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A Christmas Carol on Wheels
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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A hundred years before Frank Kapra ever dreamed up a wonderful life, Charles Dickens had already penned the seminal Christmas classic. For the past...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 27:11
The legacy of Harry Crews
From: With Good Reason
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Southern Gothic writer Harry Crews died in March of this year. Although many people have never heard of him, Crews’ stories about outcasts inspired...

  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
Capes and Corsets
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chicks who dig comics, fighting the epic battle against sexism

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 3
Hungry in Winter: The Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child
Julia Child wanted to be a novelist, or to write for The New Yorker. "They weren't interested in me, for some reason." So she just kept reading. An...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 49:35
The Demon
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Caption: Icebox Radio Theater
Placeholder audio is down, and the real deal is up! The Demon is ready to go. Four people huddle in a church basement as a violent and somehow un...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 51:01
Seller of Dreams
From: Claes Andreasson
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A sound-rich fairy tale by Henry Beston

  • Added: Oct 01, 2011
  • Length: 15:29
E.A. Poe and the Krautrock Connection
From: Iain Wilson
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The latest audio story from FOTW Audio Productions; featuring the music of The Fascination Movement, Carlos Perón, and Olmec Head.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:10
3 Great American Voices
From: Leet and Litwin
Caption: Julia Child
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WXXI, WNPR, and KTEP


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:08
  • Purchases: 4
Cicada III
From: This Land Press
Series: Poetry to the People
Caption: Cicada, Credit: Jeremy Luther
Cicada III is a communal reading of a poem by Oklahoma native Scott Aycock. In addition to Aycock's poem, we bring you a granddaughter's grief and...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
OPEN SOURCE: On The Margins of Music - Alan Lomax & Anthony Burgess
From: Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon
Caption: Anthony Burgess by David Levine, from The New York Review of Books
First, we join biographer John Szwed in thanking the eccentric musical anthropologist Alan Lomax for his rare recordings of early twentieth century...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KXOT Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Hungry for the Holidays, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
Julia Child takes us back in time, presenting 2 stories -- "A Christmas Carol," read by the actor Peter Donat; and "I Was Really Very Hungry," writ...

Bought by KHSU, KAZU, KHNS, WCAI / WNAN, Moab Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 54:49
  • Purchases: 16
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
From Thoreau's rural journal to the future of farming - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
From Thoreau's rural journal to the science of the mind to 36 arguments for the existence of God to classical music to the future of farming (whew!...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 1
Show 2: Dylan and the Three Kings
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King in Folk Mode
Radical Solitude in "Just Like a Woman" and a Radio Drama

Bought by Red River Radio Network, WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 4
Traveling Light
From: With Good Reason
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If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it's probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses, it's usually pa...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
You Sound like You're Not from Around Here
From: With Good Reason
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Within seconds of hearing someone speak, we make judgments about that person and their background, just based on their accent.

  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 29:42
Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye To Kerouac (EDITED language version w/ ID break)
From: Sue Zizza
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Takes place August 1964 as Keroauc is packing to move to Florida ( edited language version ) ----- for unedited explicit language version go to ---...

Bought by KUNM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KGNU, KSFR and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye To Kerouac (EXPLICIT language version)
From: Sue Zizza
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Takes place August 1964 as Keroauc is packing to move to Florida (EXPLICIT language version) --- for edited language version and promos go to --- h...

Bought by WVPE


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Edgar Allen Poe's: The Raven
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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An original reading of the classic poem with new sound effects and music.

Bought by KUMM Radio and KDNK


  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 2
FIRST DRAFT PLAYHOUSE: The Stallion on the Moors
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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A romantic entry in the First Draft Playhouse series.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:44
The Cult of Colin (Firth)
From: kitty felde
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confessions of a Colin Firth groupie

  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
Scouts are Cancelled: Poems
From: John Stiles
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Poems from the acclaimed documentary: Scouts are Cancelled

  • Added: Jul 31, 2007
  • Length: 07:21
Polar Passions: The Romance Writers of Alaska
From: Rebecca Sheir
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These arctic authors know a thing or two about turning up the heat.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
Los Angeles Through Chandler's Eyes (Abridged)
From: Jacob Adelman
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A newcomer to Los Angeles discovers the city's past -- and future -- through the books of noir master Raymond Chandler.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:28
Twilight's Breaking Dawn
From: Jacob C. Norman
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Poetry by Jacob C. Norman set to music.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 09:48