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The Gift of Music
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The volunteer choral group, Evensong, specializes in singing the last music their audience will ever hear.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 3
A Nurse Remembers: Thumbelina, a Green Dress, and the Little Girl With Red Hair
From: Emma Deans
Caption: Lorelle Pelletier
There are some people who simply know how to tell a story. They can recount experiences with such vivid detail that the listener feels instantly tr...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 16:37
The Peace of Nature: Our Forest Connection
From: Kevin Boucher
Caption: Autumn's colors give many people peace., Credit: Photo by Kevin Boucher
In our 21st century society we are bombarded by man-made and sometimes not so pleasing sounds. To escape this acoustic overload, many people escap...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: A.P. Tureaud Jr. and Steven Walkley
From: StoryCorps
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A.P. Tureaud Jr. tells his friend Steven Walkley about becoming the first African-American undergraduate at Louisiana State University in 1953.

Bought by WEZU, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
The poet Sonia Sanchez
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Sonia Sanchez broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.

Bought by KENW, KISA Digital Studios, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Remembering "I Have a Dream"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Julian Bond (right) at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, with other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee., Credit: Julian Bond
We know what history books say about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech - but what about the people who were there?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, KRCB 104.9, WHFR and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 28
A Young Scholar vs. the Recession
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Thomas McCall, a 20-year-old student-athlete and father-to-be, was already struggling to make it in the American job market. Courtney Supple produc...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:39
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
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
After The Train
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of the aftermath of a miraculous escape from death that left two teenage girls scarred for the rest of their lives.

Bought by HowSound, PRX Remix, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 3
For teen in trouble, streetwise mentor makes the difference
From: WSHU
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To get kids off a path of drugs and gangs, sometimes it takes a mentor who's been there

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 3
William Utermohlen
From: Eric Molinsky
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An artist paints self-portraits while battling Alzheimer's

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 2
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Home Is Where the Flood Was
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With failing health, Debra Dickinson saved eight dogs from the floods of Katrina.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 2
Old Maid Aunts
From: Bernadette Cahill
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The Story of a Song

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:19
Before & After: The Second Spirit of a One-Eyed Photographer
From: Rebecca Sheir
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When she lost her sight, she found her vision.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Thai Girl Reflects on the Tsunami 1 year later
From: UNICEF
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This Story Is Free! Atitaya tells the story of how the Tsunami in Thailand a year ago permanently affected her life

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
Young Thai Woman Educates Peers about HIV
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Nakwan Leknork from Thailand Helps other Young People Stem the Tide of HIV

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Riding A Streetcar Wtih Grandma
From: Kris Vockler
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Grandmother and granchild return to New Orleans to find the memory of recenly passed Grandfather

  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 10:40
Girls Kick ALS
From: jessica lockhart
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How a group of friends confront ALS

  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 04:24
One Heart for Asia Tsunami Relief Special
From: David Hahn
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A music and interview special to garner aid and volunteers for 23 Tsunami relief agencies

  • Added: Jan 18, 2005
  • Length: 28:43
Outside the Dying
From: Conrad Bishop
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Dramatization of a journal of a woman whose husband is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), and the aftermath.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 21:23
  • Purchases: 1