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Addiction expert Dr. Nick Kardaras, author of the best-selling book "Glow Kids" talks about how our kids are suffering psychologically from too muc...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:24
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Katie Davis tells the story of an inadvertent provocation between two boys at a teen center in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the conflict that...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:54
Caption: Maybe sometime in the night when the wind blows..., Credit: Susan Cook
Greta Thunberg, in her UN Climate Change speech called on threatened loss of the loved, in her view, the environment to bring action on climate c...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2019
  • Length: 05:17
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My piece is about my journey through life since 4th grade, when I realized I was an LGBTQ+ individual.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 10:07
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Maine's children receive grossly inadequate services from Child Protective Services. Three have been murdered or had a perpetrator convicted in Mai...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:52
Caption: A Christmas display, the one referred to in the audio piece, in a grocery store on October 27th. , Credit: Emma Henzes
It seems that the holiday season comes earlier and earlier every year. Some people love it, but many people find it stressful. Customers, small and...

Bought by KSFR and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Throughout President Donald Trump's campaign and first 100 days as president, he has continuously bashed the news media. Now, the journalists of t...

Bought by KISU and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Child prodigies need the chance to find themselves- the moment they become ‘spellbound’ because they have found the field their gift has been looki...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
Caption: Handing off..., Credit: Susan Cook
Over 100 people have died from heroin and fentanyl-laced drug overdoses this year, in Maine. Maine’s governor says he will call in the National Gua...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:47
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I (Charlie Weber) call three friends who received their undergraduate degrees one year ago and ask them if they are happy with where they are and i...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 08:19
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Many six year olds believe that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The President of the NRA, is of the same mind...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:13
Caption: Mary Marmastone (featured in the piece) plays with her dog Titan on a beach near her home in Seattle., Credit: Lillian Mongeau
This fun piece launches from the ideas broached in the New York Times article, "What is it about 20-somethings?" I ask my friends, all at the tail-...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You Already Know This

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 06, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Young people who are not distracted can do most anything.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2010
  • Length: :35
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Men used to attract females by the smell of their bodies.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2010
  • Length: :58
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
But they don't listen to me.

Bought by WTIP and KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Baiz's exterior is moldering and dull, but inside, it is a conclave for a myriad of cultures and traditions., Credit: Mr. K
You don't have to travel far to experience different cultures.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:53
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A man is known by the clothes he wears

Bought by KUT and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:33
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The ad was obviously directed at very young boys

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Putting a blind man's tooth in his eye enables him to see.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Don't spend the next 10 years paying off your college loans.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Refuse from keg party not found in sediment of lake

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Some couples find romance at a tropical location by the water

  • Added: Feb 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:47
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The road to writing a best seller has to start somewhere.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1