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Overwhelmed
From: The Heart
Series: Audio Smut Archive
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So, who’s going first?

  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 27:02
Poo
From: The Heart
Series: Audio Smut Archive
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Seriously, what’s the big deal.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:37
There’s No Saccharine in This Sweet School
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Follow Sierra on her progressive college journey as she realizes that finding the right college is as difficult as Goldilocks finding the right bo...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
California Girl
From: Sage Tyrtle
Series: True Stories
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"In 1979, the Beach Boys are still all over the radio. Wishing we could ALL be California Girls. You are not a very good good California Girl, desp...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
Akeem's Transformation
From: Jesse Chanin
Series: My Choice My Voice
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My Choice My Voice teen talks about his transformation from a "troubled kid" to a high school graduate headed to college. Meanwhile, we hear his re...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 12:37
  • Purchases: 1
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Frankie
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited
Caption: Frankie in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
As a teenager, Frankie was a high school football star whose picture was in his hometown newspaper every week. Years after graduating, Frankie was ...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, WJCT, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 30:26
  • Purchases: 4
Father's Day With My Two Sons
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Brendan Angus McGuigan, Credit: Charles McGuigan
this week’s episode contains two parts. The first act is called Weather or Not. Act Two is titled Life Among The Immortals. They’re about my two s...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:11
The Divine One
From: Xavier Altamirano
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Jazz singer, Mac, recounts meeting the late,great Sarah Vaughan.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:46
Bells Are Ringing
From: Margaret Agard
Series: Christmas
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Ringing the Salvation Army bell is boring, cold work during the busy Christmas holiday season. Margaret Agard, author and bell ringing volunteer, ...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KZMU Moab Community Radio, 'The Sea', and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 5
Keepin' It Real
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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Sam recalls the first time he heard the sweet sounds of Virginia Coalition.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:45
The Place I Reside by Khatiyah Lewis
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:26
In My Vision by Marsean Holden
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:19
Where I'm From by Jasmine Bradley
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:31
American Graduate: Poetic Justice Part 2 - Graduation Day
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Aaron Jones
WUNC is a part of the American Graduate Project. It's a public media initiative looking at the drop out crisis across the country. As a part of thi...

Bought by KZYX and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional: The Ballad of Dock Ellis
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Dock Ellis is one of the most memorable characters to ever play baseball. He challenged the baseball establishment, but always had impeccable stye.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KMXT, Louisville Public Media, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Escape from hippo attack in the Okovango Delta
From: Paula Kahumbu
Caption: David Coulson at a rock art site in Nairobi Park (sitting), Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Have you ever stared a charging hippo in the face? David Coulson did! Reputed to be Africa's most dangerous animal the hippo is known to be able to...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
German Chef Rolf Schmidt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: At Rolfs Place, Credit: http://rolfsplace.tumblr.com/
Rolf came to Kenya in 1973 in search of "Real Africa" and he found it. Few people know that Rolf is now a proud Kenyan citizen. I interviewed him a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 13:28
RPM Podcast #012: “Revitalization”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In Episode 12 of the podcast, RPM looks at the Indigenous language revitalization movement. Half of the world’s languages have disappeared in the p...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 22:56
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #005: “Indian Country”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Country music is undeniably huge in Indian Country. In our fifth episode we talk to three Indigenous country artists about why that is.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:38
  • Purchases: 1
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
Chris: Tractor Rollover
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Chris Furrer
Chris Furrer [FUR] describes a frightening incident rolling over his tractor on their dairy farm.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:47
Gloria: Fall in Manure Pit
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Gloria Edwards with granddaughter Eryn
Gloria Edwards tells how her child fell into their dairy farm manure pit while playing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
Best Couple by Vikky Cruz of Radio Rookies
From: YouthCast
Caption: Deoine and Vikky
YouthCast features a love story in honor of civil unions between same sex couples being recognized in the state of Illinois and the marriages of co...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WGXC


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: Remembering the flavor of home
From: KALW
Caption: Larry Rand spoke with his partner Jonathan Fuchs in the San Francisco StoryCorps booth located in the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps
About a century ago, thousands of immigrants coming to America from the Far East made their first stop at Angel Island. The way station for newcome...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
How San Francisco helped local musician Meklit Hadero find her voice
From: KALW
Caption: Local musician Meklit Hadero hails from Ethiopia and currently calls San Francisco's Mission District home. , Credit: Sarah Peet
San Francisco musician Meklit Hadero has quite an impressive resume: she was born in Ethiopia, and lived all over the map until she landed in San F...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 1

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