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When you mention T.S. Eliot and then refer to texts like The Waste Land or his magnum opus The Four Quartets you generally elicit discomfort, anger...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 13:22
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
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
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
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
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
You're surrounded by strangers on the subway. Can you hide?
- Added: Oct 28, 2012
- Length: 01:34
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
Aaron Brown on family music.
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 02:41
Aaron Brown on superstitions.
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 02:16
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
David explains why all the world is not a stage.
- Added: Mar 17, 2008
- Length: 03:45
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
Never Judge A Show by It's Pilot: Moonlight.
- Added: Oct 15, 2007
- Length: 06:09
Comparing Chicago Cubs collapse a few years back to Hindenburg Disaster
- Added: Oct 30, 2006
- Length: 03:27
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
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