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This episode of The Apple Seed invites you to reflect on stories of progress and change.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Feb 18, 2020
- Length: 53:40
- Purchases: 1
Jay talks about his experience with different mental health diagnosis and the benefit of going back to school and seeking faith based communities.
- Added: Jan 29, 2020
- Length: 01:04
One Teacher is short form audio content, each vignette is an interview with a story teller where they describe the 'one teacher' that inspired them...
- Added: Oct 22, 2019
- Length: 02:04
Goals are important. The more important it is, the bigger and more daunting it tends to be. But the more daunting, the more likely I am to find an ...
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 07:50
- Purchases: 1
Some decisions are terrifying to make, especially when they will have a big impact on my future. But if I can't face these decisions head on, I'll ...
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 06:07
- Purchases: 1
I can't seem to do all the things I want. I feel overwhelmed and helpless when faced with the metaphorical mountain of goals I have yet to achieve....
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 06:14
I feel like a failure because I know I'm not "successful". I like like I know what success is, but do I really? By trying to define "being successf...
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 04:51
- Purchases: 1
I wish I was more productive. I try, but I find it so hard to avoid things like TV and video games which soak up most of my time. I need to stop wa...
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- Added: Sep 16, 2019
- Length: 05:30
- Purchases: 1
When I fight with myself or struggle with self-control, I'm really fighting with my inner monkey and struggling to control him.
- Added: Sep 16, 2019
- Length: 05:30
National Park Rangers Karl Rand and Russ Taylor share their views on the most distinctive part of their uniform.
- Added: Jul 09, 2019
- Length: 05:10
National Park Ranger Margo Roseum shares her passion for Yellowstone with World Pieces host Jason Kladiva.
- Added: Jul 04, 2019
- Length: 07:04
The World Pieces Expedition hops on the bus and takes a ride to Detroit. Host Jason Kladiva takes listeners on his bus journey but discovers the v...
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 06:49
Not all comedy shows go great. Sometimes you wind up with a handful of very bad comment cards. Jan had this happen early on in her career. . .it wa...
- Added: Jan 05, 2019
- Length: 04:24
People in addiction recovery will sometimes talk about a "moment of clarity" that lead to their sobriety. For 48-year-old Nathan Boyer, that moment...
Bought by WYSO
- Added: Dec 17, 2018
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Nico, a 4th grade student in Austin, brings some of her Romanian heritage through her grandmother's charms.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 01:58
Comedy club accommodations usually ain’t that great, though if you work at it long enough, comedy comes full-circle! But sometimes you have to leav...
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:38
The Jay Leno Comedy Challenge launched many wannabe comedians into their comedy careers, and Jan is one of them. It was a nationwide search to put ...
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:46
After we finished recording this episode over coffee at Safaa and Sedra’s apartment, Houda said that it was the most important episode we have reco...
- Added: Aug 17, 2018
- Length: 04:30
On December 26, 2004, Tilly Smith was on vacation in Thailand with her family. Thanks to her school lessons, Tilly helped save many lives by recogn...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
At one point when I was reading about the age of water I came across some research indicating that some of the water molecules we drink could be 4....
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:09
It has always been my dream to live on a sailboat and travel the world. In this short audio piece, I invite the listener into the first step in the...
- Added: Apr 10, 2018
- Length: 05:03
In the summer of 2013, I traveled a six hundred miles, and 200 years into the past to spend nine days living and working aboard the U.S. Brig Niaga...
- Added: Jul 11, 2017
- Length: 10:04
Tommy Pico’s first book is one long poem in the form of a text — call it an epic sext. But it doesn’t just chronicle Pico’s dalliances with "boys, ...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 24:54
- Purchases: 1
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
If you’ve made a serious faux pas and need to acknowledge it with humility, you might be said to be “eating crow” or “eating humble pie.” In this e...
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 18:43
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Born 1981 — Sports Coordinator, Penn Hills YMCA
Interview by Dominic Burden, Azeiryus Britt & Darrell Holloway
- Added: Jan 24, 2017
- Length: 04:44
