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Missing Their Son
From: World Vision Report
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Parents in some countries have to leave their children with relatives in rural areas and go to cities to find work. Sometimes they’re the people w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
You Don't Hear A Thing I Say
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
For almost two years every time my wife Marsha spoke, I jumped from my chair while mumbling, “I’m coming, I’m coming,” and rushed up to wherever sh...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:38
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (29:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Mike Niman's Book: "People of the Rainbow"
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUAC, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Death of my Grandma and the Concomitant Existential Dread
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy's Grandma dies.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:58
She Hired A Hit Man To Kill Her Husband
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most of the men who run ads for hit man services are really undercover policemen. The woman we’re talking about here must have been incredibly stup...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 01:24
Reshawn
From: Y-Press
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For the first time in 14 years teen pregnancy is on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control reports that during 2005 to 2006 teen pregnancy rose ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Jessika
From: Y-Press
Caption: PRX default Piece image
18-year old Jessika Monroe says the challenges she faces as young mother only is a motivation for her success. Pregnant with her second child she's...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:10
Vaguer than Roots
From: Gilad Shanan
Caption: Gilad Shanan with his parents, Amir and Liat, and two brothers, Avner and Yoram, in Buenos Aires, 2008.
Home can have interesting definitions for the children of immigrants. Often the roots of the family tree are planted in distant soil, or have been...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 23:00
Observations on the Type A Personality
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
Felicia "Untitled"
From: Littleglobe
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14-year-old Santa Fe Student Felicia created her poem, inspired by a family portrait.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:10
Use Less Soap
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Married men will always have to rely on an expert to fix things in the home.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:39
A Double Standard
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Does what now passes for morality have anything to do with a person’s ability to excel in his profession?

  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
Dad
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Marrying my dad at 4 years old

  • Added: Jun 18, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
Too Early For Late Father
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: Sapir's Hotel - 3 Generations
This piece is part of a quartet series called HiPapa Days. DAD DAYS ARE EVERGREENS- Any day the nature of the piece fits the news of the day or ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:30
Why Our Father
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This should be the lead piece from HiPapa Days

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:46
I Am Not A Metaphor
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy's parents deliver the news that they were to move to Arizona. At Disneyland.

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:20
Falling in Love and the Cultural Age Barrier
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Can a man of 29 fall in love with a girl of 14?

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:52
Rocking Chairs
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Our physical inheritance offers clues about our ancestors

  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:53
This I Believe - Amy Tan
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Acclaimed writer Amy Tan believes in ghosts and the messages of joy, love and peace they bring her.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 7
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
Mother Chants
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Songs celebrating mothers and family

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
This I Believe - Russel Honoré
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré believes hard work can build character and promote freedom.

Bought by KPIK-LP, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Sheri White
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Even though we tend to focus on our differences, Sheri White believes there is much that unites us.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, and WEZU


  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 5
Easter Monday
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Chicks on the farm, Credit: Muriel Murch
From America's White House to the small farms and families in the country spring and new beginnings are in the air.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
Seeds of my Ancestors
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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History in a seed packet

  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 05:01

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