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A deep connection to humanity: Motherhood in the 21st century
From: Suki Wessling
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Women discuss the challenges but especially the joys of being a mother. In this time of social media oversharing, young women may get the message t...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Jackie Miller and Scott Miller
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Realizing she is nearing the end of life, Scott Miller sits down with his mom, Jackie Miller, for one last interview.

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Carl Levine and Chloe E.W. Levine
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Chloe E.W. Levine and Carl Levine at their StoryCorps interview in New York City on May 5, 2023., Credit: By Julia Kirschenbaum for StoryCorps
Carl Levine and his daughter, Chloe E.W. Levine, look back on what contra dance has meant to their family.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:25
Meet Our (Almost) Six-Year-Old Librarian
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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If you ask Hannah Jean what would be her greatest wish, she will say running Brooklyn Public Library. Last month, she got to do just that.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 09:14
Ep 103: The 2022 Regroup on Parenting with Julie Lythcott-Haims, 8/28/2022
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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Replay: Getting our heads right for 2022, starting with a parenting reset

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
School's Out! Time for a Pop Quiz
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Will you visit your library this summer? To kick off a season of reading, we thought we'd have some fun! How many Brooklyn and library trivia quest...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:49
StoryCorps Historias: Charlee Rios, Jennifer Hidrogo, and LilyRose Hidrogo-Booth
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Charlee Rios, Jennifer Hidrogo, and LilyRose Hidrogo-Booth at their StoryCorps interview in Austin, TX on March 13th, 2022. , Credit: StoryCorps.
Jennifer Hidrogo talks with her children about their family’s journey, and the promise she made to her neighbor.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - The Bundle of Sticks
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Today's episode of The Apple Seed will entertain you with stories of family, sticking together, and learning from the past.

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KSJE, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Jada Salter and William Salter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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84-year-old musician William Salter tells his granddaughter, Jada, how he first found his sound, and what their relationship means to him.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Showing Up
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Our work in the correctional facilities in New York City didn't stop during the pandemic. We talked with the Justice Initiatives team at BPL to hea...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 26:38
Tapping Into The Love Of Wild, Inside Appalachia, 9/24/2020
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Series: Inside Appalachia
Caption: BARB SARGENT, Credit: COURTESY WV DNR
In this day and age, kids spend so much time looking at screens. This week on Inside Appalachia, we’ll meet a storyteller and songwriter who inspir...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes at their StoryCorps interview in Jackson, Mississippi on February 20, 2015., Credit: Vanessa Gonzalez-Block for StoryCorps.
Albert Sykes speaks with his nine-year-old son, Aidan, about black fatherhood, and his hopes for the future.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WERA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Kate Quarfordt and Kevin Craw
From: StoryCorps
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Kate Quarfordt and her dad Kevin Craw remember the night that an impromptu singing performance helped Kate embrace the unexpected.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
Big and Little
From: Katz Laszlo
Caption: Bob and Ethan on their Boat
The unlikely, childless Bob Mailloux signs up to be a Big Brother and is changed forever. Mashpee, Massachusetts, September, 2019.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
Life After Loss for Orphans in Africa
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
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A research team is testing a novel new approach to helping orphans in Kenya get mental healthcare.

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:25
Episode 52: A Positive Experience!
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Monty Hudson wanted his daughter, Siena, to have a good time on her first backpacking trip. But things didn’t go according to plan.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 17:27
  • Purchases: 1
Baseball
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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Jake's been playing baseball since age 4, but his family has been playing for generations.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
The Hoot
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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Learn about the Hoot, Highland Park's very own fall festival.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
StoryCorps: Leila Ramgren and Chad Eisen-Ramgren
From: StoryCorps
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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
StoryCorps: Sarah Churchill and Yomi Wrong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
StoryCorps: Fatuma Abdullahi, Annie Johnson and Maryan Osman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
A Library's Storytime on the First Day of School
From: Deb Edattel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Sick As A Dog
From: City High Radio
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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
StoryCorps: Franklin and Sherry Gilliard
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
StoryCorps: Frank and Jack Tempone
From: StoryCorps
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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