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Episode 33: On the Way to Dinner

From: Criminal
Series: This is Love

On August 28th, 2000, Danny Stewart got on the subway to meet his boyfriend Pete Mercurio for dinner in New York City. As he was exiting the statio...

Added: Aug 13, 2021
Length: 36:50

Episode 165: Unfit

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

In August 1934, Ann Cooper Hewitt was having lunch with her mother when she suddenly felt pain in her abdomen. When she went to the doctor, he told...

Added: Aug 13, 2021
Length: 44:17

August Edition

From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine

In this piece we hear from 4 people around the world talking about their mothers, and how their mothers have shaped them. From a mother whose strug...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG

Added: Aug 06, 2021
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Mother Mine: July Edition

From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine

In this piece we hear from 6 people across the globe talking about their mothers and who they are because of their mothers. From a mother who never...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMPG, and RadioStPete Florida

Added: Jul 10, 2021
Length: 28:36
Purchases: 3

Mother Mine: June Edition

From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine

In this piece we hear five people talk about their mothers, and how their mothers have shaped them. From the expectations their mothers had that th...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMPG, and RadioStPete Florida

Added: Jun 10, 2021
Length: 26:38
Purchases: 3

A Box of Photographs

From: Paula Nelson

Caption: The negatives reveal the truth beyond the memory., Credit: Paula Nelson

A rich, intimate story of family, childhood memories, and rediscovering old photographs and the stories that connect them.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 16:36
Purchases: 1

Mother Mine: May Edition

From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine

In this piece six women talk about their mothers, and who they are because of their mothers. From the the secrets they never told their mothers, an...

Bought by WORT, Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WMPG

Added: Apr 30, 2021
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 5

05 “Grace in the Face of Discomfort” [Kristi’s Story]

From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS

Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.

What would it look like for you to live your life with grace? This SUPERHUMANS story shows us how to experience loss with Grace. Kristi opens up a...

Added: Feb 19, 2021
Length: 36:40

Episode 154: The Night of the Party

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

When Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams were charged with murder, neither of them were worried they would be convicted. They had dozens of witnesse...

Added: Jan 05, 2021
Length: 30:34

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

Deployment on the Homefront

From: Ears Adrift

In this episode, we'll talk to a few spouses about their experience of a deployment.

Bought by KRZA

Added: Aug 03, 2020
Length: 09:10
Purchases: 1

This "Bad Child" Became a Judge With a Passion for Justice, Poetry, and Decency

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

Added: Jul 29, 2020
Length: 11:51

Defying the Odds, This Young Woman Recovers From a Childhood Police Trauma

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1.5, Episode 1 Being mistreated by the police, or seeing a family member mistreated by the police is traumatic, and it can cause lasting pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Jul 29, 2020
Length: 10:59
Purchases: 1

Broadcast Special: Parenting During the Pandemic

From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19

What's it like parenting during a pandemic? Imagine that you always assumed you would to live to see your baby grow up, but suddenly, because you w...

Bought by KGUA, KDNK, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Boise State Public Radio, WFHB and more

Added: Jul 19, 2020
Length: 27:31
Purchases: 13

Episode 6 - Broken Down Hearted

From: This Land Press
Series: This Land Radio

Caption: Singer-songwriter Ramsay Midwood, Credit: Abby Wendle

This week, our heart is in a hole.

Bought by KGOU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and KOSU

Added: Jul 13, 2020
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 3

Jason Stuart: When You Come From a Family That's Very Dysfunctional

From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues

Forgiveness - Jason Stuart has a major role in the historic bio film "The Birth of a Nation". He has worked with heavy hitters George Clooney, Faye...

Added: Jul 08, 2020
Length: 02:02

A SUDDEN LOSS - A Memorial To Lives Lost To COVID-19 (59:00 / 54:00 / 29:00/ plus optional 2nd hour)

From: Paul Ingles

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

Re:sound - The Family Ties Show

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2020 Re:sound Specials from Third Coast

This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.

Bought by KOSU, Troy Public Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Michigan Radio and more

Added: Apr 22, 2020
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 13

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

S2 Ep 7: Helping family members of people with addiction

From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two

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

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

S2 Ep 1: Help young people grow up healthy

From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two

Caption: Friday Lunch Club having ice cream. , Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...

Added: Oct 15, 2019
Length: 29:58

The Quest

From: Marc Maximov

After seeing ads for home DNA tests on TV, John decided to give it a try. Just spit into a cup—what did he have to lose… or gain?

Added: Jul 22, 2019
Length: 13:23

Episode 105: Protection

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

John “Sonny” Franzese was once described as “largely responsible for the glamorization of the Mafia over the past century.” He’d been active in the...

Bought by ABC