• 2006
  • 2:30
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Charlie: Boston's Freedom Fighter

By Kristopher Carter

A call for the folk hero of a 1948 protest song to rise up against the misuse of his name, which is being slathered across the very thing he fought against. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:36
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Want Some Sushi?

By Jonathan Menjivar

An awkward office interaction at a temp gig gets even more awkward. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:29
  • Australia

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Train Wars

By Jayne Fenton Keane

Jayne Fenton Keane talks with India's former Socialist Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes, and former President of the Socialist Party of India, Ms. Jaya Jaitley, about the Railway Strikes of 1975 that brought down Sonia Ghandi's government. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • USA

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They Didn't Get Along

By Michael Hearst & Rick Moody

An inquiry into the nature of human relationships over the course of eons, featuring musical accompaniment in diverse time signatures, and a British narrator. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:34
  • UK

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9/8 (INC)

By London Concrete

A direct reaction to the submission criteria without prior rehearsal. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:29
  • USA

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The Dwayne Split

By Lawrence Dolton

The answering machine traps a surprising revelation from an "old friend." (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • USA

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We Can All Hear You Now

By Nancy Tyler

Yeah, they're handy, but cell phones sure are annoying. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 1:59
  • USA

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And I Think There Is Something There That Will Stand the Rain

By Lee Fuoco

A woman remembers the most important person in her life. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • USA

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The Long Way Home

By David Henderson

New light on the wanderings of Odysseus provided by the discovery of Penelope's answering machine tape. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • USA

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Distilling Stiller

By Zak Rosen

A man walks into his own neuroses. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • USA

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Sister Christy

By Jody Melto

A brother reflects on his turbulent relationship with sister after hearing a phone message. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:27
  • Canada

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Computer Drama

By Heather Kitching

The computer talk show meets Saturday morning cartoons; featuring real live computer expert, Sarah Millen. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • Austria

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Liberals (With Thomas Frank and Rush Limbaugh)

By Alfred Koch

As the story continues, we finally learn that conservatives share some sort of nostalgia with liberals. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • UK

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Au Debut

By Zoe Irvine

Translation -- Sylvain, Bruno, Zoe, and Youssef at the PRIM Centre in Montreal, summer 2006. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • USA

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Looking at Topsy

By Brett Beyer

A radio story about a movie by Thomas Edison that is very hard to watch. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:29
  • Canada

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Icing Adversity

By Sherry Shute

The story of how the Canadian Women's hockey team overcame the odds and poor officiating to win the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • Scotland

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Personal Message: No Commercial Value

By Mark Vernon

Sinister entertainment with a tape recorder: a found message left for a girlfriend degenerates into drunken squabbling over a reading of a Burn's poem. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:29
  • Denmark

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Good Behavior

By Jack Jackson

A man, a car and freedom . . . or so he thinks. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:30
  • USA

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Hearing Things

By Carolina Wheat

A narrator tackles disembodied voices; admitting she seeks out the strange while actual Electronic Voice Phenomenon reverberates in a surreal background. (more)

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  • 2006
  • 2:29
  • USA

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Talk to Me About Love

By Jill Dorothy Summers & David Whitcomb

Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted. (more)

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