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StoryCorps SCU: Akiva Johnson and Henry Jimenez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Akiva Johnson (L) and Henry Jimenez (R)
High school juniors Akiva Johnson and Henry Jimenez talk about the friendship they developed while taking part in the StoryCorpsU educational program.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 5
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: Erik Booker and Jenna Power
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Erik Booker (L) and Jenna Power (R)
Eighth grader Jenna Power talks with her seventh grade social studies teacher, Erik Booker, about his military service and his deployment to Iraq.

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
Live Art: Sound of the Human Soul, Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Live Art,sponsored the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community, is the only program of its kind in the country, or the world for t...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 24:21
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: Herman Heyn and John Heyn
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Herman (L) and John Heyn
Herman Heyn tells his nephew, John, about spending almost three decades as a street corner astronomer, giving passers-by the chance to look through...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Roberto Olivera and Debra Olivera
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Roberto Olivera (L) and Debra Olivera (R)
Roberto Olivera tells his wife, Debra, about growing up with an abusive stepfather and how his mother helped him escape.

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 2
The Idea Of A Better Future Keeps Teen Mom Going
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Reporter Walter Stanton, Credit: Courtesy of KUOW
Gabby Saechao was in her first year of college when she heard those two dreaded words: “You’re pregnant.”

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Great Expectations
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Making the transition from teenager to independent adult is hard enough… but without family support, it’s especially tricky. Lilia Fuquen reports ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
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
Createch connects kids to learning
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Video game critics say computer-generated play keeps kids glued to a screen. But at Createch Studio--a community center in St. Paul--staff are usin...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:26
Show #8: Too Young to Vote, but Not to Volunteer
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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Today's show is about getting involved. First, Kat Beame interviews young people involved with Darcy Burner?s Congressional campaign. Then, Ann Kan...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
Bay Area Beats: Teen musician Tatyana Martinez channels old school sound
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Eighteen-year-old Tatyana Martinez turned to writing poetry as a young girl to cope with big changes in her life. Over time, her poetry evolved int...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:38
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: Kenny Thompson, Gary Barber and Dakota Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dakota Gibson (left), Gary Barber (middle) and their mentor Kenny Thompson.
Kenny Thompson, a volunteer mentor, tells students Gary Barber and Dakota Gibson about discovering that...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Collin Smith and Ernest Greene
From: StoryCorps
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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
Inocente - Art Saved My Life.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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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
StoryCorps: Reginald Mason
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Reginald Mason remembers growing up in Harlem with his mother during the 1970s.

Bought by WDBM, WVBI-LP, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Philip and Susan McClinton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Biologists Susan and Philip McClinton talk about the unlikely beginning of their romance

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
LIBERAL ARTS -- Josh Radnor Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Josh Radnor on ivory towers, feeling 19, and being defiantly non-cynical.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 12:27
StoryCorps: Wil and Olivia Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Wil Smith tells his daughter, Olivia, about being a single dad in college.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Kid with the Butterfly Net
From: Justin Huang
Series: What I Did
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Catching insects in college

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:28
Young Women Leaders Program
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Middle school girls have a lot to deal with. One psychologist says that a way to help them is by pairing the preteen girls with college-aged mentor...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, KZYX, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps NTI: Ron Cushman and Jamie Marks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ron Cushman (R) and former student Jamie Marks (L)
16-year-old Jamie Marks interviews her former kindergarten teacher Ron Cushman about choosing his career after being wounded in Vietnam.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Sarah and Joshua Littman
From: StoryCorps
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Sarah Littman interviews her son, Joshua, who has Asperger's syndrome, about his first semester at college.

Bought by WEZU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 4