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S5 EP8: The Resident and the Rogue
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Medical student Katie van Kampen brings us into the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons. The deeper they get into the forest, the more parallels th...

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 42:56
Amen Anemone
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s probabl...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
Author Keegan Jennings Goodman
From: Alex Kime
Caption: Alexander Kime Audio Producer
In the first half of this conversation with writer Keegan Jennings Goodman reads an excerpt of his most recent book. Edited by Alex Kime.

  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 22:19
LIVE LAW 12: The Narcoleptic Lawyer
From: LIVE LAW
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“Sorry I passed out in the middle of your mother’s funeral. I’m sure it was a lovely service.”

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:50
Haunting
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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October is full of ghosts, but in our show we will not be talking about little kids who wear white sheets.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
The District
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
Caption: One of E. J. Belloqc's Storyville portraits.
This is the premier story for Storyville, about Storyville. University of New Orleans' Robin Baudier looks back on this historic district, and what...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
Tales from the South 095: Tin Roof Project with Tobi Fairley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
Caption: Designer Tobi Faireley
This week it's our monthly Tin Roof Project, featuring award-winning designer Tobi Fairley. True stories told by the Southerners who lived them.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 32: Greatest Generation II
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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The second show featuring stories from the Greatest Generation. Alma Hahn prays for deliverance from a snake-handling church service, a man speaks ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • 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
Sly Crooner Episode #1 Haunted Hotel
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
The precocious ghosts of the Hotel Alto Nido play a trick on the hotel doctor.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
Sly Crooner Episode #11 Jinksy The Grumpy Ghost
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
Jinksy's having a bad death.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
V Day
From: Angela Regas
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"This afternoon, I have the most popular vagina in the state of Iowa. There are never fewer than two, and sometimes as many as six people gathered...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:37
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4