PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque
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Maggie had it all: a fine house, a loving family, and a big yard. But she threw it all away for adventure. And when things got bad, she had to use ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2017
- Length: 15:49
- Purchases: 3
Greg, a New York City cop, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia 11 years after being covered in dust and debris at the World Trade Center atta...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 23, 2017
- Length: 16:20
- Purchases: 1
Ten years ago, more than 50 pit bulls were discovered at a dogfighting ring in Virginia. Most people thought they weren’t savable. But their storie...
Bought by KUER
- Added: Apr 19, 2017
- Length: 25:17
- Purchases: 1
Lizzie Webb Guptill as written and performed by Amber Lyon
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 05:49
Shortly after Meridy Volz moved from Milwaukee to San Francisco, she received a phone call from a friend asking her to take over a small bakery bus...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 21:16
- Purchases: 1
Today’s show is called Prelude to Summer. We end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and lo...
- Added: Apr 22, 2016
- Length: 22:10
While the American mythology of Thanksgiving is about peace, in Shanaya Pudumjee’s house, it’s anything but peaceful. Find out how one woman pulled...
Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WKSU, KSTK, 'The Sea', WHCP-LP Cambridge and more
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 02:53
- Purchases: 7
As a young woman in the 60s, Andy Austin talked her way into a job as a courtroom sketch artist in Chicago. She spent 43 years sketching everyone f...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 24, 2016
- Length: 17:21
- Purchases: 1
Thanksgiving is on its way, and food is on our mind in the Rough Draft Diaries. In this special holiday episode, you'll meet Chef Joseph Jacobsen, ...
- Added: Nov 16, 2015
- Length: 06:00
"I sat my kid down and said 'do you wanna be a girl?' And she said 'no, I am a girl'"
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 23:30
- Purchases: 1
What happens when the person you love doesn't love what you do?
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 14:07
After accidentally joining a traveling circus, writer Jonathan Argyle recounts his discovery of the meaning of the word "home" from the point of vi...
Bought by KUT
- Added: May 18, 2015
- Length: 11:19
- Purchases: 1
Israel Story's Mother's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching tale you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are now avai...
Bought by WYSO, WVPE, WZEN.org, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WNYC
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 03:02
I dropped by the National Anthem tryouts for the local minor league baseball team. Looking for a story about people singing and why. And then I hea...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 01:42
"Spin Around Big Texas Moon" was written by Larry W Jones on Jan 29, 2015 as song #6989. Music and vocals by Eb Steward.
- Added: Mar 12, 2015
- Length: 03:14
As a cadet in the Israeli Army, he always did things by the book, but when Yochai Maital falls in love with a girl who's about to leave the country...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 04, 2015
- Length: 14:09
- Purchases: 1
"In Love With Only You" was written by Larry W Jones on Nov 25, 2006 as song #4180. Music and vocals by Steve Klingforth.
- Added: Mar 02, 2015
- Length: 04:29
Mishy Harman shares the zany matchmaking adventures of his Orthodox downstairs neighbor, which he had no chance but to overhear because all her dat...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 26, 2015
- Length: 09:27
- Purchases: 2
Many of the historic Art Deco movie theaters you see throughout Minnesota can be attributed to one man, Jack Liebenberg. KFAI's Ryan Dawes speaks w...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:33
During the last 150 years, most of Minnesota’s native prairies have been destroyed—converted into farmland for crops like corn and soybeans. But a ...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 1
Elliot is a 6 yr old living in New Jersey, who discovered music composition at the age of 5 with a little help from his mom. This interview with El...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 1
When my sister placed her baby for adoption, she and the adoptive parents developed an unexpected relationship.
- Added: Apr 02, 2014
- Length: 10:06
It's something a lot of young couples face when they graduate from high school. Should they split up as they go off to new adventures? Or should th...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 13:37
- Purchases: 1
Holidays often pull families closer– even communities. But Halloween? Can zombies, ghosts, gory vampires and sugary treats bring your crew together?
- Added: Oct 23, 2013
- Length: 05:49
