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Lost in Immigration
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Some things are temporary.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Family Tree
From: Israel Story
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Yoshi Fields and Dina Kraft tell the story of Amir, the 27-year-old fruit of a Jewish-Arab love triangle, who has been navigating between cultures,...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 46:12
The First Cut is the Deepest
From: Israel Story
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When Tamir Levy’s brother asked him whether he planned to circumcise his soon-to-be-born son, the answer was obvious. After all, roughly 99% of Jew...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 32:57
Shanna Marie Wallace: Faith Chooses What We Experience in Every Moment
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Shanna Marie Wallace, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Shanna Marie Wallace is a Spiritual Interfaith Minister, who inspires in her classes, workshops, and guest speaking appearances. Her passio...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:06
Caribbean Roiled by Adjustments to Exams in 2020
From: Jewel Fraser
Series: COVID-19 and Its impact on Caribbean Students
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This second podcast looks at the debacle that unfolded following the CXC's adjustment of school-leaving examinations in 2020 in the face of the pan...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 14:16
Re:Work Radio: Stranded
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Indian migrant workers flee during the 2020 national lockdown., Credit: Re:Work Radio, a project of the UCLA Labor Center.
When India went into lockdown in 2020, millions of jobs disappeared and tens of millions of migrant workers struggled to get home, often on foot. M...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Part Three: Molly McKenzie
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Guatemalan Connections Part Three: Molly McKenzie was adopted from Guatemala in 1992 by her two moms, now retired navy captains who provided her wi...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2021
  • Length: 19:47
Part Two: Jacob Wheeler
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Jacob Wheeler talks about his book Between Light and Shadow and some of the nuances of Guatemalan adoptions. (English, 14 min.)

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 14:20
Part One: Iryiel Cochran
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Iryiel Cochran shares her story about growing up as a Guatemalan adoptee in northern Colorado and searching for biological family in Quetzaltenango...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 18:21
Mother Mine: May Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece six women talk about their mothers, and who they are because of their mothers. From the the secrets they never told their mothers, an...

Bought by WORT, Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Tell Saki - Part II
From: Israel Story
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In Part II of this tale, Yochai Maital brings the kind of war story we rarely hear – that which begins once the fighting ends. On October 8, 1973, ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 47:57
The Old Trapper
From: Will Davis
Caption: Jim Ledbetter, The Old Trapper , Credit: Jim Ledbetter
The Old Trapper is a true story about frontier living, isolation, and benevolence. It is a poetic audio documentary and its style is fragmentary, i...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 27:14
The Princess
From: Israel Story
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In August 2005, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon implemented his highly contentious plan to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four i...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 52:34
End of Year Special: Part 2
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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2020 was a year like no other. Throughout the pandemic, Transmission Times captured the fears, hopes, worries, and joys of ordinary people during t...

Bought by WFHB, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWMR, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 6
End of Year Special: Part 1
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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2020 was a year like no other. Throughout the pandemic, Transmission Times captured the fears, hopes, worries, and joys of ordinary people during t...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, RadioStPete Florida, WFHB, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 7
Transmission Times End of Year Special: Pandemic in Review
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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2020 was a year like no other. Throughout the pandemic, Transmission Times captured the fears, hopes, worries, and joys of ordinary people during t...

Bought by KFCF FM, WMMT, WERU, KKRN, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
"You ain't got no friend"
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this piece we hear about isolation, the greater good, taking risks, hugs, community, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
"It could be us."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about freezer trailers, freedom, what it would take to be united, how we measure time now, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
"It feels so absurd."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about forest fires, having Corona in the family, how we are getting through, what "this" means, and much, much more. This ...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 5
"This is now part of our story."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about the moment when we knew this pandemic was real, some silver linings, worries about when we will be able to see family...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, WMPG, and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
"It's not just tragic."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about going back to school, pandemic birthdays, the news, why we wish this hadn't happened, and much more.

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 22, 2020
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 4
"It was heartbreaking."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about libraries and lacrosse, domino effects and rising numbers, anxiety and surrender. We hear people pondering the questi...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 5
"I come from the future."
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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In this episode we hear about taking a road trip during COVID, the eerie lack of gatherings, economic oddities, the wide range of reactions to rest...

Bought by KGUA, WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 5
Broadcast Special: Parenting During the Pandemic
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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What's it like parenting during a pandemic? Imagine that you always assumed you would to live to see your baby grow up, but suddenly, because you w...

Bought by KGUA, KDNK, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Boise State Public Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2020
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 13