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Citizen Synforose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
It's Right For Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Alice Loesch has lived through a century that has seen some of history’s most sweeping changes in the lives of women.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSFR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 10
Lindsay Ess, Becoming Whole, Pt. 1
From: Charles McGuigan
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Lindsay Ess was a fashion model, a designer, a stunning beauty. And then at the age of twenty-four, just two years ago, doctors had to cut off both...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 27:39
100 Years of Whiffenpoofs
From: Gretta Cohn
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Every year at Yale, 14 male seniors are tapped to sing in an elite a cappella group called the Whiffenpoofs. Their repertoire ranges from Cole Port...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
Churning Milk in Nepal
From: Laura Spero
Series: What's Cooking
Caption: Reporter Laura Spero looks for giu while Aamaa watches in the background...with a smile., Credit: Laura Spero
Let's talk about locally produced food--you've never had milk like this. In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, Aamaa shows reporter Laura Spero how t...

Bought by WBEZ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
Escape from Burton Island
From: David Maxon
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On a late summer camping trip, a couple finds that a little seclusion can sometimes go a long way.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Full Moon Night
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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One pagan’s ritual for the spring equinox.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Flatline Days
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of being bipolar and being a mom.

Bought by KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 5
From Out Of The Blues
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a blues musician in Maine.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Khadija's Dream Routine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Khadija Hussein is fourteen, and a Somali refugee living in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Julie and the Snails
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Julie Keene harvests snails for a living, but she's had to give that up to fight against a major corporation.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 4
Love Triangle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A portrait of a couple dealing with a long-held secret.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WNIN, Vocalo.org and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 6
Writing, War and Fictitious Creatures
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With tenacious willpower, 24 year-old Brad Watts writes short stories to help him cope with stress.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:27
The Simple Life
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Toure Weaver, Credit: Kelly Creedon courtesy of the Salt archive
A profile of a young man trying to find his purpose.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Brighten the Corner
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sally Rollins lives with almost fifty animals in her childhood home.

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Davey Joe
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For 42 years, one family called a small cottage in the Camp Ellis area of Saco, Maine their "haven away from home".

  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 05:47
"Burn, Baby, Burn: The Magnificent Montague"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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An interview with pioneering African-American radio disk jockey,The Magnificent Montague"

Bought by WJSU and KSJD


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 57:53
  • Purchases: 2
Something Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rich keeps doing graffiti, even though at age 34, he knows the consequences.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Devil's Violin
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of the birth of a violin.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Only Place We Could Go
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Peabody House is the only HIV residential care home in New England. As the house prepares to close, residents and staff consider what this mean...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:53
I'm Relatively Human
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Marty Hagglund had it all. He had a loving wife, a beautiful home, and a great job. Then, Marty threw it all to the wind to realize a deep-seated, ...

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 3
Quincy Dean's Radio Diary
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Quincy Dean is trying to decide whether she should quit being home-schooled.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Dyana, Goddess Of The Moose Hunt
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It all started out as a simple moose hunt...but a lot can go wrong.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 3
Flea Market Moxie
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a flea market vendor in Maine.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:32
Recordar es Volver (Remembering is Returning)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
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A portrait of a farmer, his wife--the tortilla maker, and their life in Teposcolula, Oaxaca.

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1

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