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StoryCorps: Deborah Wei and Kaia Chau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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When Deborah Wei and her family moved to the Philadelphia suburbs in the 1960’s, they were the only Asian family in their neighborhood. Deborah rem...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Military Voices: Estel Roberts, Mariann Roberts, William Pickens, Benjamin Jenkins, Candice Francis and Sidney Francis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sidney Francis and Candice Francis at their StoryCorps interview in New York, New York on November 29, 2005., Credit: Justina Mejias for StoryCorps
Sidney Francis and his daughter, Candice Francis, reflect on his time as one of the first Black Marines to serve at Montford Point during World War...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Carol Burnett: Loving to Laugh
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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Explore the loving journey of Carol Burnett, a story of resilience, heart, and the transformative power of laughter.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 16:43
Storycorps MVI: Diane Evans and Edie Meeks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Diane Evans and Edie Meeks at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., Credit: Courtesy of Diane Evans
Diane Evans and Edie Meeks were nurses at the height of the Vietnam War in 1969, and they remember serving next to the front lines--and their decad...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
The Apple Seed - First and Last
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On today's episode of the Apple Seed, you're going to hear from the great North Carolina storyteller Donald Davis, with a story about how he got fi...

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


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
What Happens When You Wake a Sleeping Bear
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Problem with a bear in your neighborhood? This is the guy who gets the call.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up in Idaho
From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces
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Sugar City, Idaho native Cheryl Thompson talks about the horse that wore headphones and the time she traded her baby brother for a cow.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 05:21
Erin Schwab and Jay Fuchs: Totally In the Moment and Totally Fun
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Erin Schwab, Credit: Dan Brakke
Singer Erin Schwab has been singing to the accompaniments of pianist Jay Fuchs for a long time. Their performances are audience engaging with reque...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Is 20-Something Too Late For A Guy To Get The HPV Vaccine?
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: Jake Harper, 29, is Side Effects Public Media's resident hypochondriac. His newest health anxiety stems from the human papillomavirus, or HPV., Credit: Brian Paul/Side Effects
A generation of young men missed out on the HPV vaccine. Now, Side Effects Public Media's 29-year-old correspondent wonders if that’s putting him a...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
StoryCorps: Monica Harwell and Andrea Cleveland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Andrea Cleveland (L) and Monica Harwell (R)
Monica Harwell, talks to her daughter, Andrea Cleveland, about being the first woman to climb electric utility poles for ConEd in New York.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
#16 MIW Michelle Bandy - Pregnant Teens Social Worker and Super Mom
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Michelle Bandy on Making It Work Radio, Credit: Oddua Productions
Fun and cheap things to do is how social worker and mother of three, Michelle Bandy, enjoys herself here in the Bay. On this episode of Making It W...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 25:15
Amy Brooks, Deli Waitress
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Amy Brooks serves Jewish favorites (matzoh ball soup, pastrami, you name it) in a historic LA deli.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
What is your definition of Love?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
Caption: Folk Journalist/Teacher
For Valentine's Day folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld asked 5th graders about love.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, PRX Remix, KAOS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
Waiting for Jim
From: Annie McEwen
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Jim is a young man who has everything in the world but direction.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 17:10
Monroe Crossing Holiday Show at Bloomington Arts Center, Dec 20, 2013. Broadcast Dec 16-19, 2013,
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Monroe Crissing , Credit: Jamey Guy
We meet Mark and Lisa from Monroe Crossing and talk about the season and some of the group's songs.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hoofie The Deer
From: Bring Your Own
Series: Bring Your Own
Caption: Storyteller Elizabeth Steeby
This Story was told on July 10th, 2012 at Aubrey's Place in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Here, Elizabeth Steeby reminisces on the horrify...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
Sounds Familiar #7: Footsteps
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
Caption: Inside the studio at Footsteps
Foley artists are the unsung performers behind the Hollywood blockbusters. They design and perform the sounds you hear in the movies, from fistfigh...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 1
Healing
From: Jen Towner
Series: Radio Go Girl!
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Entertainment, fun, information - a show for women.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 51:54
CHICK/LIT
From: Inez Tan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This feature explores the global subculture of Slash fiction, a genre of fan fiction where pop culture/media fans write stories about their favouri...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 31:38
Gas Prices are the New Curfew
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
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When gas prices shot past 4 dollars a gallon this year, commentator King Anyi Howell noticed that no longer were parental curfews curtailing his fu...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
Me and George W (No good deed goes unpunished)
From: Richard Frohlich
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Storyteller De Cee Cornish tells a tale of two boys from very different worlds who met one day in Houston, TX

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mother and Daughter
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this program, Gayle Streeter and her daughter Hannah talk about a buck they shot in 2005, and and the responses they got from their male hunting...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Angst 101
From: Laura Kwerel
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An interview with Mortified creater David Nadelberg.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:45
Teachers Go Wild
From: David Diaz
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When school's out and the kids go home, the teachers go....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 21, 2006
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 2
"Where The Ink Sinks In": Interview with Teen Graffiti Taggers
From: Curie Youth Radio
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An exploration of the subculture of "graffiti art": three teen taggers -- not gang affiliated -- talk about their love for climbing light poles and...

Bought by PRX to iTunes, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WXLV-FM, KWCW, and PRX


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 5