All Pieces for Radio Diaries

 
Part 1: The Birth of Apartheid (1944-1960)
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Mandela: An Audio History
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Part 1 of a five-part series on South Africa's struggle against apartheid.

Bought by KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 14:01
  • Purchases: 13
Amanda's Diary: Girlfriend
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Amanda's family is Catholic. Amanda is bisexual. And she's having a hard time getting her parents to understand that this is not just a phase. "Whe...

Bought by KZYX, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, PRX Remix, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 21:30
  • Purchases: 10
Josh's Diary, Part 1: Growing Up with Tourette's
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. "It feels like there's a bi...

Bought by HowSound, WORLDcompass.org, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 12
Melissa's Diary, Part 1: Teen Mom
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Melissa didn't mean to get pregnant. After 12 years of living in the foster care system, she's trying to build the family she never had. "The funny...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 10
Juan's Diary, Part 1: Looking at the Rio Grande
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Juan crossed the Rio Grande illegally into Texas four years before he first recorded with Radio Diaries. At the time of his original diary, Juan an...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KSFR, PRX Remix, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 24:32
  • Purchases: 9
Jeff's Diary: Halfrican
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Jeff Rogers first recorded his Teenage Diary back in 1998 when he was a self identified 'halfrican.' He was thinking more and more about race and b...

Bought by KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Georgia Public Broadcasting, KGNU Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 35:20
  • Purchases: 21
Josh's Diary, Part 2: First Kiss
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Josh's second diary, he packs his tape recorder for his first summer away from home. "What I have here is an envelope on which this girl Nicole ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 4
Doing Time: John's Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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John Mills, a 21-year-old inmate, is serving seven to nine years.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, Hearing Voices, KPCC and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 18:28
  • Purchases: 6
Serving 9 to 5: Correctional Officers' Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Sergeant Furman Camel is retiring after 27 years.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 4
Matthew and the Judge: Juvenile Court Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by KRCC-FM, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 7
Going Home: Cristel's Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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At the age of 15, Cristel viciously attacked a rival classmate with a razor blade.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 20:05
  • Purchases: 4
Selma Koch, Bra Saleswoman
From: Radio Diaries
Series: New York Works
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94-year old Selma Koch runs the Town Shop, one of New York's last old-style bra fitting shop.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 7
Frank Schubert, Lighthouse Keeper
From: Radio Diaries
Series: New York Works
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Frank Schubert is the last civilian lighthouse keeper in the United States.

Bought by KCRW, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 6
Pasquale Spensieri, Grinder
From: Radio Diaries
Series: New York Works
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Pasquale Spensieri spends his days driving around Brooklyn looking for dull blades.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 5
Cali Rivera, Cowbell Maker
From: Radio Diaries
Series: New York Works
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Cali Rivera makes cowbells, timbales and other percussion instruments in his small shop in the Bronx.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KUT, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 6
Civil War Widows
From: Radio Diaries
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Alberta Martin and Daisy Anderson are the last living Civil War Widows.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Vocalo.org, Connecticut Public (WNPR), The Story, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 14
The Starting Five
From: Radio Diaries
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The NBA, now a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry, looked very different a half century ago.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Remix Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 18:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Last Place: Diary of a Retirement Home
From: Radio Diaries
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A group of residents of The Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Illinois use tape recorders to document their lives in retirement.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Remix Radio, KGLT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 6
Deported: Weazel's Diary
From: Radio Diaries
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A 26-year-old Los Angeles resident gets deported to his parents' home country of El Salvador, which he has not seen since age five.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio, Space Gallery, KUNM and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 31:42
  • Purchases: 6
Charlie Zimmerman, Water Tower Builder
From: Radio Diaries
Series: New York Works
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Look up from nearly any street in Manhattan and you'll see the rooftop wooden water tanks that Charlie Zimmerman has been installing for 23 years.

Bought by The Story, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, and WFUV


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 5

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