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STORIES WE TELL -- Sarah Polley Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sarah Polley, San Francisco, CA 4/30/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sarah Polley talks relative truth, the privilege being quiet, and narrative as a tonic for bewilderment.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:48
A View from the Bridge
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Ed O'Neill stars in Arthur Miller's modern Greek tragedy, set in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUN, KWMR-FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 8
Headstrong
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Can the culture of playing through pain ever change?

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
Missing Kim
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dick Moreau has hung over 50,000 posters of his daughter around the area of Jay, Maine. This is the story of one family's 26-year quest for answers.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 2
Upstream Arts
From: KFAI
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Upstream Arts is a unique theater company that teaches social and communication skills to youth and adults with disabilities. KFAI producer Dixie T...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:53
Awake and Sing!
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Mark Ruffalo, Ben Gazzara, Richard Kind, and Jane Kaczmarek star in Clifford Odets' masterpiece.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES -- Alice Englert and Alden Ehrenreich Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Alice Englert and Alden Eherenreich, San Francisco, CA 1/28/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-stars Alice Englert and Alden Ehernreich talk the pitfalls of fanaticism, the subtleties of accent, and subverting the cliché.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:50
Chapter 12 - A Time to Live, A Time to Die
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard learns the value of a liberal education at the College of Wooster, where the study of science and religion are complementary. During Easter...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
Yolanda Williams
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detain of Yolanda's portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
Who could imagine overcoming a multi decade street life, fed by crack & prostitution, to care for a family that disowned you? Yolanda can, and did.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:25
Bob Boxley
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detail of Bob Boxley's portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B. Klein
Monsters? Attempted suicide? The "second hand smoke" of insanity? Bob will be the 1st to admit that clinical psychology requires a bit of a split-...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
Ken Nerger
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Ken Nerger (Detail), Credit: Emile B. Klein
Surviving cancer, the economy and a haunted house.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 09:26
The Beat : Sharon Harris - "Will You Stay"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Beat
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:39
And Then...
From: Estella Millbanks
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A story about the moment in childhood in which a person had to 'grow up.'

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 04:47
Story of Christmas
From: Jim Raposa
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The Story of Christmas fills a programming need for reverent material for broadcast on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This one hour event combin...

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 1
A Big Day For Little Sarah
From: Stephen Lategan
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A children's radio play. Recipient of a New York Festivals Worldmedal.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
Lost in Yonkers
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A Pulitzer Prize-winner from Neil Simon.

Bought by KCHW, KMUN, KWMR-FM, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Tales from the South 102: Friends
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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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
Songs I Sing To My Kids
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on family music.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:41
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 4 - The Alchemist
From: David Chen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Stephen recounts fond memories of his mother, and an unexpected miracle in the hospital during her final days.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 51:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 28 - The Afflictions of Love
From: David Chen
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
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Stephen discusses life, death, squirrels, parrots, and the possibility of miracles.

Bought by KUT, WFPL News, and KUOW


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 48:35
  • Purchases: 3
UnFictional: After You Left
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode there are mysteries to solve, sudden appearances and unexpected disappearances. Two stories about searching for something that does...

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


  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Marvin's Room
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A family crisis leads to a reluctant reunion.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KWMR-FM, KKRN, KUOW, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 57 - The Long Distance Relationship
From: David Chen
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
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Stephen prepares to leave his family for Broadway. Along the way he learns some unexpected lessons from his past about the future.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 56 - What Does The First Day of a Dream Look Like
From: David Chen
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
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Stephen auditions for Broadway: A morning of terror, an evening with a lap dancer, and an unexpected discovery of where a lifelong dream comes from.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 52:01
  • Purchases: 1
Dizzy
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2