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My mom was once single and homeless. That's why she does this job

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: The mother of RadioActive producer Hanad Jama, Nimo Husien with her niece Ardo Hersi. (Also a RadioActive producer.), Credit: Courtesy of Hanad Jama

Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast

Added: Sep 15, 2017
Length: 05:12
Purchases: 1

The Roe Family Singers Headlines at Roseville's Mosquito Jam this Sunday

From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend

The Roe Family Singers is a real musical phenomenon. It’s not only that they play really old music for modern audiences. After modest beginnings a ...

Added: Jul 25, 2017
Length: 08:00

Hundreds Shave Their Heads To Help Find A Cure For Childhood Cancer

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

All across the country, people are shaving their heads to raise money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation in support of childhood cancer research.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Apr 06, 2017
Length: 05:00
Purchases: 1

Decorating Christmas Trees in the Woods is a Thing People Do in New Hampshire

From: Sean Hurley

Caption: A Christmas Tree in the forest. , Credit: Sean Hurley

Some people get their trees at the supermarket, some at Christmas tree farms. Some cut them down in the National Forest. They take them home and ...

Added: Dec 21, 2016
Length: 03:05

WIZARD MODE -- Nathan Drillot and Jeff Petry Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Nathan Drillot and Jeff Petry talk spectrums, hugs, and rewriting a classic..

Added: Oct 24, 2016
Length: 13:38

StoryCorps: Francisco and Frankie Preciado

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Frankie Preciado talks with his father, Francisco, a groundskeeper at Stanford University, about the time they shared together on campus.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio

Added: May 16, 2016
Length: 02:06
Purchases: 2

Breaking Barriers: How the Disabled Community Plays Hockey

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caption: Dan McCoy skating for Team USA, Credit: USA Hockey

Disabled people from all around the world find fun, competitive action, and an escape within the game of sled hockey.

Added: May 02, 2016
Length: 05:10

Live Art Sounds of the Human Soul Part 6

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Erin Frye and Charles, Credit: Charles McGuigan

Live Art, sponsored for the past three years by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kin...

Added: Mar 30, 2016
Length: 27:38

The Girl that Keeps Giving for the Giving Season

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2

Erin Byrnes is a 13 year- old middle school student who won a car in a raffle event, then gave it back. Now, she is working to collect toys to dona...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Dec 16, 2015
Length: 03:29
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Paul Nilsen and Tom Graziano

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Paul Nilsen (L) and Tom Graziano (R)

Tom Graziano remembers how his son’s elementary school principal and the community responded when they learned that his son was HIV positive.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU and more

Added: Dec 04, 2015
Length: 02:26
Purchases: 7

StoryCorps Historias: Noramay Cadena and Chassitty Saldana

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Chassitty (L) and Noramay Cadena

Noramay Cadena, a mechanical engineer with several degrees from MIT, tells her teenage daughter, Chassitty Saldana, about the summer her parents to...

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

Added: Sep 25, 2015
Length: 02:44
Purchases: 5

StoryCorps Griot: Mario Loiseau and Mabou Loiseau

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Mario Loiseau (L) and Mabou Loiseau (R)

Mario Loiseau talks with his 9-year-old daughter, Mabou, about why he works so hard to provide for her education.

Added: Jul 01, 2015
Length: 01:48

Sick As A Dog

From: City High Radio

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: Roy Wilkins and Keith Melick

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Command Sergeant Major Roy Wilkins and Retired Army 1st Sergeant Keith Melick, who first crossed paths at war in 2004, talk about reuniting in a VA...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU

Added: Dec 09, 2014
Length: 03:44
Purchases: 3

Why do we wait so long? Jackie’s Journey to a home.

From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News

Caption: Jackie taking a break from building her house.

Dreams can be as simple as a home and a flower garden. Jackie walked by the Habitat for Humanity application for 2 years.

Added: Dec 01, 2014
Length: 01:33

StoryCorps: Maurice Rowland and Miguel Alvarez

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Miguel Alvarez (L) and Maurice Rowland (R) remember caring for residents at an assisted living home, where they were a janitor and a cook, when it ...

Bought by WRIR, Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and WEZU

Added: Nov 21, 2014
Length: 01:35
Purchases: 4

Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe

From: Andrew Hiller

Caption: Five-time Emmy Award winner Fran Brill, the first woman hired by Jim Henson for Sesame Street (seen here with Zoe) is retiring after 42 years , Credit: Jim Henson Legacy

Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Oct 22, 2014
Length: 55:05
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Tina Vasquez and Sonia Vasquez

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Tina Vasquez tells her mother, Sonia Vasquez, about what it was like to grow up...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, and WTJU

Added: Oct 16, 2014
Length: 01:59
Purchases: 4

StoryCorps: Barbara Moore and Olivia Fite

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Olivia Fite (left) and her mother Barbara Moore.

Barbara Moore (R) tells her daughter, Olivia Fite (L), about becoming a bricklayer in the...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WXPR, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KERA and more

Added: Aug 21, 2014
Length: 02:14
Purchases: 6

StoryCorps: Collin Smith and Ernest Greene

From: StoryCorps

Collin Smith (23), who became quadriplegic after a car accident in high school, talks with Ernest Greene (72) who volunteered to go to college with...

Bought by WEZU

Added: May 05, 2014
Length: 02:27
Purchases: 1

Sairam Has Perfect Pitch

From: Désirée Bayonet

This is a story about music and family and survival. Though not necessarily in that order.

Added: Mar 26, 2014
Length: 09:20

Inocente - Art Saved My Life.

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany

Inocente, the subject of the Oscar-winning short doc of the same name, talks about the importance of art in her life. [8:18]

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Added: Feb 20, 2014
Length: 08:18
Purchases: 1

Sonny Newman, Tango Master

From: Sallie Bodie

Not many of us get to live our dream and do what we love for work. Sonny Newman is the exception. He charted his own course and along the way, disc...

Added: Dec 31, 2013
Length: 07:53

StoryCorps: Yelitza Castro and Willie Davis

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Yelitza Castro talks with her friend Willie Davis about serving meals to the homeless community in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past three years.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and New Hampshire Public Radio