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Pride Pioneers Holly Hughes & Esther Newton: How Queer Kinship Ties Help Us Survive
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Holly Hughes and Esther Newton are radical in their fields and a couple for more than 30 years. In this Pride special, they talk with Laura about t...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WNYE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 144: Looking Out
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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People incarcerated in California’s San Quentin State Prison aren’t allowed to have pets — but some people, like Ronell Draper, have found ways to ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 31:49
My grandmother's recipes
From: Sarah Mashman
Caption: Toni Burnett Rands at the Dark Mofo Winter Feast, Credit: Toni Burnett Rands
The process of cooking a dish connects Toni Burnett Rands to her ancestors. She recalls cooking with her grandmas and how power can be found throug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Strangers (podcast): "Two Men and a Baby"
From: Lea Thau
Series: Strangers
Caption: Steve & Patrick with "Violet", Credit: F Delventhal
On this episode of Strangers...a four-day old baby shows up with a few hours notice at the home of a gay couple. Complications ensue.

Bought by Public Radio for All, XRAY.fm, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 5
Blending Families
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you build a strong family after a crisis?

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:32
Raising A Child With Down Syndrome
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you cope when you find out at the birth - that your baby has Down Syndrome? What are the first steps that you take?

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:55
We're the Kids in America
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How is raising a little girl in the United States different from raising her in India? What happens when you move to America where expectations fo...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
College Applications
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Where are you applying to school? Are you staying in-state? Have you written your essays?

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:21
Making old traditions new again
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you slow down your life to spend more quality time with your family? Can family traditions and religious beliefs help to ground you and your...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:54
Playing Against the Odds (5:09)
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Training to become a professional hockey player doesn't come without a price for this teenager. Will countless hours of practice and perseverance p...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
Full-time Mom to Full-time Work
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do we balance raising our kids, retaining our careers, and at the same time find time for ourselves and our families?

  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:04
From This Point On
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
American Dream - Minus My Mom
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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Rebelling against your parents is the norm for most teens in America, but for some young people who immigrate to the U.S. without one or both of th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
Starving for Perfection
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Listening to Chloe (a 16 year old) play the violin is listening to an inspired, emotional, and technical artist. But Chloe doesn’t agree. Focused...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
The Girl Who Couldn't Laugh and the Way Back to Joy: A Breadcrumb Tale
From: Dave Stefan
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This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 21:14
Walking a Labyrinth
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A labyrinth is a circular path that leads to a center. Walking a labyrinth is an ancient ritual that pre-dates religion. Eunice Schroeder found a n...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
The Decisions Project - 25 - Cold Feet
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A young man proposes to his girlfriend... and then reconsiders.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 22 - Accepting Gay Father
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A teenage girl talks about learning that her father is gay and her subsequent decision to stay with him.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Decisions Project - 20 - Leaving Kids for a Year
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A father decides to take a transcontinental motorcycle trip and leave his children for a year.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2011
  • Length: 03:29
The Decisions Project - 18 - Stand by You
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A 21 year-old abandons his carefree bachelor fantasy and reluctantly marries a girl he accidentally impregnated.

  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
Theme Songs
From: ayme frye
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A man talking about how he has a theme song for people in his life. He recalls the qualities of the people and describes them with music.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
Money Stress
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The Story, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 5
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Telling Your Story: Recording Oral Histories At Home
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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A 30-minutes "How To" featuring Dave Isay and facilitators from StoryCorps and other resources.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2