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My Sister, Elizabeth Who?
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Celebrities - Then & Now

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
Loose Tooth (1st Grade Room)
From: David Green
Series: School Scenes
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The incredible, true tale of William, who lost two teeth two days in a row!

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Essay: The Community Garden Waiting List
From: Andi McDaniel
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Funny, quirky essay about waiting for a garden plot in Berkeley, CA

  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
House of Cards
From: Sarah Neal (Neal-Estes)
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This is a rousing picture of first class obsession. In the 1990s, a group of loud, San Francisco Bay Area, twenty something college graduates beca...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
  • Length: 07:30
Traitor Joe's
From: Karen Fritsche
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Ever fallen in love at TJ's? I mean, with a product? Then they discontinue that item? You're not alone. Karen Fritsche feels your pain...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and Here and Now


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Danger of Mangos
From: Owen Egerton
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Paradise with a toddler is no paradise at all

  • Added: Sep 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
We Are Lane One
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily LaFond can't handle the shame of not being the best. But an embarrassing stint on the school swim team helped her lose her ego.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) The Naked Truth
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It's Christmas night. The kid is asleep. Two tired adults get naked under the tree for a little celebrating of their own. What could go wrong? Eve...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Diary of a Football Mom
From: Katie Bausler
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A mother's unexpected angst over her son's last football season .

Bought by KPIK-LP and KRUA


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Kerrville Folk Festival From A Teenager's View
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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The Kerville Folk Festival is often thought of as a place for old hippies, however Devin Prikryl-Martin explores the festival as a teen hangout!

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Me? Ballroom Dance?
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Ron Davis describes his first lessons in ballroom dance.

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
(My)Space Invaders
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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You know you recognize someone....you just can't figure out how you know them...and then it comes to you--could it be from myspace?

Bought by KSFR and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 2
9 Reasons to Wear a Winter Holiday Sweater
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Droll short about ugly holiday sweaters

Bought by KDNK and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
All in the Family
From: Scott Gurian
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A family reunion turns out to be not so bad after all

Bought by KUOW, KBBI Alaska, Public Interactive, KUER, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
Must-Have Fundraising Module: Robert Plant Pledges To Never Hear "Stairway To Heaven"
From: Paul Ingles
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Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant tells a delightful tale of pledging to a public radio station that promises never to play the overplay...

Bought by KFCF FM, WHQR, Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, KVMR and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2005
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 26
Lost in the East
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A humorous look at the life of a Midwesterner in the East

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 05:59
Area-Code Chic**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:29
paintmixers
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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artist damali ayo's search through paint stores to match paint to her skin tones.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:07
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded (Short Version)
From: Hannah Palin
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It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by KUOW, Wisconsin Public Radio, KPCC, East Village Radio, WUAL and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 6
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded
From: Hannah Palin
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It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, XRAY.fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 10
Stuck on a Word
From: Patricia Priest
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In this offbeat essay the commentator examines her newfound habit of cursing, a feeble but oddly satisfying response to these Orwellian times.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 03:31