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Borders Between Us
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Aminata Tejan-Thomas, Saidu Tejan-Thomas and Saidu Tejan-Thomas, Jr., Credit: courtesy of Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr
Saidu Tejan-Thomas is a young poet. For a long time, he had a story he needed to tell: an homage and apology to his mother. It's a tragic love stor...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 38:13
  • Purchases: 2
Change is Challenging
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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The summer before her sophomore year of high school, Audrey’s parents filed for a divorce. This momentous change affected her views on family, marr...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
The brave new world of play!
From: KALW
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Children today have a completely different experience on playgrounds than their parents did -- that's because they've changed as the result of new ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:24
Let's Get Intimate
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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A personal essay exploring all kinds of intimacy.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:16
A Purple Heart
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you save an important piece of your past while building your future?

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:39
Easy, Cheap, and Fast to Make: How to make Spaghetti by Nicolas Pena
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
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Nicolas interviews his dad while making spaghetti, who emphasizes how important it is to know how to cook-especially when you are single, and/or wh...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
ROOTS
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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Exploring my lineage one eccentric elder at a time.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Mom Reality
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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When you’re an 18 year old mom-to-be, what are your resources and how do you cope?

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:35
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
The Beat: Ben Westlie - "The Road"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ben Westlie graduated from Bemidji State University in 2006 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He's published three chapbooks of poet...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
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Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure: A story about two cousins and a luthier.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Autism Grows Up
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here
Caption: Freddie Topete at Adult Transition Program, Credit: Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio
2013 Sigma Delta Chi Award winning one-hour documentary explores what's happening twenty years after a sharp rise in autism rates. Thousands of chi...

Bought by WLRH, KCPW Salt Lake City, KOSU, KICI Iowa City, WERA-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 34
Drugs: Defying the Influence
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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From the outside, it seemed like Michael had it all - parents who loved him, a supportive brother, an affluent home, and good grades. But, wanting...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 15:08
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
American Heaven
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Mandy's Diary: God is my Guy
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Mandy attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, she arrives at least an hour early for services, because that’s one of the things you...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:20
Randy’s Diary: Remembering Ozell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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While living on a farm in the Mississippi Delta that was once part of a slave plantation, Randy searches for clues about the life of his great-gran...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 4
Juan's Diary, Part 2: Back to Mexico
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Juan’s second audio diary, he travels back to Mexico to visit his dying grandfather. This is his first time back since he immigrated to the Unit...

Bought by KSFR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 25:51
  • Purchases: 2
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
Nothing's Ever Permanent in Foster Care
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
When I first went into foster care, I just felt lost. My friends kept saying, “Yo, you’re changing. You’re acting like you’re depressed.” I used...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 4
Mental Illness
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
I remember going to my first rock show, the Alkaline Trio, I was 12, a tall 12-year-old. I left there a mess. I had been hit in the face, my shir...

Bought by PRX Remix, Vocalo.org, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 3
Half My Family Is Illegal
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
"At some point when I was growing up I admit I was mad at my parents for coming here. I was mad that they had to work so hard, that we had to wait ...

Bought by KDNK, KSFR, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 5
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
Blues Run the Game
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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Buffalo native Jillian Mertz talks about how the songs of Jackson C. Frank, a little known folk musician from her hometown, helped her understand t...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:30