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Episode 147: Kids on the Case
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmother’s house had been burglarized. So, 12-year-old Jessica g...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:54
Time Well Spent - Bypass
From: Ronald Young Jr
Series: Time Well Spent - Bypass Series
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In this episode, I reveal a secret that i've kept from my parents for 16 years. What direction will this go?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 24:50
  • Purchases: 1
Dear God
From: Israel Story
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The common tradition when visiting the holy Western Wall in Jerusalem is to write a small note to God and push it between the cracks of the sacred ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:17
Episode 82: The Choir
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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As a child, Lawrence Lessig was a gifted singer. His church choir director encouraged him to attend a choir camp at a prestigious boarding school i...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 39:03
107: One Hundred Percent Jersey Girl
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Find out why you should never mess with Maria. The diaries of a rebellious Jersey Girl growing up in the 80s. The Mortified Podcast is a proud memb...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2017
  • Length: 25:08
Ep.09: Detoxing Kids Toys, Parabens in the Bathroom
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Detoxing kids toys. Which toxin to watch out for in the bathroom. We celebrate "Talk Like William Shatner Day."

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 12:46
Big dreams for a small-town rapper
From: Brenna Daldorph
Caption: Tracy Howerton raps about both the struggles and joys that he's experienced growing up in Mashpee, Massachusetts., Credit: Brenna Daldorph
Even if you grow up in a hip hop hotspot like New York or LA, it’s not easy to make it as a rapper. It’s even harder if you’re from a small town li...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
North Side Witch Hunt
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Witch-hunts are a curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cow...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 26:55
Choose Your Own Adventure
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: Journey Under the Sea was the second book in the series.
We dig into the history of the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series and the interactive stories kids are reading today.

Bought by WABE, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 16:16
  • Purchases: 3
Teen Inventors Bring A Fresh Approach
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Three stories about inventors who have done some pretty amazing things before even graduating from high school. From cats to semiconductors, these ...

Bought by WTJU and KALW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:47
  • Purchases: 2
Searching for Sasha Krizhanovsky
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
Caption: Sasha & Jessica, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Armed with a letter from 1990, producer Jessica Partnow goes in search of her childhood Soviet pen pal.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
Generation Putin - Hour Special
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
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"Generation Putin" is an hourlong special on young people and politics in the former Soviet Union. Embeddable on SoundCloud, too.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 55
La Santa Muerte
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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A fascinating look at a new and sometimes controversial folk spiritual tradition to cross over the border from Mexico to Texas. Produced by student...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking the Way College Students Learn
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: College students in a Maryland science class. Some professors are abandoning the traditional lecture because research suggests it's not very effective, but lecture classes are still common. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Most college students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. (9/1/2011)

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, WTIP, KZYX and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
My Mother vs. The Streets
From: Radio Rookies
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In the past, hanging out with boys has gotten Jacuyra into trouble. But as a 16-year-old who doesn't often think about the consequences of her acti...

Bought by KUT, KVNF, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 5
The Chernobyl Disaster
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Irina was born in Belarus 6 years after the Chernobyl disaster. She has always seen herself as a Chernobyl victim, but the more she...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 4
Dumpster Harvest
From: Sam Greenspan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Earthworm dumpster dives and subsists off of what so many of us unknowingly waste.

Bought by KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WDBM, Vocalo.org, KUT and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 8
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
Someone Worth Finding
From: The Tibet Connection
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The unlikely story of a homeless addict who becomes a Tibetan monk

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 12:53
Pick Up 101
From: Berkeley J-School
Caption: PRX default Piece image
pick-up artists on how getting lucky isn't about luck

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:31
Trespassing and Other Crimes
From: Briana O'Higgins
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11 Year-old entrepreneur.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2
Walking With My Father
From: Long Haul Productions
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Charlie Rizzo's lifelong journey with his father, including a few twists and turns.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KPIK-LP, KUOW, The Story, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 8
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
What If?
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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What if you know you will loose your hearing at age 18? Kevin and James Hatch face this dilemma with surprising grace.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, KZSC, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8