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A SUDDEN LOSS - A Memorial To Lives Lost To COVID-19 (59:00 / 54:00 / 29:00/ plus optional 2nd hour)
From: Paul Ingles
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Popular public radio hosts, past and present, read short eulogies to just some of the tens of thousands lost to the coronavirus pandemic in the las...

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, MPR News Stations, KAAD-LP, Boise State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 42
Lessons from the Fires
From: Megan Botel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Each year, the numbers of fire refugees grow in California. Fire historians say we've reached the era of Fire Apocalypse. As fire season approaches...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 2
"That's Not Two Meters"
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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Audio diaries from around the world giving us a glimpse into daily life during the pandemic. In this episode, among other things, we hear about a n...

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 13:06
  • Purchases: 1
"I feel not strong right now"
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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Snapshots of life during the pandemic from voices all over the world. In this piece, among other things, we hear about the Easter Bunny visiting on...

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 12:38
  • Purchases: 1
S2 Ep 7: Helping family members of people with addiction
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: True Hope Community Church.
At a book group meeting, women went around the circle and introduced themselves. They found out that nearly everyone there had a son addicted to he...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 30:42
Are You There God? It's me, Paula.
From: KAYLA LATTIMORE
Caption: Paula Degree, Credit: Kayla Lattimore
Going through puberty is rough. It’s a time most of us would give anything to forget. Well, Paula Degree chose to do it all over again at 72.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
BONUS: How Shannon got off drugs
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Shannon McCarty on April 26, 2018 before all her teeth were pulled., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
For Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 30:30
Ep 1: Fighting the opioid epidemic with Suboxone and telemedicine
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: A patient video conferencing with a medical provider at Ideal Option the clinic in Everett, WA., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
At a clinic in Everett, Washington, a nurse pushes his patients to work hard, and the patients embark on their road to recovery. This episode we're...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 25:34
  • Purchases: 1
Amazing Gracie - Gracie's story, and "Forward" from the book.
From: Paul Messing
Caption: Amazing Gracie (cover)
The story behind the story of Three Dog Bakery, and how a dog with special needs brought all the elements together.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
The Gift and Curse of Being a Latina Woman
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2019
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My Name is Ashley Villa, I am an 18 year old Mexican- American Woman from the Southwest Side of Chicago.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 07:14
A Different Kind of Coming Out: A 'Nancy' Pride Special
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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Coming out means taking a risk and sharing something deeply personal with another person. In this hour-long episode of Nancy, the critically acclai...

Bought by KERA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFDD, WFIU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
Maxine A Voice From The Past
From: Glen Lasley
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This Is The Voice Of Maxine Who Past Away In 2008

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
A Show For You: A Leon Russell Appreciation - Paul Ingles Music Archive Showcase #43
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Produced the day after Leon Russell's death on November 13, 2016, music host Paul Ingles plays some spectacular Leon Russell performances and revie...

Bought by KSJE, KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 98: The Doctors
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Three of America’s most experienced trauma surgeons speak with us about what happens when someone is shot.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 20:36
Episode 1: The Run
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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In 1971, David Alexander went for a run in Central Park and started talking to a stranger. For our first episode of This Is Love, a story about wha...

Bought by American Voices and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Seekers, Pt. 1: Freedom from Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Albertina Gutiérrez and her 8-year-old son, Lester display photos of relatives., Credit: Maria Martin
The Seekers is the first in a two-part documentary series that examines the experiences of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the US. In t...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
California Innocence Project: A Bad ID Leads to Wrongful Conviction - episode 3
From: KHSU
Series: California Innocence Project
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On this episode of the California Innocence Project, Guy Miles shares his story about a bad identification leading to wrongful conviction -- and 18...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:59
#1 Pax Bill
From: Regina Revazova
Series: Cab Talks
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Pax Bill tells the driver his story

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:53
The Jam
From: Jerome Whittingham
Series: Moved - personal stories of artistic experiences.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gary, now in his 50s, recalls how Paul Weller and The Jam impacted upon his younger years.

  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:49
Eyes of Another
From: Terence Mickey
Series: Memory Motel
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Autobiographical memories are the stories we tell ourselves, but they’re also a window into other people’s experiences. They’re one of the best way...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:10
Life of the Law #90: Kids Doing Life
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The US Supreme Court issued a series of decisions that teens can’t be sentenced to death and they can’t be given an automatic life sentence without...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 1
Women's Voices From Dayton Correctional Institution
From: WYSO
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In 2011 the Dayton Correctional Institution became the third women’s prison in Ohio, when it was changed from a 500-bed male facility to a women’s ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:04
CHOICE/LESS 101: Candice
From: Jennifer Stanley
Series: CHOICE/LESS
Caption: Candice Russell in her home in Irving, Texas. , Credit: (Jenn Stanley//RH Reality Check)
In this first episode of CHOICE/LESS, we hear from Candice, an activist, Texan, and Latina who will argue in front of the Supreme Court on March 2 ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 21:50
The Sign
From: Greg Barron
Caption: In one word, its message spoke of a thousand stories, stories of sadness and joy. Short stories and epic tomes.
A personal, acoustic account of discovery...discovery of something close but unseen for many years. It is a metaphorical story about Hope..hope los...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 19:55
Visual language Ep3 / What We Bring Back
From: What We Bring Back.org
Series: What We Bring Back
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In this episode we take a look at our Dreams and what is witnessed with the minds eye .How do we translate the visions that we receive when we com...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00