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Our vast — and ever-growing — collection contains thousands of carefully curated audio stories from all over the world.
The Happiness Project: Mrs. Morris
Musician Charles Spearin lives with his family in a lively neighborhood in downtown Toronto. A year ago, Charles decided to invite neighbors and friends over to conduct interviews loosely based around the topic of happiness.
- 2009
- 01:27
- Charles Spearin
Thinness and Salvation
The American "obesity epidemic" has been all over the news -– from stories about the viability of the Atkins diet to tabloid profiles of 100-pound toddlers.
- 2008
- 28:41
- Sarah Yahm
The Best of Ideas: Petula Clark
Many people know of pianist Glenn Gould's unique and somewhat maverick contributions to the classical music world.
- 2002
- 29:38
- Glenn Gould
Fez, Morocco: A Journey in Sound
When you stroll through the maze of streets in Fez, Morocco, it's as if you are walking back in time.
- 2002
- 12:43
- Jim Metzner
A Square Meal, Regardless
When Cedric Chambers and John Gallagher met by chance 45 years ago, neither imagined that they'd be caring for each other into old age.
- 2008
- 07:07
- Jen Nathan Orris
Peggy Lee Appreciation
A huge Peggy Lee fan, producer Karen Michel has produced five features about this singer, songwriter, and arranger.
- 2002
- 08:16
- Karen Michel
Hinterlands
In a blending of both drama and documentary, three bereaved women talk about their real experiences of loss and how they've tried to move forward with their lives. In a parallel drama, their loved ones meet on a beach in "the hinterland," somewhere between life and death.
- 1996
- 44:08
- Sara Conkey
Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis lived to be over 100 years old. She realized in her teens that she was gay but she didn't talk much about it then.
- 2002
- 09:16
- Neenah Ellis
Epic, Painful, Long, Scary
Epic, Painful, Long, Scary is the story of 19-year-old African-Australian twins. The twins hardly remember their mother and father, who both died from AIDS-related illnesses when the boys were just toddlers.
- 2006
- 29:34
- Julie Kimberly
Back to School in a Garbage Can
A collage of love notes, tardy slips, and other high school detritus collected from high school garbage cans. Produced by Geraldo Hernandez and Giancarlo Hernandez for Curie Youth Radio.
- 2005
- 02:01
- Curie Youth Radio
I'll Quit Cutting When You Quit Smoking
Excerpts from the diary of a girl who insists that self-mutilation is saving her life. Produced by April Winbun for Curie Youth Radio.
- 2006
- 03:26
- Curie Youth Radio
Teenaged Guitarists Tackle "El Gato Montes"
Carlos Maeda and his quartet struggle with "El Gato Montes" in after-school rehearsals. Produced by Maeda for Curie Youth Radio.
- 2006
- 02:42
- Curie Youth Radio
Original Kasper's: The Hot Dog Stand That Saved a Neighborhood
Hot dogs are a classic American food. But when is a hot dog more than just a hot dog? When it's a neighborhood mainstay, through years of change.
- 2003
- 25:21
- Peter Thomson
The Tourist
The Tourist is lost. He can't sleep or tune out the music that comes from everywhere. Secretly, he's looking forward to the journey home.
- NA
- 29:42
- Martin Williams
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain
A revealing reflection on journalism, which is a process of editing and selecting, rather than transmitting a complete record to the public.
- 2007
- 05:59
- Sarah Boothroyd
Poetry Off the Shelf
Award-winning producer Curtis Fox has covered arts and culture for many years, first for public radio, and more recently as a full-time podcaster.
- 2008
- 10:40
- Curtis Fox
Mr. Right
Searching for your ideal partner can be exhausting, even with the help of personal ads.
- 2007
- 02:51
- Inge Hoonte
What's That in My Underwear? First Period Stories
From summer camp woes to blissful recognitions of womanhood, this feature on menstruation explores what it's really like to "become a woman."
- 2002
- 10:32
- Arielle Adams
Live? Die? Kill?
Soon after 9-11 producer Karen Michel moved from a predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhood in Brooklyn to Pleasant Valley, NY.
- NA
- 14:15
- Karen Michel
Little Black Train
Eighty-two-year-old Daphne Reed is married to and madly in love with a man 30 years her juinor. She's been thinking a lot about death recently, and about the future years her husband will likely spend without her.
- 2007
- 26:22
- Nora Harrington
Hollister
Hollister is an investigation into what really happened on July 4, 1947, when 2,000 bikers roared into a small California town and left a media explosion in their wake.
- 2002
- 15:20
- Helen Borten
Meat Factory Ear Worms
You know how sometimes you just can't get a song out of your head? Radio producer Richie Beirne can sympathize.
- 2008
- 13:47
- Richie Beirne
Hong Kong Song
The sounds of the city resonate as Hong Kong comes to life through audio mosaic and three voices: a traveler remembers, newscasters rattle off facts and statistics, a young woman recalls a legend from her fading childhood.
- 2010
- 09:23
- Jens Jarisch
Ping Pong & Death
Alien transmissions, ping pong competitions and the perils of aging.
- 2016
- 02:39
- Raymond Pang
The Different A
Is there something mystical about tuning?
- 2016
- 03:00
- Zach Nichols