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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
The Will Rogers Minute is a lighthearted look back at the influential comedian, radio host, movie star, and political commentator.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
Accumulating credit and debt became more common in Will's life, so naturally he had a few things to say about the practice.
Bought by WYAP and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jul 01, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 2
This episode discusses Will's relationship with animals, particularly horses and dogs
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jun 16, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
Will Rogers knew how to balance work and life, something many people need more of today
- Added: Jun 08, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 01:02
- Purchases: 1
Problem with a bear in your neighborhood? This is the guy who gets the call.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 25, 2019
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 1
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
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 08:21
- Purchases: 1
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
What do the restaurants of your childhood say about the place you grew up? In Jack Hitt’s case, the Oysters Mornay and Escargots Bourguignonne of h...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 28:02
- Purchases: 3
Dubi Ayalon, a retired IDF lieutenant-colonel, traded a life as a school principal in Israel for a life of raising and miking water buffalo in rura...
- Added: Feb 25, 2015
- Length: 17:03
Comedian Carlos Mencia is notorious for stealing other comics’ jokes. But he’s never been sued—in fact, there are almost no lawsuits in comedy. On ...
- Added: Oct 06, 2014
- Length: 18:43
- Purchases: 2
From Los Angeles to Chicago, folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld finds Amtrak's Train #4, the Southwest Chief, full of adventure...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 11, 2014
- Length: 08:30
- Purchases: 2
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...
Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 08:18
- Purchases: 4
A show about songs and stories about songs. There is brave singing. There is blood and guitar solos. It’s an hour of music you’re sure to love and ...
- Added: Aug 20, 2013
- Length: 30:40
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
