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Another Wrong Career
From: Matt Pryor
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A first person essay about my school experience as a park ranger

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Billions lost! Ask me how!
From: Merle Kessler
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Some flunky at a bank in France lost billions. How?

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
When the Market Comes Home to Roost
From: Ted Magnuson
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Laugh at your economic problems, everyone else does?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
The Fun Factory
From: The humble Farmer
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Dutch newspapers contain interesting items

  • Added: Aug 15, 2008
  • Length: :48
I Don't Care For War
From: The humble Farmer
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Should intelligent people say nothing when a wimpy little nothing of a man tries to blow half the world to kingdom come?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
My Sister, Elizabeth Who?
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Celebrities - Then & Now

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships
From: Nicholas Demarest
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This piece is a short essay about the rock, paper, scissors championships in Las Vegas.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:32
Destination DIY: Cycling
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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An exploration of human-powered transportation.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, XRAY.fm, KMXT, XRAY.fm, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 8
Grandfather
From: Sarah Neal (Neal-Estes)
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This is a piece about an unexpected recording from the past. My grandfather taped hours of his thoughts for me when I was two - sitting in his sel...

Bought by KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WSLR, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 6
Jay O'Callahan's "Politics" (Back Roads Radio)
From: Judy Goldberg
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World reknown storyteller Jay O'Callahan's relevant and comical story of his teenage thirst for connection and expression during the political camp...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Little Nips
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Claws Encounter of the Worst Kind

  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:27
Bathroom
From: David Green
Series: School Scenes
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Nine-year-old Stephanie reveals the amusing and unexpected events which happened on the way from recess to gym.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 2
KERA Commentary: Scared to Death
From: KERA
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Commentary on conquering your fears

  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:11
Lunchroom
From: David Green
Series: School Scenes
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Third grader Evan remembers the simple pleasures of first grade: blue sports drink.

Bought by KUOW, WTIP, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 3
2nd Grade Room
From: David Green
Series: School Scenes
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A third grader remembers the trouble he and his classmates got into in second grade because of the class gerbil.

Bought by WTIP and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
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
I Dated A Janitor
From: Idaho-audio group
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A woman spends a night on shift with her janitor boyfriend and witnesses the tricks and the hazards of the trade.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2008
  • Length: 49:31
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
First Passover
From: Sarah Neal (Neal-Estes)
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A touching, insightful, irreverent and funny view of Melissa Robert's first Passover with her fiance's family.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Vocalo.org, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Man Inside My Head by Elisha Miles
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her first year in the competition, Elisha says this piece is about being friends with your imaginary friend once again. Elisha Miles is 14 years o...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:54
Female Creation Services, Inc. by Imagine Amaya
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her fourth year in the competition, 'Imagine Amaya' says this piece is an about the world in 50 years - what kind of woman would you like? She is ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:05
Breaking Bad Habits with Stickk.com
From: Karen Fritsche
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Want to quit a bad habit? Put a contract out on yourself.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
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
This I Believe - Laurie Granieri
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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In leaving the office at 5:00, Laurie Granieri lives her belief that there's more to life than work.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
Memory of a 5th grade rebel
From: Sarah Lange
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a reflection on childhood "attitude"

  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:11