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The Most Dangerous Game Radio Edit (S3 | E137)
From: PJ Ewing
Series: Lester the Nightfly
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STORY | MUSIC “The Most Dangerous Game” is a classic short story written by Richard Connell. It tells the story of Sanger Rainsford, a big game h...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:36
Desire Under the Elms
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A haunting work from Eugene O'Neill based in Greek tragedy.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KMUN, KKRN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 19
Women Talking
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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A mass incident of abuse by men in a religious community causes the women in that community to gather and talk, so they can decide what to do about...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:27
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From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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Fritz Lang’s 1931 crime picture remains one of the greatest depictions of social rot ever put on film.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:32
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Stacey Keach stars as Shelley's misunderstood, yearning Creature.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 22
Halloween with the Apple Seed 2021
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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A special storytelling Halloween episode with the Apple Seed! Spooky and silly stories about Halloween.

Bought by KTXK, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, KKRN, and WVPE


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 54:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Price
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
Caption: Richard Dreyfuss and Harris Yulin
RIchard Dreyfuss stars in Arthur Miller's 1968 classic.

Bought by KKRN, KMUN, KFCF FM, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 23
The Apple Seed - Fire! Fire! Pants on Liar!
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Bought by KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, and WVPE


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 4
Earth and Sky
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Annette Bening stars in a dark tale of murder and deception.

Bought by KKRN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFCF FM, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 29
Wildwood Park: A Short Thriller Starring Denis O'Hare
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: American Horror Story's Denis O'Hare, Credit: FX Networks
Denis O’Hare (“American Horror Story”, Tony winner for Take Me Out), and Kristine Nielsen (Tony nominee for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) st...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 2
Novelist Daniel Magariel
From: New Letters on the Air
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Daniel Magariel, a Kansas City native, is a young writer who hit it big with his debut novel, ONE OF THE BOYS. A NEW YORK TIMES Editor’s Choice in ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
The Blizzard by David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg
THE BLIZZARD, a mystery thriller, features Jesse Eisenberg and Pulitzer-finalist Heidi Schreck. A snowed-in screenwriter surprised by menacing, cre...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 19:27
Sarah Weinman discusses "Women Crime Writers of the 1940s and 1950s"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Sarah Weinman is widely recognized as a leading authority on crime fiction. She is the editor of Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from th...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 12:12
StoryCorps: Pastor David Ned
From: StoryCorps
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In the 1970s, Pastor David Ned learned an important lesson about himself after what could have been a tragic situation.

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Novelist Daniel Woodrell
From: New Letters on the Air
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Award-winning author Daniel Woodrell, discusses his 2013 novel THE MAID'S VERSION. Told around a mysterious and tragic explosion at a 1920s dance c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: Animal Instincts
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2001, a woman was found dead in a pool of her own blood. Her husband was convicted of her murder. But a curious neighbor had a different theory…...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, New Hampshire Public Radio, 90.5 WESA, HowSound, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 18:35
  • Purchases: 5
My Audio Universe Spring 2012
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: My Audio Universe - 59:00
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Our Spring 2012 Edition features five short stories specially adapted to audio. Unique sound design illuminates the best contemporary short fictio...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
An Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
During the Civil War a southern civilian is to be executed by being hung from a bridge. What happens or doesn't happen next we won't know until the...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 25:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Death of Ivan Ilyich - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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It's not dark yet. Well, actually it is. But actor Alfred Molina makes a book with Death in the title an absolute thrill to listen to. The program ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 6
True Vampires of New Haven
From: Eric Molinsky
Caption: One of several vampire safe-houses in New Haven.
Real vampires are nothing like the ones we see depicted in Twilight or True Blood. Most of them are just trying to get by. (NOTE: This is a radio d...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Commentator Guido on Brushes with the Law
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Don't take away Guido's plastic cap-gun or he'll just use a hammer and then go to a peace march...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:07
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (A Ghost Story for Christmas)
From: Craig Wichman
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By mining the dark veins of this classic, its timeless heart is reclaimed.

Bought by KREV-LP, WUTC, KTXK, KVSC, KGOU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2007
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 61
first place for Dexter
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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a serial killer on the side of the angels

  • Added: Dec 14, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
Insomnia
From: Billy Senese
Series: Midnight Radio Theater
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Insomnia is a story set in the mind of an insomniac.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and WHSS


  • Added: Nov 19, 2006
  • Length: 26:42
  • Purchases: 2