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Patsy's Silent World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Trish Kelly explores her mother's silent world.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 1
Walking The Wards
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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As a security officer in a large Vancouver hospital, Art Beck must be ready for anything.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Hunter
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Join an urban Jew on a journey into the Food Matrix.

Bought by WTIP, KXOT Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 3
She's Just Like Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Leah Rumack seeks out her mother's best friend to find out about the mother she never knew.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 3
Honeymoon in Dieppe
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sally Crooks reflects on the ghosts of Dieppe.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:10
  • Purchases: 1
Listening To Grandmere
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Genevieve Metropolis’s grandmother recorded her stories on tape with strict instructions: Do not listen until after I'm gone.

Bought by WTIP and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
Can You Hear Me Now?
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Derek Ruediger documents his friend Chris's decision to have a cochlear implant operation.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
You Must Be Ready
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Marianne Apostolides has always known there were things about her father’s past that were deliberately kept secret.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:01
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Club
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Eight young boys with autistic spectrum disorder have formed "The Radio Club" to tell you what it’s like to view the world through the lens of autism.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Preg Test Day
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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On Heidi Redl's family ranch one of the most important days of the year is "preg test" day, when the vet comes and tells them how many of their c...

Bought by WTIP, Iowa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUCB, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 5
The Eyes of God
From: Laura Spero
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A personal essay on finding rythm and rhyme in the chaos of New York City.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 18:56
RN Documentary: A Boat-trip through Borneo
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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An on-location report about Orang Utans and the various threats to the peat bog forests of Kalimantan in Borneo.

Bought by KUER and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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A one-hour music intensive radio special tracing the history of Jazz guitar from 1906 through today; hosted by Les Paul.

Bought by WICR, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, KGLT, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 31
To Give and To Receive
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Amanda Stewart and Jane McLean have lived very different lives: Jane volunteers to raise money for her local food bank and Amanda needs her local f...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 3
Gut Feeling
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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When he was a young pilot Norm Barry wishes he'd obeyed a strong gut feeling about one particular flight.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Chaos Theory
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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In July 1969, a tiny piece of plaque came loose in one of Sam Baker's arteries and his daughter Kelley examines the repercussions of this event.

Bought by WTIP, WBEZ, and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 17, 2005
  • Length: 13:32
  • Purchases: 3
Bi Chic
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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Are bisexuals just "faking it"? An investigation.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, and PRX


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 4
Listening For A Name
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Monique Attinger prepares for the possibility of losing a child to miscarriage.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Black Ghosts of Paris
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Julia Browne lives in Canada but she feels a strong, even eerie connection to Paris - a feeling that the black writers, intellectuals and performer...

Bought by WTIP, KCUR, WBEZ, and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 12, 2005
  • Length: 13:24
  • Purchases: 4
Lost In The Stacks
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For researcher Andre Picher, the library is a noble place, a place full of potential, discovery and wonder.

Bought by WMPG, WTIP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 11, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 3
Bonnie's Budget
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Bonnie has raised three daughters on less than twenty thousand dollars a year but according to Bonnie, she is anything but poor.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 08, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 3
Dear Birth Mother
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom
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After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KMXT, HowSound, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 16
Catatonia's Incantations
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Seth-Adrian Harris learns to deal with catatonic schizophrenia by discovering that there is an art to listening to his voices and valuing what they...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
Red Dress
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Anna Camilleri swore that she would do something to end the abuse that was taking place in her family.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Comeback
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Shaun Waters tells his story of fighting his way back to a normal life after a life-threatening brain infection.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
  • Purchases: 1

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