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In episodes 3 and 4 of So Far From Care, "What We're Capable Of" and "She's Not Here," you’ll hear about what it’s like to live even further out th...
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 54:30
OB/GYN Jackie Howitt and pediatrician Gretchen Volk bring us into the deserted airport where they first met in April 2020 on their way to offer COV...
- Added: May 02, 2023
- Length: 53:32
Herbalism is seeing a huge rise in popularity, as more and more people turn to natural remedies to keep their bodies healthy. In this episode of Gr...
- Added: May 11, 2021
- Length: 17:38
- Added: Jun 22, 2017
- Length: 04:53
What happens when your religious faith and sexual identity directly contradict one another? Josh Tranen lived with this contradiction for years. Ev...
- Added: Oct 06, 2016
- Length: 17:43
He's been a womanizing petty criminal. A revolutionary marxist. An ex-con bank robber. A spiritual teacher. This week on ARRVLS, we go on a journey...
- Added: Oct 01, 2016
- Length: 26:10
In this voice collage, veterans and youth share their personal definitions of what it means to be an “Urban Warrior.”
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 02:44
In the Navy for five years Carlos maintained airplanes. As a behavior therapist for youth, Carlos works with a young man who intimidates the other ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:41
After George loses his father, he starts smoking marijuana and selling drugs. In Urban Warriors, he connects with a veteran who has a positive impa...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 03:12
Growing up in Little Village, Jorge experienced firsthand the toll that gang violence has on communities and individuals. Jorge talks about joining...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:16
Francisco grew up feeling endangered and like he had to become involved with the gang his family was in for his own safety. When he was ready to ma...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:46
In part two of his story, Steven talks about how addressing emotions and trauma is often taboo for veterans, and how Urban Warriors gave him a chan...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:17
This special episode of Mortified features the story of a closeted teenager who escapes the bullies at school and retreats into his bedroom where h...
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 34:43
Lise Saffran explores her son Jonah’s decision to embark on a Jewish rite of passage, despite the fact that he comes from a secular home.
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 06:58
Being a soccer mom is harder than it looks.
- Added: Jul 05, 2015
- Length: 24:26
- Purchases: 2
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: Summer Institute Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: Summer Institute Edition
A mother & daughter recollect moving to Austin from Vietnam.
This story was produced by Ana Kolendo, Linda O’Neal, and Lindsey Shirack during the ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 05:46
- Purchases: 1
Wonder Woman first hit the comic book page over 70 years ago. We look at how she's changed at what she means today.
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 39:32
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Strangers... a tale of true love spanning four decades, two countries, and classic racial divides...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Radio for All, Public Radio for All, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: :00
- Purchases: 5
On this episode of Strangers... imagine waking up every morning and seeing a stranger in the mirror...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Radio for All, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: :00
- Purchases: 5
On this episode of Strangers... a stripper and a tattoo artist have a fateful encounter.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Radio for All, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: :00
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 03:49
Monsters? Attempted suicide? The "second hand smoke" of insanity? Bob will be the 1st to admit that clinical psychology requires a bit of a split-...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 07:12
- Purchases: 1
When playing with bugs became macabre Diane started inviting people on "the spectrum" to live with her.
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 06:32
This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...
- Added: Nov 27, 2011
- Length: 21:14
Eastern Tennessee to Tucson, Arizona. Two Wheels to Nowhere is a seven-part series that weaves together the story of one man's motorcycle journey a...
- Added: Oct 03, 2010
- Length: 24:22
- Purchases: 4
