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A Man of the Wind
From: Stephen Rickard
Caption: Randy and Stephen on Catalina Island.
A fisherman tells his stories of adjusting to the ever changing, natural world.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:25
Healing Homelessness
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Informational pamphlets at the In My Father's Kitchen office.
How a more personal approach to ending homelessness may also be more effective.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
Melvin Majors Fathers And Children
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Melvin Major, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Fathers and Children is about a man named Melvin Major who became father to hundreds of young people. But he has no offspring.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:40
Pass the lefse, please
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Ask someone from out of state to describe Minnesota and you’ll probably hear a lot of “Minnesota Nice,” "uff dah’s" and "you betcha’s." Scandinavia...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Song Story S0.E2 - Sarah Donner's "Signs of Life" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter/creativ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 10:06
Oh, Where Have You Been, My Blue-Eyed Son?
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Liza introduces her new love, Jonah.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Peggy and Hugh: An Oral History
From: Laura Herberg
Caption: Peggy and Hugh, then and now.
Peggy grew up on the Canadian prairie listening to big band on the radio. Hugh grew up in Seattle and tried to stay out of trouble from his Welsh ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 17:18
Jim and Martha - 56 years and karaoke
From: Sara Paul
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Jim and Martha were married in 1955 - and took up karaoke "a week ago". It might have made their love stronger. Might have. Found sound from the...

Bought by KALW, Prairie Public, WABE, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 4
Bonnie and Freddie
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Bonnie and Freddie Lee Jackson
In the midst of war, love.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:15
Ice Cream Socials
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: Sea Side Hall, Swan's Island, Maine, Credit: Swan's Island Memory Project
Of course ice cream is a treat at any time for anyone, but it was awfully difficult to stock in any island store in the 1930’s. Marguerite Staples...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:31
Valentine's Day at the Roxy
From: Long Haul Productions
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A profile of the annual Valentine's Day dance at the Roxy, a one-of-a-kind club that caters to the mentally ill and developmentally disabled.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
Sounds Like Yesterday
From: Aaron Henkin
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Gene Leitner remembers (and relives) the Golden Age of radio every day of his life.

Bought by Audible, WCFM, WHQR, WZBC, and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 08, 2004
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 5
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [short version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
A Stop Along the Way
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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There's a love affair off Interstate 95 in Bangor, Maine.

Bought by WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 4