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Prelude to Summer
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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In this Prelude to Summer we end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and looking up at the ...

  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 25:20
Arctic Sound, Lost and Found
From: Jennifer Kingsley
Caption: Arctic sunset, Credit: Ralph Lee Hopkins
Jennifer Kingsley returns to the Arctic almost every year. She has taken some long journeys across the north by canoe, but these days she travels a...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 1
God Had Been There Forever
From: Cathy Corman
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Retired American Presbyterian missionary Barry Alter explains, in India, how the Easter story convinced her that Christianity wasn't about converti...

Bought by KZYX, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KZYX, and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 4
The Spiritual Edge: Bay Area Jews head to the desert to reclaim their Biblical roots
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge
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Berkeley-based Wilderness Torah is one group that’s trying to bring new meaning to the old tradition. Intrigued, I tagged along this past spring fo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 11:58
Paradise in the Everglades
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Maureen and Lucky Cole, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Two of the only human inhabitants of the Everglades live just off Loop Road less than a mile before it links back up with Tamiani Trail. Their comp...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 26:16
Gratitude Across Borders
From: ZUMIX Radio
Series: Radio Across Borders
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A Thanksgiving radio show created by English Language Learning students at East Boston High School.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 34:13
Radio Retrospective: Irving Berlin's White Christmas
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
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You'll never hear the song White Christmas the same way again.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUOW, WOUB, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 14
Humankind special: The Christmas Truce
From: David Freudberg
Caption: Wounded young soldier in WW1
Produced in association with WGBH/Boston. On the occasion of its 100th anniverary, we take a moving look at the 1914 Christmas Truce, in which oppo...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Interlochen Public Radio, KWIT, KVSC, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 48
Thanksgiving: People Without A Nation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chickahominy Assistant Chief Gene Adkins.
There are eleven tribes of Indians who call Virginia home, among them the Chickahominy. And though they all now enjoy state recognition, the federa...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:31
Ghosts, Monsters and Scary Things (Version One) [EXPANDED EDITION]
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte (EXPANDED EDITION)
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Songs about Ghosts, Monsters and Scary Things

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Chanukah, 1992
From: Dennis Funk
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A night of recollections, moments and new memories.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 1
Ghosts, Monsters and Scary Things (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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In this episode, we explore songs about Ghosts, Monsters and Scary Things.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
God's Sanctuary
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Harold Lerner, 1945
1943, The Pacific. Aboard a troop ship bound for New Guinea, under threat of enemy fire, a young private is tasked with an awesome responsibility.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 13:58
Place + Memory: Remembering Dreamland
From: Jesse Dukes
Caption: The high dive at Dreamland., Credit: Courtesy Dr. Reginal Shareef.
Memories of an African-American swimming pool and dance club in the Jim Crow south.

Bought by KALW and WABE


  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
Messages From a Forgotten Troopship (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Troops aboard the General Nelson M. Walker, Credit: Vietnam Graffiti Project
Sound-rich stories from and about a Vietnam War-era troopship, in the voices of people whose lives were affected by the journey to war.

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WGCU, KMUN, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 53:32
  • Purchases: 29
Julian's Dinosaurs
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How does a family function when living out of a hospital during a young child's illness?

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
Something Old, Something New
From: Elizabeth Jenkins
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Last year, Maine legalized same-sex marriage by popular vote. It's an industry that vendors are still growing into and, for a same-sex couple, the ...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Writ Writer - part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: The Writ Writer, Credit: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
This is a story that begs to be told. It’s long overdue. The year was 1919. The place: Phillips County, Arkansas. What became a watershed moment i...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Making old traditions new again
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you slow down your life to spend more quality time with your family? Can family traditions and religious beliefs help to ground you and your...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:54
The Scariest House on the Block
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Holidays often pull families closer– even communities. But Halloween? Can zombies, ghosts, gory vampires and sugary treats bring your crew together?

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:49
Unbearable Durga
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Pandal at Durga Puja, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy makes his way throughout the madness that is Durga Puja.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Halloween :The North Side Witch Hunt
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PM was one of the North Side witches., Credit: Catherine McGuigan
Witch-hunts are curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cows ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 26:55
The Picture Postcard
From: Jake Warga
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A historical and contemporary look at the picture postcard. Good for Tourism or travel drop-ins.

Bought by Troy Public Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne - "Winter Projects"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
A Goose for Christmas
From: Traveling 219
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A Christmas tale for the holidays

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


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3

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