PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque
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A guy backpacks through 50 countries in 5 years. We hear his story.
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 29:03
Feeling depressed and alone in Europe and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But some...
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 05:06
After a high-speed car crash, sisters Rachel DePuy and Katy-Robin Garton’s relationship cratered. Climbing 20,000-foot Mount Denali isn’t where mos...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 09:19
World-class chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt takes us into the inner goings-on of a modern-day 'chocolate factory.'
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 04:17
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 05:28
This week Field Trip Correspondent Becky Palmstrom takes us to a festival in Taung Byone, Myanmar, where we learn how to run a ferris wheel … using...
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 10:28
This week, our stories are all about the power of friendship. Stories by George McLeod, Pat Gillum, and Susan Elder. True stories told by the South...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 29:00
On this week's show, our writers all grapple with expectations of others or themselves. Stories by Martin Ferguson, Anne Owings Wilson, and Richard...
- Added: Sep 29, 2012
- Length: 29:00
The familiar faces of the red, white and blue bus, whose lives I will never know.
Bought by The Story, KUT, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 20:03
- Purchases: 1
Chef Miles James is featured on our Tin Roof Project #20, a monthly special series where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to lif...
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 29:00
An introduction to some of my illustrious colleagues from my days as a bellhop/valet/part-time restaurant host at the Hilton.
- Added: May 15, 2012
- Length: 15:12
In the twelfth installment of The Taxi Tapes (http://thetaxitapes.com), Sam encounters a fellow cab driver who is fearful of the past.
Bought by KSLU
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 05:42
- Purchases: 1
Former radio personality and musician OCDJ decided to give up his home, his possessions and all contact with loved ones for the pursuit of one thing.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 11:33
- Purchases: 1
Good morning! Mercenaries are lurking all around you, threatening to swarm your shores! Get up! Get up! Go, go, GO!
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 06:45
Starting off on my quest to generate a new piece based on the Moth's weekly storytelling themes. This week's theme is vacation, so here is a tale ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 11:12
This week it's our Tin Roof Project, where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to life. Featuring award-winning playwright Werner T...
- Added: Mar 24, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This week, our writers are all strangers in a strange land, whether it's familiar, foreign, or in their own backyard. All stories are true and told...
- Added: Mar 18, 2012
- Length: 29:00
One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 17:54
A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 06:34
Actual audio from inside Sam’s cab, recorded live throughout a frozen February day in 2007. There is some freestyle singing.
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 09:53
Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:15
Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 08:49
Early on in his musical career, performer Dan Deacon embarked on an eight-week series of shows. But when the car died, he realized that he had only...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Sep 19, 2011
- Length: 17:38
- Purchases: 1
An orange naugahyde sofa. A pay-phone. A river of chicken blood.
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 07:32
