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Talk About It: The Jewish Mourning Process
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The End As Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death
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Grieving for the deceased... and comforting the living.

Bought by Iowa Public Radio and Audible


  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 18:03
  • Purchases: 2
Honoring the Body: Taharah
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The End As Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death
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Leaving the world as we entered it... but with a twist.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, Iowa Public Radio, and Audible


  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 15:45
  • Purchases: 5
Being in the Woods
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Hunters describe experiences they have with wildlife while hunting in the woods

Bought by KMXT, WTIP, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 3
Careful What You Shoot
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Two men tell stories about gun accidents and talk about the responsibility that comes with handling firearms

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Taking a Life
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this show, hunters talk about the experience of taking an animal's life

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Green Family
From: Sáša Woodruff
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lifelong residents of New Orleans, the Green family shows the resilience and strength of those who lived through Hurricane Katrina.

Bought by WMNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 3
Youth and Sexism
From: KPFT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth explore the issue of sexism.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:58
Queer Queers
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Two woment that don't fit in the box of Queer

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, Spokane Public Radio, KWCW, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 5
Patrick's Loyalties
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Patrick returns to help his estranged father die of AIDS

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
Coming Home
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Coming Home features stories from the hearth of gay America

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KQED, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
How Did You Know When You Knew?
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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How Did You Know When You Knew?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 31:14
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming a Man
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Two transgender stories from Joan Schuman

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Esther and Abuelita
From: Radio Rookies
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A young woman and senior citizen learn from each other about dealing with loss.

Bought by KVNF and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Not Enough Tears
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Rajani Thiranagama was a doctor, a teacher and a committed human rights who was shot in 1989 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Her daughter was 11 years old. ...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Nativity: one-hour version
From: Conrad Bishop
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A celebration of the wonder, joy, pain, and innate sacredness of childbirth.

Bought by KVNF and WNIJ


  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
Crossing East: Brides & Children - Program Five
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Stories of Asian brides of American servicemen and adopted Asian children. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCPN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCPN, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
It's Just A Job
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Veronica McNally reflects on life and work on her daily walk to her job at Pantheon Guitars in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
You Only Have To Look and See
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Martha Solomon tries to discover more about the work of her late father, a highly regarded photographer. What Martha discovers is the difference be...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
To Be Pain Free
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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There is never a moment in any day when Corrina Hodgson is not in pain because of a heriditary spinal condition. How will this affect her brother's...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
The Secrets of Stanley Mission
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For Tom Kernaghan, all the family stories begin at an old trading post and Mission church.

Bought by WTIP and KSUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 2
Fisherman's Wife
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jackie Hannam fell in love with a fisherman and so far their life together is often a life apart.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 2
Hart Island
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem about New York City's Potters Field

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:11
Tiger Balm and Batman Comics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Edward Lee has questions about his family’s immigration to Canada, and the only person he can ask is his father.

Bought by WTIP, KCUR, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 4
Tough Love
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Divorced mom Lisa Wojna can understand why her boys tried drugs but now she wants them to stop.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 1
Runaway Clowns
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Elia Kirby explores the pit falls and prat falls of theatre life and wonders whether it is the best life for his daughters.

Bought by WTIP and KUSP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2