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Piece produced for the D.C. Listening Lounge audio challenge. Music by @bruno_ph.
- Added: Feb 16, 2013
- Length: 01:52
Richard is caught between two philosophies of life: his father’s hard work ethic, which saw Richard’s responsibility to help meet the immediate exp...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 15:48
A story about the moment in childhood in which a person had to 'grow up.'
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- Length: 04:47
It often seems like our world vanishes before our very eyes. But what is more amazing are the things that seem to reappear.
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- Length: 50:46
- Purchases: 4
Stephen discusses life, death, squirrels, parrots, and the possibility of miracles.
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- Length: 48:35
- Purchases: 3
Stephen describes the secret world that children live in when their parents aren't looking.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WFPL News, and KUOW
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- Length: 49:13
- Purchases: 3
The Monti - American Graduate Special is an hour of true stories from the front lines of North Carolina’s high school drop out crisis.
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 59:01
Stephen learns about acting from a horse. Winning and losing may not be how you play the game but if you can, figure out where the arena is.
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- Length: 52:01
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Stephen prepares to leave his family for Broadway. Along the way he learns some unexpected lessons from his past about the future.
Bought by KUOW
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- Length: 51:31
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Stephen auditions for Broadway: A morning of terror, an evening with a lap dancer, and an unexpected discovery of where a lifelong dream comes from.
Bought by KUOW
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- Length: 52:01
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The conclusion of the heart story trilogy. Stephen finds the missing time from the recovery room. It comes with a message he didn’t expect and will...
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- Length: 52:31
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Crossing the Rubicon. In history or literature it was the act that couldn’t be undone. I just couldn’t remember if it was at the beginning of the s...
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- Length: 52:00
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- Length: 53:00
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It all started when I played in a band with Stevie Ray Vaughn. Sometimes the truth is a funny thing. Sometimes it just rocks your world. A rock and...
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- Length: 51:38
- Purchases: 2
An adventure in Norway in Part 2 of the Zen Story. Director Stein Winge takes Stephen on a journey to the edge of the world and makes a surprising ...
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- Length: 53:14
- Purchases: 2
Some scientists say that time travel actually exists. But it’s risky. If you take the ride you have no control over what you’ll find or how you’ll ...
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- Length: 51:30
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In times of trouble be careful of turning to the parables of Zen for advice – the story keeps changing before your very eyes.
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- Length: 50:03
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Everyone says change may be the key to the future. Is it possible that it is also the key to the past?
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- Length: 50:55
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Stories show us that with every ending, there follows a beginning...whether we want either to happen or not. Kate Knable watches her brother get st...
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Real world tips on being a professional actor. The difference between acting school and the real world is the difference between reading and readin...
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- Length: 51:00
- Purchases: 2
Some true stories about the creation of the movie "True Stories". Sometimes the truth is almost impossible to believe.
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- Length: 51:00
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A moment forgotten and one unforgettable. Both leave their mark. The x/y axis moves again and another “moment before zero” reveals the Stranger.
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- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 3
What does a bad first date, a fist fight with Mel Gibson, and the beginning of all space and time have in common? Well…
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- Length: 52:54
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Stephen looks at a series of good and bad bedtime stories and how they occasionally can change the world.
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- Length: 52:00
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This week, Stephen encounters both the natural and the supernatural during the making of Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning.
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- Length: 51:01
- Purchases: 2
