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Caption: Maria at 16
Maria---AKA TS [Tough Shit] and her mother Marta unearth the stories of their first romances and reveal the lasting impact they had. These are sto...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 18:38
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In this episode we talk about a lesser known tale, The Armless Maiden. How does she get her arms chopped off you ask? Maybe her dad does it to save...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
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When it actually matters, do you care about the theory?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
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A girl is walking down the street late at night when a car stops right next to her...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
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in 1790 the Yankees fully intended to turn this "New World" into their own nation. The Native Americans, on the other hand, indigenous to the conti...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:56
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She was a small, dark-haired Polish Catholic who somehow managed to save 2500 Jewish children from the Nazis. How? Here's the tale. Also available...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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Julie Sanders talks about being a member of of a white supremacist group as a teenager.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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In this installment of Poetry to the People, people on the street read Laura Brandenburg's chilling poem, "Back Roads," about life in the country t...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:39
Caption: Anne Enright
At the Kansas City Public Library, Irish author Anne Enright discusses her dark but humorous approach to writing about love, desire, death and fami...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
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The third and final part of our series examines military sexual post truama and the role that sexual harrasment plays in miltary sex crime.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
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The second part of our series examines the challanges victims face after being sexually assaulted in the military.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Valencia and her mother, Charlene, Credit: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Aug 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Drama series following Sam, a 26-year-old trapped in a call centre. Literally. This is the beginning of season two; a good way in for newbies.

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
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I said: "I don't know you and you don't know me. I could tell you any secret and it wouldn't matter." She said: "It's funny you should mention tha...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 26:15
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Libby St. Pierre knew since she was a young girl that she wanted only a few simple things in life: a career, which she has as a nurse in Auburn, Ma...

Bought by KUOW and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Imagine the characters from Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Blvd in the age of Twitter and reality TV.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Guerette family of Pittston, Maine two years after attackers broke into their home with machetes. , Credit: Sarah Craig
"Left for Dead" is probably the most gruesome story reported by a Salt student. It's not for the faint of heart.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 17:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Darker stories of love and coming of age by Providence's most exciting new writers.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 18:26
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A woman decides to kick her drug addiction.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:08
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Shekaiba Wakili's aunt was en route to New York, September 11, 2001, when her plane turned around and flew back to Peshawar, Pakistan. Shekaiba str...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: May 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
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It all started out as a simple moose hunt...but a lot can go wrong.

Bought by KUT, KFAI, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 3
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The singer-songwriter best known for her indie-rock band "Throwing Muses" talks about her unorthodox, and involuntary approach to making music.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1