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Many incarcerated people are also parents. Their children navigate social stigma and barriers to staying in contact with their loved ones.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
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We continue National Hispanic Heritage Month with essayist and fiction writer, Sergio Troncoso. A 2020 International Book Award winner for Best Col...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
Caption: Paul Strack reads "Rainbow Cherrios"
This week: Out of the Mouth of Babes, with stories by Melanie Baden, Carrie Case, and Paul Strack. True stories told by the Southerners who lived t...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Sara Etgen-Baker reads
The full-hour version of our Annual Holiday Show. Also available in 2 29-minute segments.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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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
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This week's stories are all about the lasting impact of grandmothers, whether we like it or not. Stories by Jennifer Miller, Mary Button, and Carla...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week our writers go up against the elements of water, fire, and earth-- and live to tell the tale. Stories by David Prud'homme, Holly Patton, ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's stories are about changes that can happen in moments, years, or even lifetimes. Anne Perry is pulled into a bloody predicament, Rod Lor...

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


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week is about finding strength and confidence in big moments and in small. Darinda Sharp makes a famous correction, Holly Patton is shown kind...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Humility and gratitude: Arthur Paul Bowen watches as his uncle must let his aunt go, Joanna Seibert travels to the other side of the world to give ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
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Special Breast Cancer Survivors Show: Kristi Moody decides to not take her doctor's advice, Penny Burkhalter is shopping for maternity clothes when...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Stories about children and the fine line between reality and fantasy, myth, and even truth. Told in front of a live audience each week at Starving ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Travel offers new experiences; some more pleasant than others. Dottie Lou Norwood shares an unusual nightly ritual, Brittany Edwardes escapes schoo...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00