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A Teenager's Story of Holocaust Reckoning
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A teen talked her way into a front-row seat during the trial of an accused Nazi war criminal. Her experience is shared in a book for young readers.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 49:46
Episode 73: Not Healed, But Healing
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Brandon Kuehn survived the Iraq War. But after he got home, he struggled with nightmares and addiction. Then he found trail running…and the Pacific...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:09
  • Purchases: 1
Walk across America
From: Georgia Walker
Caption: Walk across America, Credit: Van Booth
When Van Booth retired from the army in 2016, he came home with a heavy load of PTSD. He found a spot up on the train tracks to park his car and wa...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 2
Operation Hulda
From: Israel Story
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In the middle of a warzone, in a battle for holy ground, some soldiers heard a pregnant woman in distress and ran to help their enemy. More than ha...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 41:32
  • Purchases: 1
Counting in Sha'ab by Emma Goldman Sherman
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
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"Life as usual and then the sky falls in." There's a crater in the middle of the street - again. After a deadly car bomb explodes in the Sha'ab ne...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 21:40
Novelist, Poet, & Memoirist Alan Proctor
From: New Letters on the Air
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We mark Veteran's Day with two interviews featuring Alan Proctor. His book, THE SWEDEN FILE: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN EX-PATRIATE, was named one of th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
RDD: I Don't Feel Like A Refugee
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Last week we met with Corine Dehabey, the Director of Programs at US Together a non-profit Refugee Resettlement Agency. This week we meet one of th...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 06:17
Fiction Writer and Vietnam Veteran Tim O'Brien
From: New Letters on the Air
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Listen to Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien at the Kansas City Public Library, as he discusses experiences that fueled his collection of short stories, T...

  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
The one who rebels
From: Saadia Khan
Series: Immigrantly
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A few days ago, I was in Berlin Germany on a personal trip, and I decided to interview someone local for my show. The goal was to draw parallels b...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 35:26
Airborne Hero
From: Kathleen Polanco
Caption: U.S. Military service members are represented by white headstones for the men that lost their lives during World War II at the American Cemetery, Normandy, France; June 2, 2015. This is the 71st Anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy remembering th, Credit: (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Berner/Released)
A paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, one of the most highly decorated divisions in the U.S. Army, didn’t understand what it meant to be air...

Bought by Raven Radio, WTIP, KRZA, KYUK, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 7
Ep 241: Are Women Better at Waging Peace?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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It’s time to start looking at conflict in a new and different way -- and women are at the forefront. A look into a new PBS film series with an all-...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Military Voices: Mickey Willenbring
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Mickey Willenbring, a combat veteran of the Iraq War, reflects on the military, sheep and how the two intertwine on her journey back home.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:40
Marine Corps Military Spouse of the Year
From: Sonya Dunn
Series: Military Spouse of the Year
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Jolynn Lee, Marine Corp Spouse of the Year 2018, shares her journey of helping her husband and family live with PTSD.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:03
National Writers Series: John U. Bacon
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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John U. Bacon talks about his latest book, "The Great Halifax Explosion."

Bought by Michigan Radio, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Oath of Blood
From: Israel Story
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Within the first days of the First Lebanon War, two families become unfortunately intertwined through the coincidence of their name.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:26
Oh! What A Poetical War!
From: Sue Zizza
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Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems that served ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Duane Topping and Jamie Topping
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Duane Topping served three tours in Iraq. Coming home, he suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but found comfort from an unexpected place.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 30: We Are One Family Under One Sky
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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This episode, we ask that you put yourself in the shoes of another. What would you do if your city was not safe? Where would you go?

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
Episode 93: Lavender Scare
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Helen James grew up in a military family – her great great grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:39
Honor Flight: Recognizing our War Heroes
From: Stephen Grant
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Most World War II veterans didn’t receive accolades or experience the infamous New York City ticker-tape parade most Americans are familiar with in...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
I Was Boston
From: Otis Gray
Caption: Keven Joyce, umpiring a JV baseball game in Plymouth, Credit: Otis Gray
50 years after the infamous Battle of Hue, a Vietnam vet talks about living with memories you have no choice but to carry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
'Why him and not me?' Songwriting to mend the wounds of war
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier appeared at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, Cal. as part of her nationwide tour for "Rifles and Rosary Beads.", Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
For her new album, Nashville singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier collaborated with veterans to write songs about war, service, and life after the milit...

Bought by WUSF, KMUD, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Texas Public Radio, and KPBS


  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Etaine Raphael and Adele Levine
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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For nearly a decade, Adele Levine and Etaine Raphael worked side by side to ensure soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan would be able to na...

Bought by WEZU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WVBI-LP


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Cathy Sprigg
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Cathy Sprigg remembers her son, Army Specialist Robert Joseph Allen, who committed suicide while serving in the military.

Bought by WEZU and Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 2
Atilano Bernardo David, WWII Veteran on Resilience
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Atilano Bernardo David, Credit: Alden Bruce
A short Memorial Day affirmation from WWII veteran, Atilano Bernardo David, describes shares his wisdom on resilience after surviving war and the B...

  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:51

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