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The Big Ponder #8: My Pen Pal
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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One day, Jakob Lewis receives an email from a German man named Ingo asking to be his pen pal. The close relationship they develop teaches Jakob tha...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 1
64 Carolyn: Dad vs The Love Boat
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A religious father refuses to let his daughter get corrupted by The Love Boat and other 80s pop culture.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 20:13
Teen Runner
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Have you ever stuck with something that was difficult because you knew the reward was worth the journey? Follow Robert Franklin’s day as he prepare...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:21
The Drive Home
From: Timothy Nicastri
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Behind the wheel for the first time, a new Dad.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
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
New York
From: Emma Miller
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes
From: Mary T. Diorio Schilling
Caption: Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes
In Key West, Florida,a neighborhood rooster's cries awaken a woman mourning her mother's recent death.

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
"If These Walls Could Talk: Inside Youth Speak Out" SEASON TWO
From: Susan Stone
Caption: Justice for Youth mural, Credit: San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center
"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
Hair Rollers, Religion And Growing Up
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Father's Day
From: Paul Currington
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"What do you think of when you think of your dad?" People in Seattle share stories about their fathers. Death, divorce, drugs, love, Casey Kasem...

Bought by KSFR, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 3
Tattoos are the new lockets
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tattoos have surpassed lockets as a way of keeping memories close.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 04:06
"Shift"
From: MayCope Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This audio essay is based upon a near accident during a winter weekend drive from Boston to New York City.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:47
Eat! Eat!
From: MayCope Media
Caption: Eat! Eat!, Credit: Sandy Chin
A personal audio essay about my Italian-American Nani teaching me the importance of showing love through cooking.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:19