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Master Harold... and the Boys
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A story of friendship and racism in apartheid-era South Africa.

Bought by KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFCF FM, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 34
Steven Cole Hughes and Heather Hughes — The heart of theater
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople host Alan Wartes spoke with theatre storytellers, Heather Hughes and Steven Cole Hughes.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Going to St. Ives
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A doctor-patient relationship with harrowing repercussions.

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 23
Snap 623: Man On A Mission, 8/2/2018
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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Snap #623 “Man On A Mission” — On the next Snap Judgment... "Man on a Mission." Lead, follow or get out of the way. It's amazing stories that will ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
StoryCorps: Joanna Wright and Tara Cummings
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Joanna Wright and her friend Tara Cummings talk about surviving years of abuse at a religious reform school in Louisiana.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Chasing Love (Clean)
From: Miguel Macias
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chasing Love profanity edited version. A poetic exploration of the notion of romantic love, and the way it drives lives and societies.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:42
  • Purchases: 1
Gun Show by David Auburn
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Bobby Cannavale
Featuring Emmy winners Bobby Cannavale and Martha Plimpton, and recorded live on stage at Playwrights Horizons, the entertaining and timely GUN SHO...

Bought by KUNM, KZYX, and KUER


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 32:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Man of His Time by Kate T. Billingsley
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: John Douglas Thompson
Sam Waterston and John Douglas Thompson star in this offering from Playing on Air. In the short play, A Man of His Time, a descendant of Supreme Co...

Bought by KZYX and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 32:06
  • Purchases: 2
Snap 707: The Promise, 8/31/2017
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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On the next Snap, "The Promise." Some of them are worthless, some of them have infinite value, and some will never know how much they are worth... ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
Decade of Dope
From: renee wilde
Series: Women's Voices From The Dayton Correctional Institution
Caption: Dayton Correctional Institution, Credit: renee wilde
Inmate Melody Williams interviews fellow prisoner Aimee Wissman about her heroin addiciton. For Aimee, who is an artist, heroin was a way to emulat...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:50
LIVE LAW 8: Three Strikes
From: LIVE LAW
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“I was born a girl, I was born black, and I was born to two alcoholic parents. I knew I was doomed.”

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 22:40
Snap 506: Mercenary, 5/14/2015
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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This week on an all-NEW Snap, amazing stories from people paid to do our dirty work.

  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
Politics on the Spot: The Houston Ship Channel
From: Michael May
Caption: The Texas Petrochemicals flare., Credit: Bryan Parras
We've heard a lot about the economy this general election season. Not so much about the other big E-word: the environment. Unless you count the man...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Just a Sample
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Questions surface about brain harvesting in Maine.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
Chasing Love
From: Miguel Macias
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A poetic and creative exploration of the notion of romantic love, and the way it drives lives and societies.

Bought by KMUD, KUT, PRX to iTunes, KCUR, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 11
Warren Upstairs
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman reveals her terror when her recently-retired husband is suddenly in poor health.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Joellen & Willie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman questions her 15 year old daughter about going out with an older man and being busted. "The grass was Chuck's."

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Kenny's Birthday
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother visits her comatose son to celebrate his birthday, while her daughter is deeply frustrated with her mother's "denial."

  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:38