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Dark Winter Nights Executive Producer Ryan Peterson tells the wild story of how he found his birth parents.
- Added: Sep 23, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Two generations of law enforcement recount the rewards and hardships of living in uniform.
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 14:11
We hear from Munir Jirmanus, a physicist near Boston, MA about his multiple experiences and encounters with the concept of "home." Munir tells a nu...
- Added: Jan 04, 2017
- Length: 26:19
- Added: Apr 27, 2015
- Length: 04:01
The story of Ethan Hughes: a real-life superhero.
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 10:50
Part One: The Story of Two Fathers, a priest and his actual dad, trying to out father one another. Part Two: A Review of Nashville's newest ingred...
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 20:38
This is a radio documentary - my first radio project - that I produced in 2011. It tells the story of my grandmother in Ireland, who fostered over ...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
An interview with Female-to-Male teen Kyle Smith about his experience as a transgender high school student.
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 20:30
Jerry Ragusa talks about running Grande Monuments, a tombstone shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and his decision to start sell fresh bread in alongsi...
- Added: May 30, 2012
- Length: 05:55
Names are important signifers, but they are also very mutable. This piece focuses on the slipperiness of names: how their meanings can change, why ...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 57:44
A veteran of 25 years witnesses a fellow soldier kill an eight year-old girl. Upon returning home, he develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and f...
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 05:31
A young man proposes to his girlfriend... and then reconsiders.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jul 11, 2011
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 1
A man gets in his car and leaves his life behind.
- Added: Jul 09, 2011
- Length: 03:15
A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.
- Added: Jul 07, 2011
- Length: 03:43
A teenage girl talks about learning that her father is gay and her subsequent decision to stay with him.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUT
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 2
A man in his early forties decides to take a job in Afghanistan.
- Added: Jun 19, 2011
- Length: 03:43
A father decides to take a transcontinental motorcycle trip and leave his children for a year.
- Added: Jun 12, 2011
- Length: 03:29
A woman shares her decision to stop trying to help her mentally ill mother.
- Added: Jun 05, 2011
- Length: 03:27
A 21 year-old abandons his carefree bachelor fantasy and reluctantly marries a girl he accidentally impregnated.
- Added: May 26, 2011
- Length: 02:24
A woman shares her decision to end a pregnancy.
- Added: May 12, 2011
- Length: 03:18
A recent college graduate receives an unexpected job offer from his uncle: teach English in Ciudad Juárez.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 03:25
A man reluctantly decides to sever ties with his father.
- Added: Apr 28, 2011
- Length: 04:08
A man decides to leave his unfaithful ex-girlfriend and their daughter.
- Added: Apr 26, 2011
- Length: 03:33
Buffalo native Jillian Mertz talks about how the songs of Jackson C. Frank, a little known folk musician from her hometown, helped her understand t...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 07:30
After losing his family and job, a man decides to become a moped-powered magician.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Mar 31, 2011
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 1