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In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Teenage grandchildren steal food and oxycodone from their grandfather, and injure him. Grandfather's personal support worker and her agency give l...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 28:39
This week on On Story we’ll hear from television writers, David Benioff & D.B. Weiss on their process of adapting the Emmy Award-winning HBO televi...
- Added: Sep 08, 2021
- Length: 53:59
Jacob Wheeler talks about his book Between Light and Shadow and some of the nuances of Guatemalan adoptions. (English, 14 min.)
- Added: Sep 03, 2021
- Length: 14:20
This week, Oscar-nominated writer Randall Wallace reflects on his iconic and Academy Award-winning film, Braveheart followed by screenwriter, Jeb S...
- Added: Aug 16, 2021
- Length: 54:00
This week on On Story we’ll hear from writer-director Neil Jordan who gave us the cinematic classics THE CRYING GAME, MICHAEL COLLINS, and INTERVIE...
- Added: Jul 28, 2021
- Length: 53:59
This week on the show: Devastation and trauma in the wake of catastrophic floods in Germany. Chancellor Merkel promises more commitment to enviro...
- Added: Jul 24, 2021
- Length: 59:00
This week on the show: Climate change is here — not on its way -
From heatwaves and wildfires in North America to catastrophic flooding in German...
Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: Jul 23, 2021
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
This week on the show: Lake Kivu, a ticking time bomb? -
An international team has started extracting methane from Lake Kivu to generate ele...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jul 10, 2021
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
This week on On Story we’ll hear from Seinfeld writer David Mandel. And later will hear from screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewsk...
- Added: May 12, 2021
- Length: 54:00
A harrowing look at the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more
- Added: Apr 21, 2021
- Length: 01:58:01
- Purchases: 19
This week on the show: Fukushima 10 years on -
Fukushima in Japan, March 11, 2011. An earthquake, a tsunami and three nuclear meltdowns. Much ...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Mar 12, 2021
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Is autism a disability...or an evolutionary adaptation?
Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW and more
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:58:01
- Purchases: 25
This week on On Story we’ll bring you conversations with two comedy titans. VEEP showrunner and Seinfeld writer David Mandel will discuss the widel...
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 54:00
This week on the show: Legacy of slavery -
We take a closer look at Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, the darkest chapter in t...
- Added: Nov 25, 2020
- Length: 30:00
This week on On Story we’ll look at how true stories are told on the screen. From narrative films adapted from true events to documentaries that ex...
- Added: Nov 24, 2020
- Length: 54:00
The story of one of America’s most widely-read journalists, whose relationships in Washington were tinged by an unflappable arrogance.
- Added: Sep 23, 2020
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 27
This episode of On Story, filmmakers Robin Swicord and Peter Craig deconstruct the bank heist classic, Dog Day Afternoon, followed by Andrew Kevin ...
- Added: Sep 22, 2020
- Length: 53:59
This week on On Story we’ll hear from screenwriter Liz Hannah whose first screenplay, The Post, became an Academy Award nominated film. And later O...
- Added: Sep 09, 2020
- Length: 54:00
This week on On Story we bring you a look at independent releases including Rob Reiner’s, LBJ, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, Lady Bird and we b...
- Added: Aug 26, 2020
- Length: 54:00
The screwball comedy was a special kind of a film that flourished in Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s. It featured zany, no-holds-barred dialogue and...
- Added: Aug 21, 2020
- Length: 03:15
There are very few more poignant examples of world-historical irony in cinema than the Soviet silent film—the revolutionary hopes they expressed pr...
- Added: Aug 16, 2020
- Length: 03:43
This week on On Story we’ll hear conversations from two writer/directors from the 26th annual Austin Film Festival. First up, Texas born, Trey Edwa...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 53:57
Loulou, a 1980 film by French director Maurice Pialat, tells of an upper middle class woman named Nelly (played by Isabelle Huppert), who grows tir...
- Added: Aug 08, 2020
- Length: 03:51
This week on On Story we’ll talk with science fiction writers and filmmakers to discuss writing futuristic, out of this world stories. The team beh...
- Added: Aug 05, 2020
- Length: 54:00