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Five generations have lived at the ‘Alexander Haus’ on Groß Glienicker See over the past century – enduring fascism, war, the division of Germany, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on the show : Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in Morocco, is a European town on African soil. It's often the frontline of clashes between Afr...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:55
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Not long into his job as prison superintendent, Frank Thompson was asked to write the manual on lethal injection for the state of Oregon. Capital p...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 27:04
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Dianne Reeves can effortlessly sing in whatever style she wants with her far-reaching range, whether it’s rhythm-and-blues, gospel, Latin or pop. B...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 13
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"People wanted to put him up for sainthood because he married me, like he'd made the ultimate sacrifice."

Bought by PRX Remix and KALW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 19:54
  • Purchases: 2
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A story about finding your way home.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 24:33
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A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 24:49
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An unconventional love story about a teenager, the Pacific Ocean, and an encounter with something wild.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 23:07
  • Purchases: 3
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In 1967, a very unlikely group of individuals gathered to help women quietly break the law and obtain an abortion. The first step was to call a pho...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 23:33
  • Purchases: 1
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A story of the lives-- the torture, starvation, forced marriages...and fear of Cambodians (Khmer) forced into the labor camps and Killing Fields cr...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 56:40
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Why do kids bully? And what moves them to stop?

Bought by WMPG and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 30:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Houda, her 14-year-old sister Sara, and a friend. A month after Houda’s family moved to Arizona, Melanie took them to visit her friend’s horses. This was the second time Melanie & Houda met, and Houda’s shirt was Melanie’s first clue about what an extraor
Episode 6: Houda brings us to her high school at the beginning of the war, when she was fourteen years old, after her father’s arrest and release.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:15
Caption: Houda and her dad, Houssam, on the porch at KXCI, Credit: Kathleen Dreier Photography
Episode 5: Houda’s father is in prison after being arrested in the street outside Houda’s home while her mother and sisters watched.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:19
Caption: Melanie and Emane (Houda’s mother) at the potluck where they first met in August, 2016, two weeks after Houda’s family arrived in Tucson.
Episode 3: Houda begins to describe her family’s journey from Aleppo to Tucson.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Houssam, Houda’s father, holds his newborn granddaughter Shooq in Jordan two days before the family left for America.
Episode 2: We begin to introduce you to Houda’s family.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:10
Caption: Houda and Melanie on KXCI’s front porch. , Credit:  Photo by episode 1 translator, Radwa Abdel-Barry.
Episode 1: In August of 2016, Melanie and Houda met at potluck for Arizona Welcomes Refugees. It was just a few weeks after Houda’s family arrived ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:58
Caption: Mary D. Williams, Credit: ncstatecapitol.org
Throughout the summer of 2016, this country has been reeling in the wake of profound injustice. As racial tensions swell, is it possible that somet...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:45
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Abner talks about how he responded to his own bad choices and the problems they created by joining the Army. In Urban Warriors, Abner connects with...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:56
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At young age, Victor is taken from his mother and lives at three foster homes. After witnessing violence against his family, he has a realization w...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:38
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As an Urban Warriors facilitator, Charles has learned strategies for connecting with youth by strategically encouraging them to open up about their...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:43
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Jacobi shares the struggles he encountered while growing up and how they led to his involvement with a gang. He talks about how he channelled his p...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 06:10
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Urban Warriors is a program that pairs youth and veterans in trauma-informed, mentorship-based relationships. The program helps to promote self-emp...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:02
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Wendy Oxenhorn says "musicians and their records have saved our lives time and time again. We owe them the services they need to age well."

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Broom Bridge Plaque, Credit: Francesco Perini
Every October 16th hundreds of people gather in Dublin for a walk from Dunsink Observatory to Broom Bridge that celebrates Ireland's greatest mathe...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Experience the adventure, joys and perils in a greenhorn wrangler's account of the 40th annual Sombrero Ranches "Great American Horse Drive". Eight...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00