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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Jim Bohn, Maidens IV, Jerry McLean, Kaedmon, Fiona J Mackenzie, Scott ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Mighty Regis, Vanatta, Mary Knickle, Cady Finlayson Band, Anthony ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Northern Exposure, Kari & The Cozy Shack, Doug Folkins, The Dregs, Pet...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Mighty Regis, Dennis Agajanian, Barbarian Pipe Band, Weiss and Red...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
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Renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy takes us deep into the revolutionary-filled jungles of India, as she reads excerpts from her new book ‘Walking...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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It's time to re-enter the temples of baseball.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
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An essay about growing up in the 80's and 90's as a male named Whitney and as a result the effect that Whitney Houston has had on my life.

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 2
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A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:50
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Cristel Martinez came to America from the Dominican Republic with a dream to become a music producer. But the only music she hears in school, says ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGXC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Self-portrait painted by Thien To
Twenty-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberb...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Shayla Torres dealt with a lot of violence in her last school, where she was a peer mediator. Here, the 17-year-old junior recalls one especially c...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Luis Lopez, Credit: Craig Santoro
For Luis Lopez, violence arrived unexpectedly at his own front door. The seventeen-year-old sophomore starts his story in a classroom.

Bought by WHYY and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Soul Sailing, Credit: Missy Rogers
Homo sapien, human being. Homo mustus, human doing. How much of my life is defined by my doing rather than my being?

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
Caption: Soul Sailing, Credit: Missy Rogers
I know my mother and my children, literally, from the inside out.

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Soul Sailing, Credit: Missy Rogers
On May Day, the first day of summer in the Celtic calendar, I celebrate the music of Turlough O'Carolan, the last great Irish composer and harpist.

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
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What catalyzes change in my life? Although fear and pain top the list, only inspiration is a sustainable fuel.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
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When I first walked into the nursing home, I saw the residents as "living cadavers." Later I came to love them and celebrate their lives.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Walking on a beach on Australia's east coast, I witnessed my birthday, and the birth of a new year.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: Dianne Reeves
"I don't ever want you to open for me again" said Sarah Vaughan. The diva was paying her a compliment, but the modest Dianne Reeves didn't' know that.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Lee Mier, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Lee Mier is a student manager of the Minneapolis Edison girls basketball team. It was exciting to get to the championship game last year.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Breanna Koger (l) and Jazzmin Keys, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
High School is not an easy time of life. Minneapolis Edison students Breanna Koger and Jazzmin Keys collaborate to tell the world about it.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Jesse Clabo, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
At Minneapolis Edison High School, the football coach places a lot of defensive responsibility on the linebackers. And that suits student Jesse Cla...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
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In death is the possibility of harvest - making life from the fruits of the passing season.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:25
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Celebrating the birthday of my 70 year old friend Louise, who is in full bloom.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
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A story of growing up and into the true spirit of Christmas.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 17:04