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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
B-Side: Indoor Space and One of Us
From: B-Side Radio
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On this edition of B-Side we're trying to figure out what it is to belong, in high school, in college and in the Cheroke Nation. And from feeling...

Bought by Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KUOW, and KVNF


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
Chess and Children
From: Vicki Hayes
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Two children talk about what it's like to play chess.

Bought by KPIP-LP and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
What's Divorce Like for You?
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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This is a vox pop I made about divorce.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
Creating an Old Fashioned Summer in a Fast-Paced World
From: Deb Krumholz
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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
Sleepover!
From: Hillary Frank
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Two reporters spend the night at 10-year-old sleepover parties--one with the boys and one with the girls.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WRNC-LP, SALTcast Podcast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 5
Trespassing and Other Crimes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:55
Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Mother Daughter Dresses
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Shirley Scott recalls the nightmare of uniformity imposed by "Mother-Daughter" matching outfits.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Jones
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Michael Rayner, storyteller and professional juggler, reflects on the complex high of fatherhood.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Sunglasses for Baseball: a commentary
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen has to wear sunglasses to watch her son play baseball, so she doesn't give herself away

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WKSU


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
Keep It Simple
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves
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The Trials and Tribulations of planning your son's birthday party.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:15
Halloween Costume Stress
From: Kate Hinds
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Holiday stress--it's not just for Thanksgiving anymore. Halloween may be one of the most beloved days of the year for children, but it can be a re...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WSCS-FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Polar Express comes to life in New England
From: Shannon Mullen
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This is an audio postcard from a trip to the North Pole aboard the Polar Express, a fundraiser event, based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg, for ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
Perinatal Hospice
From: KRCC-FM
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Tough choices for new parents

  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
Home Planet: A New (school) Year
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap. No matter what the calendar says, for some of us, the New Year begins in September.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
Home Planet: Back To School List, by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Back to school.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Wanting the 'Firsts' to Last Forever
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Going to summer camp for the first time is a big milestone for a mother as well as a child.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
"The Thing About Being A Teenage Mother...Is That I'm Young"
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Two teen moms talk honestly with high school interviewers about what happened when they found out they were pregnant, how they told their boyfriend...

Bought by YouthCast, WXLV-FM, KVNF, KOOP, WFUV and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2005
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 6
Home Planet: Scent Bonds Mothers to their Children
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Scent Bonds Mothers To Their Children essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap

  • Added: Jul 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
Different Colors, Same Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Three Maine families describe the joys and challenges of transracial adoption in the whitest state in the country.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WMPG, WFUV, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 6
The Magic of Falling Teeth
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sharon Bar-David, guided by her seven-year-old daughter Leore, takes you into a magical world filled with wiggly teeth and tooth fairies.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: Ode to Josephine - Memories of a Parallel Mother
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal odyssey into the producer’s childhood in Bombay India, where she remembers her ayah (nanny) Josephine.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Holding Your Breath
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Micheal Geary has cancer. It could be getting worse. What do you tell the kids?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Problem with Thomas
From: Aaron Henkin
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Two young parents discover that their first child is autistic.

Bought by Audible and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 12:26
  • Purchases: 2

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