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Side Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Life in the trenches of the jazz world.

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


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 32
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 41
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes from our Award-Winning podcasts.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 34
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about finding alternative solutions for very different problems.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 32
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about people finding stability when things feel out of control.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 31
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about parents doing everything they can for their kids.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 51:00
  • Purchases: 1
Awake and Sing!
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Mark Ruffalo, Ben Gazzara, Richard Kind, and Jane Kaczmarek star in Clifford Odets' masterpiece.

Bought by KMUN, KWMR, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 29
StoryCorps: Robert Carolla and Margaret Carolla
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Robert Carolla and Margaret Carolla at their StoryCorps interview in Springfield, Missouri., Credit: Sonia Kinkhabwala for StoryCorps
Dr. Robert Carolla remembers a small gesture from his brother’s doctor and the lasting impact it had on his career.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
3. Childhood
From: Maria-Cristina Marras
Series: Micro
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When adults use children as a pawn. A micro narration in a minute or so.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:14
The People Could Fly
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: Black History Month
Caption: Queen Mother Imakhu
Queen Mother Imakhu's rendition of the African American folktale about a group of mystical enslaved Africans who escaped their oppression by regain...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2022
  • Length: 08:35
Neal Bennington: Everyone Is Here for a Reason
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Neal Bennington, Credit: Shefik
Destiny - Neal Bennington founded Broadway Sings for Pride, in response to tragic suicides within the LGBTQ+ community. The live concert series has...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 03:18
Headstrong
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Can the culture of playing through pain ever change?

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 27
Life During COVID
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: unhappy masked man, Credit: https://snappygoat.com/free-public-domain-images-man_depressed_hoodie_unhappy/rbaXF2P4I275TeGAlqcCb1xcuuBZmgLxsv7PXwyGPcX1.html#,0,0.73b9015dfe5a5122dd72979ddbb7ad50a2964544
The COVID 19 pandemic has transformed all of our lives in some way. But some are feeling the impacts more than others. Take healthcare workers, for...

Bought by Radio Catskill, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
GN_6.49_ Roman the Rescuer
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A seven-year-old uses his compassion and his cuteness to get dogs adopted.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
GN_4.31_Miracle Messages
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A San Francisco Man uses social media to connect the homeless with their families.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_4.24_GrandmaKnowsBest
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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One man's Grandma becomes a social media icon for humerous advice.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
The Most Important Seconds
From: Israel Story
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On June 2, 1978, five-year-old Eli Beer witnessed something that would impact the rest of his life: As he was walking home from school with his bro...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 34:24
StoryCorps Griot: Amanda and Craig Farrell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Amanda Farrell and Craig Farrell at their StoryCorps interview in Appleton, WI in July 2019., Credit: By Sylvie Lubow for StoryCorps
Amanda Farrell tells her husband Craig about how she lost -- and ultimately regained -- control of her mental health.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WDBM, and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 3
S2 E3 A Form of Love
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Hospitalist Peter Barish recounts an intense, intimate moment with a patient.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 36:02
Sissies / Listener Testimonial / TAL
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Fundraising Pieces
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Listener, Mike Duffy of Manchester, NH, describes how listening to TAL episode about Sissies prompted him to come out to father.

Bought by Tri States Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Oath of Blood
From: Israel Story
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Within the first days of the First Lebanon War, two families become unfortunately intertwined through the coincidence of their name.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:26
Pony
From: Ibby Caputo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:13
Snap 613: Weight of the World, 10/4/2018
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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On the next Snap ... "Weight Of The World." Everyone has a secret. Some secrets are heavier than others.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
New York Story by Mike Reiss
From: Playing on Air
Caption: Mike Reiss
In NEW YORK STORY by Mike Reiss (“The Simpsons”), Ed Asner is a master of the one-liner to his public, a pain-in-the-neck to his son (Peter Jacobso...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 31:31
2 Dads by David Auburn
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Peter Gallagher
Bobby Cannavale and Peter Gallagher star in this short about fatherhood. In the comic and heartbreaking 2 Dads by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award win...

Bought by KUNM and KUER


  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 21:39
  • Purchases: 2
I Love You by Lynn Rosen
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Steven Boyer
Starring comic legend Bill Irwin, Tony Nominee Steven Boyer, Broadway stars Len Cariou and Michael Urie. In I LOVE YOU by Lynn Rosen, a struggling ...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 24:14