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Day of Dads (2020 Father's Day Episode)
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Join with us for an hour of great stories in celebration of fathers. You’ll hear from storytellers Willy Claflin, Martha Reed Johnson, Michael McCa...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
Family Matters
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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An hour of stories all about growing up, and learning lessons from family members.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 57:03
Ep 02. Dust - Sue and Greg
From: Kismet Podcast
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Greg, a New York City cop, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia 11 years after being covered in dust and debris at the World Trade Center atta...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
You're Not Around
From: KISL Island Radio
Series: Remember What You Said
Caption: you're not around, Credit: pscm
When all you need is someone to answer the phone

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: :54
Teacher's Day
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Father Bouche and class, Credit: Sandip Roy
September 5th is "Teacher's Day" in India, and Sandip Roy remembers one of his.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Rad Dads!!!
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Fathers…and mothers…on fatherhood and how it’s changing. Traditional ideas about what a dad is supposed to be are slowly disappearing, but what wil...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZYX, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Acoustic Stories : Robert Jevne : "Sometimes romance can be heated up on the stove in only a few minutes."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne is a new contributing writer to KAXE - he offers his thoughts radio as theater of the mind and on what being a part of a community rad...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: "Tea Pots" an essay from Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KHSU


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 3
Culturology: "When Radio Was Big" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Keepin' It Real
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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Sam recalls the first time he heard the sweet sounds of Virginia Coalition.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:45
Jamie Lee reports on ice skating, from rinks to lakes, and from learning with her father to being a woman in her fifties on skates
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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From JFK Elementary in Babbitt, Minnesota as child to Pike Bay on Cass Lake, Minnesota, long after her father's passing, Jamie Lee is still held up...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Nakamura
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: Sakae Nakamura at age 75., Credit: Ross Chambless
A story of language and chance meetings.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
Shower of Love- A Valentine's Day Story
From: Jill Marcus
Caption: Newlyweds & cat - circa 1977
Valentine's Day, 1977 was our first together as a young couple. We thought we were soul mates, but how well did we really know each other? The gift...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Valentine's Day
From: Spokane Public Radio
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The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
This I Believe - Macklin Levine
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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She's only 12, but Macklin Levine is already old enough to appreciate—and believe in—The Beatles.

Bought by WEZU, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 8