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Learn about the Hoot, Highland Park's very own fall festival.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
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10-year-old Leila Ramgren talks with her father, Chad Eisen-Ramgren, about Philando Castile, the cafeteria manager at her school who was killed by ...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Just like a real-life Zach Morris, a teenager in the 90's writes his own episode of Saved By The Bell and tries to get it on the air.  Listen to th...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2018
  • Length: 20:07
Caption: Rickey Jackson (Left) and Eddie Vernon (Right)
Rickey Jackson, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent nearly four decades in prison for it, talks with Eddie Vernon, the man whose false...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
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Sarah Churchill tells her daughter Yomi Wrong -- who has a genetic disorder that causes her bones to break easily -- about the night Yomi was born.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 4
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Maryan Osman and her sister, Fatuma Abdullahi, are Somalis who came to the U.S. as refugees in 2014 and found a stable home with Annie and Randall ...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WGUC/ WVXU, KRZA, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
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It's the first day of school in Oconee County near Athens, Georgia. The library's children's storytime is missing a few kids who boarded a school b...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
Caption: Azia Banagan and her art, Credit: Angelica Casas
For the last six years, art has consumed Azia Banagan’s young life.

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:37
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Tyler spent a good chunk of his childhood so sick he couldn't even walk around the block. He ended up at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, where he was...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:12
Caption: What occupancy limit? Kids pile into the back of a bus in Cape Coast, Ghana.
Youth reporter Zoe Sheinkopf visits a refugee camp in Ghana and sends back an audio postcard full of boisterous singing children.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Herman Travis speaks with his neighbor Robert Cochran about delivering food to elderly and disabled residents of his housing complex.

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:42
  • Purchases: 3
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Franklin Gilliard and his wife, Sherry, reflect upon their time in a homeless shelter after...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Luke Skywalker action figure, Credit: Eric Molinsky
What makes a great origin story -- for superheroes or regular people going on a job interview?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:21
  • Purchases: 3
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Frank Tempone apologizes to his 12-year-old son, Jack for leaving the family after suffering from severe depression.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
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Melvin comments in his poem, that there are too many people in our society not really connecting with one another.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:26
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Adrienne D'Luna Directo interviews her parents, Debra and Lionel D'Luna, about her sister Alexis who died from complications of CHARGE syndrome in ...

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Marcus the Magician teaches a classic trick to one of his students, Credit: Tobin Low
This story is about Paul Marcus Earle, who for many years had a day job in Pathology, but on nights and weekends became Marcus the Magician.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jonathan Brown
This story is about a high school teacher in New Orleans who looks back on his shenanigans as a student, and how teaching helps him grow.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Rebecca (L) and Carl (R) Greenberg
For StoryCorps' 10th anniversary, we're revisiting some favorite stories. Rebecca Greenberg came to StoryCorps with her mother, Laura, to hear abou...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
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For StoryCorps' 10th anniversary, we're revisiting some favorite stories. At 27, Wil Smith's age wasn't the only thing that set him apart from oth...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Star Cookman (L) and Kylee Moreland Fenton (R)
Starr Cookman (L) and Kylee Moreland Fenton (R) talk about being best friends for more than 30 years.

Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Liza Long talks to her son about his experiences living with mental illness.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
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Jerris Marr interviews his 10-year-old daughter Faith about surviving bone cancer on her spine.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
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Jack Richmond tells his daughter, Reagan, about being an amputee.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frimet Goldberger and her family
College can be tough but students who are also mothers have to balance work with real-life home work.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 10:00