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Episode 3: Always Tomorrow
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 24:49
Tongue Terror
From: Robert Prince
Series: Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
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Stories of children getting their tongues stuck to metal things in winter.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
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
Meet Hans Hendley of Hendley Perfumes out of Beautiful Brooklyn NYC leading the Micro Perfume charge.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Meet Hans Hendley of Hendley Perfumes out of Beautiful Brooklyn NYC leading the Micro Perfume charge. Learn how this sensual and thoughtful perfume...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Fatuma Abdullahi, Annie Johnson and Maryan Osman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Maryan Osman and her sister, Fatuma Abdullahi, are Somalis who came to the U.S. as refugees in 2014 and found a stable home with Annie and Randall ...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WGUC/ WVXU, KRZA, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Toni Henson and Camaran Henson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Camaran Henson grew up hearing stories about his grandfather, Leonard Simmons, who was a police officer in Newark, New Jersey. He came to StoryCorp...

Bought by Public Radio for All, KALW, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 4
OHR003: OHR Presents: Willie Watson, 10/24/2016
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Ozark Highlands Radio
Old Crow Medicine Show founder Willie Watson performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with W...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
OHR007: OHR Presents: "Dulcimer Weekend", 2/15/2016
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Ozark Highlands Radio
National mountain and hammered dulcimer champions past & present perform live at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, Brooks Bl...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
Paul and Laura
From: Emma Miller
Caption: Paul and Laura on the day of their wedding., Credit: Emma Miller
On the day of their wedding, Paul Hammond and Laura Jackman reflect on their relationship — and make a commitment to each other.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Carol Miller and Marge Klindera
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carol Miller (L) and Marge Klindera (R)
Marjorie Klindera and Carol Miller have spent the past 30 Thanksgivings answering phone calls about turkey troubles from panicked home cooks.

Bought by WTIP, WUTC, WHYY, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 4
The Speed of Sound: Tune-Yards
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Merrill Garbus hears the world differently than I do. Regular everyday sounds become rhythm to her and she excels in incorporating it all into the ...

Bought by KSUT, KHNS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 3
Bone Health / Having it All? / Face Your Fear / Guide to Grief / Walls Can Speak!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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segment 1: Dr. Lani Simpson/bone health segment 2: Deborah Kahn/moms segment 3: Bill Hoogterp/public speaking segment 4: Jessica Handler/grief a...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Tri County Humane Society’s 27th Annual Woofstock Companion Walk
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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This installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota has gone to the dogs. This past weekend in Wilson Park, the Tri County Humane Society ...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 30:12
MEET THE PATELS -- Ravi and Geeta Patel Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Geeta and Ravi Patel talk avoiding cultural bias, listening to the world, and making everyone happy.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 24:01
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE -- Mark Burton and Richard Starzak Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Mark Burton & Richard Starzak, San Francisco, CA 8/5/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mark Burton and Richard Starzak talk the comedic possibilities of sheep, the power of puns, and how to be funny without saying a word.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2015
  • Length: 19:17
Art in the Sky
From: Talena Sanders
Series: On Summer (Creative Pulse 2015)
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A vignette of children’s perspectives on fireworks.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:04
StoryCorps: Len Berk and Joshua Gubitz
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joshua Gubitz (L) and Len Berk (R)
Len Berk talks to his friend, Joshua Gubitz, about becoming a salmon slicer after retiring from a 40 year career in accounting.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Ashley and the kidnapping of her canine Kiser!
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
Caption: Kiser, Home Again!
Ashley went outside to call her best friend Kiser… she called his name, a long pause and then nothing, silence. Kiser was gone.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:38
StoryCorps: Ron Riveira and Jason Deitch
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Hospice nurse and Retired Navy Corpsman Ron Riveira tells his friend, retired Army Medic Jason...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2
Chloe (age 4) Loves Horror Movies
From: Katy Sewall
Caption: Chloe (a little younger than 4) and her father Matt, Credit: Katy Sewall
Chloe loves watching horror movies. The catch: She's only four years old. How does her father feel about that? Very, very proud. Does that make h...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2
The Authors Readers Theatre
From: New Letters on the Air
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Richard Peck (A YEAR DOWN YONDER), Brian Selznick (THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET), Sarah Weeks (PIE), and Avi (CRISPEN: THE CROSS OF LEAD) discuss t...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Numberlys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: William Joyce
Creative author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce is an Academy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and his illustrations have appeared on numer...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:44
StoryCorps: Dean Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dean Smith, who spent 40 years as a stunt double for Hollywood Westerns, talks with his wife, Debby, and son, Finis.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Sophy Medina and Tommy Olsen
From: StoryCorps
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New York City Firefighters Sophy Medina and Thomas Olsen remember their first Valentine's Day together.

Bought by WEZU and WITF


  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Dawn and Don Burke
From: StoryCorps
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Dawn Burke talks to her husband, Don, about the rat sanctuary they’ve run out of their home for the past five years.

Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2