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After the Forgetting
From: Erica Heilman
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This is a story about a Vermont family's experience living with an elderly member's progressive dementia. What happens to love when there is no mem...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 24:49
  • Purchases: 1
"The Joe & Lorie Healthy Living Special" hour 2
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Joe Bevilacqua at home, camp Waterlogg, Napanoch, NY, Credit: Eddie Adams Workshop
Second of two hours about small business owners promoting healthy lifestyles.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Raw Life
From: Sarah Lange
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A small glimpse into the life of raw foodists

  • Added: Mar 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:10
Dumped Tires Land on Doorsteps
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: The finished product
Re-purposing dumped tires combats poverty, vacant lots, and environmental degredation

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2
BIRTH
From: Thin Air Media
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A one-hour public radio documentary about the practices and perceptions of birth in America.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUAF Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WYAP, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 31
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Risks for Women Giving Birth at a Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in an Afghanistan Hospital

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 2
Women's group fights malnutrition with knowledge in San Pablo La Laguna, Guatemala
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Women's group in San Pablo La Laguna on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala uses workshop trainings and community based education to lowe...

Bought by KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 3
"The Joe & Lorie Healthy Living Special" (hour 1)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Husband wife Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg explore healthy living in the Catskills., Credit: The Kingston Freeman
First of two hours about small business owners promoting healthy lifestyles.

Bought by KUT-HD, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 3
Moms of Multiples Find Strength in Numbers
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Twin-birth rate is up 70% nationwide. We profile a group of women who share the singular experience of raising multiples

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Scenes From a Transplant/Special
From: Long Haul Productions
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One woman's fight against cancer to save her life for her and her family.

Bought by KMXT, WVPE, Jefferson Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Beauty of Madness: The Art of the Mentally Ill
From: WFUV
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Meet a community of people with mental illness who are redefining themselves through art

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
We Are Still Here: Voices of HIV+ Youth
From: Julia Applegate
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Voices of HIV+ Youth

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRUA, KLCC, 90.5 WSNC, and WFUV


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 5
The Person I Admire the Most
From: Jake Warga
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Following my best friend to Ethiopia

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KUT


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 3
Sit With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Twelve year old Cameron Ledoux talks with his father about his dad's depression.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4
Urban Green
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Urban Green explores the ribbons of greenery in our city environment: urban watersheds, community gardens and farmers' markets, that connect us to ...

Bought by KVMR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WKSU and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2006
  • Length: 52:12
  • Purchases: 6
We Are Strong Women
From: Julia Applegate
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interviews with HIV+ Women

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KUGS Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 4
David Berman Goes on Tour
From: Jesse Dukes
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David Berman, a songwriter, finally meets his fans.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:13
Part One: Sir Tom Shakespeare
From: Siobhan Mullen / David Lewis
Series: Get On With It
Caption: PRX default Piece image
first of a five part series looking at the lives of disabled people

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Lion in the House -
From: Aileen LeBlanc
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A look behind the scenes of the new PBS documentary about families living with kids who have cancer. A Lion in the House airs on PBS June 21st, 22nd.

Bought by WYSO, WYSO, and WMUB


  • Added: May 30, 2006
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 3
Sissies
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Stories from boys who are sissies

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 2
Singing for sanitation: Teen in rural Nepal teaches her village about water safety
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
What If?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Blissful Oblivion
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jess Perlitz visits her grandmother and discovers that coping with memory loss is as much about the present as it is about the past.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 2
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