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Dear Elizabeth and The Unexpected Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Two stories of intimacy, shared through letters and interior monologues.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KUNM, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 21
Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A turning point in American free speech.

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, WCPN, KFCF FM, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 21
Happy Family
From: Roy Schreiber
Caption: Erma protesting, Credit: Blair Gauntt
In the 1970s a group of working women sued a major corporation for equal pay and equal opportunity. For ten years they fought high priced company ...

Bought by KALW and WVPE


  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 51:54
  • Purchases: 2
Chester and Gertrude (at War)
From: WNIN
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Just in time for the centennial of the end of World War One, a story of triumph and tragedy that spawned a national womens' movement and a historic...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
World in Progress 10/04/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Chicago's lost children - The reality for many children in Chicago’s notorious West Side is a short life in the fast ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
1206: Moth Eaten: Adventures in Food, 7/31/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: David Chang, Credit: Jason Falchook
A special live edition of The Moth at Cooper Union in NYC, "Moth Eaten: Adventures in Food". Best-selling author Adam Gopnik and his wife have an o...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KRCB 104.9, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 38
1208: Language, Coins and a Proposal, 7/10/2018
From: The Moth
Series: The Moth Radio Hour
Caption: Richard Kind, Credit: Sarah Stacke
Novelist Walter Mosley examines the power of language to break and form bonds; an artist connects with her father when he sends her coins he finds ...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WYSO, KCLU, KCRW and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 34
Novelist Daniel Magariel
From: New Letters on the Air
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Daniel Magariel, a Kansas City native, is a young writer who hit it big with his debut novel, ONE OF THE BOYS. A NEW YORK TIMES Editor’s Choice in ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Choices - Episode 106
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: THE HUSTLER FILES
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Choices - Sounds easy, right? but for many with a criminal background, a choice makes all the difference.

  • Added: May 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
Episode 42: Out Of The Frying Pan
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Cheryl and Greg left Portland, Oregon, one hot summer for the cool of the mountains. But that put them out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUER, PRX Remix, and KRZA


  • Added: May 09, 2018
  • Length: 15:50
  • Purchases: 4
One Hour Special 7: Carbon And Dust
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air. Felicia Friesema and Steve Julian had a “miracle relationship.” They carved out an oasis in the ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WGCU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 26
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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“Through The Keyhole” A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Tyler Dunning went into the wild to distract himself from his grief…but e...

Bought by KSTK and KVNF


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Family, Friend and Foe; Part 2-Episode 105
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: THE HUSTLER FILES
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There's an old saying, 'It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game'.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 22:29
John William Finn by Stephen Lang
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: John William Finn
Chief Petty Officer John William Finn was stationed at Naval Base Kaneohe Bay on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, when Pearl Harbor was att...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 18:46
  • Purchases: 1
Nick Bacon by Stephen Lang
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Nick Bacon
The story of Nick Bacon is a portrait from Stephen Lang's one-man show, Beyond Glory, based on the book by Larry Smith of the same title. He portra...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 16:50
Cora and Dave Are Getting Older by Julia Cho
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Julia Cho, Credit: Zack DeZon
Cora and Dave Are Getting Older a young woman has returned from a dinner out with friends and confides in her husband she fears she doesn’t measure...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 21:05
  • Purchases: 1
Her Road of Trials, Episode 102
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: THE HUSTLER FILES
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Meet hustler La’Kia Young. She could be anyone, anywhere with a past paved in rubble and pain but her perseverance proves that failure isn't final.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 21:12
Life is Like a Musical
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Author interview with Tim Federle whose self help book Life is Like a Musical compares connects lessons learned as a professional in the theater t...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
WHOSE STREETS? -- Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Damon Davis & Sabaah Folayan, San Francisco, CA 4/14/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis talk hypocrisy, reckless disregard, and modernized blackface.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 15:17
RDD: Day Trader to Master Gardener
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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On this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we meet Hal Mann, the president of the Wild Ones Oak Openings Region Chapter. Find out what Wild Ones d...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda: Two short plays by Jonathan Bernstein and Kate Robin
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Callie Thorne
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda, offers two romantic comedies with questionable romance! In At The Water’s Edge, Wet, a Production Stage Manager and his S...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Pen Pal
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Caption: What would you say?
Welcome to an ALONG FOR THE RIDE, XTRAsode. In this episode it's just ONE on ONE when ride share driver Rubie picks up passenger Acei and learns m...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 12:08
Episode 22: Through The Keyhole
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Tyler Dunning went into the wild to distract himself from his grief…but ended up coming face to face with it instead.

Bought by KUER and KRZA


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 2
Forget OR Get Fired
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Caption: What would you do??, Credit: Evan DiBlasio
When Jen, Jenny and Stephanie get picked up by Rubie from a late day work party, Rubie has no idea she'll be asked to weigh in on a very emotional ...

  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 14:16
I Boyfriend, Take Thee Woman
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: ALONG FOR THE RIDE
Caption: Meet Christopher and Jenny, are they a happily ever after?, Credit: Jemma Byrne
Meet Jenny and Christopher. They seem like the perfect married couple but both are harboring some deep seeded issues about their relationship and t...

  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 14:11

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