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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
Dark Winter Nights Executive Producer Ryan Peterson tells the wild story of how he found his birth parents.
- Added: Sep 23, 2021
- Length: 29:00
My mom complains about some women in her community who are complaining about the fountains
- Added: Aug 14, 2021
- Length: 02:54
“Inverness in the Seventies was the kind of place where a tenuous duo like my dad and me could not only survive, but feel right at home.”
Rain tel...
- Added: Jun 28, 2021
- Length: 28:30
Kids who think it's totally cool give their moms performance reviews.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: We are still hard at work on our series about kids facing ...
- Added: May 21, 2019
- Length: 18:46
- Added: Sep 29, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Find out why you should never mess with Maria. The diaries of a rebellious Jersey Girl growing up in the 80s. The Mortified Podcast is a proud memb...
- Added: Aug 20, 2017
- Length: 25:08
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
LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall is an autobiographical dark comedy, written and performed by "This American Life" co...
Bought by KHEN-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 24, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
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
Siblings Sterling and Maura Smalley talk to no one in particular about raising kids as blind parents.
Bought by KUER
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 11:24
- Purchases: 1
Manohar, from Agra, and Vera, from Sao Paulo, meet on a mysterious bus when a lady falls on M. The rest is slight distrust and love.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 17, 2012
- Length: 09:30
- Purchases: 1
A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 03:54
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
Cynthia prepares salmon kebobs while her adult daughter, Jane, mooches the car for a band gig in Pasco, Washington.
- Added: Dec 11, 2009
- Length: 07:54
Jason Mehl tells the story of his meeting with a drunken Santa.
- Added: Oct 11, 2009
- Length: 06:52
- Purchases: 2
Father & sons, the woods, and our feeble attempts at trying to figure out what it means to be a man.
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and KUT
- Added: Nov 30, 2008
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 3
A love story between a fisherman and a mermaid. Can it be?
- Added: Aug 07, 2008
- Length: 25:48
- Added: Nov 03, 2007
- Length: 03:55
- Added: May 31, 2006
- Length: 02:07
- Purchases: 1
