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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Caption: Chill Beefs
My mom complains about some women in her community who are complaining about the fountains

  • Added: Aug 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:54
Caption: Cinderblock Bookshelves show art, Credit: Kayleigh Morrison
“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
Caption: A Sniagrab sale, from above, Credit: The Gart Family Archive
A touching story of fathers, family, and bargains spelled backwards.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 20:30
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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
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Mortified Live is coming to Philadelphia this spring! Celebrate with an episode devoted to brotherly love and the unusual ways kids show it.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2019
  • Length: 26:41
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Unhappy with contemporary America, Avery Thompson travels to Plymouth, Massachusetts to consult the man responsible for bringing his family to thes...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Stories of men battling white water rapids and floods in Alaska.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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The most glorious spring in many years has the producer thinking about baseball and family history.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:24
Caption: The aftermath., Credit: Lila Kitaeff
RadioActive's Yafiet Bezabih and Maddie Ewbank challenge our chef-in-residence Sarah Rosenthal to make a Thanksgiving meal out of mac and cheese, O...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
Caption: Amina Ibrahim has four siblings, while her co-host Rachel Lam has two., Credit: KUOW Photo/Lila Kitaeff
Siblings: the most common adversaries since the beginning of time. From Cain and Abel all the way up to today's hosts, Rachel Lam and Amina Ibrahim...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:58
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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
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"ON STAGE OR IN THE MOVIES I COULD DO WHATEVER I WANTED TO. I WAS FREE." - Gene Wilder, 2007. The man synonymous with Willy Wonka doesn’t do many i...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KHNS, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KVNF, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 6
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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
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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
Caption: Manohar and Vera, Credit: Kathryn Munger
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
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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
Caption: Dave Goelz on set, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Dave Goelz
A one hour special featuring performers, writers, and puppeteers who worked with Jim Henson from the beginning. The program includes interviews, o...

Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KWMR, WNIN, KZYX, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 58:07
  • Purchases: 6