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Bransonland - David Thomas
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. As a child, David visits the home of British millionaire Richard Branson. Which happens to be on an island. Despi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 10:39
UnFictional: It's Always Now
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode, a pair of car accidents are just the beginning for two stories about life, death and perception....

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
UnFictional: Welcome to the Metal
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode... two surprising, funny and spellbinding stories on the subject of prison.

Bought by WCNY, KUOW, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Lost in the Mail
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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It's a dreamlike visit to the U.S. Postal Service mail recovery center. Producer Samara Freemark finds her way there after she loses a package in t...

Bought by WCNY, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:06
  • Purchases: 3
Don't Hate the Player
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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A charity basketball game pitting a team of little people against a team of law enforcement officers goes very wrong.

Bought by WCNY and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 15:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Girl Who Couldn't Laugh and the Way Back to Joy: A Breadcrumb Tale
From: Dave Stefan
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This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 21:14
My Mother’s Story
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:07
The Queen's Trek
From: Outer Voices
Caption: the Queen with Meerak, Credit: Jack Chance
Bhutan is a land of prayer flags and happiness. But people are people, and human suffering, including domestic violence, is as prevalent here as i...

Bought by KUER, KZYX, KQED, KFOK-LPFM, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 24:36
  • Purchases: 5
Randy Portrait
From: Jamie Courville
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Randy Kearse grew up in the Farragut housing projects in what is now the trendy DUMBO section of Brooklyn, New York. In the late 1980’s crack cocai...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Z
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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A love letter to a super-horse.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, PRX Remix, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 30, 2011
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Backpack
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: mL., Flickr
Israeli United World College student, Nofar Hamrani, shares her moving story about growing up in the Gaza Strip. She begins her story with a famil...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What: A Guided Tour
From: Andy Cahn
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Paul Simon and producer Phil Ramone go deep inside the making of Simon's new album "So Beautiful or So What." Download audio for full one-hour spe...

Bought by Prairie Public, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Wyoming Public Radio, and KSUT


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:44
  • Purchases: 4
Palestinian Hoop Dreams
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: spaceameoba, Flicker.com
“Palestinian Hoop Dreams” is a thoughtful story by Ahmed Hemeid, a Palestinian student at United World College. Ahmed’s tells us an amazing story t...

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
Theme Songs
From: ayme frye
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man talking about how he has a theme song for people in his life. He recalls the qualities of the people and describes them with music.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
Ivory Coast: One Village Votes
From: WILL
Caption: The streets of Abidjan, Credit: Carol Spindel
Writer and radio commentator Carol Spindel visited the Ivory Coast last November as the country took a step towards democracy with a historic elect...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
My Christmas Tale
From: Kai McMurtry
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A story of growing up and into the true spirit of Christmas.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 17:04
Encounters Aleutian Goose
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
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This is an amazing tale about a goose, two scientists and an ocean between them

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Encounts Wild Sounds
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
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Why do we love wild sounds? and what makes them worth saving?

Bought by KMXT and KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Encounters Tide
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
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The tide waits for no man, even when that man is waiting fo for the tide!

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Coming of age "illegal"
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...

Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 5
Scene of the Crime
From: Paul Bieber
Caption: Little girl in Nuevo Milenio
In Colombia, where evidence is marred by politics, emotion and time, conclusions are hard to come by.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: 10:56
  • Purchases: 1
Crazy John
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell was homeless for a couple of years in the early 1990's. This piece was produced in 1996, after she got on her feet and was living i...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KGLT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
EZ Malone
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
On her way home from her grandmother's funeral in 1996, Carmen happens to meet a remarkable African-American guitarist in a thrift shop in North Ca...

Bought by KUT, KGLT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 3
Carmen's Grandmother
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c.2000
Produced in 1992 and originally aired on All Things Considered, this evergreen story chronicles Carmen Delzell's visit to her grandmother in the nu...

Bought by KUT, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 3
Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:18

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