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Veteran Repays Near-Half-Century Debt
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Cliff Brody looks at an old photo of his deceased friend/sergeant, Joe Blakely, who changed Cliff’s life during the Vietnam War., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
How do you thank someone who saves you from tragedy? This Vietnam veteran knows.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:40
Missing Kim
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dick Moreau has hung over 50,000 posters of his daughter around the area of Jay, Maine. This is the story of one family's 26-year quest for answers.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 2
"Margery Dickerson"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev reads "Margery Dickerson", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short Irish fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bevilacqua. Great for Saint Patrick Day or anytime.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
In Theory
From: Helena de Groot
Series: We're All Strangers
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When it actually matters, do you care about the theory?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
Aubry Edwards Versus Jay Thunderbolt
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
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Professional photographer, Aubry Edwards goes on the photo shoot from hell when Jay Thunderbolt locks her into the "private strip club" in his Detr...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
Sounds Familiar #5: Sex, Death and Morals in Horror.
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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In 1980, during a “very special episode” of Siskel & Ebert, Roger Ebert made a provocative claim about the emerging genre of “slasher” horror films...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 17:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spooky Trip Down The Ghost River
From: Candice Ludlow
Caption: Heading into the Ghost Section of the Wolf River, Credit: Candice Ludlow
Audio postcard with Keith Kirkland, an avid river geek, tells about an eerie night on the Ghost River.

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:46
Film Fatale: Dark times for independent movie theaters
From: KALW
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Take a walk down any major street in San Francisco and you’ll see them: dead movie theaters. Corpses. It’s hard not to shudder when you walk past o...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
  • Length: 10:21
Ohio's First Beard & Mustache Competition
From: Sarah Buckingham
Caption: Michael Scanlan of Cincinnati with his motorcycle, Credit: Sarah Buckingham
In Dayton a social club known as The Gem City Gentlemen of the Gilded Beard organized Ohio's first beard and mustache competition to cultivate a lo...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
The Searchers
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
A Cold Freezin Night
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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Was it just a dream? I can't remember now.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Talk to Me About Love
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story
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Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Dwayne Split
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story
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The answering machine traps a surprising revelation from an "old friend."

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Lee Mottern and Linda Eldredge
From: StoryCorps
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Lee Mottern tells his girlfriend, Linda Eldredge, a story about his Uncle Abe.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Crane and the Straitjacket
From: KUOW
Caption: Joey Pipia , Credit: Frank Ross
A struggling magician, struck with crippling osteoarthritis, decides to risk everything for the stunt of his life--escaping from a straitjacket whi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
White Water Kayaking on the Potomac
From: Rob Sachs
Caption: Rob checks out the rapids at Great Falls with friend Dave Beck and instructor Jim Buley, Credit: Teke Wiggins
Rob Sachs tries out white water kayaking at Great Falls National Park.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
The 2nd Most Haunted House In D.C.
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: D.C.'s Octagon House is legendary for its ghostly lore., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A ghostly tour of Washington, D.C.'s second-most haunted house, where many a thing may -- or may not -- go bump in the night...

Bought by KUOW and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
How Do Mushrooms Know When to Grow?
From: Ed Herrmann
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What we call a mushroom is only the fruit of a much larger, subterranean organism. How do mushrooms know when to grow? Of course they need rain, su...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Unlikely Story of A Thousand-Year-Old Instrument in Cambodia
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Memm at Angkor Wat, Credit: Cambodia Living Arts
A thousand years ago, the image of a strange instrument was carved into the walls of Angkor Wat. It had a lizard scale on one end, attached to a so...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 2
Reality Check
From: David Schultz
Caption: Carolyn Parham, Credit: SpeakeasyDC
A mother of two faces a life-altering crisis when, just a few months out of rehab, a $5,000 check appears in her mailbox.

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
For Ghost Hunters, the Paranormal...is Normal.
From: WRVO
Caption: Original Armory in Oswego, NY, Credit: Jasmyn Belcher
Once a year on Halloween, ghosts and ghouls get their day of recognition. But for one group of Central New Yorkers, the paranormal...is normal.

Bought by WAMC and KUT


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
A Pirate Looks At Forty
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a young fisherman in Maine.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
Julie and the Snails
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Julie Keene harvests snails for a living, but she's had to give that up to fight against a major corporation.

Bought by WAMC, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 3
The Guardian of the Murder House
From: Michael Paul Mason
Caption: The Villisca Axe Murder House
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Remix, KUT, WILL, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 6
Lost and Found, Lost in Thought
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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New views of getting lost

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:14