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Friendly and Not So Friendly Ghosts
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Houlihans, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
This week we encounter the supernatural with Beth and Chris Houlihan.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 26:58
A Shortcut 2021 Tribute Mix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Betty White
An extra hour of celebration of those who've left us this year, with music and events that broke too late to be included in A Shortcut Through 2021

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Shortcuts 2019-Tributes
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Still Hope, Credit: Daniel Johnston
Celebrating more of those that we lost in the past year with tributes remixed from the cutting room floor of 2019

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:33
Christmas Stories Part 3 An Incident on Grace Street
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: C.F. Sauer sign,
A modern-day nativity story that takes place in a garage on Suitcase Alley in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:24
Christmas Stories Part 2 A Christmas Carol on Wheels
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Mark Lerman
A hundred years before Frank Kapra ever dreamed up a wonderful life, Charles Dickens had already penned the seminal Christmas classic. For the past...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 27:05
Christmas Stories Part 1 No Room at the Inn
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Nativities at Church of the Redeemer., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Every year, at the Church of the Redeemer in Mechanicsville, Virginia, people exhibit exhibit hundred of Nativities from all over the world. And ea...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 27:00
MIDNIGHT IN THE ASYLUM CEMETERY
From: Diane Ladley
Series: Hist-eerie
Caption: Image is an actual photo taken by a ghost tour guest inside the asylum cemetery. Could this be the infamous "Gassy Ghost"?
"America's Ghost Storyteller", Diane Ladley, reveals actual, untouched recordings of mysterious paranormal activity experienced by guests of her ha...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
New Year's Day in South Philly with the Mummers
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice. It’s u...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:35
Police and Aggressive Leaves
From: Talena Sanders
Series: On Autumn (MAR 210 Fall 2015)
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This piece explores the duality of Halloween and Autumn.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Thanksgiving in Virginia: People Without a Nation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chief Gene
In Virginia, there are eight Indian tribes, some several thousand people in all. Yet the United States doesn’t believe they exist. The seeds of thi...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:39
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
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
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
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
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
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1930's
From: Michael Fussell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
My neighbor, Euginie Bensor, shares stories about her childhood in East Baltimore.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
Flower Philosopher
From: Eleanor Kagan
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It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?

Bought by WITF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Tiffany stained glass window inside Blanford Church.
Memorial Day, a national holiday of remembrance, was first celebrated south of the Mason/Dixon line in Petersburg, Virginia at Blandford Church Cem...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUCB, RadioFreePalmer, KSRQ, KVNF and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 21
See Jane Do: Mother's Day for Peace and Social Justice
From: Elisa Parker
Caption: CODEPINK Mother's Day for Peace Vigil, Credit: Jesse Locks, See Jane Do
The stories of everyday women doing extraordinary things for peace at the largest Mother's Day peace vigil in Washington D.C. Special guests includ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 56:10
  • Purchases: 1
All Around Giving
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRGY, WRIR, Raven Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 11
Church Music
From: Charles Lane
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A documentary exploring why we sing music at church and what it does for individuals and communities.

Bought by WORT, North Country Public Radio, WVAS, WGBH Radio Boston, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 38
The Christmas Tree Incident
From: David Maxon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Story of how a Chirstmas tradition runs up against modern legal realities.

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 6
Halloween Teen Couture
From: Sue Mell
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Two teenage girls talk about their high end concept for Halloween and clothing as a means of personal expression.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1