PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring

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As an adult, Eileen was diagnosed with a learning disability. At StoryCorps, she remembers how she overcame the challenges she faced at work.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jackie taking a break from building her house.
Dreams can be as simple as a home and a flower garden. Jackie walked by the Habitat for Humanity application for 2 years.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
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Tina Vasquez tells her mother, Sonia Vasquez, about what it was like to grow up...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
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What exactly is a dream job? Is it one that pays a lot of money? One where you don’t have to do much work? Is it one that makes you famous? …Or, is...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
Caption: Olivia Fite (left) and her mother Barbara Moore.
Barbara Moore (R) tells her daughter, Olivia Fite (L), about becoming a bricklayer in the...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WXPR, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KERA and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: A trapeze student, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 3
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Dee Dickson remembers trying to get a job as a shipyard electrician in the 1970s.

Bought by KUER, WEZU, Troy Public Radio, KISU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 5
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Thousands of Bolivians migrated to Argentina in search of a liveable wage, only to find themselves sewing designer jeans in sweat shops under slave...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Visit with two female WWII Liberty Ship welders from South Portland, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Yellowstone Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4