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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

Bought by WKSU, KWIT, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Stuff Smith and friends, Credit: family photo
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the most important American jazz violinist of the 20th Century. He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald. Oscar Pet...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brian "Scoop" Nemeth, Credit: Noel Black
In this episode of Wish We Were here, we tell the story of Brian "Scoop" Nemeth, a man with high-functioning autism whose singular goal in life is ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:05
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There are plenty of things we don’t share with our mothers. Dark, sad things. Unless of course, you’re both in the business of death.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, 90.5 WESA, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Agent Michael Bermudez, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent and Public Affairs Officer, US Customs and Border Patrol., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
This story takes us to Washington state's border with Canada, where the Border Patrol arrests hundreds of people each year. Producer Jessica Partno...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
Caption: the producer with her parents
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...

Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10