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Constant Wonder - A Pediatric Neurosurgeon Shares Stories of Triumph and Resilience
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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This pediatric neurosurgeon has saved the lives of countless children–from fetuses in the womb to teenagers. Here are their stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez and Jim Murphy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Childhood friends Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez and Jim Murphy grew up together on the south side of Tucson, Arizona, but were less than friends initially...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:33
StoryCorps: Angeline Presley and Les Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Les Harris and Angie Presly at their StoryCorps interview in Springfield, MO on April 22, 2022., Credit: By Sarah Padgett for StoryCorps.
Les Harris and his daughter Angie Presley talk about how the accident that left him paralyzed changed their lives.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
Family Meal
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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This Thanksgiving, meet the people who run Central Library's café and get a peak into their kitchen on the Library's third floor, where fourteen st...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 12:41
In Good Faith - Pastor France Davis & Dr. Brent Slife
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Personal experiences illustrating God's guiding hand.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
StoryCorps: Ashley Cosme and Nicholas Cosme
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ashley and Nicholas Cosme at their StoryCorps interview in Chicago, Illinois on July 27, 2022., Credit: Taken for StoryCorps
Ashley Cosme sits down with her husband, Nicholas, to talk about how they are keeping alive her father’s memory and his love of cars.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Rowan Allen and Dorothy Salmon-Lindsay
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dorothy Salmon-Lindsay speaks with Rowan Allen, the EMT who saved her son’s life and inspired her to become a nurse.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:59
Anxiety & Relief: Returning To Work After COVID
From: Christopher Beale
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After COVID-19 - a Palmdale couple grapple with completely different receptions upon returning to work.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:44
StoryCorps Griot: Shirley Darkeh and Ayim Darkeh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dr. Ayim Darkeh speaks with his mother, Shirley, about his experiences being one of the few Black students at his predominantly white elementary sc...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Evette Jourdain and Craig Boddie
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Craig Boddie and Evette Jourdain, both mail carriers in Palm Beach, Fla., spoke for a remote StoryCorps conversation last month about the job risks created by the coronavirus outbreak., Credit: Courtesy of Craig Boddie and Evette Jourdain for StoryCorps.
Palm Beach, Florida Mail Carriers Evette Jourdain and Craig Boddie talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their daily lives--at work, an...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
Getting Home
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
It’s not an uncommon experience to be unstably housed in this country. From Brooklyn to San Francisco, communities often turn to public libraries f...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 2
E's Barbershop Lounge
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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This barbershop built my character. I started off sweeping floors. I own the shop now.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Ian Bennett and Connie Mehmel
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ian Bennett and his mom, Connie Mehmel, at their StoryCorps interview in Wenatchee, WA on June 4, 2009., Credit: By Chaela Herridge-Meyer for StoryCorps.
Connie Mehmel speaks with her son, Ian Bennett, about their shared calling for fighting fires.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WDBM, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Barnie Botone
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Gordon Williams and Barnie Botone at StoryCorps in Bismarck, North Dakota., Credit: By Camila Kerwin for StoryCorps.
Barnie Botone tells his friend, Gordon Williams, about his 34 year career working on the railroad.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Percy White III and Terry Wright
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Perry White III and Terry Wright
Percy White III tells his friend Terry Wright about his family’s time as sharecroppers on a Virginia farm.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Trent Andrews and Ginnie Peters
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ginnie Peters remembers her husband, Matt Peters, who committed suicide in May of 2011 after farming for more than 35 years. She spoke with Trent A...

Bought by WEZU and Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Gene Kendzior and Jennifer Kendzior
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gene Kendzior tells his daughter, Jennifer, about his father, who died working in a coal mine in 1967.

Bought by WEZU, WVBI-LP, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 3
#775-Earth movers, crooks, dawdlers, spinners and more
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Ok so Host Marc Cuniberti is on a run of off the wall news pieces. Another "not so normal" news piece. Once again its not about the stock markets b...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
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
StoryCorps: Frank Mutz and Phil Mutz
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Frank Mutz (left) and Phil Mutz (right)
A father and son talk about working together in an air conditioner repair business that has been in their family for more than half a century.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Vito de la Cruz and Maria Sefchick-Del Paso
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Civil rights lawyer Vito de la Cruz grew up in a family of migrant farmworkers. He describes his childhood and the loving aunt who raised him.

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


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Trista James, Tanya James and Michelle Paugh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In 1979, Tanya James went to work in the West Virginia coal mines. She came to StoryCorps to share her experiences from those early days.

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRIR, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 6
Making sense of California’s family leave policies
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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California’s Family Leave Act is a step ahead of the U.S. as a whole, in giving all parents the right to some time off, but it’s complicated. What ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Monica Harwell and Andrea Cleveland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Andrea Cleveland (L) and Monica Harwell (R)
Monica Harwell, talks to her daughter, Andrea Cleveland, about being the first woman to climb electric utility poles for ConEd in New York.

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Jollimores raise mussels., Credit: Charles McGuigan
We return to Prince Edward Island where we’ll spend the next half hour with a father and daughter who produce what PEI has come to be known for the...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 27:06