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The Nocturnists’ Emily Silverman tells a story about how medical school satisfied much of her curiosity about the human body—but how some mysteries...
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 44:24
When I moved from Melbourne to Italy I was faced with a difficult decision: take my cat Ombra with me, submitting her to a gruelling 26-hour flight...
- Added: May 16, 2022
- Length: 01:17
- Added: May 08, 2022
- Length: 01:02
If unable to care for yourself, who would you choose as your guardian angel?
After a harrowing health scare, Alexandra Drane shares her SUPERHUMAN...
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 36:26
In this story, Walker explores the memory of a short but powerful conversation with her partner, triggered by the scent of fresh evening air.
- Added: Feb 16, 2021
- Length: 02:12
The story of our Black hair speaks volumes about our lives. So much love and care is wrapped up in our curls. Alongside so much vulnerability and p...
- Added: Oct 19, 2020
- Length: 33:10
A piece by Joshua Ivy. I was a boy that overcame abuse from a man.
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 05:40
It takes surprisingly little for the human psyche to come undone. We know that the virus can’t survive when we isolate ourselves, the question is, ...
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 30:47
Over the past few weeks, there have been so many news articles about healthcare workers as heroes, or soldiers fighting the battle of coronavirus. ...
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 31:40
What is it like to be a healthcare worker forced to stand on the sidelines during a global pandemic? This week, you’ll hear from diarists from Cali...
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 26:29
In this episode of The Nocturnists: Stories from a Pandemic, you will hear diary entries from healthcare workers from New York, California, Massach...
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 31:10
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 03:13
A memory on the late Steve Kirby and the lesson of human decency that he taught me.
- Added: May 14, 2018
- Length: 02:53
The story of a small town girl who found herself in the center of a cinematic love triangle. Whoever she chooses could change the direction of her ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2018
- Length: 20:08
On this episode of Palestinians Podcast we hear from author Wafa Ghnaim about her struggle with being the daughter of immigrants in the United Stat...
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 37:13
Jehan Bseiso is the Head of Communications for Doctors Without Borders in the Middle East Region by day (and some long evenings) and a poet by nigh...
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 30:37
Three days after 9/11, I run into a cop who is just up from Ground Zero to get cigarettes and something warm. Something real.
- Added: Sep 01, 2016
- Length: 09:20
Remember when 2nd Base was a really big deal? Just in time for opening day, Mortified journeys back to a time when the most exciting bases had abso...
- Added: Apr 03, 2016
- Length: 32:52
Maisy is a shop dog in Toronto, but she had to take time off -- a sick leave. To battle her cancer, her humans traveled with Maisy to seek treatmen...
- Added: Jan 26, 2016
- Length: 27:43
A story about the transformative power of loss. How one tiny life can become so large, that you begin to see it everywhere and in everything that y...
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- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 20:02
- Purchases: 1
Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. This year in the west, Ramadan lines up with the summ...
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- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 8
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 09:53
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 1
Ray has been an activist most of his life. He organized lunch counter sit-ins and participated in the March on Washington. When he was drafted to f...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 23:59
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
