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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
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 02:03
A cold-water, slap on the face, static-electric jolt reminder of just how powerfully spaces can affect the way we think and act.
Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jun 27, 2014
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 3
Short Description: MEMOIR about her soldier son who committed suicide. She talks about writing non-fiction and her earlier elegiac book, EMBALMING...
- Added: Jun 26, 2014
- Length: 29:00
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
Mother’s Day is the one day of the year we set aside to honor mothers. Some do it with flowers and cards. For women who are in prison and their chi...
- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 24:57
- Purchases: 2
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 08:22
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 05:57
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 10:00
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 06:34
Charmil Davis talking to the US Congress from New Jersey Donald Payne Jr.
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 09:40
Three hospice professionals explore ways for the dying and the survivors to find more peace around the death passage. This compelling hour also inc...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Stori Sojourner weaves music, memories and ideas together as well as reveals a long time secret of her own. Guest on the show, Jessica Stephens, sh...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Apr 07, 2012
- Length: 30:33
- Purchases: 1
A new generation is telling their stories of overthrowing corrupt regimes. And in the digital age, their lessons can spread more quickly than ever ...
- Added: Sep 20, 2011
- Length: 29:00
"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...
- Added: Mar 05, 2010
- Length: 14:24
- Purchases: 3
A teenager explains what it's like to grow up with epileptic seizures. Gaining independence is hard work.
Bought by KHSU and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Feb 17, 2010
- Length: 09:34
- Purchases: 2
Bridgette had to leave her home, South Africa in 1991, during one of the most dynamic periods in that nation’s history. She left just one year afte...
- Added: Jan 25, 2010
- Length: 29:24
A portrait of Mike Butler: Irish-American tannery worker, avid gambler, and, in the eyes of three young boys growing up in suburban Massachusetts ...
- Added: Dec 16, 2009
- Length: 11:35
- Purchases: 3
In Fall 2009, as my wife entered the late stage of pregnancy, I asked several friends of mine who are recent or long-time dads for advice on becomi...
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 13:46
- Purchases: 7
Basic facts and about elephants from Carol Buckley, founder of The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, plus a personal elephant story from NY Times be...
- Added: Dec 03, 2008
- Length: 07:06
