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Please don't feed the large reptiles! An American in Vienna finds herself at the bountiful mercy of strangers; A man seeking treatment for depressi...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 29:03
A woman finds refuge at a shelter for big cats; It's tough being a very tall person in a very small world; A chance encounter proves serendipitous ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 22:21
A basketball fan experiences a shocking loss off the court; High school seniors torment a freshman for no good reason; Mmmmmmm….sprinkler beer.
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 21:18
Frantic grocery shopping ends in a case of mistaken identity; Warning to the folks in the first three rows - you WILL get wet…or stabbed; Americans...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 29:15
In prison, a good sense of humor is helpful; An accident victim defies doctors' orders and finds true love; A racquetball player fears she will rep...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 28:35
A veteran nearly killed in Vietnam returns to seek closure; A performance art show unfurls into a strange burlesque exhibition; A Boy Scout at summ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 28:40
A quest for laundry coinage leads to a lascivious encounter; Caution! Active Volcano!; Hitchhikers on a desert highway harbor a secret; A lost dog ...
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 29:11
When it actually matters, do you care about the theory?
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 02:06
Dive into the dirty diary of a teenager on All Hallow's Eve; High school best friends read their rambling frenetic diaries tag-team style; High sch...
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 29:07
A teen busted for shoplifting continues to make bad choices; A graffiti artist escapes the fuzz atop a train; A young woman fearing for her safety...
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 29:03
Richard learns the value of a liberal education at the College of Wooster, where the study of science and religion are complementary. During Easter...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 25:00
Richard faces the uncertainty of college life and its requirements. And his heavy New York accent marks him as an outsider at the College of Wooster.
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 19:47
With over 50 professions in his life Marcel, now homeless, lives with a camera, a dog and a passion for cars.
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 06:31
Monsters? Attempted suicide? The "second hand smoke" of insanity? Bob will be the 1st to admit that clinical psychology requires a bit of a split-...
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 07:12
An amateur ornithologist stands guard over a nest in his mailbox; A troubled teen learns to love her pet bunny after it's too late; Brother and sis...
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 29:05
A motorcycle man on a suicide mission faces an existential crisis; A jogger stands up to a pair of armed muggers; A youngster playing in the forest...
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 29:07
A couple buddies drinking on a clear night are freaked out by apparitions in the night sky; All's well that ends well on a South American backpacki...
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 29:14
A Vietnam veteran recalls watching his tour buddy and a prisoner of war die at each other's hands; A young man drafted in the Korean War makes the ...
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 28:27
A storyteller watching an author read his work is distracted by what's going on outside on the street; A struggling college student finds comfort i...
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 29:19
A chaplain-in-training consoles the grieving at a busy urban hospital; A master storyteller is hunted by "patriots" for his refusal to support a po...
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 29:02
The tenement windowsill is the instrument of social interaction between neighbors and the social control of children on the street. The front wind...
- Added: Feb 03, 2013
- Length: 16:11
Robert Jevne gives us his thoughts on aspirations for the year including not giving into cynicism and remaining upbeat when there is much to be dow...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 01:09
- Purchases: 1
A story about the moment in childhood in which a person had to 'grow up.'
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 04:47
Being forced to write a daily diary by your own mother is not fun, no matter where you live.
Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 03, 2013
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 2
War is hell on the holidays; A G-Man home for the holidays takes his fiancee to the Big Apple; A family departs from the Biblical script in a live ...
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 28:55
