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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
Will Rogers becomes wildly popular in the newspapers
Bought by WYAP
- 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
A story about doing things a little differently.
Bought by ABC
- Added: Jun 13, 2019
- Length: 05:39
- Purchases: 1
Comedians don’t always have good shows, and they know that. But all bombing is not equal. . . sometimes it’s a little worse that others. Here’s a s...
- Added: Dec 10, 2018
- Length: 04:21
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 08:21
- Purchases: 1
When is it true love or unhinged obsession? Find out in this tongue in cheek guide to adolescent love that lets you know when you've become way to...
- Added: May 06, 2018
- Length: 24:12
He was the brawny icon of sports' Golden Age, and his singular popularity revolutionized live entertainment forever. So how did this legend get for...
- Added: Mar 06, 2018
- Length: 12:13
What happens teenagers have the hots for their next door neighbor. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen @ getmort...
- Added: Jul 09, 2017
- Length: 21:30
On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with Ryan Khal and Earl Elliot, two comedians from the Twin Cities. They share with us how they create a...
Bought by WMPG
- Added: Jul 07, 2017
- Length: 28:11
- Purchases: 1
Studs Terkel interviews Al Pommier, aka 'One Swing Al', a parking lot attendant in Chicago, Illinois. This story aired as part of a week long serie...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2017
- Length: 01:27
- Purchases: 4
Tales of kids whose pets weren't just their best friend, they were EVERYTHING. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. List...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 19, 2017
- Length: 28:37
- Purchases: 2
To close out 2016, we’re bringing you two lighter stories of people exhibiting everyday genius under. . . unusual circumstances. Comedian Dave Holm...
Bought by KPIK-LP
- Added: Jan 13, 2017
- Length: 18:44
- Purchases: 1
Randy Brown has to, no lie, shoot a bear and immediately grab it by the tail and Glenner Anderson makes the cardinal mistake of bear encounters--he...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 28:59
Champion dog musher Brent Sass gets sprayed in the face with bear spray and then nearly eaten by a bear and Bill Schnabel tries to raise pigs but c...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 29:01
New to Los Angeles, Ann was excited to start a new job and experience the Southern California lifestyle. However, she ran into some trouble when sh...
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 01:48
A vignette of children’s perspectives on fireworks.
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 04:04
Memories and experiences from band campers young and old.
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 05:01
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
Matthew Piazza is a hilarious scumbag from Boston, Mass. Drugs used to fuel him, pot still does, as Matt admits, "If it weren't for pot, I'd still ...
- Added: Aug 27, 2014
- Length: 01:25:09