neighbors are the ghosts who reside there.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Changing on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The US has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country. At the Maine State Prison, inmates are being taught skills to care for their ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 2
When All Else Fails
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Preppers are a unique group of people united by the belief that they must prepare for future catastrophes.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
UnFictional: The Couple in 303
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Boston Irish mob boss "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend spent 15 years hiding out in Santa Monica. Residents say the most wanted man in America wa...

Bought by KMUZ, WFMU, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
UnFictional: Why I Ride the Bus
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Every waking moment of his life Carl Kozlowski is in a struggle just to stay awake. He's fighting narcolepsy, that chronic disorder rendering the s...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
UnFictional : The Angel of Death
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about that key life moment many of us spend a lifetime dreading. It's a key life event that none of us live to tell about. The moment. ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
Dizzy
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Changing Roles and Rules
From: Amy Gastelum
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Stef Adkins competes in his very first Drag Competition as Barbie Que, juggling issues of identity and boundaries.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2

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