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Fred Christina Remembers Everything
From: Jamie York
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A portrait of Fred Christina who waited tables for 64 years.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:42
Elviscop
From: Adam Allington
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Officer Chuck Denault explains what it means to be a respectful "Elvis" impersonator

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KGLT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 6
Crayola
From: Adam Allington
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A Portland, Maine kindergarten class and illustrator Judy Labrasca explain why crayons might be the perfect object

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, WMPG, KGLT, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
This American Cheese
From: Abby Goldstein
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A parody of This American Life

Bought by XRAY.fm, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WUWM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 3
Parody of Earth & Sky
From: Abby Goldstein
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A witty parody of the popular public radio module Earth & Sky

Bought by XRAY.fm and KZYX


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 2
One Last Haircut
From: Kerry Seed
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Norman Millett has run the Senior Citizens' Barbershop for forty-one years. As Norman has learned, there are some perils unique to catering to seni...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 02:31
Skull 'N' Bones
From: Kerry Seed
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A vox-pop that asks: "What do you think happens to people when they die?"

  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 02:06
8 Minute Soulmate
From: Evan Roberts
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Will Rich find his soulmate in eight minutes?

Bought by PRX Lovesick Stream


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
Tango!
From: Evan Roberts
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There once was a woman who loved the tango so much, she married it.

Bought by WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 17, 2004
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 5
Roadway Renaissance Man
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Toll booth operators are not what they appear to be.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, WMPG, WUAL, and WVPE


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 4
Tupperware
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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Tupperware. More than a way of storing leftovers in covered plastic bowls, for many it's a way of life.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KUOW, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2004
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 16
Dear Harold
From: Matthew Cowley
Series: The Sixty Second Radio Hour
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Almost, but not quite, a Dear John letter

Bought by GAUF


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Squirrel Duels. . . Offramp
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - The Improvised Comedy Series
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The Noble Duels of Rodents

Bought by The Prairie Star, WCOM, and KTNA


  • Added: Feb 05, 2004
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
The Letter D. . . Offramp
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - The Improvised Comedy Series
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Variations on the Letter D

Bought by The Prairie Star and WCOM


  • Added: Feb 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Penguin Goes A Courtin'
From: Jonathan Goldstein
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Two of literature's great umbrella travelers-- The Penguin and Mary Poppins-- have dinner together in Merry Old England.

Bought by KALW, KPIP-LP, WABE, KUT, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 10
Dangling Woman
From: Susan Barrett Price
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A social reformer runs away from work, only to get stuck in the jungle treetops of Costa Rica.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KUHB, WYSO, and KZYX


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 5
Queer Youth Valentine
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender youth (and friends) riff on the theme of Valentine's Day.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and KHSU


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 3
High School Reunion
From: KUOW
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Profound, romantic and wierd experiences at High School Reunions

Bought by KPIK-LP and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 01, 2004
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 2
Nothing Predictable: Kayaking Newfoundland
From: Rob Rosenthal
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Kayaking through icebergs in Newfoundland.

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, WMPG, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 27, 2004
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 4
CNN's Robert Novak defines fraudulent? Now that is the pot calling the kettle black.
From: Stephen Ochry
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CNN's Robert Novak defines fraudulent? Now that is the pot calling the kettle black.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2004
  • Length: 01:29
I, Flagpole
From: David Gans
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Congressional blather recontextualized to reveal its inner truth.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:10
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Blue Eggs, Home Food, No Sunday
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Ernie and Maria find gold in their chickens

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jan 21, 2004
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
I Can't Get It Out of My Head
From: Richard Paul
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Why advertising jingles get lodged in your brain

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WFUV, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 4
Naked People
From: Richard Paul
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All the reasons why artists use naked people in their work

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Jan 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 4
Present Progressive
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Intimate, documentary-style radio play about the author's experiences as an English teacher in the North of France - never broadcast in the US.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2004
  • Length: 29:21

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