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Combat Fishing (Warden Force: True Game Warden Adventures)
From: Brian Schwartz
Caption: Combat Fishing by Terry Hodges
Award-winning author Terry Hodges, inducted into the California Outdoor Hall of Fame, was a game warden for over 30 years. Combat Fishing is a true...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 18:34
When Doomsday Came Calling by Mistake
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Our producer Flawn Williams once got caught up in a sticky situation that triggered fears of a nuclear attack while working at a Chicago TV station...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 1
John Harrison and the Music of Creepshow
From: IJ Wilson
Caption: Square logo for documentary, Credit: IJ Wilson
A peek behind the curtain of a classic horror soundtrack

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 38:30
Highways & Aliens
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new docum...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Fall of the House of Usher: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Today, we dive into the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe. The show includes writers Daniel Handler (aka, Lemony Snicket) and Laura Lippman, as wel...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMUN, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 5
The Maltese Falcon - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Meet Sam Spade, detective, lady-killer. Before it became a classic film, it was first an incredible moral tale of crime and deception. Find out why.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public, KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 9
The Crane and the Straitjacket
From: KUOW
Caption: Joey Pipia , Credit: Frank Ross
A struggling magician, struck with crippling osteoarthritis, decides to risk everything for the stunt of his life--escaping from a straitjacket whi...

Bought by WEZU, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 3
How to catch a lab rat
From: Matt Larson
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A real-life story of scientific fraud

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Ghost of Heffron Hall with Patrick Marek Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University
In part two of our visit with Patrick Marek on the Ghost of Heffron Hall we learn of haunted happenings at the location itself. We also get to hear...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 24:34
The Invisible Threat
From: War News Radio
Caption: An IED exploding next to an American tank in Iraq., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
The Guardian of the Murder House
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: The Villisca Axe Murder House
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.

Bought by KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Marfa Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 10
The Fall
From: Chris Ladd
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Skydiving can go wrong, terribly wrong, and that can even happen when the parachute opens. This piece chronicles the author's dive on assignment fo...

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 21:55