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Not Just a Ride Home
From: Katie Klocksin
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Michael Powell is a train driver for the Chicago Transit Authority. He captivated me for years with his chatty speeches over the train's speakers. ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Birth and Motherhood in Prison: An Interview with Veronica Martinez inside Folsom Women's Prison
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Veronica Martinez with her daughter inside Folsom Women's Prison in Northern California., Credit: Nancy Mullane
Veronica Martinez is a mother in prison. While in county jail awaiting trial she gave birth to her daughter Amaya Martinez. The Bureau of Justice S...

  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 24:13
StoryCorps: Two Sisters
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Two teenage sisters, whose names are withheld to respect their privacy, remember confiding in each other about being sexually abused by their uncle...

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
Birth Mother
From: Chemda KATG
Series: What's My Name
Caption: Mariah in the hospital with Leo.
Writer Mariah MacCarthy talks about placing her newborn with adoptive parents.

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:39:14
Angelman Syndrome Refines Happiness
From: Lauren Ober
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What makes a happy life? Is it financial stability? Professional success? Great friends? A loving partner? For the Sclater family in Jefferson, Mar...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Modern-Day Homesteaders
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY profiles two families who live the DIY lifestyle every day by growing and making most of what they need.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Faith and Jerris Marr
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Jerris Marr interviews his 10-year-old daughter Faith about surviving bone cancer on her spine.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Shelli Wright and Graham Haggett
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Shelli Wright and her son, Graham Haggett, remember his grandmother Sandra Lee Wright, who was killed on September 11, 2001. Shelli Wright and her ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 3
Amricani
From: Sharif Youssef
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A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Incarcerated mother in Decatur Prison’s Nursery Program and Reunification Unit. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Shannon Heffernan http://www.timeontheoutside.com/prison-nursery
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Making Noise to Prevent More Noise
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Like a lot of kids with Tourette's, Finn also has severe ADHD. The flip side of that, Amanda says, is that his high energy makes him a ton of fun., Credit: Amanda Morgan
A toddler sniffs all of his Christmas presents before opening them and his mom realizes something is really wrong. What Tourette’s, OCD, and ADHD l...

Bought by PRX Remix and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 2
Birth, Birth, Rebirth
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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As Tom recovers from a traumatic brain injury, he and his wife welcome newborn twins into the world.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Scared
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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A guy muses on the fears associated with a loved one's body.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com, Credit: Shannon Heffernan
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next g...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Flatline Days
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of being bipolar and being a mom.

Bought by KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 5
A Welcome Home
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a Maine foster mother who's taken in dozens of kids over the years.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 1
Iraqi children celebrate their return to school
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! It is a feature with interviews with two Iraqi school kids trying to get an education despite the difficulties associated with ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
Moms of Multiples Find Strength in Numbers
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Twin-birth rate is up 70% nationwide. We profile a group of women who share the singular experience of raising multiples

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Chinyanta's Digital Diary: A Zambian teen fights for child rights and gender equality
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Chinyanta Chimba is a youth producer with UNICEF Radio and Voices of Youth's Digital Diaries, and here she talks to her friend...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Singing for sanitation: Teen in rural Nepal teaches her village about water safety
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! Shanta, age 14, teaches her community in rural Nepal about water and sanitation, and learns to come out of her shell

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
At the Children's World Water Forum, girls from Kenya and Nigeria shares her views
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Children come together to talk about water and sanitation: the girls' education ramifications

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
In a Bubble
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Four teens talk about what it's like to be quiet in school.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, East Village Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Problem with Thomas
From: Aaron Henkin
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Two young parents discover that their first child is autistic.

Bought by Audible and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 12:26
  • Purchases: 2
A Picture of Freedom from Behind Bars
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Incarcerated youth producer, Tyler, interviewed his fellow inmates about their definition of freedom and what they would do with freedom if they ha...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1