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Pakistani-American writer Ayad Akhtar
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: New Letters on the Air
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Pakistani-American writer Ayad Akhtar has made a living as a screenwriter, but 2012 brought him notice as both a playwright and a novelist. He deb...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
It's Going to Change Your Life
From: The Truth
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A story about getting what you want.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 2
12 Spanish Christmas Stories Translated into English - NEW!
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: Charming New Christmas Modules Your Listeners Will Love!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua
A new collection of twelve 2 to 7 minute charming holiday modules by noted Spanish author Pedro Pablo Sacristan, produced by Joe Bevilcqua. Great...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Wrinkles Episode Five "Your Money, My Money, Our Money" and "Locked Away"
From: Joan Chandler
Series: Mishoo miinwaa Noki ~ You, Me and Wrinkles
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A man steals his elderly alcoholic father's money and bank cards. Another man neglects his mother's spiritual well-being, forcing confinement and ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 08:16
The Witches of Lublin
From: Sue Zizza
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(this 58:30 program is the final version) Lublin, Poland, 1797: While they prepare for Passover, a family of Jewish women klezmer musicians struggl...

Bought by WNIJ, WAMC, WMNF, KUNM, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 13
Why Santa Shared His Soul
From: William Hrdina
Series: Where the Fnords Linger
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A touching short story about a little boy who saves Christmas by giving a good idea to a badly overworked Santa Claus.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 09:17
HUNGRY: Julia Child Presents "A Dickens Holiday Feast"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Julia says, "'A Christmas Carol' is a lovely story to read during the holidays, because it has a happy ending." The actor Peter Donat takes us to V...

Bought by KVNF, Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, WXXI, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 8
Sgt. Preston of the Yukon - "A Call From the Storm "
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! THE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO
Caption: The first NEW Sgt Preston of the Yukon show since the 1950s!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A brand new radio theater featuring characters from the classic radio and TV show, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon!

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 46:58
Glad Tidings 2009
From: KBYU
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A musical and literary Christmas celebration that features the internationally acclaimed choral ensembles and Philharmonic Orchestra of Brigham You...

Bought by WUAL, KRPS, WUIS, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 57:24
  • Purchases: 4
The True Story of the Twin Santas
From: dan hall
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A wonderful children's tale and fun for the whole family. A great new twist on an old story, the true meaning of Christmas.

Bought by KRPS and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 01:08:12
  • Purchases: 2
One Giant Leap: A Family Radio Play
From: Deanna Neil
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Family Radio Play for Passover

  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 08:09
Bird
From: William Hrdina
Series: Where the Fnords Linger
Caption: www.williamhrdina.com
Short story about the power of music

  • Added: Apr 12, 2008
  • Length: 14:21
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (A Ghost Story for Christmas)
From: Craig Wichman
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By mining the dark veins of this classic, its timeless heart is reclaimed.

Bought by WAMU, WCQS, KUHF, KGOU, WHRV and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2007
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 37
Writer Anne Lamott on "Grace (Eventually)"
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: New Letters on the Air
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Anne Lamott combines wisdom, humor, honesty and panache in her dozen books of essays and fiction. She discusses and reads from her 2007 book GRACE ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
Icebox Radio Theater: Minnie Billings, Come Home
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An old woman returns to her home town in the far north only to discover she can?t run away from herself. Recorded in front of a live audience.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 37:28
  • Purchases: 1
Icebox Radio Theater: Between the Pipes
From: Icebox Radio Theater
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A hockey goalie who allowed his life to be ruined by one, youthful mistake, gets a chance to go back and try again ? or does he? Recorded in fron...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 25:33
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P. Jones
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: New Letters on the Air
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Edward P. Jones, winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for THE KNOWN WORLD, writes about the lives of African-Americans in his native Washington DC in ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WPSU-FM, WDCV, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Charles Dickens
From: Jerry Robbins
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A spectacular radio production of the immortal family favorite.

Bought by WCQS, WCQS, Spokane Public Radio, WAMU, WCQS and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2006
  • Length: 55:07
  • Purchases: 11
THE CHIMES By Charles Dickens
From: Jerry Robbins
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A classic Charles Dickens story set on New Years Eve - with the haunted chimes in a church tower.

Bought by KRPS, KMXT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, and KGOU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:18:05
  • Purchases: 4
THE FAMILY UNDER THE BRIDGE
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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A Parisian hobo finds himself sharing his home under the bridge with three children. But can he make their Christmas wish come true...?

Bought by KZYX and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
Water Woman
From: Queen Mother Imakhu MuNefert
Series: True Urban Legends
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Popular storyteller Imakhu Mwt Shekemet's contemporary version of Afro-Brazillian folktale, "Mae de Agua."

Bought by KUT, KUT, WJAB, KSFR, KZUM and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 8
North
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Alvin has been on a short leash his whole life, and at twelve he’s sick of it. So when he’s assigned a report on his hero - Matthew Henson, the Afr...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
History's Greatest Love Affairs: Abelard and Heloise
From: Ed Kliman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The timeless love story of Abelard and Heloise, complete with period music.

Bought by KZUM and Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 12, 2005
  • Length: 20:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Crystal Palace: A Tale From the Gold Country
From: Abongold Books
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"Bubbles, wishes and daydreams carry three children from their home in California's gold country to the Crystal Palace in the Kingdom of the Aurora...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 16:44
TOE/The Island
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Theory of Everything
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Dream like journey across imaginary Island, with self help lecture and comedy thrown in.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, KGLT, KALW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5