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Sammy Marques tells stories, one-man-shows that last an hour and more. The stories within the bigger stories are chapters of his life. Because they...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 25:28
Sammy Marques, descended from Portuguese seamen, was expatriated from his native America by his missionary father. When he returned stateside he ma...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 27:56
Sammy Marques is a raconteur. He frequently draws on personal experience to flesh out stories that seem always to embrace some humorous element. Th...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 27:30
For three generations, Sammy Marques’ family was stuck in a sort of revolving door of emigration from Europe to the United States and back again. I...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 28:24
Sammy Marques has been a lot of things over the years. He was never a butcher, but he was certainly a baker. Twice. And armed with a wood lathe he ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 26:21
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 01:02
- Purchases: 1
Problem with a bear in your neighborhood? This is the guy who gets the call.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 25, 2019
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 08:21
- Purchases: 1
Just like a real-life Zach Morris, a teenager in the 90's writes his own episode of Saved By The Bell and tries to get it on the air. Listen to th...
- Added: Feb 11, 2018
- Length: 20:07
Dubi Ayalon, a retired IDF lieutenant-colonel, traded a life as a school principal in Israel for a life of raising and miking water buffalo in rura...
- Added: Feb 25, 2015
- Length: 17:03
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
Raymond Chandler is often called the greatest American crime novelist. But something very important to Chandler had gotten lost. No one noticed u...
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 16:08
- Purchases: 2
Everyone's familiar with local laws that don't seem to make sense. In Tennessee, it’s illegal for grocery stores to sell wine, but legal to ride in...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 15:46
- Purchases: 1
Comedian Carlos Mencia is notorious for stealing other comics’ jokes. But he’s never been sued—in fact, there are almost no lawsuits in comedy. On ...
- Added: Oct 06, 2014
- Length: 18:43
- Purchases: 2
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...
Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 08:18
- Purchases: 4
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti shares some stories of home aquariums gone wrong.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 06:56
- Purchases: 1
For my sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience. And recently she tried to give them up.
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
The amazing story of the world's first viral video, and how it launched a multi-million dollar media empire.
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 17:43
Swan’s Islanders share their childhood memories of growing up on the island.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 04:15
- Purchases: 1
The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 03:31
Give your listeners a look at life's unpredictable pageant through the eyes of the engagingly grumpy comic book author Harvey Pekar.
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Jul 14, 2010
- Length: 36:07
- Purchases: 1
Jessica Partnow takes us through a night in the life of Ali Jaffri, a professional telemarketer in Lahore, Pakistan.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KCRW, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 16, 2010
- Length: 05:23
- Purchases: 3
Stories, anecdotes, and fantastical rants about the woes of working life
- Added: Jul 28, 2009
- Length: 34:06
- Purchases: 2
It's kind of a dude ranch for nerds
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WILL
- Added: Feb 25, 2008
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
The Silver Grill - a "Meat and Three" restaurant closes for good
- Added: Feb 25, 2008
- Length: 03:37
