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Caption: Salem Tewelde (left) and her cousin Jerusaliem Gebreziabher (right) during a trip to Sudan to document stories of refugees fleeing violence in Tigray., Credit: Courtesey of Salem Tewelde
On this three-year anniversary of war in Tigray, members of the diaspora spoke about their loss, grief and commitment to solidarity.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2023
  • Length: 04:50
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This week on Making Contact - with assistance from our podcast partners, 70 million - we head to the state of Alaska, where rising violent crime an...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A postcard about wildfire from the Sierra Nevada.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In Part II of this tale, Yochai Maital brings the kind of war story we rarely hear – that which begins once the fighting ends. On October 8, 1973, ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 47:57
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The National Science Foundation has announced that it will close and decommission the giant RADAR telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Ri...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Franki Baldwin
Logan Hart talked to his roommate at the University of Montana, Franki Baldwin. For most of his life, Franki didn't know much about his biological ...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
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A heartfelt phoned-in story from a woman recalling something special about her late cat. (Excerpt from my pilot "For Kindred Spirits.")

Bought by WOUB and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
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Amanda Hamm and her boyfriend Maurice LaGrone drove to Clinton Lake one night in 2003. The next day, DeWitt County Sheriff Roger Massey told a loca...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 33:34
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As Houda and Sara’s English has improved over the past three years, they’ve been able to share more of their story with Melanie–and with you. In th...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 04:27
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This episode picks up where Episode 100 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. When Martin McNally met another plane hijacker in prison...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 22:48
  • Purchases: 1
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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When you have an emergency, you call 911. A dispatcher answers and calmly sends help. But dispatchers are real people too, trying to make sense o...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Episode 9: Houda introduces you to another resident of Tucson’s Small Syria: her neighbor and classmate, Mohammad.

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:35
Caption: Zoey going hiking, Credit: LN Lurie
A sound-designed piece from a cat's perspective on her last adventure.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:32
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Barb's Story / The Fabulous 3 / Take Your Oxygen First / A Few Good Men

  • Added: Nov 08, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Mel and Judy / Ellen Proxmire-Patricia Stewart / Chris and Stacy-Tom and Mary / Patti Hoffman-Dr Karlawish

  • Added: Jun 28, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Segment 1: Dr. Agus/Long Life Segment 2: Kevin Briggs/Bridge Patrol Segment 3: Ed Meyers/Ripley's Segment 4: Jane Christmas/Nun's Story Segment ...

  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 52:01
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Widow of highly decorated Navy Seal Chris Kyle unveils her husband's amazing story of service.

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 16:12
Caption: AIDS awareness painting in Chimoio, Mozambique. , Credit: Courtesy of Flickr user Ton Rulkens.
Thirty years ago an HIV diagnosis was a death sentence. Today, sophisticated drug cocktails known as highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 38:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Finding Place in the Placelessness: Chad Simpson and Monica Berlin talk with Assistant Editor John McCarthy about the under-appreciated, rich cultu...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 16:27
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With the gap between Haves and the Have-nots widening in the U.S., Hank Rosenfeld asks folks about a time when they felt they had their plenty-est.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
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Patricia Kirkpatrick lives in St. Paul and teaches at Hamline University. She's won awards and fellowships from the McKnight, Jerome, Bush, and Wil...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
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Hear stories of human trafficking survivors in post-war Iraq.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
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My friend Brian and I sat on a bench one night and talked about why he tried to kill himself. He eventually succeeded. (My first Radio story, 2001)

Bought by KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 22:52
  • Purchases: 6
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A thirty second commercial about DIABETES!

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: :35