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Meet Our (Almost) Six-Year-Old Librarian
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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If you ask Hannah Jean what would be her greatest wish, she will say running Brooklyn Public Library. Last month, she got to do just that.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 09:14
The Quiet Girl
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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A 9-year-old girl is sent away from her abusive family to live with an older couple, who try to break through her fear and silence to let some love...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:47
The Lisa Show - The Harsh Reality of Parenthood
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Lisa and friends discuss what life is really like as parents.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Charlee Rios, Jennifer Hidrogo, and LilyRose Hidrogo-Booth
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Charlee Rios, Jennifer Hidrogo, and LilyRose Hidrogo-Booth at their StoryCorps interview in Austin, TX on March 13th, 2022. , Credit: StoryCorps.
Jennifer Hidrogo talks with her children about their family’s journey, and the promise she made to her neighbor.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Grateful For Grandparents
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the season of gratitude, and we’re grateful for some of the most important people in our lives: our grandpar...

Bought by KCHU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KSTK and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20111122: Grateful For Grandparents, 11/22/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the season of gratitude, and we’re grateful for some of the most important people in our lives: our grandpar...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
StoryCorps: Sylvia Grosvold and Josh Weiner
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sylvia Grosvold and her father Josh Weiner came back to StoryCorps to reflect on their relationship, just as Sylvia was about to leave for college.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
GN_6.49_ Roman the Rescuer
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A seven-year-old uses his compassion and his cuteness to get dogs adopted.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
Death And Grief
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: Evan and Sam and Goat, Credit: Vanessa Vassar
Kids explore death and grief on the show with authors, experts, and telling their own experiences

Bought by KCHU, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
To My Mother, From Your Son
From: Elliott Rose
Series: Works of Love
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Julian chooses his first official essay to read from the submissions choosing an essay that focuses on family. More specifically, mothers and their...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 10:29
StoryCorps: Judy Charest and Harold Hogue
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A woman speaks with one of the men who saved her life on Christmas Eve 1956, after her mother jumped with her off a bridge and into the river below.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Children's Hour
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
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The soundtrack of childhood.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 52:00
StoryCorps: Jenny Carter and Sean Carter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sean Carter was severely injured in a drunk driving accident in 2005. He cannot walk or talk, but speaks with the help of a computer. Sean intervie...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WTJU


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
Birth Photographer Lives for the Moment
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Birth photographers capture a mother's earliest moments with her new child., Credit: Emily Goodstein
Photographing childbirth isn't always easy or convenient, but Emily Goodstein says it's a deeply rewarding job.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Ollie Cantos
From: StoryCorps
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14-year-old triplets Leo, Nick and Steven Argel tell Ollie Cantos about growing up.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
On Stage at Riverview School
From: Vanessa Barchfield
Caption: John and classmate Taylor play Tony and Maria in West Side Story, part of Riverview School’s 2013 annual play. , Credit: Virginia Sutherland
The students at Riverview School are in most ways no different to teenagers at any other New England boarding school. They play soccer and run cro...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Angelman Syndrome Refines Happiness
From: Lauren Ober
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What makes a happy life? Is it financial stability? Professional success? Great friends? A loving partner? For the Sclater family in Jefferson, Mar...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
A Nurse Remembers: Thumbelina, a Green Dress, and the Little Girl With Red Hair
From: Emma Deans
Caption: Lorelle Pelletier
There are some people who simply know how to tell a story. They can recount experiences with such vivid detail that the listener feels instantly tr...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 16:37
Breathe Easier
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A new outlook for Cystic Fibrosis

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
I've Got News
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Tom and his daughter, Ellen, in his Navy hat, Credit: Heidi Kecskemethy
A newly married guy finds out his wife is pregnant while he’s at sea and just a few years later, to his surprise, becomes a stay-at-home dad.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:01
  • Purchases: 1
Nurse, Get the Handcuffs
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: One of the photos my dad snapped with his contraband camera, Credit: Richard Frank
A mother unexpectedly breaks down and apologizes to her 34-year-old daughter for not being able to breastfeed her.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 1
When the Poop is No Longer a Gift
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: William in the NICU, Credit: Matt Clark
A newborn turns blue, is rushed to the NICU, and his parents deal with going home while the baby remains in the hospital, hooked up to machines.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2011
  • Length: 10:36
  • Purchases: 1
Dad to Dad: A Preparation
From: Eric Winick
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In Fall 2009, as my wife entered the late stage of pregnancy, I asked several friends of mine who are recent or long-time dads for advice on becomi...

Bought by KSKA, KUER, WTJU, KZYX, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 13:46
  • Purchases: 7
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
This I Believe - Daniel Ferri
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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A natural disaster and a family medical crisis made Daniel Ferri believe in the kindness of strangers.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3