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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
What is daily life like when your young son becomes your daughter? Marlo Mack explains what it's like to have a transgender kindergartener.
- Added: May 26, 2023
- Length: 09:35
- Purchases: 4
The Nocturnists teams up with two shame experts to investigate the nature of shame, and its role in the culture of medicine.
- Added: Sep 27, 2022
- Length: 24:25
Joni Mitchell's re-emergence onto the stage at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival had music specials producer Paul Ingles joining the multitude of musi...
Bought by KGLP and Prairie Public
- Added: Jul 30, 2022
- Length: 17:08
- Purchases: 2
Cherie inherits a stack of 33 letters, written by her grandfather, who died during the Korean War, and who Cherie’s family never talked about. Befo...
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 19:47
When have you felt like an outsider? And when have you felt like you truly belonged?
Today’s SUPERHUMAN storyteller, Raj Aggarwal, reveals to us o...
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 26:49
What would you do if your life took a turn and you were suddenly given more time to be alive?
In this SUPERHUMAN story, Dr. David Fajgenbaum faces...
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 46:29
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
Has there ever been something you thought defined you, but maybe doesn’t have to?
This SUPERHUMANS story demonstrates that living with a disease d...
- Added: Feb 19, 2021
- Length: 18:27
Have you ever found yourself looking around in a meeting or a class only to realize that you are the only one? Standing out in the crowd can be har...
- Added: Oct 19, 2020
- Length: 34:53
Snapshots of life during the pandemic from voices all over the world. In this piece, among other things, we hear about the Easter Bunny visiting on...
Bought by KGUA
- Added: Apr 30, 2020
- Length: 12:38
- Purchases: 1
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
Interdisciplinary artist Karen Krolak tells us about the t-shirt she hand-stitched for her father and why it's so important that she hold on to it.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 29, 2019
- Length: 15:38
- Purchases: 1
Melissa Dueñas’ dad went in-and-out of jail and prison her whole life. Whenever he was locked up, they would keep in touch by writing letters. She ...
Bought by WMMT
- Added: Aug 04, 2019
- Length: 16:19
- Purchases: 1
Natalie Bader’s passion for music has been around for as long as she can remember. Unfortunately, so have her debilitating panic attacks. For most ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2019
- Length: 08:42
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 03:13
Current Mood: Desperate. Mortified pays tribute to the kids who grew up in an era right before Myspace and Facebook and pioneered the idea of goin...
- Added: Apr 15, 2018
- Length: 27:04
"I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan." Beatrice Ocwee
Reporter Gladys Oroma continues ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 44:12
On this episode of the California Innocence Project, Guy Miles shares his story about a bad identification leading to wrongful conviction -- and 18...
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 04:59
“Lasting Letters: Leaving a legacy behind” reports on legacy letters and how they are helping people prepare for death, say goodbye, and grieve lov...
- Added: Oct 12, 2017
- Length: 17:46
In episode 14 Farrah returns with Houda to talk about her family’s harrowing experience in their home in Homs, Syria early in the war. After the ev...
- Added: Aug 02, 2017
- Length: 05:20
- Added: Jun 22, 2017
- Length: 04:53
Gary, now in his 50s, recalls how Paul Weller and The Jam impacted upon his younger years.
- Added: May 15, 2017
- Length: 04:49
Autobiographical memories are the stories we tell ourselves, but they’re also a window into other people’s experiences. They’re one of the best way...
- Added: Jan 30, 2017
- Length: 29:10
Nashua, NH Police Sergeant, Lakeisha Phelps is one of two black police officers on a force with 176 police officers, in one of New Hampshire’s most...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 11, 2016
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
