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StoryCorps NTI: Kate Musick and Harleé Patrick, Jose Catalan and Carlos Vizcarra
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kate Musick (L) with her former student Harleé Patrick (R)
Two stories about teachers who went beyond the classroom to help their kids.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 5
From Victims to Victors: Transcending Tragedy
From: A World of Possibilities
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Why is it that while many of us are discouraged and some devastated by life’s losses, a rare few not only survive but thrive in their wake –transce...

Bought by WZEN.org, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WZEN.org, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2012
  • Length: 55:03
  • Purchases: 5
AmeriCorps Works: Profiles In Service
From: Beth Anne Austein
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An intimate look into the experiences and motivations of eight current and former AmeriCorps volunteers in Montana. In celebration of National Ame...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 54:29
Poetry Out Loud: Regional competition coverage
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Caption: Poetry Out Loud Participants, Credit: Patty Polasky
A documentary piece featuring citation and commentary from high school students from Fosston, Clearbrook-Gonvick, and Trek North High Schools durin...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 11:09
Hip Hop Dedication
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
A lot of teenagers want to make it big as artists--whether acting in movies, singing ballads on American Idol, or making it in the hip hop world. T...

Bought by KSFR, Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 4
Life in Slow Mo
From: A World of Possibilities
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In a global culture dominated by the impatience of youth, counted in nanoseconds and fueled by “just-in-time” supply chains, everything needs to be...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WZEN.org, WDSE, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
Hearts Broken Open
From: A World of Possibilities
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Most of us take life for granted. But what happens when we're forced to think hard about whether we want to live?  Suicide and the impulse to attem...

Bought by WZEN.org, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 3
Transforming Misfortune
From: A World of Possibilities
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It’s clear that the economic collapse of 2008 – the second “September shock” after 2001 – will have a more enduring impact than most of us once sup...

Bought by WZEN.org, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WDSE, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
Beauty in Broken Places: Lily Yeh’s Healing Art
From: A World of Possibilities
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In worlds of shattered dreams and broken hearts, Lily Yeh finds artful ways to mend, heal and renew. Born in mainland China and raised on Taiwan as...

Bought by KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WDSE, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create The World We Want
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nation Books, Credit: Alyssa Stepien
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Quite Early Morning: The Life, Times and Legacy of Pete Seeger
From: A World of Possibilities
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Legendary folksinger and social activist Pete Seeger is receiving long-delayed appreciation for his immense contribution to American music and cult...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KWIT, KHNS, 90.5 WSNC, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 16
Consults Ants
From: Erin Cisewski
Caption: Adam and Ant, Credit: Jennifer R. Fogel
Danger, heartache, a plea for the survival of humanity, and hunting with croissants. A portrait of a myrmecologist named Adam Lazarus.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
Ruin and Resilience in Northern Uganda
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: Teddy Atim and Victor Ochen
War has shaped the lives of people in northern Uganda for the past two decades.  Impunity for widespread crimes and grave violations committed duri...

Bought by WZEN.org, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Tai Shan and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Tai Shan, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Tai Shan discusses her approach to writing songs inspired by C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Halloween Seeds of Sound
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by, Matt Callow, Flickr
Do you know why you celebrate Halloween? In this special Halloween Seeds of Sound, Gabriel Rima asks listeners to question this tradition and celeb...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KRZA, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
The 2011 PRPD Benediction by Jay Allison: "Invitation"
From: Atlantic Public Media
Caption: Jay Allison, Credit: Sue Johnson
The benediction given by award-winning producer and station founder Jay Allison at the 2011 PRPD Conference is being praised as a highlight of the ...

Bought by KUT, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 4
Raising Barns, Raising Voices
From: Eleanor Kagan
Caption: Kieran Riley, a local farmer, will have his own radio show on WGXC.
A community in upstate New York gathers together to build a radio station, by hand, in a weekend.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 35:34
Saving Sacred Lands
From: A World of Possibilities
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Our failure to protect and respect innately sacred natural places is a direct reflection of our loss of connection to the land and water that susta...

Bought by 'The Sea', WZEN.org, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 5
Diana: Combine Amputation
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Diana Hansen and her daughter Tanya Mitchell
Diana Hansen, wheat farmer, recounts losing her arm, relearning to do everything and refusing to be a victim.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
A Conversation with Simon Shaheen
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 27:23
Tales from the South 047
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Stories show us that with every ending, there follows a beginning...whether we want either to happen or not. Kate Knable watches her brother get st...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
A Conversation with Gary Giddins about Louis Armstrong
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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And I think to myself, what a wonderful world! That voice! That smile! That golden trumpet! Jazz writer Gary Giddins on the incomparable Louis Arms...

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 32:17
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Biographer Valerie Boyd talks about the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston.

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
Tears in the Eyes: Rainbow in the Heart
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: Dr. Jane Goodall of the Jane Goodall Institute, Credit: (c) Jennifer Esperanza
The visionary primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall revolutionized primatology and helped us realize how close our kinship is with the...

Bought by KQUA and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices: Funders - Zuill Bailey (The Cello's Voice)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm): Funders
Caption: Zuill Bailey
For your Fundraising campaign, cellist Zuill Bailey explains why each listener is an important voice on their Public Radio station. Use this 25 se...

Bought by WSMC, WFSU, KTXK, KVNO, WKCP and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 9

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