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Explosive Confession
From: Israel Story
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An innocent nerdy-boy-turned-soldier visits his pot-smoking friend in the Muslim quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem in the late 1980s. Tensions r...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 21:47
The Year of the Rat: A Joyful Celebration
From: Wanda Yang Temko
Series: A Public Radio Chinese New Year Special
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Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2020 through Music and Words.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WVTF


  • Added: Jan 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
My Bruce-Like Life
From: Larry Tazuma
Caption: LarryT
At 32, Larry Tazuma embarked on a journey to live a life as somebody much more special than himself — as Bruce Lee, the legendary martial artist an...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2018
  • Length: 05:30
Electric Calliandra
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Calliandra is a beautiful plant name. I like the way a genus name can sometimes become the common name as well. I wonder how many baby girls of bot...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
The Forgotten Superstar
From: Matt Mitchell
Series: The Forgotten Famous
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In a time when women couldn't even vote, she wielded incredible power, blazing her own trail to unrivaled fame and fortune. So why don't we remembe...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 14:33
Feeling Raced
From: Terrascope Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Does your race affect how you act? Well, it probably affected how you answered that question.... In this award-winning story, hear why one young ma...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
LIVE LAW 12: The Narcoleptic Lawyer
From: LIVE LAW
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“Sorry I passed out in the middle of your mother’s funeral. I’m sure it was a lovely service.”

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:50
Obsession
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human, we're looking at obsessions, the helpful and the debilitating.

Bought by WMUU-LP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 3
Mom Prom
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Once you’re a mom, does your vision of the ultimate night out become different from before?

Bought by KVNF, WMMT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KUOW


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 4
A Students-Eye View Inside Philly’s Public Schools
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:10
Tales from the South 126: Out of the Mouths of Babes
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Paul Strack reads "Rainbow Cherrios"
This week: Out of the Mouth of Babes, with stories by Melanie Baden, Carrie Case, and Paul Strack. True stories told by the Southerners who lived t...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 124: Shakespeare in the South
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Jay Jennings on Tales from the South
Our second-annual Shakespeare in the South, with stories by writers Jay Jennings and Hope Coulter.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 123: Awkward Situations
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Tanya Fitzgerald reads on Tales from the South
This week our writers all find themselves in awkward situations. Stories by Kay Brockwell, Paul Bowen, and Tanya Fitzgerald. True stories told by t...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Equal Time Minute - Augusta National and Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Acoustic Stories : Nathan Bergstedt : " Mere synapses firing? I think not."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Nathan Bergstedt is a writer from Grand Rapids. He is the Art and Education Editor for the Grand Rapids Herald Review. He is also responsible for T...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch - "Discovering Roller Derby"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 090: On the Road #1, Lasting Impacts
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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The first of our "On the Road" specials where we go on location and feature stories from that area. This week, we are in Saline County, Arkansas, a...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 081: 6th Annual Mothers Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 080: Tin Roof Project with Chef Roland Mesnier
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Chef Roland Mesnier
In this special 2-part Tin Roof Project, White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier tells stories of his White House years.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
What Happens in Vegas - Catherine Hall
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. Catherine was a a self-confessed 'wild child.' She was eventually caught with cocaine by the police and told this...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:48
My Transistor Radio mtr-013
From: Chuck Ayers
Series: My Transistor Radio
Caption: My Transistor Radio, Credit: Web file photo
My Transistor Radio is a retrospective spotlighting “Dance and Romance” teen music from 1950s and 60s A-M Radio. MTR is attempting to examine why ...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
What are you?
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Loren Anderson questions why he didn't know the answer to "What are you?" Trying to understand why his cultural identity wasn't a part of his life.

Bought by KRUA and KUT


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Bobby McFerrin
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Bobby McFerrin has spent four decades breaking ground in jazz vocals – and his music always feels fresh. Hear how Miles Davis changed his life.

Bought by WMOT, CJRT-FM, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 8
The Best Worst Day Ever
From: Eric Winick
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A car accident on the way to a Radiohead concert at Stone Mountain Park, Georgia sets the scene for a life-changing encounter at a Waffle House out...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 15:24
  • Purchases: 1
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4