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What Cheer Brigade? Plays Recess (narrated)
From: Megan Hall
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Our best gig ever: What Cheer? Brigade marching band performs at local elementary schools

Bought by KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 3
KERA Commentary: Stay At Home Dads
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary about how some people have yet to adjust the idea of a man as a stay-at-home dad

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
A Dinner with Dad
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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I wrote this piece to show a typical night out with my dad.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 2
Maggot Art
From: Capital Public Radio
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Entomologist uses art to teach kids about maggots.

Bought by PRX Remix, BSR Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
Teen Vox Pop: Trying to Act Grown
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Neckties, big bras, cigarettes: wouldn't it be nice if adult life was the way you imagined it when you were six?

Bought by WFUV and KOOP


  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 2
"First Love" by Samer Allabahidi
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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One little boy's love of Barbie... an incredibly elequent up-and-coming poet. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge, IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
School Bus
From: David Green
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A third grader recounts the story of two second graders, a bus ride and a scary book.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, The PRX Podcast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
Rock 'n Roll Camp for Girls
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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voices of girls and women at the Rock Block after school program

Bought by KUOW, KUNM, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 11:26
  • Purchases: 3
KidTales: Wind in the Willows Ch. 2
From: KTNA
Series: KidTales: The Wind in the Willows
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A creative reading from the children's classic, read by Jessica Stevens.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Trespassing and Other Crimes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:55
Inside Out Literary Arts
From: Zak Rosen
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creative writing in detroit public schools

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 1
A Communicative Divide
From: Michael Spikes
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Youth Voices producer Marjorie explores the rift left between herself and her extended family when a language barrier is realized

Bought by WMNF, WXLV-FM, KUOW, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 5
Pumpkin Belly
From: Nanci Olesen
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a commentary by Nanci Olesen about Halloween and her pumpkin painted belly

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Hot Wheels Convention, Speed, KS
From: Edward Parker
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A visit to small town Kansas for a Hot Wheels Toy Car Convention

  • Added: Oct 18, 2006
  • Length: 04:07
Mother Daughter Dresses
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Shirley Scott recalls the nightmare of uniformity imposed by "Mother-Daughter" matching outfits.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Jones
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Michael Rayner, storyteller and professional juggler, reflects on the complex high of fatherhood.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Home from the Road, a commentary by Nanci Olesen
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen recalls a recent trip west with her family: bad coffee and sweet times

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Beams! Radio Fiction for Kids
From: Space Radio Productions LLC
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The first episode of a kids' "spacecast" focused on the wacky, outer space adventures of the fictional Beams family!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2006
  • Length: 31:25
Wonderful Life
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tale of a happy childhood, thinking like a cowboy and making inventions.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:25
Firecrackers
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A lighthearted story about children playing with fireworks disrupting an event

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:52
Theo
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A short conversation with a grandson about TV.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: :54
I Like Beer
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a minor way about the pleasures of beer. Mostly a treatise on children, spoken with genuine affection and admiration.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Wonderful Life
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tale of a happy childhood, thinking like a cowboy and making inventions.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
Another Bruno
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A dog without a tail is ruined.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: :58
How Whivet Got Her Name
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Keeping pace with the family pet.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:34

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