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031: Being and having an only child: separating truth from stereotype, 4/12/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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Assumptions about narcissism, loneliness and selfishness in only children are largely that: assumptions. But there are experiences unique to being ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
Action Figureland
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: A sculptor at NECA works on a Heath Ledger/Joker action figure., Credit: Eric Molinsky
Action figure collectables for adults is booming, even when kids are loosing interest in little plastic guys.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 3
A Purple Heart
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you save an important piece of your past while building your future?

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:39
Compassion and Empathy Thwart a School Shooter (29:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Antoinette Tuff
The story of Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper who was filling in at the front desk of an Atlanta Suburban elementary school of about 800 students on A...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Julian's Dinosaurs
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How does a family function when living out of a hospital during a young child's illness?

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
Girls, Education, and Empowerment
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
October marks the International Day of the Girl Child. This year's emphasis is on education.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Give Dad a Break
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on fatherhood and paternity leave. Unlike the rest of the developed world, patern...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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
Tales from the South 115: Tin Roof Project with Mark Landon Smith
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
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We kick off our Season 8 with writer, actor, and director Mark Landon Smith on our monthly Tin Roof Project reading a story about a family secret. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch reflects on returning to school as an adult.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
Tales from the South 083: Innocence Lost
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week, our stories are all about turning points, as our writers move from innocence to knowledge, their lives forever changed. Stories by Sarah...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Tales from the South 082: Winners of Arkansas Literary Festival Contest
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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Here they are, the winners of annual Telling Tales Contest, in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival. Stories by Eric Van Meter, Sarah Mi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 081: 6th Annual Mothers Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 068: Lasting Impacts
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week's stories are about the impact of special people in our lives, whether they are central to our lives, on their way to the other side, or ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Home (Movies) For The Holidays
From: Radio K
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Spending the holidays with the family can be the highlight of winter for those who live far from home. But when a family member dies, returning hom...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
Tales from the South 48: Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
Caption: Montgomery Trucking playing at Tales
True stories by Southerners in front of a live audience. This week's stories show us the innocence, imagination, and skewed logic of a child's mind...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 047
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Stories show us that with every ending, there follows a beginning...whether we want either to happen or not. Kate Knable watches her brother get st...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Encore Presentation: Tales from the South 002 with Grif Stockley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tin Roof Project Encore Presentations
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Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 044
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Lives can change in the flash of a moment: Helen Austin never sees the face of a stranger who saves her life, Susan Toone's life changes with one l...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 030: Arkansas Literary Festival
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Winners of the Arkansas Literary Festival share their winning stories: Jill Duvall visits an asylum, Wyatt Jones stands on the edge and tries not t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 025
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
Caption: Madelyn Young reads "Good Intentions"
This week's stories are about words, and the silences between sentences. Madelyn Young reaches out to one of her students, Robin Satterfield strugg...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tales from the South 35
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Roadtrip! Our writers take us on various adventures, beginning with Jackie Manning in a European railway station. Phillip Taylor travels across the...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 027
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Annual Mothers Show: Amy Manning Burns is in the very first stages of becoming a mother, Ardee Eichelmann's newborn son cries in pain as the pain o...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 031: The Greatest Generation I
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Go back to 1936 with Shervena Grubbs, her twin sister, and their daddy on a train to Little Rock, get in a car with Wetzel LaGrone in the 1940's, a...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tales from the South 38: Summer Season 2011 Kickoff
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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This kickoff show is steeped in Southern heat as the writers take us back to childhood summers. Sarah Mattingly takes a vacation to meet family, Sa...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1