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Episode 76: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind II
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It's springtime and Earth Day! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are five stories to help you get outside ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Re:sound - The Big Show Show
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2020 Re:sound Specials from Third Coast
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This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KOSU, KCPW Salt Lake City, Troy Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 65: Deserted
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Josh Patterson loved taking photographs of rare finds in the Mojave Desert. But on one trip, things didn’t go as planned.

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 16:28
  • Purchases: 2
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 1
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Up A River, Without… A Pigeon?" and "Bigfoot" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Charlie Thomas worked as a whitewater rafting gu...

Bought by KSTK and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 40: Pappy
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When it comes to the bourbon Pappy Van Winkle, it doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you have — you can’t get it unless you’re exceptiona...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 23:53
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: Up A River, Without… A Pigeon?
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Charlie Thomas worked as a whitewater rafting guide in the 80’s. His boss became obsessed with selling photos of clients taken while they ran the r...

Bought by KUER, KRZA, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 3
Amy Poehler in Front of a Mirror
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: APRIL 2015
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Have some chuckles as Amy Poehler reads from her new book, Yes Please. Another example of our daily 100-second compelling readings you don't want y...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
"Even As A Baby You Were Selfish"
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015
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An amusing passage from one of 2014's Ten Best Books (New York Times Book Review), Family Life is a novel by Akhil Sharma who grew up in Delhi, Ind...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The Beat: Julia Oxenreider - "Dear Liberty Library"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:56
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 223 "Monsters of Public Radio" Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: This American Life's Ira Glass
Host and producer of This American Life IRA GLASS, RadioLab's JAD ABUMRAD and ROBERT KRULWICH, Prairie Home Companion's GARRISON KEILLOR and music ...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KSRQ, and WCPN


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Class Menagerie
From: Mary Helen Miller
Caption: Amy Boortz feeds rescue dogs at the school where she lives. , Credit: Mary Helen Miller
Amy Boortz bought a full-size school in north Georgia to live in with her family. They turned classrooms into bedrooms, and life was alright for a ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 089: Family Secrets
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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This week, our storytellers spill the beans on some very interesting family secrets. Stories by Anne Nieto, Robbin Ridgell, and Arthur Paul Bowen. ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Don't Go Far...
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
Series: RTE Documentary On One
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The story of two boys who, in 1985, instead of going in for their dinner, decided to go on a little journey....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 39:01
  • Purchases: 3
Death Bear Goes Visiting
From: Thomas Dodson
Series: Champs Not Chumps
Caption: Death Bear taking away painful memories, Credit: Photo by Kevin Walsh
Performance artist Nate Hill describes a harrowing break-up.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:08
Rodeo Nights
From: Jeff Porter
Caption: Kyrgyzstani writer, Jamby Djusubalieva
On a cool October night, two dozen international writers were shuttled to Fort Madison, Iowa, home of the Tri-State Rodeo. They had come in search ...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2010
  • Length: 14:46
Novice Haunters: Our Type of Shopping
From: Glenn McKnight
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A story of two friends who are amateur home haunters from Michigan

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 1
When I Met Elvis
From: Pam Mandel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alaska Traveler Meets Elvis in Skagway

  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 06:41
Baby Jones
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Michael Rayner, storyteller and professional juggler, reflects on the complex high of fatherhood.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Rain in Spain
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Richard Tanner compresses an entire Spanish vacation into just over four minutes!

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Miss Marsha Rides The Elephant
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Dan Farren tells of unexpected lessons learned under the big top.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
"What do you want me to tell you?"
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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The interview was just a formality, but the results were highly unexpected.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:36
  • Purchases: 1
Missed Connections
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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Single commuters use mass transit for mass flirting

Bought by WKNO and GAUF


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2