An old favorite that never feels old. This has been picked up by a dozen stations, but that leaves hundreds who haven't treated their listeners to it!

Radio Lab hosts Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad do a great job of explaining the phenomenon of songs that stick in your head -- why, how, and what to do about it. It's an hour of high-energy back and forth with regular folks and brain experts. No doubt listeners themselves will have this feature stuck in their head.

A story of teen summer romance, on the beach, complete with bluefish, bonfires and bikinis. Nice in the telling, with the narration switching from boy to girl, back and forth, with the sound of the surf and some laid back music mingling in.

This comes from the Ladies Village Improvement Society of Providence, Rhode Island. Rachel Blatt and Lacy Roberts wrote, edited and produced the piece. They say they "love listening and storytelling and we aren’t tired yet."

Note: the piece ends at 5:25, even though the sound file is 6:58.

This month's picks are for the most part light and summery. Then, I ran across this one. A stark look at what it's like to be in solitary confinement. It is thick with the voices of nine people who have experienced solitary confinement, covering one aspect of the experience at a time. Many voices, layered with actualities, somber or percussive music and a bit of narration. The overall feel is just plain haunting.

This is by producers Claire Schoen, Tena Rubio, Andrew Stelzer and Pauline Bartolone, and is part of of "Making Contact," an award-winning, weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on over 160 radio stations in the USA, Canada and elsewhere.