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The People Could Fly
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: Black History Month
Caption: Queen Mother Imakhu
Queen Mother Imakhu's rendition of the African American folktale about a group of mystical enslaved Africans who escaped their oppression by regain...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2022
  • Length: 08:35
OutCasting 0071 - Conversion therapy - part 4 of 4
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Sam Brinton, OutCasting youth participant Andrew
An exploration of a discredited and often harmful practice of trying to change gay to straight.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Quest
From: Marc Maximov
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After seeing ads for home DNA tests on TV, John decided to give it a try. Just spit into a cup—what did he have to lose… or gain?

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 13:23
Sissies / Listener Testimonial / TAL
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Fundraising Pieces
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Listener, Mike Duffy of Manchester, NH, describes how listening to TAL episode about Sissies prompted him to come out to father.

Bought by Tri States Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Mister Rogers-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Fred Rogers
There has never been a better time to visit Mister Rogers Neighborhood and this mix reminds of his mission with clips from the new documentary "Won...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:55
  • Purchases: 1
I was homeless and my life was trash. Then this Seattle family took me in
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: April Reyes (far left) with the family who took her in. From left to right: Mariya Manuel, Tanya Kim, Tamar Manuel and Alan Lee., Credit: Courtesy of April Reyes
For most people, family will always be family because you're blood. But in April Reyes' case, it doesn’t quite work that way. / This story won the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
I Do (Again)
From: Nora Ritchie
Caption: Lynne and Gary Brennan at a college winter formal in 1974. This photo was taken a few days after they were engaged.
In sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live. We’ve all heard wedding vows before. They are the promise that we will commit to our spou...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Karla Helbert: Becoming Pure Gold, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Karla Helbert, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Karla Helbert is many things. An accomplished writer and veteran therapist. Wife, mother, artist. A seeker, too. Libertine in matters spiritual. A...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 27:06
Abbie Waters: Habit of Being, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Catherine Waters
Abbie Waters lived in Richmond, Virginia and attended Holton Elementary School. She had survived a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. F...

  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 27:28
Abbie Waters:The Habit of Being Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Catherine Waters
Abbie Catherine Waters was just nine years and two days old when she left this world. I have heard men and women who knew Abbie refer to her as an ...

  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 26:25
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor, Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson, Credit: John MacLellan
Jay Ipson is a survivor of the first magnitude. He learned his survival skills under the most harrowing conditions known to man. As a young boy, he...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 26:41
1. The Family Funeral Band
From: Jesse Rhodes
Series: Mannish
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Growing up, my family played a lot of music. We also performed... mostly funerals. The driving force behind it all? My dad. So, in order to better ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:53
Daniel's Suicide: How One Ellensburg Family Copes
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2015
Caption: Daniel DeHollander's senior photo. He committed suicide in 2014 at age 18., Credit: COURTESY OF THE DEHOLLANDER FAMILY
In a park in Ellensburg, a tree grows beside a small stream. Daniel Curtis DeHollander’s ashes lie beneath the roots. DeHollander committed suicid...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
People With Depression: You Are Not Alone
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Welcome to RadioActive's second podcast of summer 2015. We are talking about depression. We got some advice from a psychiatrist at the University o...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 14:40
First Generation Americans in the Kitchen
From: Sabrina Farhi
Caption: PRX default Piece image
First generation Americans often try to reconcile two clashing cultural identities - their identity as Americans and their cultural/ethnic identity...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 1
Love Syndrome
From: Israel Story
Caption: Avichai and Kirin Ben Baruch
Israel Story's Valentine's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching love affair you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCPN, KUER, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
High School Play Challenges A Family To Forgive
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Trent Selland played death row inmate Matthew Poncelet in Bishop Blanchet High School's production of "Dead Man Walking."
Darlene Selland still remembers the day she found out. The knock, being told to sit down. Her niece Tiffany had been murdered. For a long time, she...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Peace: From Ethiopian Refugee to United States Citizen
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nigisti Hailemariam has been in the United States for over 20 years; she has two kids, a stable job, and a red Honda outside her three bedroom apar...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:26
When The Odds Are Against You
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2013
Caption: Jon Nyberg, or Mr. Nybs, maintains a positive attitude while he battles "Mr. C.", Credit: Courtesy of Susan Ewbank
In today’s RadioActive podcast we battle the odds, even when we know our chances of winning are slim. We fight for our dignity and we fight for our...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 18:54
How my dad escaped Vietnam at age 14, without telling his mom.
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Quang Adam Nguyen, Angela's dad, holding the South Vietnamese and American flags. , Credit: Credit Courtesy of Quang Adam Nguyen
Angela Nguyen is going away to college and leaving behind everything she loves. Her dad did the same when he left Vietnam. But unlike her, he left ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:49
Her Speech
From: Jamie Courville
Series: Squirrels Stories
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Victoria is trying to get her life back after the removal of a brain tumor. She is getting a little better every day.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall
From: Amy Rapp
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LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall is an autobiographical dark comedy, written and performed by "This American Life" co...

Bought by KHEN-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Home to Home
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some exes live 15 minutes apart, but they drive more than an hour to exchange their kids through an organization in Brunswick, Maine. Home to Home ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:13
Raising Angel
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jamie is pregnant and has nowhere she can go. She finds herself at Saint Andre Home, a modern day home for unwed mothers, where she awaits her four...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Eva, Nanny
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:59