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When Maryama Abdi came with her family to this country from Somalia, she left behind someone very dear to her.
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 01:49
Does anyone ever believe they could actually be… that one in a million? Twice?
- Added: Dec 10, 2013
- Length: 05:29
Amanda and her husband were eager to start a family. They turned to foreign adoption, and couldn’t imagine the heartbreak, surprises and love that...
- Added: Dec 04, 2013
- Length: 05:35
Liz Massey's family only had 3 holiday record albums when she was growing up. In this story, she explains her role as an unlikely evangelist for on...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 08:22
Hospitals advertise their birth centers with soft focus photos of dewy-eyed newborns and kindly nurses, but the reality of giving birth is somethin...
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 14:31
This show features three moms talking about the elusive “work/life balance”. But is this even the right term for this perennial conundrum?
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 15:08
Hear stories of how some same-sex couples created marriage traditions in the absence of marriage equality in Washington state prior to November 2012.
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 14:16
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...
Bought by KUOW, WCPN, KUOW, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Oct 23, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 5
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Oct 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Holidays often pull families closer– even communities. But Halloween? Can zombies, ghosts, gory vampires and sugary treats bring your crew together?
- Added: Oct 23, 2013
- Length: 05:49
Your baby is almost here – her siblings are excited, and you’ve been through this two times before… but what if things don’t go as planned?
- Added: Oct 16, 2013
- Length: 05:27
How do we balance raising our kids, retaining our careers, and at the same time find time for ourselves and our families?
- Added: Oct 14, 2013
- Length: 04:04
Can a labor and delivery nurse make or break your hospital experience? What would you do – or say – to a nurse with no filter?
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 04:18
How do we balance raising our kids, retaining our careers, and at the same time find time for ourselves and our families?
- Added: Sep 07, 2013
- Length: 03:33
Charmil Davis talking to the US Congress from New Jersey Donald Payne Jr.
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 09:40
Our Annual Love Show, with stories about the things we do for love. Stories by Sandra Hamilton, Pat Gillum, and J.W. Taylor. True stories told by t...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 34:00
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
Richard and Eunice introduce each other to their families and begin plans for a June wedding. Richard finds a job and is ordained. Driving north ou...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 23:48
Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 3
Richard is caught between two philosophies of life: his father’s hard work ethic, which saw Richard’s responsibility to help meet the immediate exp...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 15:48
Richard's mother enrolls him in Good Will Sunday School, an East Side mission of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. At Good Will, Richard lear...
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 21:38
It's our Annual 1-Hour Holiday Special, in two parts. Christmas memories by Mary Lester, Wetzel LaGrone, Sara Baker, Martin Ferguson, Ann Talman, a...
- Added: Jan 20, 2013
- Length: 33:00
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 and KHSU
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 05:52
- Purchases: 2
City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.
Bought by American Voices
- Added: Dec 02, 2012
- Length: 10:23
- Purchases: 1
A sister tries to reacquaint herself with her older brother during a cross country road trip only to realize it might not be so simple a task.
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 05:37
- Purchases: 1
