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Check out our library of broadcast stories... From the most recently released stories to the first ones ever aired.

16:00
Bone Yard Stretch

by Kira Salak

A young woman puts her life at risk while traveling through a war zone in Africa.

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12:49
Look Away - Or Don't

by Andrew Postman

A man who faints at the sight of blood prepares to become a father.

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15:53
Notes on an Exorcism

by Andrew Solomon

While studying treatments for depression in rural Africa, Solomon has an overly intimate encounter with a ram.

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07:33
Pie Man

by Jim O'Grady

A fledgling journalist covers the birth of a campus sensation.

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14:18
Doctor's Orders

by Tamara Reynolds

A teenage girl takes her doctor's advice to heart.

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11:38
A Kind of Wisdom

by Ellie Lee

A daughter tells the story of her Chinese immigrant father and the empire he built from nothing.

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13:32
Fighting Chance

by Amy Cohen

Amy Cohen knows that breast cancer took her mother’s life and must make a choice.

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14:37
The House That Sherman Didn't Burn

by George Dawes Green

A Georgia woman goes to war when her family’s mansion is slated to be turned into a golf ‘clubhouse’.

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16:13
The Junkie and The Monk

by Mike DeStefano

After a series of devastating blows, a comedian decides to take his own life.

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12:07
Rock and Roll Parody Saved My Life

by Tony Hendra

A young writer at the end of his rope gets inspiration from a surprising source.

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13:27
Finding Esther

by Susan Duncan

After a lifetime of conflict, a writer struggles to help her aging mother.

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08:27
Father Figure

by Steve Zimmer

Hoping to impress his girlfriend's son with a glassblowing demonstration has disastrous repercussions.

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11:31
Extraordinary Mother

by Roland Rocchiccioli

A man's life is changed by the loss of his mother.

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14:26
Victim's Impact

by Ed Gavagan

Having survived a random, brutal and almost deadly gang attack in NYC, Ed decides he’ll head back home to Wyoming to recuperate.

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07:51
Women and Children

by Bernie Somers

An amateur songwriter imagines the music he'd write for the musical 'Titanic.'

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06:42
Miss Kitty

by Ophira Eisenberg

Ophira lands a coveted role in the school play.

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13:36
Last Laugh

by Terrence Buckner

A Brooklyn teen meets resistance from his family and community after admitting he’s gay.

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13:26
Writer's Block

by Salman Rushdie

Unable to finish his novel, a man travels to war-torn Central America to try to shake things up and escape the safety of the writerly life.

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08:57
Pen Pal

by Boris Timanovsky

Boris Timanovsky has a transatlantic pen pal adventure.

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13:20
Mug Shot

by Steve Osborne

An NYPD detective gets a surprise while hunting for the city's most wanted felons.

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