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Keeping the Faith: A Story of Black Religion in Rural Ohio
From: Harper Beeland
Caption: The Mount Calvary congregation standing outside the church, ca. 1950s, Credit: Ric Sheffield, Knox County Black History Archives at Kenyon College
A piece of local history audio storytelling exploring a now-defunct predominantly black church in Mount Vernon, Ohio, through the voices of its for...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 16:07
Peggy Lee, The Singer-Songwriter
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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Miss Peggy Lee (born May 26, 1920) was more than a pop star: she was also a world-class songwriter in the male-dominated world of jazz. On this Aft...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 02. Dust - Sue and Greg
From: Kismet Podcast
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Greg, a New York City cop, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia 11 years after being covered in dust and debris at the World Trade Center atta...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
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
Reflections on Charmstrings
From: Mark Head
Caption: Prince Charming Arrives with the 108th Button, Credit: Edward L. Ott 1896 sketch, with Illustrator Overlay
Mary Leonardson was a button fanatic traveling around the world roughly between the 1920s to the 1950s meeting up with various button clubs to coll...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 12:24
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
Vin Scully - "The Voice of Baseball"
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Vin Scully
Between being the iconic play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodger's baseball team, to being the announcer for countless historic events, V...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
Life in a New World
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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As a little girl my mom always felt different because she was living in a world where she was the minority. Coming to a new country was not easy, b...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
It All Began in Room 1
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Miss Joanne, Credit: Olivia Polischeck
Even after 13 years, Olivia remembers the influence her preschool teacher, Miss Joanne, had on her in Room 1. Wanting to know more about Miss Joann...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
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
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
The Nest
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It's one thing to make it to living in your nineties, and another to get to that age and still live independently at home. Bob and Terry Rohe have ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 4
Valentine's Day at the Roxy
From: Long Haul Productions
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
All Coming Years of Peaceful Love
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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The history of the twentieth century told through a love story, a mandolin, and an 81-year-old husband?s guide to good sex?

Bought by WRNC-LP, KUT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:18
  • Purchases: 7
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
1000 Postcards
From: Rene Gutel
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a bus driver writes his daughter every day for 1000 days

Bought by KTNA, KPFA, and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 10, 2004
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 3
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
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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