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This is a story of a 1940's child's journal, set against the backdrop of WWII, that records the play life of a group of boys reenacting war games i...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 52:58
Caption: Catherine King reads at Tales from the South
We go way back in time for this very special show, featuring true stories from the 1930's and 40's, told by the Southerners who lived them. Stories...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 34:00

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 12:52
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After the wall came down, people in East Berlin realised that the freedom to have a passport still doesn't allow you to travel, unless you have the...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Emily gives an inside look at “sportos,” “krusties,” “krinkles,” and how being a teenager isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:14
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In Juan’s second audio diary, he travels back to Mexico to visit his dying grandfather. This is his first time back since he immigrated to the Unit...

Bought by KSFR and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 25:51
  • Purchases: 2
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Dock Ellis is one of the most memorable characters to ever play baseball. He challenged the baseball establishment, but always had impeccable stye.

Bought by KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: David Coulson at a rock art site in Nairobi Park (sitting), Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Have you ever stared a charging hippo in the face? David Coulson did! Reputed to be Africa's most dangerous animal the hippo is known to be able to...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
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A complex set of circumstances results in Sam awakening at 4:30am on a frigid January morning for his first day as a New York City cab driver.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 07:35
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Paula Hay Masters student of Social Anthropology Her SPACE - the train

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
Caption: Patricia Chin, Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps.
Patricia Chin had never left San Francisco's Chinatown when she auditioned to be a chorus girl. It was quite a leap for a young Asian-American born...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
Caption: Tyler Sloan in the Washington Capitals locker room, Credit: Chris Nelson/mediachameleon
"Hockey Diaries: The Almost Season" documents a journey through the 2009-2010 Washington Capitals' NHL season. The story is told through the eyes a...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
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An experimental piece examining a strange family trait

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:31
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This audio essay is based upon a near accident during a winter weekend drive from Boston to New York City.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Irineo Sánchez Hernández
A migration Story told by Irineo Sánchez Hernández; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 08:33
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Enjoy!

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Transcendence expressed as something extraordinary

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 01:00
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A six-foot piece of jail-grade toilet paper from 1963 captures Civil Rights struggle

Bought by KUOW, KFAI, 90.5 WSNC, KSFR, and WMPG


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 5
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Listen to Jeff Hannon, sports editor for the Maine Sunday Telegram, as he takes a break from work, has a smoke and whistles.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. "It feels like there's a bi...

Bought by HowSound, WORLDcompass.org, Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 12
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 33:41
  • Purchases: 6