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This story was told by Denise Augustine on April 17th 2013. The theme of the evening was Jackpot, and the stories were told at the Old Firehouse in...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 05:39
Caption: Craig Johnson, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, San Francisco, CA 5/1/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Craig Johnson talk the ironies of writing contests, humor as a defense mechanism, and embracing cheesiness.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 16:32
Caption: Wine expert Narsi David, Credit: Reese Erlich 2014 (c)
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Oh, the woes of modern life in a metropolitan city center. What’s going on in our brains when we encounter that familiar feeling of intense frustra...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
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Hospitals advertise their birth centers with soft focus photos of dewy-eyed newborns and kindly nurses, but the reality of giving birth is somethin...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:31
Caption: Comedian H. Alan Scott
Comedian and writer H. Alan Scott talks about being diagnosed with testicular cancer and going through chemotherapy while maintaining his career in...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:08:15
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Something Very Lovely. Hosted by William Cook

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:59

  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The tradition of cooking has been passed down in my family through three generations: my grandma, my mom and me.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
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This week our writers all experience the incredible power of Mother Nature, from crashing waves to lightning strikes to shooting stars. Stories by ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's show is all about the glory and defeat of competitions: some planned, some not. Stories by Pat Gillum, Charlie Baxter, and Hank Godwin....

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Stories all about the power of LOVE as our writers wrestle with, try to trick, and are eventually overpowered by Cupid. Stories by Jennifer Armstro...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
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A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:54
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Arriving at her family's storage space in Syracuse, NY, a Brooklyn-based writer and mom is surprised to find the contents far more plentiful and si...

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 15:20
  • Purchases: 3
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Gene Turpin created one of the first haunted houses in Indianapolis and also provided her family and community with an amazing and memorable tradit...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUT


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 2
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We tread along old roads to places we've been before. Only a few times in an average American's life do we change our Christmas venue...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
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Christmas reminds us that we've survived another year and still have some semblance of a family and a haphazard network of friends... we made it! T...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
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If courage was common we'd give it an easier, more calming name like "smooth livin'"...Even the courageous among us aren't courageous most of the t...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 02:41

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
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Michael has a fear of the news...call it: infobia.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Guido lives with three creatures who, as far as he can tell, think constantly, unabashedly, about the next meal...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:39
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Even when your cave is full of hazel nuts and half a deer carcass, sometimes you just need honey.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
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Stormy weather brings out our animal instincts.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Do you have a method to your madness? Have you stopped mowing your lawn? Do the neighbors do it for you when you're gone? Was it one of your chores...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:53:37
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Everyone faces the choice of a driver's license or tattoo?

  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:43