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Meet Cinderella, a poor kitchen girl dressed in rags. Tormented by her wicked stepmother and wicked stepsisters, Cinderella had a hopeless life of ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 13:11
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An old donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster are no longer wanted by their masters. On their way to Bremen, the band of musicians meets a band of rob...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 09:49
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Holding hands around the campfire. Making out behind the bunks. Tales of teens who think they've finally found love only to discover what happens a...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:09
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Celebrate Father's Day 2018 with tales that prove no matter what Dad does he is doomed to embarrass his kids. The Mortified Podcast is a proud mem...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2018
  • Length: 25:37
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"Hi, is there a Hugh Jass there?" From making prank calls to freezing underwear and TP'ing houses, relive your biggest juvenile pranks and why kids...

  • Added: May 20, 2018
  • Length: 31:49
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James Van Der Beek? Nick Carter? Devon Sawa?  Puh-lease! According to pre-teen girls of the 90s, none of the above held a candle to the boy who pla...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2018
  • Length: 25:27
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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
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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
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He's about to graduate from elementary school. He's got a lot on his mind.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 11:48
Caption: Jack, Carolina, and Eleanor at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, New Jersey
Americans have a romanticized image of English boarding schools. RIBBLESTROP is the opposite of that. Writer Andy Mulligan has created what must be...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 22:04
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Imagine you are children's literature publisher R. A. Montgomery...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
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This special Mortified Mixtape to Halloween features three tales of kids obsessed with demons, vampires and ghosts.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 20:30
Caption: Abe Solovy, 9 year old 'British' gentleman
Hosts Devon Dennison and Kellie Blauvelt discuss what it's like to do things differently from everyone else. They listen to a story of a nine–year–...

Bought by WDBM, KGOU, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: What occupancy limit? Kids pile into the back of a bus in Cape Coast, Ghana.
Youth reporter Zoe Sheinkopf visits a refugee camp in Ghana and sends back an audio postcard full of boisterous singing children.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Today's show features an essay on the cultural impact of Harry Potter.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Ceyela Braxton, 17, interviews students at her school about how they found out the truth about Santa. Then her 7-year-old niece, Tatum, arrives to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:10
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Follow Rachel as she progressively interviews kids ages 5-18 and asks them a simple, yet thought-provoking question. This is the first of four epis...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:43
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Lorie Yourd is a retired educator and a dedicated advocate for the arts living in the Bemidji area. Here she reads her poem "Aggies." The Beat is a...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
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Our guest experts give our audience advice on how to help kids navigate relationships on the internet.

Bought by KWMR, KUT, and KALW


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 3
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This short story of 4 chapters was where Barrie tried out some of the ideas that would be used in the play "Peter Pan". The main difference is that...

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:43:57
Caption: Better Nate Than Ever , Credit: Tim Federle
Author Tim Federle has written a book for young readers about a 13 year old boy who sneaks away from home for the New York audition of ET-The Musi...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Balloon Pickers, Credit: MAUD AND MISKA PETERSHAM
In 1922 the poet Carl Sandburg wrote a children's book about an imaginary place called The Rootabaga Country. It was very popular. Its stories rang...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 19:04
  • Purchases: 1