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Episode 104: Witness
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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We speak to a man who has given thousands of people new names, told them where they would live, and warned them they could never go back home.

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 101: The Fox
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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This episode picks up where Episode 100 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. When Martin McNally met another plane hijacker in prison...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 22:48
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 100: Ten Thousand Feet in the Air
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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On the afternoon of June 23rd, 1972, Martin McNally walked into the St. Louis airport with a wig, a sawed-off rifle, and a plan.

Bought by ABC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 31:31
  • Purchases: 2
337-Lucy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Lucy Spacecraft, named after the human fossil Lucy, will revolutionize our knowledge of the origins of our solar system.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW, Radio Newark, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Navigators Part 5
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
Hunting for EVPs, and Turning Up Some Good Times.
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Paper Plate Moon (Tunnel) , Credit: Liz Nielsen
A want-to-be ghost hunting narrator thinks she finds Electronic Voice Phenomenon when she playfully searches hard enough for it.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:53
Busman's Holiday
From: Radio Diaries
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The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal ...

Bought by American Voices, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 17:37
  • Purchases: 4
The allure of the Man of Steel
From: Kristen Eicher
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Travel to Metropolis, IL., the official hometown of Superman, the Man of Steel.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 06:35
Program I: Route 66 Forever
From: David Dunaway
Series: Across The Tracks: A Route 66 Story
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Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story chronicles the history and peoples of America’s most famous and best-loved road. Produced by David Dunaway and...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Apr 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Carol Ann Russell- "Poets of the Non-Catholic Cemetary"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Carol Ann Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
German Chef Rolf Schmidt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: At Rolfs Place, Credit: http://rolfsplace.tumblr.com/
Rolf came to Kenya in 1973 in search of "Real Africa" and he found it. Few people know that Rolf is now a proud Kenyan citizen. I interviewed him a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 13:28
The Bridge Guy
From: Amy Gastelum
Caption: John at the top of the north tower
John Mickiewicz maintains and operates the iconic WPA built Railroad Bridge that connects Cape Cod to the mainland over the Cape Cod Canal. He love...

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


  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
Alternative Living- on Water
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
Caption: Along Mt. Tam River
Rich history of Sausalito, California, once the sex and drug capitol of the San Francisco Bay Area, has gentrified houseboat living. Hosting our t...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 16:44
  • Purchases: 1
Anxious Walk
From: Carolina Wheat
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The subjects breathing pattern is naturally nervous on a exploritive walk through haunted plantation.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2007
  • Length: 02:16
Verano Mexicano: A Soundscape
From: Sean McMahon
Series: Verano Mexicano: A Soundscape
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In this soundscape, entitled Verano Mexicano (Mexican Summer), you will hear the intricate rhythms of a Mexican rainstorm, the historic sounds of t...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2007
  • Length: 30:29