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Thai Girl Reflects on the Tsunami 1 year later
From: UNICEF
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This Story Is Free! Atitaya tells the story of how the Tsunami in Thailand a year ago permanently affected her life

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
Sri Lankan Boy Tells Story of Tsunami's Effect on his Life
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Mohamed tells story of starting over after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:51
Welcome To My World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For a young Canadian child, the battles of the Second World War are so far in the past that they might as well be from another world.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
Romance the Joy of Words
From: Ellen Weber
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Your brain uses your words to build or break your day

  • Added: Nov 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:36
You've got a friend
From: KUOW
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"Hi, is Katie there? This is Sylvia Poggioli calling...call me back as soon as possible."

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WSKG, WNCU, Central Florida Public Media, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 01:12
  • Purchases: 5
Teeth (scored by teeth)
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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Teaching and learning from pre-schoolers.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Nov 13, 2005
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 1
Jamaican Youth Activist Tries to Prevent HIV's Spread
From: UNICEF
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This Story Is Free! Kerril McKay tells the story of how HIV has affected her life

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KRCB 104.9, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 4
Young Thai Woman Educates Peers about HIV
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Nakwan Leknork from Thailand Helps other Young People Stem the Tide of HIV

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Young Man in India struggles to End HIV in his community
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Raguwaran Kandhaswamy is a Young Man with a Mission: to end HIV transmission

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
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
"The Woodpecker"
From: KCUR
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Muskogee Creek Indian story called "The Woodpecker."

Bought by PRX Remix, KZYX, and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
Blissful Oblivion
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jess Perlitz visits her grandmother and discovers that coping with memory loss is as much about the present as it is about the past.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 2
Patsy's Silent World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Trish Kelly explores her mother's silent world.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 1
Ruach: Playing flute for Susanne's memorial
From: Michael Jackman
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Our strangely intertwined melodies led me to play flute at Susanne's memorial service.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
Musicians on the Record: Liz Phair
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Rocker Liz Phair praises the Stevie Wonder classic "Songs in the Key of Life"

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
Music Will Help New Orleans Rebuild
From: WTMD
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A Commentary on Music and New Orleans

Bought by WNCU, WUAL, KTOO, KTOO, KVNF and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2005
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 6
Commentary: Pedal Power
From: KRCC-FM
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The joys of bicycle commuting

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 04:17
Flag Day: Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy
From: Melissa Ingells
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A Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy Remembered on Flag Day

Bought by WTIP, KISU, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
Perpetual War, Perpetual Power
From: Craig Barnes
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
It's Like Riding A Bike
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For Christa Couture, the simple child's pleasure of riding a bike has eluded her until recently.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Change In Farming
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This story by Adam Goddard, a Toronto-based composer, is a celebration of the life and character of his grandfather.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, KGLT, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 6
My Dad Died
From: Nanci Olesen
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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
Outside the Dying
From: Conrad Bishop
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Dramatization of a journal of a woman whose husband is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), and the aftermath.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 21:23
  • Purchases: 1
Barbara's Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Profile of an illegal immigrant, working as a cleaner, trying to make her way in America.

Bought by WDBM, PRX Remix, KCUR, KSUT, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 18:47
  • Purchases: 7