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Some listeners take our pleas for support quite literally!
- Added: May 11, 2013
- Length: 02:23
How would you react when a friend tells you they're "inspired" to join the United States Postal Service?
- Added: Mar 24, 2013
- Length: 04:07
- Added: Oct 30, 2012
- Length: 03:53
- Purchases: 1
Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.
Bought by KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Stephen learns about acting from a horse. Winning and losing may not be how you play the game but if you can, figure out where the arena is.
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 52:01
- Purchases: 2
Sam recently performed this excerpt from the Taxi Tapes series at his office talent show--and it sounded like THIS.
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 11:53
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
This week’s Moth theme is “silver lining,” so here is a piece about the one bright spot in the worst summer of my life.
- Added: May 01, 2012
- Length: 06:56
A tale of holiday cheer in which I administer a thoroughly-justified dressing-down to an unscrupulous Internet racketeer.
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 14:41
Once upon a time, Sam and Gerrit were flipping through a booklet of incoming college freshmen when they happened upon an unlikely superhero named C...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 18:51
A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 03:54
Just as Sam is starting to feel like he's getting the hang of this whole cab driving thing, he becomes ensnared in the nefarious clutches of 31st S...
- Added: Sep 08, 2011
- Length: 08:35
Sam meets the mysterious Man in the White Van, who rents him a beat-up cab, which he uses for his first fare, which nearly destroys him.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 09:51
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 17:07
- Purchases: 1
One day, we sold everything we owned and cashed in our savings and moved to a yurt in the woods. A true story.
Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 09:25
- Purchases: 2
Stephen explores the dangers of playing comedy and recalls stories of those who did it well - and some who didn't.
Bought by KUOW, WFPL News, and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 50:31
- Purchases: 3
A true story. When my best friend broke up with me, I wished her dead. Then she had a brain hemorrhage.
Bought by WAMC, KUT, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 19, 2011
- Length: 08:52
- Purchases: 3
Hank Godwin, Chuck Butkus, and Daniel Koehler share about childhood mistakes. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...
Bought by KFOK-LP and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: May 02, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 03:11
- Added: Nov 02, 2010
- Length: 02:14
- Purchases: 2
Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 28, 2010
- Length: 04:04
- Purchases: 1
Sarah Haskins (comedienne, Infomania's "Target Women" series) discusses how pregnancy has inspired her to prepare for the end of the world. Recorde...
- Added: Aug 19, 2010
- Length: 09:16
Why going to the dentist is the opposite of going to a psychiatrist.
- Added: Jul 05, 2010
- Length: 04:16
We all recognize the symptoms. Commentator Fred Flaxman comes up with a practical suggestion for what can be done about it!
- Added: Jul 02, 2010
- Length: 03:25
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...
Bought by WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
