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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
Escape with us to a simpler place and time. Before COVID, before monkeypox, before traveling got so fraught. To a town promoters claimed then was e...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Aug 09, 2022
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
A touching story of fathers, family, and bargains spelled backwards.
- Added: Jul 15, 2020
- Length: 20:30
CATALINA ISLAND, CA—Meet the Meals on Wheels Volunteer who makes sure people in need get fed all over the small island of the coast of Long Beach, ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 21, 2020
- Length: 05:02
- 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
Pirates and their deeds become legend. Blackbeard, Lester’s personal favorite, did this thing with canon fuses, or so the legend goes. Just as his...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 26:15
Cloud seeding -- intervening in clouds to squeeze out precipitation -- is done all over the world. But it's not an exact science; we still have muc...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 09:38
- Purchases: 3
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 14:07
- Purchases: 1
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
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 55:05
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of CLASSICAL DARK ARTS, we look at Satan’s cabal of classical composers, players and theorists — a sleeper cell run by Liszt, Pagan...
- Added: Oct 11, 2014
- Length: 23:51
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 16:51
- Purchases: 2
Mindless Chanting is a documentary tracing the DIY history of an obscure and unheard band called Catfish Courtesy.
- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 36:04
In the spring of 2013 four people went on a trek to the North Pole with a message.
Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KMXT, KSJD, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 02, 2013
- Length: 11:02
- Purchases: 5
Moving all your belongings by bike might sound crazy, but if enough people get involved, it can be both fun and efficient.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
It's called the Looplore Experiment and it's partially funded through Kickstarter donations. This weekend-long "camp" revolves around arts and craf...
Bought by Boise State Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 06:59
- Purchases: 2
Destination DIY producer Alex Johnson has the story of a one-woman restaurant where customers can't help but feel like a part of the family.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
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
A look at that DIY mainstay, known as the zine, through the lens of a long-running publication called Factsheet Five.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 07:18
- 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
