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Ned Averill-Snell remembers a side-of-the-road breakdown after a summer Shakespeare show, where a roadside diner crowd had to face a shaggy actor s...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:45
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Actor Ned Averill-Snell reflects on sweaty teenage rehearsals for musical theatre, and forbidden glimpses of a more glamorous world.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
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A brief program synopsis : This is an audio piece describing the life of a typical male in the western world. From womb to tomb. This is my first...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 24:40
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Robert Jevne gives us his thoughts on aspirations for the year including not giving into cynicism and remaining upbeat when there is much to be dow...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays. In th...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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You're surrounded by strangers on the subway. Can you hide?

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:34
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Professional photographer, Aubry Edwards goes on the photo shoot from hell when Jay Thunderbolt locks her into the "private strip club" in his Detr...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:22

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:41

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
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Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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After 54 years, the soap opera "As The World Turns" has come to the end of its run. A passing worthy of note? Commentator Mark Blackmon thinks so. ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:58
Caption: Walter's Office, Credit: Benedict Moran
Pop culture has recently been inundated with Bounty Hunters -- from a recent Jennifer Aniston movie to Dog the Bounty Hunter, now in its 6th seaso...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2010
  • Length: 09:00
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A short story about my romance with a young German actress back in 1986, based on my journal entries and her letters. Thanks to Noel Dinneen and E...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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High up on that list of the shocks of aging is the first time a cop calls you "sir."

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:14
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Don't take away Guido's plastic cap-gun or he'll just use a hammer and then go to a peace march...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:07
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One cub reporter. One murderous, pet-store owning couple. A bunch of angry mobsters. One big, creepy mess.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Democracy-Anglo/American Style-Nationbuilding from the days of the Divine Rights of Kings to Lincoln's Immortal Words at Gettysburg.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:12:47
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This audio essay is based upon a near accident during a winter weekend drive from Boston to New York City.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:47
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David explains why all the world is not a stage.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
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a joyful and surprising self-contained hour of Christmas themed stories

Bought by WAMU, WRFA-LP, WLRN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 8
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Never Judge A Show by It's Pilot: Moonlight.

  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 06:09
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Comparing Chicago Cubs collapse a few years back to Hindenburg Disaster

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 03:27
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How do divorced moms keep their sanity when their children are visiting the other parent? Sometimes not so well...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The Fishko Files, produced by WNYC's Sara Fishko, are personal, essay-like radio pieces on music, art, culture and media.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 4
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Everyone's in a hurry!

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 2