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Labre (pronounced labra) is a program named after St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Patron of the homeless, and is an outreach to the hungry. Each Monday,...
- Added: Jan 03, 2017
- Length: 06:19
Three days after 9/11, I run into a cop who is just up from Ground Zero to get cigarettes and something warm. Something real.
- Added: Sep 01, 2016
- Length: 09:20
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 03:01
On July 17th, 1981 The Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Skywalk fell onto the unsuspecting attendants at one of the hotel’s popular Tea Dances. 114 people w...
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 10:26
My experience of climbing the Roof of Africa!
- Added: Sep 13, 2015
- Length: 22:22
Jonathan Chiu is an inmate at San Quentin State Prison. He was born in Hong Kong in 1982 and moved to the United States with is family when he was...
- Added: Jul 23, 2015
- Length: 05:21
Have you ever stuck with something that was difficult because you knew the reward was worth the journey? Follow Robert Franklin’s day as he prepare...
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 05:21
Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier tells a story live on stage about that time she cooked potatoes for her Idaho in-laws.
Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KPIK-LP
- Added: Nov 27, 2014
- Length: 13:13
- Purchases: 2
Along the road, stretches from Louisville to New Mexico, there are moments that never live up to the pictures we take. But they're what we always s...
Bought by KUPR low power FM
- Added: Nov 18, 2014
- Length: 11:04
- Purchases: 1
"We had a final discussion early in our marriage. ... He said, 'Are you sure?' I said, 'I am, my dear.' And we've never looked back."
-Beverly, 72,...
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 03:21
"My sense has been that most men ultimately really do want children, and I think many of longer relationships -- that's been part of the end."
-Bet...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 01:53
- Purchases: 1
Amy Brooks serves Jewish favorites (matzoh ball soup, pastrami, you name it) in a historic LA deli.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 29, 2014
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
When you think of someone who's part of America's "working poor", you may picture a high school or college dropout. It's generally assumed that th...
Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WTJU
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 4
For many senior citizens, the "Golden Years" are meant to be lived comfortably. One retires, takes things easy, maybe catches up with kids and gra...
Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 1
As a teenager, Frankie Lewchuck recorded an audio diary about his family in rural Alabama. 16 years later, he recorded a follow up story for the Te...
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 29:51
A story that Zack didn't get to tell at the Moth, live in Chicago: The summer Zack was thirteen he got up the courage to talk to the girl across th...
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 04:27
Zakiya Jackson understands she loves shopping, but also knows how to make sure it doesn't become an addiction the consumes her.
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 05:38
- Purchases: 1
Joshua Williams struggles every day paying for food and finding a place just to sleep. Listen to an American teenager who has been homeless.
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 05:11
Jabari Omari dealt with adulthood much sooner than the typical teenager. This is his story of being forced to grow up way too fast.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:41
Caelin Robinson learns how stressful running a household can be from his mother. The insight she provides him will change his life.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:43
La' Trisha Dillon has to confront the financial consequences of a serious relationship coming to an end. In doing so, she's pushed to her limits.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:18
NPR's Kelly McEvers' unprecedented and intimate portrait of the sacrifices reporters and their families make to tell untold stories -- and the some...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KSUT, RadioFreePalmer, WYSO and more
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 58:19
- Purchases: 81
Feeling depressed and alone in Europe and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But some...
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 05:06
Mandy attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, she arrives at least an hour early for services, because that’s one of the things you...
- Added: Nov 20, 2012
- Length: 12:20
