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Comedy Exec Mines Parenting Gold For Blog, Book
From: Lauren Ober
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Adrian Kulp is a daddy blogger. After leaving a successful career as a TV executive to become a stay-at-home dad to his two toddlers, Kulp parlayed...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:16
StoryCorps: John Curtis and John Wikiera
From: StoryCorps
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John Curtis talks to his son John Wikiera, who he adopted as a baby from Vietnam.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
A Basement in Queens
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Arkadiy Aronov., Credit: Photo courtesy of Spartak Sports Club, Rego Park, Queens.
Judo olympians train in humble surroundings at Spartak Sport Club in Rego Park, Queens.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
Santa University
From: Maeve Conran
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What makes a good Santa? It's not just about the belly and the beard... we'll find out more when we take a visit to a "School For Santas" in Arvada...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 7
WRECK-IT RALPH -- Rich Moore Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Rich Moore, San Francisco, CA. 10/17/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rich Moore talks existential angst, the animated need for snack food, and why a sour ball was the role he was born to play.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 14:34
Bransonland - David Thomas
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. As a child, David visits the home of British millionaire Richard Branson. Which happens to be on an island. Despi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 10:39
The Legend of Knockmany
From: Roy Trumbull
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In this story of the legendary giant Finn MacCool, he is being pursued by another giant who has a magic finger that gives him great strength. It is...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 21:22
  • Purchases: 1
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary
From: Roy Trumbull
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Two rich farmers in Ireland envy the tiny slip of land owned by Donald O'Neary who has but one cow to his name. But Donald is a clever lad who is e...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 13:28
The Story Teller At Fault
From: Roy Trumbull
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The king's story teller gets up one morning and fails to have a story pop into his head to work on for that evening.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 18:49
The New Girl Scouts
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Just shy of their 100th birthday, the Girl Scouts are working to shed their cookie and campfire image with new badges that focus on skills like rob...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
Island Childhood
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: 1948, Credit: Swan's Island Memory Project
Swan’s Islanders share their childhood memories of growing up on the island.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Jackknife Incident
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: Bernita Joyce, Credit: Meghan Vigeant
The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
Handclapping Games
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Bob and Aimee Gerold
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Aimee Gerold speaks with her father, Bob, about her adoption from China.

Bought by WTJU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Luli Gray -- author interview
From: Eileen Heyes
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Children's author Luli Gray talks about her new picture book, "Ant and Grasshopper."

  • Added: Jun 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
City of Apples
From: Thomas Dodson
Caption: Boston Tree Party Logo
The Boston Tree Party celebrates the planting of the first tree in their urban orchard.

  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:07
The Searchers
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Go Far...
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
Series: RTE Documentary On One
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The story of two boys who, in 1985, instead of going in for their dinner, decided to go on a little journey....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 39:01
  • Purchases: 3
Washington Color and Light
From: Emily Berman
Caption: "Light Depth" Sam Gilliam, 1969, Credit: Corcoran Gallery of Art
What's the deal with abstract art, anyway?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Jewish Yoga
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Valerie Greenfeld leads Torah Yoga Tot Shabbat Program, Credit: Courtesty: Andrew Hiller
In Washington, at D.C.'s Sixth and I Synagogue, toddlers are taking their first steps, attending their first services and singing their first Jewis...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Paramount Visual Arts Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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The Paramount Theater has been the cultural jewel of downtown St. Cloud since the age of vaudeville. However, do you know what takes place in the ...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 24:36
Short List #2
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 KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 7
Preperation for National History Day at SCSU's Miller Learning Resource Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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KVSC Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack reports on the Library Day held at St. Cloud State University for middle school students as t...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 26:07
Yes, Virginia, There Still is A Santa Claus
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3124443099/, Credit: Kevin Dooley
Is there a Santa Claus? A look at how today’s embattled editorial writers would answer that question.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Boise State Public Radio, KUER, WLPR , WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 10