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Girl Detectives
From: Sue Mell
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The aftermath of a friend's murder and the search for resolution in the face of an unexplained death.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2004
  • Length: 17:57
Sweet Phil from Sugar Hill
From: Phyllis Fletcher
Caption: the producer with her parents
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...

Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Matthew and the Judge: Juvenile Court Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by KRCC-FM, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 7
The Miseducation of Josh Frank
From: Hillary Frank
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A teenager decides to give up his social life to play the trumpet.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2
Giantman
From: Hillary Frank
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A college campus is convinced that a nine-foot giant has come to save them from themselves.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, East Village Radio, WCFM, and WZBC


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 5
First Menstruation Stories
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's both terrifying and highly anticipated, and, as rites of passage often are, perhaps somewhat overrated. Blunt producer Ariel Adams set out wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 10:32
Dad & Daws (Father's Day)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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PERFECT FOR FATHER'S DAY! A personal essay on how a volatile father's gift led to a career

Bought by KPIK-LP, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, Public Interactive, KFSR and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 7
A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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A personal story about people with my name

Bought by XRAY.fm, WEKU, KTNA, WGCU, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 5
The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII
From: Radio Diaries
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The story of the first female pilots in WWII.

Bought by KVMR, KUT, RadioFreePalmer, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KCNP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 22:42
  • Purchases: 50
Surviving Church
From: Bruce Gerstman
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Two people who joined Jim Jones's cult, The People's Temple, and got married 20 years after the Jonestown Massacre.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2003
  • Length: 10:22
Matching Outfits Not Included
From: Hillary Frank
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Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Bought by WJCT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 9
What Big Teeth You Have
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenage babysitter convinces his younger siblings that he's a werewolf who's going to kill them.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Nov 04, 2003
  • Length: 14:02
  • Purchases: 2
Dia's Diary: My Mother
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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A transgender woman tells how she came out to her mother

Bought by KRZA, KUOW, Vocalo.org, KGLT, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2003
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 8
Meaning of Life Show: Episode 1 - Music
From: Scott Dickson
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Pilot for new "pop-philsophy" program.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 08, 2003
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 1
"Being Photographed"
From: Jake Warga
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A radio story about being photographed

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, KGOU, KTNA, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 02, 2003
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 5
Life Stories - Friendship
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Five stories of friends

Bought by KUER, WFAE, KPVL, KUT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 15
Democracy on the Block
From: WFUV
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A music-filled, sound-rich tour of some of the quirky, idealistic and informal democracies that play a significant but understated role in American...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KPBS, KCLU, WBAA and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Dead Animal Man
From: Ira Glass
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Portrait of a guy who picks up dead animals for a living for the DC Dept of Sanitation.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRNC-LP, KXOT Public Radio, Third Coast International Audio Festival and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2003
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 10
An Anatomy of Humanity
From: Geo Beach
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Five thousand miles from New York, commentator and medic Geo Beach had to practice a different kind of medicine, praying for a minister at Ground Z...

Bought by WZBC, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, WYSO, and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4

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