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Hidden World Of Girls: My Mother
From: Samuel Robinson
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A selection of mother related messages from callers to the Kitchen Sisters' NPR phone-line. For Mother's Day 2011

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
How Mexican are You? Rio's Mexican-American Culture Gap
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Caption: Rio and her Mom
Rio, faces a big identity question. "Am I Mexican? If so how Mexican am I?" Let's just say Rio was raised a bit differently than prior generations ...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:44
Love in the Time of Aqua Net and Crushed Cherries - Irasema Gonzalez
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Irasema Gonzalez talks about coming of age as a young Latina in 1990s Chicago, and how her definitions of love and womanhood shifted with the passi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Stop Believing
From: Tom & Debra Weistar
Series: Voices of the Future: Youth and Elders Speak Together
Caption: Andy Lipkis interview
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
NYC Student Tackles the Last Test Standing Between Her and a High School Diploma
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
Caption: Danielle Motindabeka in the WNYC studio
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Lie
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week, we take a deep look at how and why we learn to lie, and what lying does to you

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
MORNINGS
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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Memories of my childhood mornings.

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
ROOTS
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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Exploring my lineage one eccentric elder at a time.

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Memories Down the Slope
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Victoria Gunning re-calls some childhood memories skiing in Bogus Basin, Idaho.

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
The Melting Pot
From: WHJE
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Disproving typical Mexican stereotypes.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
Antonio and John
From: Littleglobe
Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:34
Home
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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What is a home? Come take a look at the concept of “home” from a different perspective.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
Dad at the Bus Stop
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Anni's favorite place growing up was ... the school-bus stop?

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:16
It's More than a "Thing"
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Since he was three years old, Obasi Onuoha has been in love with computers. really. To him, they're way more than just machines....

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
I Am From
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Cristabel Amoah, a Minneapolis High School student, tells about her background. Unlike all the other students, she was born in England.

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 1
Who I am
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Carmen, a Minneapolis middle school student gives a fine accounting of why she is as she is.

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
I am From Family, Candy and Loving People
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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A Minneapolis middle school student tells the world the experiences that motivate her life.

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
My Hard Life
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Brian gives us a detailed description of how hard it has been for him to get by.

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Arturo Castillo on Education
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Arturo Castillo
Generation Justice’s own Arturo Castillo shared his thoughts on why education is important, looking at the systems of support that he benefited fro...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:12
Arturo Castillo on the lasting impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Arturo Castillo
Generation Justice's own Arturo Castillo delivers a poignant commentary about the lasting impact Dr. Martin Luther King has had on our society.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 5
Global Leadership Forum - Session Two - Part 1
From: Littleglobe
Caption: GLF Participants, Credit: GLF
Audio Revolution presents stories from the Global Leadership Forum, a program that aims to cultivate culturally competent leaders from around the w...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Mom Reality
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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When you’re an 18 year old mom-to-be, what are your resources and how do you cope?

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:35
You Left Me Standing All Alone
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Caption: Harrison Education Center
Daquan, a student at Harrison High School in Minneapolis laments losing a best friend.

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Troubles
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Dayquan, a student at Harrison High School in Minneapolis, writes about moving forward despite having to struggle

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1
My Days are long and Weary
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Dayquan, a student at Harrison Hish School in Minneapolis writes of his heartbreaks.

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1

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