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This I Believe - Josh Rittenberg
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Despite of his parents' fears, teenager Josh Rittenberg believes his generation will see a better world.

Bought by WLRH, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 4
Sunglasses for Baseball: a commentary
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen has to wear sunglasses to watch her son play baseball, so she doesn't give herself away

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WKSU


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
I'm so embarrassing to my children
From: Nanci Olesen
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Commentary by Nanci Olesen: I'm so embarrassing!

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 14
Apocalypse Nanny
From: Merle Kessler
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Of clowns and music in surgery. Oh, and nannies.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:47
RN Documentary: The Music Boat Man
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Reinier Sijpkens musician, magician, laughter collector talks to Dheera Sujan about his life?s goal to develop his soul.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 14, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 2
Marissa's Grandma
From: Youth Radio
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Marissa's ode to her Grandma

Bought by KVNF, WGXC, and PRX


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
My Classical Music Appreciation Teachers
From: Fred Flaxman
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a musically illustrated piece on learning to love classical music from old-time radio drama programs

Bought by WEKU and Vermont Public


  • Added: Dec 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Sixty Second Season: Teenagers' Memories of Fall and Winter
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Funny and touching teenage memories of fall and winter, mixed with seasonal sounds.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WXLV-FM, KOOP, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 5
Commentary: Bug Heaven
From: KRCC-FM
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Bugs are cool

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
Runaway Clowns
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Elia Kirby explores the pit falls and prat falls of theatre life and wonders whether it is the best life for his daughters.

Bought by WTIP and KUSP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
Mama's List
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Dunville drives to Prince Edward Island to engage her grandmother in a showdown, of sorts.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
Only Shooting Stars
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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A disillusioned teacher is about to meet one little boy who will change everything.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
Hockey Mom
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Gillian Rutherford is a dedicated hockey mom who has decided to move from the stands onto the ice.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:16
Radio Club
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Eight young boys with autistic spectrum disorder have formed "The Radio Club" to tell you what it’s like to view the world through the lens of autism.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Majorities Rule the Village (#135)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Sometimes it takes a village. But what if we don't want to join in?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KDNK, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Cook's Notebook: The Trouble with Cereal
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the cereal aisle is the scariest of all

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Funny Baby Sally
From: KRCC-FM
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Commentary on Baby Sally of "See Dick Run" fame

  • Added: Sep 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:00
"Madam, When You're Going to Have a Baby, You Don't Take a Number"
From: Johanna (Jones) Franzel
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A few days before she gave birth, Elizabeth learned she was carrying not one baby, but two.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
The Crystal Palace: A Tale From the Gold Country
From: Abongold Books
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"Bubbles, wishes and daydreams carry three children from their home in California's gold country to the Crystal Palace in the Kingdom of the Aurora...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 16:44
The Magic of Falling Teeth
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sharon Bar-David, guided by her seven-year-old daughter Leore, takes you into a magical world filled with wiggly teeth and tooth fairies.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 4
Becky Nash Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Becky Nash knows about rearing children on a fishing boat, watching them grow up to be fisherman and losing one to the sea that helped rear them.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2005
  • Length: 14:51
RN Documentary: Ode to Josephine - Memories of a Parallel Mother
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal odyssey into the producer’s childhood in Bombay India, where she remembers her ayah (nanny) Josephine.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lunch Room Radio Mystery Theater - episodes 1 - 4
From: Brian Switzer
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Lunch Room Radio is a mystery created by children, for children

  • Added: Aug 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:56:59
Sounds of the Suburbs
From: Trent Wolbe
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Audio illustration of the suburbs

Bought by WFUV and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
RN documentary: At the Circus
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A rediscovery of a child's delight at the circus and an adults exploration of the life of circus performers

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WETA, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 3

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