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Birth Night
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Follow doula-in-training Megan Sloat as she witnesses and assists with birth for the first time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: The Walker
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A documentary about walking; its benefits and cultural history.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Singing for sanitation: Teen in rural Nepal teaches her village about water safety
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Shanta, age 14, teaches her community in rural Nepal about water and sanitation, and learns to come out of her shell

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Stagefright
From: Steve Mencher
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A lost recording brings pleasure to a woman and prolongs her life.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, WFUV, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2006
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 6
Eating Close to Home
From: Atlantic Public Media
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Bill McKibben decides to eat only food grown locally. In the winter. In Vermont.

Bought by PRX Remix, KZYX, KISU, KUT, KVNF and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2006
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 10
What If?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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What if you know you will loose your hearing at age 18? Kevin and James Hatch face this dilemma with surprising grace.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, KZSC, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8
The Naked Truth
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Visit the Richmond Saunas in Richmond Maine. Your clothing is optional.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
MetroNaps
From: Chelsea Merz
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Matthew, who's been living on the streets of Boston for nearly ten years, travels to NYC to test the latest sleeping invention: The Metropod.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 2
A telephone hotline starts up in Bam, Iran
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Correspondent Miranda Eeles reports on a new telephone hotline in Bam , Iran

  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:58
RN Documentary: Night Frights
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The curious connection between sleep paralysis and night frights….

Bought by WKMS, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 14
Walking Blind
From: Sarah Dalsimer
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Sarah Dalsimer follows one blind New Yorker on his morning commuter.

Bought by KZSC, Marfa Public Radio, and WFUV


  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 3
Youth Against HIV in Cameroon
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Young people in Cameroon, West Africa, join forces to identify and eliminate HIV risk factors in their community

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
Small Town Doc
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Small town doctor, Mike Lambke, reaches out emotionally to his patients.

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
Mea, Me, Mine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mea Tavares was born female. He’s spent the rest of his life redefining what it means to be male.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Anti- Malarial Bednets Make a Difference in Tanzania
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! A program to provide bednets to prevent malaria in Tanzania, starting with the women and children, is a huge success.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:10
Here There is No Moon (U.S. version 26:37)
From: Susan Stone
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A portrait of the long, dark tunnel of the suicidal mind

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVNF, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2005
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 15
I've Seen That
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Blind teen Alex Hall shows us around his life.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, WKMS, WXLV-FM, and PRX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 4
Holding Your Breath
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Micheal Geary has cancer. It could be getting worse. What do you tell the kids?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
Music If You Want It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Yvonne Adams soothes hospital patients with her violin.

Bought by KUOW, Iowa Public Radio, Here and Now, and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 4
Five Things
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Motivational speaker Bill Picard meets the challenges of cerebral palsy.

Bought by KALW, HowSound, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, American Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 6
Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70
From: Todd Melby
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Does getting older spell the end of sexuality? Not always.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 3
Learning to Hear
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Hearing for the first time with Cochlear Implants.

Bought by KVNF, KCUR, WUAL, and KUT


  • Added: May 21, 2004
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: A Man's Choice - A Look at Male Contraceptives
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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With the advent of the male pill, men will now have the opportunity to become more involved in family planning and society is ready for it

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Healthy Babies
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The van that's keeping babies healthy one mother at a time.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUHB and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2003
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 7
Aerobics Instructor-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The hardest working man in body biz

Bought by KZSC, KUHB, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3