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The Teens Are Offline
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Meet the Luddite Club, a group of library-loving, flip-phone-toting teenagers in Brooklyn who come together every week out of a shared sense that s...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 13:57
Ep. 1 We’ve Been Here Before
From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times
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In April of 2022, Haley took a bold step and decided to quit her job; a job as a public radio host and a job she loved. As she tried to make sense ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jason, the Veterinarian & the Book-eating Jaguar
From: Page Flippers
Series: Page Flippers Take on the World
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Meet Jason, a seven-year-old kid who loves reading and playing with his dogs. When a jaguar enters the library after the Page Flipper meeting and s...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 21:23
The Apple Seed - Tim Lowry's Jacket and the World Series Mystery
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Road trips can give rise to stories that last a lot longer than the actual road trip did. Tim Lowry will share one of these stories with us in whic...

Bought by KKRN, KTXK, WVPE, and KSJE


  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 53:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Apple Seed - Blonde, Beautiful, and Bubbly
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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What happens when your ideas about what makes a successful person are tied up in your ideas about your sister, who as you describe, is blonde, beau...

Bought by KTXK, KKRN, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and KSJE


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Griot: Ghuan Featherstone and Jordan Humphreys
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ghuan Featherstone and Jordan Humphreys at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles, California on December 15th, 2021., Credit: Maja Sazdic for StoryCorps
Ghuan Featherstone came to StoryCorps with his mentee Jordan Humphreys to talk about their shared love of horses and horseback riding.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - Monkey King and Inky Pinky
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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"The Monkey King" features a story about an emperor of the south gate to heaven creates a monkey from a magical stone. Then listen to fun stories c...

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 6
The Apple Seed: Caballito
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Have you ever taken some time to look up in the sky and see what happens? Moving clouds, images of dragons fighting and so many other things moving...

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Awkwardness of Youth
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On today’s episode of The Apple Seed we' re bringing you stories featuring young people who would gladly trade places with an adult, if only to esc...

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Mistress Shadey
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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This hour of the Apple Seed features a story about a mean rodeo bull, a story about dog mischief, and an entertaining rhyme called "Mistress Shadey."

Bought by KTXK and KSJE


  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
When Teachers Misbehave
From: City High Radio
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High school senior Geronimo Sanchez collects stories of times when teachers "lost it" in the classroom. Then he interviews teachers to find out why...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2020
  • Length: 08:39
Spectrum 01/14/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
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This week on the show: You just gotta want it? Is there anything you'd like to change about the way you're living life? If we're honest with ours...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 15, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Big and Little
From: Katz Laszlo
Caption: Bob and Ethan on their Boat
The unlikely, childless Bob Mailloux signs up to be a Big Brother and is changed forever. Mashpee, Massachusetts, September, 2019.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
My Priest Who Had Wild High School Friends
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: I Sat Down With...
Caption: Gonzaga Prep
Maria Begger talked with the Rev. Rich Perry, a Jesuit priest. When Perry was going to high school at Gonzaga Prep, he hung out with a couple of gu...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 02:51
Short List #8
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 PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: :47
  • Purchases: 1
Noble Works
From: Giovana Romano Sanchez
Caption: Maggie and Noble
Maggie Bernard is a teenager with cerebral palsy. She overcame her disability with the help of her best friend. Now, he is the one who needs to be ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Creative Fitness
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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Students at Highland Park Elementary School in Austin, Texas talk to their PE teacher about his life.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
Swipe Right for Hookup Culture!
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: College student using Tinder as a way to keep busy during the day., Credit: © 2018 Morgan Trau
"Hookup culture" is seen as just a part of society for college students. But could dating apps be what is harming relationships? Click play to hear...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
124: Saved by the Bo
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Just like a real-life Zach Morris, a teenager in the 90's writes his own episode of Saved By The Bell and tries to get it on the air.  Listen to th...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2018
  • Length: 20:07
Birding
From: Matthew Simonson
Caption: bird on the cape, Credit: Matthew Simonson
In a busy world, everyone's looking for a place for peace. Ask Skyler Kardell and he'll show you somewhere right in front of your nose. All you n...

Bought by PRX Remix, 'The Sea', and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
The Holiday Season: Spreading Joy or Spreading Stress
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: A Christmas display, the one referred to in the audio piece, in a grocery store on October 27th. , Credit: Emma Henzes
It seems that the holiday season comes earlier and earlier every year. Some people love it, but many people find it stressful. Customers, small and...

Bought by KSFR and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Ronald Clark and Jamilah Clark
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Ronald Clark and Jamilah Clark
During the 1940s, custodians who worked for the New York Public Library often lived inside the buildings they tended. In exchange for cleaning and ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:11
StoryCorps: Zoë Waters, Maddy Waters, and Nick Waters
From: StoryCorps
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Ten-year-old triplets Maddy, Zoë, and Nick Waters have spent their entire lives together, sharing everything from a birthday to a bedroom. But desp...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
Number One Party School?
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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A story about party life at Syracuse University, which was ranked number one party school by the Princeton Review in 2014.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:15
Birding in Anchorage
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Fun for all ages!

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 06:14