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Searching for Meaning in Kensington
- Added: Jun 04, 2019
- Length: 55:22
Bodybuilding is no easy feat. Bodybuilders spend endless hours in the gym. They count carbs and grams of fat meticulously. Why? To get ripped, mayb...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 2
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 03:13
Helen James grew up in a military family – her great great grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 24:39
The story of one woman with PTSD and her efforts to re-train her brain so she can live a new life.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDBM, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jun 01, 2017
- Length: 08:47
- Purchases: 4
Meet LePriest Valentine, who kept winding up in the only sanctuary he could find after getting out of jail: Skid Row.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 4
An emotional and poetic tour of a day in the life of a youth at Cook County's Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 07:13
In this voice collage, veterans and youth share their personal definitions of what it means to be an “Urban Warrior.”
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 02:44
In the Navy for five years Carlos maintained airplanes. As a behavior therapist for youth, Carlos works with a young man who intimidates the other ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:41
After George loses his father, he starts smoking marijuana and selling drugs. In Urban Warriors, he connects with a veteran who has a positive impa...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 03:12
Growing up in Little Village, Jorge experienced firsthand the toll that gang violence has on communities and individuals. Jorge talks about joining...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:16
Francisco grew up feeling endangered and like he had to become involved with the gang his family was in for his own safety. When he was ready to ma...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:46
In part two of his story, Steven talks about how addressing emotions and trauma is often taboo for veterans, and how Urban Warriors gave him a chan...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:17
Giovanni knows that others consider him and many youth in his neighborhood to be criminals. In Urban Warriors, he learns about himself and begins t...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 04:28
Steven knew from a young age that he wanted to join the military. In Afghanistan, the expectation of violence impacts the rest of his life experien...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 07:50
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
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
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
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
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
On July 17th, 1981 The Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Skywalk fell onto the unsuspecting attendants at one of the hotel’s popular Tea Dances. 114 people w...
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 10:26
Two journeys - in very different directions, and taken for very different reasons - out of, and then into, Africa.
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 44:14
A story about war and hairdressing.
- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 31:50
Belinda Cai knew only the outline of her father’s childhood in China's Cultural Revolution. Recently, when she asked her father for details, she wa...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 05:41
- Purchases: 1
This radio program features veterans of all eras beginning with World War II to the present day. Nine veterans share their recollections of before,...
- Added: Apr 07, 2015
- Length: 01:41:34
- Purchases: 2