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Our vast — and ever-growing — collection contains thousands of carefully curated audio stories from all over the world.
The Blacksmith's Song
After the death of his wife, renowned blacksmith artist Steve Weis moved from Toowoomba to Kin Kin on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
- 2013
- 28:50
- Hamish Sewell
This Proves Everything
Introducing a posse of smart, hopeful, boy band conspiracy theorists... and the civilian caught in their midst.
- 2015
- 17:32
- Alex Goldman
- PJ Vogt
Runner
One of the most remarkable marathon finishes in recent history was recorded in 2009 in Boston. There, Kenyan runner, Salina Kosgei had her sights set on the finish line, having traveled half way around the world to get there.
- 2011
- 07:58
- Jonathan Miller
First You Leave and Then You Go
Karen's dad wanted to pass on his curiosity and his faith to his seven children. Karen inherited that curiosity, but sharing his faith is another story.
- 2017
- 10:28
- Karen Duffin
Ruffian
Some animals might run faster, but none run more beautifully.
- 2011
- 09:48
- Gwen Macsai
- Katie Mingle
Basket of Deportables
On January 27, 2017, Donald Trump's executive order closed U.S. borders to citizens of seven majority-Muslim nations. Some of the people locked out were already on their way... mid-flight.
- 2017
- 09:48
- Zoe Chace
Lord God Bird
The Ivory Billed Woodpecker was thought to be extinct until 2004, when it was rediscovered near the small town of Brinkley, Arkansas.
- 2017
- 11:18
- Elizabeth Meister
- Dan Collison
Nancy Episode 1: Hello, hello
Nancy is the inspiration of bi-coastal friends who met at the Transom Story workshop, and knew they wanted to make an LGBTQ podcast together.
Bartolo's Journey
Bartolo crossed the U.S. border alone… when he was just 16 years old.
- 2017
- 16:44
- Erika Beras
Ear Hustle, Episode 1: Cellies
"We started with Cellies because we felt that people probably can’t relate to prison but they can definitely relate to a roommate, especially a roommate from hell." Earlonne Woods, co-host of Ear Hustle .
- 2017
- 23:39
- Earlonne Woods
- Antwan Williams
- Nigel Poor
After the Verdict
On June 16, 2017, one headline dominated news across the United States: a Minnesota jury had found officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty in the shooting death of Philando Castile.
- 2017
- 27:18
- Tracy Mumford
- Riham Feshir
Haunted by ISIS
On The New York Times ' podcast The Daily , host Michael Barbaro dives into one critical story of the day with a Times’ reporter who knows it best.
- 2017
- 19:36
- Andy Mills
- Rukmini Callimachi
Purple Reign
Gwen Macsai comes clean with a very colorful secret... about her dad.
- 2012
- 14:59
- Gwen Macsai
- Roman Mars
The Big Night
Producer Jonathan Goldstein made every girl he ever dated watch the home movie of his family's Rosh Hashanah dinner he made when he was 17.
- 2002
- 13:57
- Jonathan Goldstein
Not All Who Wander Are Lost… But Some Definitely Are
A car is a classic place to realize: "oh, I’m lost."
- 2017
- 25:46
- James Spring
Where's Richard?
On February 15, 2014 Richard Simmons didn’t show up to teach the exercise class he had led for 40 years - and he hasn't been seen in public since.
- 2017
- 28:04
- Henry Molofsky
- Dan Taberski
Fresh Air: Joe Frank
"Whatever tragedies might befall you, you can always right away think, 'well that would make a great story for radio!'"
- 2018
- 19:56
- Terry Gross
- Joe Frank
Minister Excerpt
Joe Frank, master of late night radio, assembled this piece: a phone conversation between himself and a cranky minister.
- 2000
- 05:15
- Joe Frank
Arthur and Eleanor
Eleanor needs a family -- but the only family she had, her ex-husband Arthur, doesn't really need her anymore.
- 1987
- 05:28
- Joe Frank
Larry and Zach
In Joe Frank's imagined world, a father and son conduct a conversation that appears to center around certain, tangible topics. But it's actually a searing and candid examination of their relationship -- no holds barred.
- 2018
- 09:44
- Joe Frank
Dreamers
Joe Frank's Dreamers is more like an M.C Escher drawing than a traditional tale and leaves you questioning the blurry line between dreams and reality.
- 2012
- 12:18
- Joe Frank
The Promise: A Beautiful Day in the Projects
The Promise is a limited-run series from Nashville Public Radio about life in James Cayce Homes, a public housing development smack in the middle of a city on the rise.
- 2018
- 24:58
- Meribah Knight
Episode 1 - A Perfect Murder
The abundance and popularity of true-crime podcasts meant the time had come (and gone, and come again) for a really hard look in the mirror. The Onion and Onion Public Radio bravely rose to the challenge!
- 2018
- 13:40
- Katy Yeiser
- Fran Hoepfner
- Ryan Natoli
- David Sidorov
Being Siri
A woman gives away an intimate, personal part of herself—a part of herself that she wasn’t even that crazy about to begin with: her voice. And she gives it away to a total stranger.
- 2017
- 07:16
- Erin Anderson
It Started With Oscar Grant
A decade ago, a 22-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale BART station.
- 2019
- 24:15
- Sandhya Dirks