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What Are We
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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In this episode of The Apple Seed, we bring you a collection of stories that examine the what and the why of who we are.

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Dog's Journey - From Sweden to France
From: Katz Laszlo
Series: The Chain - Love Letters From One European To Another
Caption: Ellie the Dog, Credit: Julie Lindahl
Ellie the nine-year-old collie-retriever set out on an unexpected journey across Europe's borders from her home in Sweden to the South of France.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 05:02
Refusing To Fly
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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This hour of great storytelling begins with a travel adventure story that involves two sisters. We follow that up with some wonderful ancient "crea...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Why and How
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Fanciful explanations about things that occur in the natural world.

  • Added: May 11, 2020
  • Length: 57:04
Tournament of Champions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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A collection of stories that will prompt you to think about what it means to be strong.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:24
Objects of Power
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Listen to stories about magical items that are more than just a means to an end.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:14
The Wood Maiden
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories about things that might seem trivial, or even annoying, but that always reveal something deeper and beautiful underneath.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 54:10
Two Crows Apart by Max Baker
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Ciaran Hinds
Game of Throne's Ciaran Hinds stars in TWO CROWS APART. A couple braces themselves for unwanted houseguests, political correctness, and a murder of...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 22:11
A Departure by Andy Reynolds
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Len Cariou
In Andy Reynolds' A Departure, a father and son (stage legend Len Cariou and ”Ugly Betty’s” Michael Urie) bond in the most unlikely of places - an ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:15
Cosmic Connections: Two Short Plays by David Auburn and David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Amy Ryan
Two short plays. In Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn’s Fifth Planet, a professional astronomer played by Amy Ryan (Birdman; Gone, Baby, Gone) an...

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


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Two Jewish Men In Their Seventies: A short play by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jerry Stiller
Two Jewish Men In Their Seventies by Pulitzer Prize finalist Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros features the hilarous Bob Dishy (Along Came Polly) and Je...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 15:10
Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist Jane Smiley
From: New Letters on the Air
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Jane Smiley discusses her 2014 book, SOME LUCK, the first in a trilogy that follows an Iowa farm family for more than a century. Smiley talks about...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 2
Vets and Nets
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Tonya Pinkins
In Forward Observer, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins plays a harried Veterans Administration Hospital clerk. An elderly World War II veteran is giv...

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
First Novel to TV Series: Author Jason Mott and “The Returned"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Jason’s first novel was inspired by a dream in which his late mother visited him. He goes on to describe his day job while he was writing the book ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 2
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
Novelist Alex George
From: New Letters on the Air
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After working for years as a corporate lawyer in England, Alex George moved to the states with his family and opened his own law practice in mid-Mi...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dearly Departed, Two Comedies
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Peter Sagal
Two short plays. In MILTON BRADLEY by "Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me" host Peter Sagal, a flummoxed Rabbi has to eulogize a mother whose son has only te...

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


  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tying the Knot, Or Not
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Chris Cooper
Two short plays. Oscar winner Chris Cooper and multiple Emmy winner Margo Martindale star in BITE THE HAND directed by Tony winner, John Rando. Ton...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Georgia Public Broadcasting, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 8
My Audio Universe Winter 2011
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: My Audio Universe - 59:00
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In this edition of My Audio Universe we feature four short stories selected from the spectrum of online literary publications and adapted to audio ...

Bought by KMXT and WNIJ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Rocket Ride Books
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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A conversation with founder Anthony Rotolo

  • Added: Jun 15, 2009
  • Length: 24:44
Lance Reddick
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Actor who plays Special Agent Phillip Broyes in the Fringe. He has also appeared in Lost and The Wire.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 30:36
Garret Dillahunt
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Actor from Terminator: Sara Conner Chronicles discusses the series and his film work in No Country For Old Men and The Assassination Of Jesse James...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 42:20
Susan Sontag and Norman Mailer on Live From Prairie Lights
From: Iowa Public Radio
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Susan Sontag and her last novel, "In America." Norman Mailer and his book, "Time of Our Time.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 54:30
"One side is windy, the other is not."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The thoughts of two women traveling on the same ferry...but very much alone.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 11:40
  • Purchases: 1
"I asked her to sing a song."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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First comes trust. Then comes control.

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 2