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Playing to Win: The D.C. Sled Sharks
From: Emily Berman
Caption: Members of the D.C. Sled Sharks huddle on the ice., Credit: Derek Barry
Hockey is one of the more aggressive sports out there. For many kids with physical disabilities, joining a hockey team is unsafe, at best, and most...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 4
For Teen, Loneliness, Weight Go Together
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire
Caption: Tony before his weight loss
In Part I of our series, Tipping the Scales, we look at how obesity affected one young man's life -- and how he got a grip on it.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
Nepal: Front Line of Exile
From: The Tibet Connection
Caption: About 20.000 Tibetans live in Nepal, but with­out cit­i­zen­ship or refugee status., Credit: Mikel Dunham
Tibetan exiles in Nepal are stuck in a no-man's land, residing there legally yet unable to get driver's licenses or open bank accounts, lacking man...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Show 381--African Stowaways and Reading in Haiti (One Hour to air week of April 30, 2011)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S. But getting here often involves being smuggled from...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
Prison Doulas-Supporting Pregnant Women Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
A girl on the football team?!
From: Y-Press
Series: Gender
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In the 40 years since Title IX was enacted girls’ participation in high school and college sports has risen over 900 percent. Y-Press radio produce...

Bought by WXDU and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Transgender youth
From: Y-Press
Series: Gender
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A recent New York Times article suggested that 2010 might be known as the year of the transsexual. The story identified many gender-bending images ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, KGNU Community Radio, and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 3
Millennials Face a Tough Job Market
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Reporter Rina Palta takes a hard look at how the toughest job market in decades will shape this recession generation.

Bought by WXVU 89.1 FM Villanova


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 12:48
  • Purchases: 1
Martial Arts Builds Leadership on Chicago's South Side
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Students practice martial arts in Chicago's South Side., Credit: Andrea Silenzi
A martial arts school in Chicago’s South Side reinforces community in a violent neighborhood.

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Day in the Life of Nadeem Awan
From: Seattle Globalist
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This story follows a day in the life of Nadeem Awan, a child laborer and student in Karachi, Pakistan.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
Youth Council gives students hands-on peek at municipal government
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Oklahoma City Youth Council gives high schoolers an inside look at municipal government and all it takes to run a city, but it can also affect ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:49
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
A Local Texas School with a Global Focus
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: Teacher Kevin Gillion gives Spanish lessons, Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
Against a backdrop of failing public schools throughout the state of Texas, there is a new program at Austin High School showing new initiative. It...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2