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A father reflects on the daily realities of parenting as a team
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Living a balanced life requires an early morning for KALW's executive news editor Ben Trefny. It takes getting up before 6am to prepare lunch, and ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
Two men and a baby: Navigating parenting and partnership in a two-dad family
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Mickey, Alicia and Amos Lim, Credit: Phyllis Christopher
When Amos and Mickey Lim met in 1995, they had no idea they would someday have a daughter together. It just didn’t seem possible. They lived an oce...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 1
Housing co-op reopens debate about zoning law
From: Patrick Fort
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Debate over Boulder's zoning laws raises questions about housing co-ops

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:05
Sights & Sounds of Bayview: James Martin mentors Bayview's fathers
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview
Caption: Bayview's James Martin , Credit: R.J. Lozada
Deafening gunshots rang out just as James Martin arrived home. Troubled by the news of a 17-year-old young man dying in front of his house, he did ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
Bhutanese Wedding: Looking for a Hindu Place of Worship
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
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At weddings, there are different rituals, from breaking glass to receiving a necklace, depending on the culture. Here’s a day at a Bhutanese weddin...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
Letterboxing - Hide and seek for the young and not-so-young
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: The Hartigan family’s journal is full of stamps and memories of their letterboxing outings in Virginia, Ireland, the Pacific Northwest and other destinations. , Credit: Nancy Greenleese
There is a breed of modern day treasure hunters who need the Internet, a knack for orienting and solving puzzles, and a sense of adventure. They w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Gelato Museum
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Gelato served from a Carpigiani-made gelato truck at the Bologna fair in 1958, Credit: Gelato Museum
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...gelato. The first museum dedicated to gelato has opened in Italy.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 2
To Date or Not To Date? That is the Chinese Immigrant Teenager's Question
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: At the Heart, From the Heart
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Philly Youth Radio’s Yingci Chen is a first generation Chinese immigrant. She's noticed that Chinese immigrant parents often don't want their kids ...

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


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
A Multicultural Christmas Table
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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There’s a lot of talk this time of year about the “holiday season,” but the holidays mean something different to every family. One scholar uses her...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, KUER, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 4
I Can Camp!
From: Radio K
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In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending less time outdoors. They found three problem...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Salty Lou’s Local Lobster
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Rob Martin, Cape Cod lobsterman, Credit: JP Davidson
A lobsterman and his girlfriend try to build the market for locally caught and processed lobster, in an increasingly global industry.

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


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 5
The Boy Scouts of America turn 100
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
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The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their Centennial this year. From their participation in the New Year’s Day Rose Parade to a high tech sc...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 07:55
Producer Profile: Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann about their film Smokin' Fish.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:08
Producer Profile: Milt Lee
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Milt Lee
Reporter Nancy Kelsey speaks with multimedia producer Milt Lee about his most recent film, Video Letters from Prison.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 26:47
Jewish Mission to Cuba
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bethesda Jewish Congregation traveled to Cuba to help teach and reintroduce Judaism to Cuba's Jewish population.

Bought by Interfaith Voices


  • Added: May 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:51
  • Purchases: 1
All Around Giving
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRGY, WRIR, Raven Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 11
A Greener Christmas
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This annual celebration is one that asks a lot of the environment.

Bought by WSLR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KRUA


  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 3
A Missile Base Called Home
From: Eric Molinsky
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A peace activist turns an abandoned nuclear missile base into his family home.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX to iTunes, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 3
Duffy's Ark
From: Stephen Grant
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the wake of the recent historic floods hitting the Midwest many families have been left homeless. For one Iowa family, the nightmare that landed...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Persian Love Story
From: Joanna Feldman
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A love story emerging from the Iranian revolution

  • Added: May 16, 2008
  • Length: 08:06
For Passover - The Family Matzo Business
From: Alex Goldmark
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Visit a matzo factory and meet the family that's made Passover tasty for 80 years.

Bought by KWMR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WTJU, KUOW, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2008
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 10
Muslim Speed Dating
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Finding a spouse and maintaining respect for Islamic tradition

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Interfaith Voices


  • Added: Jan 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
Argentina to Alaska
From: Jesse Hardman
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A journey like no other in a 1928 car

  • Added: Nov 17, 2007
  • Length: 07:29
Sisters from Las Vegas serving in the Iraq War
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Sisters in military both serving in Iraq

  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
Roma Love Story
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Roma couple who married as teenagers campaign against child marriage.

Bought by WBEZ, PRX Remix, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 11:32
  • Purchases: 4