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Explore the loving journey of Carol Burnett, a story of resilience, heart, and the transformative power of laughter.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 16:43
Sammy Marques tells stories, one-man-shows that last an hour and more. The stories within the bigger stories are chapters of his life. Because they...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 25:28
Sammy Marques, descended from Portuguese seamen, was expatriated from his native America by his missionary father. When he returned stateside he ma...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 27:56
Sammy Marques is a raconteur. He frequently draws on personal experience to flesh out stories that seem always to embrace some humorous element. Th...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 27:30
For three generations, Sammy Marques’ family was stuck in a sort of revolving door of emigration from Europe to the United States and back again. I...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 28:24
Sammy Marques has been a lot of things over the years. He was never a butcher, but he was certainly a baker. Twice. And armed with a wood lathe he ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 26:21
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 27:53
Page Wilson ten years ago this month, and the Richmond music scene will never be quite the same. Page was a player and host of the most popular “re...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 25:55
A humorous essay: Interviews with the dogs I meet on my morning walk, most, I'm sure, with better stories than those of their owners. Some really t...
- Added: May 13, 2020
- Length: 03:41
Jamila Davenport of Durham, NC has been a lifelong fan of singer Kenny Loggins. When he comes to perform at the venue she manages, she comes face-t...
- Added: Jul 22, 2019
- Length: 04:21
Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jun 27, 2017
- Length: 08:22
- Purchases: 2
He left the East Coast for the West Coast to become an actor. Instead he became a comedian. And just as his career was taking off, he was diagnosed...
- Added: Nov 25, 2016
- Length: 26:34
For Valentine's Day folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld asked 5th graders about love.
Bought by KUER, KRZA, PRX Remix, KAOS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more
- Added: Jan 05, 2014
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 7
Maybe you know this place. Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average. Perhaps best know...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 2
Sometimes DIY isn't the best way to go...and it can lead to disaster.
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 03:59
Maintaining a sense of humor in another language can be difficult. Some misunderstandings can be humorous. Still, understanding the nuances of joke...
Bought by KKRN and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 05:10
- Purchases: 2
For my sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience. And recently she tried to give them up.
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
HE'S NAMED FOR HIS TOES THOUGH HE HAS NONE...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Jul 06, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
DOWN THE STAIRS RECOILING...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Jun 05, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
WHEN THESE ARE PLANTED ...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: May 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Young man speaks of the manners involved with a first date and how etiquette interfere with getting a second.
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 04:00
For some, education is a global debate involving scholarly theories and reform strategies; for others, it's something a little more...elementary. O...
- Added: Mar 16, 2011
- Length: 01:46
"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." - Chris Elliott with his dad, Ray Elliott.
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, XRAY.fm, KJZZ, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 06:53
- Purchases: 7
Make your listeners smile with something new. A funny one. Labor Day Blues is an original spoken word poem written & performed by Glen ugly Naughty...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Sep 05, 2010
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
You might say that Malort is Chicago's signature drink. Which would be fine, if it weren't so disgusting. For the uninitiated, here is the story of...
- Added: Jun 15, 2010
- Length: 10:05
- Purchases: 2
