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The imaginary travails of myself reacting to rude patrons making noise with candy wrappers, cell phones, and other rude behavior in public movie th...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:48
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The characters who assembled every Monday night for the Open Mic at Earl’s Pub. This is the same Earl who owned the famous “Earl of Old Town Club,...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 20:17
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For our sixty-fourth episode we feature a group of guests: the Black Cherry Burlesque troupe from Tucson, AZ. A great group of gals who dance, act ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 28:01
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Gail describes her recent visit to an Irish bar in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 15:20
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Our SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES selection this month features a 2001 public reading by Maxine Kumin, who shares poetry on a a variety of topics from b...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Actor Ned Averill-Snell reflects on sweaty teenage rehearsals for musical theatre, and forbidden glimpses of a more glamorous world.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
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In the 1970's, Minneapolis was Funky Town. One night, Joanna's mom met a disco guy with a body-sized freezer who took her on the worst date she eve...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, WFMU, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The View From Outside, by Susan Barnett, Credit: Hen House Press, LLC
Syndicated radio host Susan Barnett (51%, The Women's Perspective, WAMC-New York) reads 'Murray's Mustache' from her short story fiction collection...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 15:27
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Excerpts from the anonymous blog "What to Expect When You Are Aborting."

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 07:51
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Well, well, here we are again. Another episode hits the airwaves or cyber-lanes, whichever you like, we’re there for you! We’re all the way up to e...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
Caption: Storyteller Elizabeth Steeby
This Story was told on July 10th, 2012 at Aubrey's Place in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Here, Elizabeth Steeby reminisces on the horrify...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
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This story was first told on July 10, 2012, and later produced for radio broadcast by Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman. The theme of that eve...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 33:19
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WNPR producer Chion ("khy-own") Wolf visited Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut to fully experience, for the first time, life as...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
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We discuss work-life balance with Dr. Michelle Au, an anesthesiologist and acclaimed author. Since medical school, she has penned “The Underwear Dr...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
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I ask students around a college campus if men and women can be just friends.

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
Marlins, dead cats, beagles, and red wine make for an interesting evening.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
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Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 11:12
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In the latest installment of The Taxi Tapes, Sam recalls the unexpected consequences of a voyage to the strange environs of Avenue Z in Brooklyn, w...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 15:07
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It’s a new episode the The Mikie Show! This time around we speak with Mary Hartman, PhD. A former dean of Douglass University, she is at the forefr...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Julie McCullough, Comedian/Playboy Playmate/Actor answers that question

  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:43
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This episode we speak with Sarah Luchetta, an archaeologist, French speaker and roller derby girl. What was that, roller derby girl? Yes, besides i...

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Author Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special encore presentation of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stor...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Period, Credit: Benjamin Earwicker, http://garrisonphoto.org/
One menopausal woman's search for the meaning of thong menstrual pads.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
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This episode we speak with Liz Tilley, a soon to be PhD in Family Studies and Human Development. Her focus is on awareness and prevention of teen p...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Join us as we once again chat with our friend psychotherapist Dr. Glenn Berger. This time we discuss the world’s most popular topic: love. Yes, it ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1