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Riot Boy
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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One boy's unlikely connection with the music of northwest feminists

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KFAI Minneapolis, WGDR, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 6
Haunters for Hooters: Fundraising for a Breast Cancer Survivor
From: Glenn McKnight
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Haunters for Hooters Cancer Benefit

  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 09:05
For Emmett Till by Dianna Harris
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her fouth year in the competition, Dianna says this piece is about Emmett Till's mother. Dianna Harris is 17 years old and was an individual final...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
Shofar Blues by Melissa Goldman
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her third year in the competition, Melissa says this piece is about questioning Judaism. Melissa Goldman is 17 years old and was an individual fin...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
Running by Esther Ikoro
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her first year in the competition, Esther says this piece is about being made fun of for talking "white". Esther Ikoro is 18 years old and was an ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:48
The Line by Ona Wang
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Ona Wang is 17 years old and a member of WordPlay, which was a team finalist in the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb Competition. WordPlay is an organizati...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:45
KERA Commentary: Breast Cancer
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Maintaining a positive attitude amid struggling with breast cancer

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Christine Cleary
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Massachusetts listener Christine Cleary believes memory is more an exercise of the heart than a function of the mind.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
"My Friend" by Porsche Colbert
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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A moving personal story of one young writer's downfall with anorexia. This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
"Cropped" by Cydney Edwards
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Billie Holiday writing the song "Strange Friuit" - This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:47
This I Believe - Ann Karasinski
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Trying to understand her daughter's addiction gave Ann Karasinski a belief that helps her cope with it.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Cortney Davis
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nurse practitioner Cortney Davis believes embracing grief honors the beauty and fragility of life.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Mary Cook
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Listener and hospice volunteer Mary Cook believes by embracing grief, she found strength and healing.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
Memoir Cafe: Episode 27
From: Gary Smith
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This week's stories are about failure and success, often entwined.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:04
Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Winner of the Peabody award, MEI MEI, A DAUGHTER'S SONG is the personal story of cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict produced by Dmae Ro...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, PRX Remix, The Story, SALTcast Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 17
Katrina Survivor: New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine Neville
From: Miae Kim
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Hurrican Katrina survivor's first -hand account

Bought by KSJD, KGOU, KTNA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 08, 2005
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 5
Long Time Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For singer Michelle Rumball "the voice" is the person so when she lost her voice, she lost her sense of who she was.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
She's Just Like Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Leah Rumack seeks out her mother's best friend to find out about the mother she never knew.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 3
Dear Birth Mother
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom
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After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KMXT, HowSound, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 16
My Muslim Hairdresser
From: Shana Sheehy
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Hairdresser converts to Islam and discusses the dilemma of "covering up her moneymaker."

Bought by Interfaith Voices, KXOT Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 3
My Body My Temple
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Women writers reading their own works about how breast cancer affects their body image

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KLCC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 4
My Dad Died
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Seven journal entries chronicling loss

Bought by KISU, WYSO, WUAL, and WKSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2004
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 4
Three Women
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast cancer.

Bought by KUER, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUCB


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 3
Memorial
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Every 100 days, Roberts saves the phone messages of her mom who passed away two years ago as a living memorial.

Bought by WHFR, Prairie Public, Room Tone Selects, WTJU, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 28
Of A Piece
From: Michelle Orange
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A father/daughter meditation on divorce, tradition and jigsaw puzzles

Bought by KUOW, KPFA, and KGLT


  • Added: Jan 26, 2004
  • Length: 17:05
  • Purchases: 3