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Karma Margo - Tales from The Heart of America
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America
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Love is sometimes a tale of going through hell to get to heaven - or, as Journeys to Love discovers at The Goshen Diner, going through abuse, hunge...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
John & Annie Glenn: A Love That Defied Gravity
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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John and Annie Glenn's life story is one small step for a man and one giant leap for love!

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 14:53
Love in America - Just Imagine!
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love in America
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Fred and Joanne Rogers’ imaginative love story opens this episode of Love in America - Just Imagine! Also, love from the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 40:34
#metoo, part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Terry Menefee Gau, Kathi Shiff, Didi Tremblay, Mary Carpenter and Melissa Gray. , Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
We continue with the stories of five brave women—Terry Menefee Gau, Melissa Gray, Kathi Shiff, Mary Carpenter and Didi Tremblay—who like so many ot...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 27:31
They chased him, shot at him, but he still managed to bring his family to America
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Omar Ali with his family. Omar is standing fourth form the left holding his daughter., Credit: Courtesy of Awal Ibrahim
Omar Ali is a hero in the eyes of his family. He embarked on a long journey that could have landed him nearly anywhere, fighting to find a safe spa...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
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
A Nation of Immigrants, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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A Nation of Immigrants is what we are, always have been, and always will be, as long as we remain the United States of America. Bans on immigrants ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Nation of Immigrants: Crossing Over
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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BLEEP loved the city of his birth, the pearl of the west, Guadalajara, second largest city in Mexico. He wandered its streets as a boy visited the...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 1
Sick As A Dog
From: City High Radio
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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
Finding Peace: From Ethiopian Refugee to United States Citizen
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nigisti Hailemariam has been in the United States for over 20 years; she has two kids, a stable job, and a red Honda outside her three bedroom apar...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:26
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
OOC4: Dick Cates
From: Jake Harper
Series: Out of Context
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A candidate for Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district remembers his son, Peter, who brought so much joy into his life.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:19
Crossing Over
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Crossing the Rio Bravo.
At just sixteen Victor left his home in Guadalajara and crossed the river into Texas only to be picked up by immigration agents and returned to Mex...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:06
Graduation
From: kitty felde
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio portrait of everyman's graduation day.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:36
The Gefilte Fish Chronicles
From: Tina Antolini
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One matriarch tells the story of preparing the same elaborate feast for Passover that her family's been making for over 80 years.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Apr 22, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 5
My family history of radio
From: Matt Pryor
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Essay about my grandpa and his Ham Radio

  • Added: Apr 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Parenting All Over Again: Adopting the Grandkids
From: Rebecca Sheir
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The number of grandfamilies is on the rise; meet one of the newest.

Bought by The Neighborhood and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2008
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jon Joyce, an artist with down syndrome, offers support and love to his 94 year old mother.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
Creating an Old Fashioned Summer in a Fast-Paced World
From: Deb Krumholz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Author Mimi Doe talks about using summer as an opportunity to help our kids slow down the pace of their lives

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 23:52
Sit With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Twelve year old Cameron Ledoux talks with his father about his dad's depression.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4
Mea, Me, Mine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mea Tavares was born female. He’s spent the rest of his life redefining what it means to be male.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
I've Seen That
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Blind teen Alex Hall shows us around his life.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, WKMS, WXLV-FM, and PRX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 4
Challenger Softball Team
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Team Effort

Bought by WXLV-FM and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 23, 2003
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2