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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
Charmed lives lack for something. If you’re born in a state of nirvana or somehow privileged as a member of the elect, what’s the point? It’s only ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2022
- Length: 52:04
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California, during the student riots. After being rejected 72 times by labels, the ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 11
Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...
- Added: Apr 30, 2014
- Length: 05:10
Episode 12 - Andy interviews Manny Roth, who ran the famous Cafe Wha? in New York City, presenting up-and-coming entertainers like Bob Dylan, Bill ...
- Added: Jan 22, 2014
- Length: 51:58
By day, Alberto Denis is a quiet, unassuming man who dances professionally and works with computers. By night, he transforms into his alter-ego, Go...
- Added: Nov 29, 2013
- Length: 04:28
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
Residents of a quiet Santa Monica apartment building remember their neighbor, Charlie -- also known as notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" B...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 3
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
A vox pop of people hanging out in a state fair beer tent. They share their dating tips, advice for people watching and explain what they'd be doin...
- Added: Aug 23, 2011
- Length: 04:14
A true love story for those who have loved, lost and then gone on a cruise to forget... if only she hadn't picked the same cruise as her ex.
- Added: Jul 26, 2010
- Length: 11:15
- Purchases: 2
The limerick is a form of poetry that is short, rhyming and often of a sexual nature.
Bought by SALTcast Podcast
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 06:10
- Purchases: 1
Fritz Grobe and Stephen Volt perform together as Eepybird. You more likely know them as the Coke and Mentos Guys. You know, the ones on YouTube wh...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 05:45
A comic-book version of the comic-book artist, Marty Hirchak takes the reader/listener on a tour of the "Comic Con" circuit.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WILL
- Added: Feb 15, 2008
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Nov 08, 2007
- Length: 02:53
- Purchases: 1
After the attacks on Sept 11, the world and especially the US created a new subject that was taboo ? the idea of linking the Twin Towers attacks wi...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KWCW, and WCOM
- Added: Oct 19, 2006
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 3
A "music story" about a radio classified show that's been on the air on Tennessee for sixty years.
Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, WYBC and more
- Added: Jul 05, 2006
- Length: 07:58
- Purchases: 6
An exploration of how six radio 'guinea pigs' react to a series of sonic inkblots...
Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WUAL, WBEZ and more
- Added: May 29, 2006
- Length: 13:30
- Purchases: 8
- Added: May 17, 2005
- Length: 05:49
John Morton landed the role of Dak, Luke Skywalker's ill-fated gunner in the 1980 blockbuster, The Empire Strikes Back. His life has never been th...
Bought by WHQR
- Added: May 13, 2005
- Length: 15:15
- Purchases: 1
This story answers the burning question "What's it like to hang out with a bunch of guys at a fourteen-hour video game marathon?"
Bought by WZBC, Audible, Public Radio East, and East Village Radio
- Added: Nov 17, 2004
- Length: 09:33
- Purchases: 4
