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Learning to Lie
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week, we take a deep look at how and why we learn to lie, and what lying does to you

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Birth: A Rite of Passage or a Medical Event? A Mother's Day Special
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Baby Drew with her Mommy, Caitlin, and her Mamma, Monica, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
How does the process of birth impact new motherhood? Is it a rite of passage or a medical event? Next time on Well Woman Radio we’ll hear from Pam ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Yelitza Castro and Willie Davis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Yelitza Castro talks with her friend Willie Davis about serving meals to the homeless community in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past three years.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Happy Dodson and Taz Roman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Happy Dodson (L) and Taz Roman (R)
Happy Dodson and Taz Roman, members of Bikers Against Child Abuse, talk about their work.

Bought by WEZU and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions 8/3/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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SHEEP AND BIRD ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 30: Tobia Spinelli, Part 2 - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Tobia Spinelli
Bobby speaks, from a boat anchored off the Coast of Shell Island, once again, with lifelong friend and pizza man Tobia Spinelli in part 2 of this 2...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:34:49
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Juan
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited
Caption: Juan holds a photograph of himself from 16 years ago., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
16 years ago, Juan reported on his life as a recent Mexican immigrant living in poverty in Texas. In his new diary, Juan takes us on a tour of the ...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
Global Internet Dating: Filipina Woman Marries Moves to Small Town North Dakota
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Filipina woman meets husband on Christian dating site and moves to small town North Dakota. She says their relationship is more than mail order bri...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
StoryCorps: Peter Obetz and Jeff Jarrett
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Peter Obetz (L) and Jeff Jarrett (R)
Peter Obetz (L) talks to his best friend, Jeff Jarrett (R), about being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
UnFictional: Me and the Holy See
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Imagine having all the power and moral authority of the Catholic Church focused on one person… you.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Louisville Public Media, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Tales from the South 120: Ozark Music Show II
From: Paula Morell
Caption: Shannon Wurst
Our Second Annual Ozark Music Show, featuring singer/songwriter Shannon Wurst singing songs and telling tales. True stories told by the Southerners...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 116: Unexpected
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Jeff Lewellen reads on Tales from the South
Our writers this week all experience the unexpected, with mixed results. Stories by Allie Sumner, Donna Dillahunty, and Jeff Lewellen. True stories...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Bob Boxley
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detail of Bob Boxley's portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B. Klein
Monsters? Attempted suicide? The "second hand smoke" of insanity? Bob will be the 1st to admit that clinical psychology requires a bit of a split-...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: James Clyburn and Syndey Reed
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: James Clyburn and Sydney Reed
South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn talks with his granddaughter Sydney Reed about his career in politics.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "Winter Projects"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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In his essay, "Winter Projects," Aaron Brown lightheartedly looks back at his past tasks for winter. He also discusses the preparations, obstacles,...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
Episode 9: Frank Piccirillo/Beggar Man Thief - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Frank Piccirillo
Bobby speaks with "Papa" about life and loyalties 60 miles north of New York City, in what some have labeled the “armpit of Connecticut”. A place t...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:25:02
"For Father's Day: On Being an Adoptive Dad (June 2012 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Happy Father's Day! I'm an adoptive dad....28 years now and counting. And as a lifelong journalist, this program attempts to show...through narrat...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 57:09
The Wine-Dark Sea
From: Whitney Jones
Caption: The Sea
Homer's Odyssey re-imagined through my neighbors' experiences on the wine-dark sea.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Lisa Combest and James Hanson-Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lisa Combest and James Hanson-Brown
Lisa Combest and her ex-husband, James Hanson-Brown, talk about how their marriage ended.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional: Welcome to the Metal
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode... two surprising, funny and spellbinding stories on the subject of prison.

Bought by WCNY, KUOW, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Portrait of the Bully as a Young Man
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Jeff's first day out
Jeff's reputation as a bully was something of a legend in the coastal town where he grew up. Eight years later, and with a chance to start over ag...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, Listenwise, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Les, Scott, Thea and Amanda GrantSmith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Les (L) and Scott (R) GrantSmith
Scott and Les GrantSmith talk about how Les' decision to transition from female to male affected their marriage. Les also interviewed his daughters...

Bought by KALW, WMUU-LP, WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 5
White Van Man
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: White Van
They are seen as the kings of the road... but we see what being a self employed courier is really like.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
Daily Rituals
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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People observe all sorts of small rituals, sometimes on a daily basis. But what separates these activities from daily routines, like brushing your ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:37
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Johnson
From: StoryCorps
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Mary Johnson speaks with Oshea Israel, who killed her son in 1993.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4

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