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I Am - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Patrick Dorey sends us his Song Story about a time in his life when, with the loss of his Mom, he began to question who he was.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
Wonderful Tonight - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Here's a Song Story guaranteed to make you smile, if not tear up.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:41
Christine's First
From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders
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Christine navigates love and romance as she grows up.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 07:08
Poison Tree
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The "Get to Know Me" occasional series
Caption: Painting 781 Poison Tree strangled by a Fig, Queensland, Credit: Marianne North
Love hurts.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
Where do I Find You Now?
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2015 ShortDocs: Studs Rules
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An intimate conversation with Studs about the edges of life and death.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Buried memories of China's Cultural Revolution haunt a family
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: A young Belinda Cai and her father., Credit: Belinda Cai
Belinda Cai knew only the outline of her father’s childhood in China's Cultural Revolution. Recently, when she asked her father for details, she wa...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
Bodily Safety: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Shootings
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates' friend from Howard University was shot and killed by police in Virginia back in 2000. Written in the form of a letter to his own ...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
I Thought I'd Get Into Hiking
From: Becca Grumet
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Becca doesn't have very good luck with hiking. This is the story of her two near-death experiences with hiking, set ten years apart.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:16
TSR15-18 Pert Near Sandstone
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Pickers and neighbors from the South, Minnesota that is, Pert Near Sandstone.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMSU, WRNC-LP, KALH, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Ryan's First Kiss
From: Annie McEwen
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Ryan tells the story of his very first kiss and what happened after...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming An Advocate
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 11:00
A Survivor Story
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 21:09
Fallen Heroes of 2014
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Yuri Kochiyama, Credit: Bob Hsiang
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014, leaving their work behind as their legacy, but often also leaving an irrep...

Bought by WNJR and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
One Date, A War, One Smooch & A 65 Year Journey of One Class Ring…Reunited.
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
Caption: Don & the 'Ring!', Credit: The Allgood News
It was 1944, Don was about to ship off to war...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:03
Marian and Homer - a sad story
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A phoned-in call from Marian, and her story about her beloved cat Homer. Followed by a musical moment.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Stutter by Stephanie Shacter
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Stephanie has had a stutter for sixteen years. In those sixteen years, she never identified with her stutter. That is, until she finally learned to...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 10:19
Tom Boy Trans Girl
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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How girlie do you have to be to secure your spot in the girl club? And what happens when your own mother questions your girl credentials? Marlo Ma...

Bought by WCPN and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 2
How Old is Gender?
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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How old is gender? Can a six-year-old child really be considered transgender? Marlo Mack explores this question, with a little help from her tran...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
Mama, I'm a Girl
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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A mother comes to terms with the fact that her young son...is actually her daughter.

Bought by XRAY.fm, HowSound, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7
Space Craft
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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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
Poet, Novelist, and Non-Fiction Writer Janet Burroway
From: New Letters on the Air
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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
Haunting
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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October is full of ghosts, but in our show we will not be talking about little kids who wear white sheets.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Belonging
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week, four stories of people who don’t quite belong in the world where they live, who take matters into their own hands to create belonging.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Strangers (podcast): "Jenni Rowell: Life, Interrupted"
From: Lea Thau
Series: Strangers
Caption: Jenni Rowell
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
Life of the Law #29 - Best of LIVE LAW 3 "Love and the Law"
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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What’s love got to do with the law? Then again, what’s the law got to do with falling in love? From coast to coast, Life of the Law occasionally ta...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 17:26
  • Purchases: 1

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