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Patrick Carrigan
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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Patrick is a recovering addict who suffered several relapses, until a near tragic turn forced him to finally recover.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Thom Tran
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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Thom Tran is an actor, comedian, and an Iraq War veteran with PTSD. His humor is his therapy.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Reverend John Schluep
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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Reverand John Shluep is a pastor and veteran who directs Warrior's Journey Home.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
David Peacock
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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David Peacock directs the Valor Home in northeast Ohio for homeless vets trying to find a new life in recovery.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Evelyn and Star
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Wiijigindiwag: To Be the Same Age
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Eveyln and Star have a chat....

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
From Montgomery to Ferguson
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Credit: http://www.apbspeakers.com/
Some call it a new civil rights movement. Others simply call it “black lives matter”. We hear a conversation about waging strategic non-violence be...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Animal Way of Dying
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JANUARY 2015
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How do you feel about your... well, eventual remains? Sealed caskets and ash-filled urns strike author Bernd Heinrich as unnatural, and this biolog...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Linda Tucker on Saving the White Lions
From: Ayana Young
Series: Unlearn & Rewild
Caption: Linda Tucker and Marah
We speak with ecological activist Linda Tucker, author of Saving the White Lions: One Woman’s Battle for Africa’s Most Sacred Animal, who chronicle...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
Blowing the Whistle on a Poisoned Marsh
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Felix Smith, Credit: Kerry Klein
Kesterson Wildlife Refuge had a little known problem back in 1982: selenium contamination was leading to birth defects and death in fish and birds....

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 16:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Power of Poetry
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Beck Eldridge, Credit: Laura Flynn
Making Contact partnered with the 2014 National Poetry Slam to produce this special open mic highlighting the power of thoughtful, truth telling, c...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Father's Choice: Autism or Alcohol
From: Jesse Regis
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Berta and Joseph spent years as drug dealers and hustlers in the roughest parts of New York. They both served time. Joseph was an alcoholic. Their ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 19, 2014
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
Telling the Truth With Twigs and Baling Wire
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I am a great admirer of bird nests and those who build them. They make them with twigs, string, down. You find them sometimes nestled inside the a...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:50
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Antonio and John
From: Littleglobe
Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:34
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Melissa (Podcast)
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
Caption: Melissa in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
Listen to Melissa's teenage and grown-up diaries in this podcast episode.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 39:30
The Needle Drop: 04-03-13
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from The Drones, Kvelertak, KEN mode, and more

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP, KSRQ, KSJD and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 9
StoryCorps: Tierra Jackson and John Horan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 3
A New Orleans Christmas!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: New Orleans Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Crescent City, NEW ORLEANS! Today, we will serve gumbo Christmas rhythms mixed with Jazz, R&B, Blues an...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WCVE, WICR, WJAB, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 50:49
  • Purchases: 10
GBA 18: Sam
From: Dave Pickering
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In GBA 18 we get better acquainted with Sam. She talks about having a premature baby, being a young mum, nearly marrying a man she met on holiday i...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 55:13
After the War
From: War News Radio
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Examination of PTSD treatment and veterans' care after the Gulf War and in the present

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Needle Drop: 12-03-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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Music from Oneohtrix Point Never, the Spits, and Comet Gain.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KEOS, WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 9
A Conversation with Chuck Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Do you feel like busting loose? NEA Heritage Fellow Chuck Brown talks about his career, from honing his chops in prison in Lorton, Virginia, to dev...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
The Needle Drop: 02-26-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from PJ Harvey, Toro Y Moi, and Balkans

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, KSJD, KPVL, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 8
The Needle Drop: 07-17-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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New music from Superhumanoids, Bjork, and more.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 3