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Episode 29: The Dancer
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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When Carlos Acosta was a kid, he wanted to be the next Michael Jackson. He spent all his time break-dancing in the streets of Havana. Until one day...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 23:02
Episode 26: The Kinseys
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 31:58
Mikaila Stinar: "When people look at me, they don't see soldier. They just see a girl."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
Caption: Mikaila Stinar, far left, Credit: contributed photo
Mikaila Stinar served in Iraq from 2010 to 2011 with Echo Co. 145th BSB attached to the 1-163rd Infantry Battalion. Her unit provided convoy securi...

Bought by KALH, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 3
Christi & Christopher: A Mother and Son Story
From: University of Montana Journalism
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Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
Melissa Gets a Life Coach
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
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Ever wonder what a Life Coach does? Before Melissa started with a Life Coach, she was stuck in a dead-end restaurant job. Now she is successfully f...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 09:15
JazzStories: Electric Kulintang - Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Susie Ibarra
“I understand Filipino Kulintang, it's melodic phrasing, how it moves linearly, very similar to how perhaps bebop moves in jazz…there’s a lot of si...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, 90.5 WSNC, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 10:53
  • Purchases: 4
This can go on forever
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.
When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by American Voices, KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 8
The Lourdes Miracle
From: John Laurenson
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The extraordinary popularity of the pilgrimage to Lourdes 150 years on.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 14:48
Memorial Day: "Good Muslims, Great Americans"
From: Kyle Gassiott
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A story about Muslims in the American military-including a WWII vet who lobbied the government to designate Islam on military dogtags.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
She's An Ironman
From: James Mills
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A first-year Ironman triathlete compares the event to being pregnant

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1