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Tales from the South 081: 6th Annual Mothers Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Abbie Waters: The Habit of Being
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie 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 ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 55:07
  • Purchases: 1
Compact Discoveries 195: Strange Musical Animals
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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"Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" features such strange musical animals as the Pop-up toadsters, the Circular Sawtoise, the Clocktopus, and the Ballp...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 24, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Breathe Easier
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A new outlook for Cystic Fibrosis

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
The No Principal Principle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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At the Reiche School, you'll never be sent to the principal's office.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 2
Love and Snakes
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Elementary school teacher, Sarah Baumeister [bomb-mice-stir], tells us of the love that can only exist between a boy and his snake.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 1
Dressing the Part
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Felix Angelini-Hurll, Credit: Walter Murch
Sometimes we need help when dressing for a special occasion. In England Moss Bros. will 'give only the best service.'

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:53
  • Purchases: 1
Handclapping Games
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Adoption Ritual
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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When Katie Perkins adopted 10-year-old Tajenae out of foster care, they created a ritual to mark the occasion.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 025
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
Caption: Madelyn Young reads "Good Intentions"
This week's stories are about words, and the silences between sentences. Madelyn Young reaches out to one of her students, Robin Satterfield strugg...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poz Rayz
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Nigel Chase spent much of his youth learning the art of making and playing steel drums with his father. Nigel now makes a living making pans, playi...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KLCC, WMPG, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
Lucas' Mama
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A young mother’s role in guiding her deaf son toward hearing and speaking.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 3
Not a Foamer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Griffin Bourassa possesses many traits of a typical 15 year old boy, but there is one facet of his life that is not normal.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 022
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Stories about children and the fine line between reality and fantasy, myth, and even truth. Told in front of a live audience each week at Starving ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Decisions Project - 13 - Separation and Custody
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A man decides to leave his unfaithful ex-girlfriend and their daughter.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
Doing It Ourselves
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Shiro plums picked by the Portland Fruit Tree Project (after this photo was taken)
Doing it Ourselves: What it really takes to work, play and live together. ***This show aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting as part of a series of 5...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WRVO Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KLCC, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
DIY Economy
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Local currency, bartering on the playground and other ways of looking at money through a DIY lens. ***This show aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, XRAY.fm, WRVO Public Media, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Endangered Sea Turtle, Yum
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Max, back in his grunting days
A vegetarian of 22 years decides that the way to fix her son’s constant discomfort is to start eating meat.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:33
The Decisions Project - 4 - Letting Go
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A mother talks about the decision to put her mentally handicapped daughter in a group home.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 03:29
Elementary Education
From: Lauren Peterson
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For some, education is a global debate involving scholarly theories and reform strategies; for others, it's something a little more...elementary. O...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:46
Don't Go Far...
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
Series: RTE Documentary On One
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The story of two boys who, in 1985, instead of going in for their dinner, decided to go on a little journey....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 39:01
  • Purchases: 3
Zibia and Clyde
From: Jesse Newcomb
Caption: PRX default Piece image
6-year-old Zibia can be sweet and thoughtful, but she also has a wild temper. She can be mean and she knows it. This is a story about a clash bet...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
When the Poop is No Longer a Gift
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: William in the NICU, Credit: Matt Clark
A newborn turns blue, is rushed to the NICU, and his parents deal with going home while the baby remains in the hospital, hooked up to machines.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2011
  • Length: 10:36
  • Purchases: 1
Your Singing Really Interferes With My Going-To-Sleep Process
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
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A music teacher tries to stop her newborn’s crying with lullabies. Turns out it’s the worst thing she can do.

Bought by WABE, KPIK-LP, KALW, The Story, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 6
Libby and the Girls
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Libby St. Pierre knew since she was a young girl that she wanted only a few simple things in life: a career, which she has as a nurse in Auburn, Ma...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3

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