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King Denslow
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 3
When Human Met Creature
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Frank Oz performing Yoda, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Which is more believable, a computer animated creature or a puppet? I talk with an animator who worked on the Star Wars prequels and a puppeteer wh...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 15:51
  • Purchases: 3
For Kids' Sake
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
It turns out that libraries weren’t always so friendly toward children. That started to change around the turn of the 20th century, thanks to a lib...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 20:41
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by Shelley Johannes
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin learns a little bit about friendship with a spirited little girl in Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Josh Weiner and Sylvia Grosvold
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Josh Weiner and Sylvia Grosvold at their StoryCorps interview in Portland, OR on March 27, 2019. , Credit: By Beth Duckles for StoryCorps.
Sylvia Grosvold was 5 and half years old when she lost her mother to suicide. A decade later, she came to StoryCorps with her dad Josh Weiner to ta...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:43
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
HONEY BOY -- Alma Har'el Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Alma Har'el, San Francisco, CA 10/10/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Alma Har'el talks tenderness, triggers, and unexpected gifts.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 15:23
My Coworker Who's Parenting a Daughter Thousands of Miles Away
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: I Sat Down With...
Caption: Ada Peruzzi, Sarah's daughter
Mariah Karis talked to Sarah Peruzzi, whose daughter is a 15-year-old training to become a professional ballet dancer. Ada Peruzzi's talent and tra...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 02:27
David Hudson Superman Has Arrived Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: David Hudson, Credit: Charles McGuigan
David Hudson has been principal of Linwood Holton Elementary School for thirteen years now. When he took over the reins of command, the school—thou...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 27:19
David Hudson Superman Has Arrived Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: David Hudson, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
David Hudson had been principal of Linwood Holton Elementary School for thirteen years now. When he took over the reins of command, the school—thou...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 27:11
Shelf Discovery: Spill the Beans by Sarah Mlynowski
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a pair of adventurous young siblings as the climb the beanstalk in Spill the Beans by Sarah Mlynowski.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Greg and Abby Force
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Greg Force and Abby Force at their StoryCorps interview in Greenville, SC on May 21, 2019., Credit: By Alletta Cooper for StoryCorps
Greg Force tells his daughter, Abby Force, about what it was like to play a small role in the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, when he was a ten-yea...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray by Jess Keating
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin teams up to save the world with a group of young geniuses in Jess Keating’s first Elements of Genius adven...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Seeing Red by Sarah Mlynowski
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin heads to Grandma's house with two adventurous siblings in the audio edition of Sarah Mlynowski's Seeing Red.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Third Grade Audio Podcast #2: Lakeview Pantry
From: David Green
Series: Third Grade Audio - Service Learning Podcasts
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The third graders of "Third Grade Audio" made two Service Learning podcasts. Each one is about a social service organization which is working to he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Third Grade Audio Podcast #1: Reach Out and Read
From: David Green
Series: Third Grade Audio - Service Learning Podcasts
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The third graders of "Third Grade Audio" made two Service Learning podcasts. Each one is about a social service organization which is working to he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
Short List #8
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative "Short List" poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: :47
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: The Book Case by Dave Shelton
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin looks for a book thief with a trio of young librarians in The Book Case by Dave Shelton.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: Toy Story 4
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin sets out on another adventure with Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Bonnie's toys in Toy Story 4.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
What's it like to own your own merry-go-round? The Griffith Park Carousel
From: Anny Celsi
Caption: Julio Gosdisnki, Owner, Griffith Park Carousel, Credit: Anny Celsi
Julio Gosdinksi came to Los Angeles from Lima, Peru when he was twelve, and grew up without a father. He found his first job in high school, help...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Nixie Makes Waves by Lisa Ann Scott
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin heads under the sea for a lesson in friendship in Lisa Ann Scott’s Nixie Makes Waves.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
S1 E4 Not Always Wonderful
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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In the hospital, pediatrician Dana Gal struggles with a young patient who asserts her autonomy in ways that are frustrating, and even dangerous.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 34:33
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
StoryCorps: Abe Schuster and Esther Schuster
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Siblings Abe and Esther Schuster talk about what it was like to grow up as children of Holocaust survivors.

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:56
Shelf Discovery: Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin starts school with an anxious little girl in Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2

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