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Stories from the Other Side: Mentorship Miracles

From: KRCL
Series: Stories From The Other Side

A story about the ways mentors can shape us—for better and worse. Recovery coach Tiffany Blair from The Other Side Academy/Village reflects on the ...

So Far From Care Episodes 3 & 4

From: Marfa Public Radio

In episodes 3 and 4 of So Far From Care, "What We're Capable Of" and "She's Not Here," you’ll hear about what it’s like to live even further out th...

So Far From Care Episodes 1 & 2

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: So Far From Care

In episode 1, "Don't Cut The Cord," you’ll get the lay of the land in the Big Bend— what it feels like to live in a place where getting care has al...

The Untold Story of the Legacy of KVSC Station Manager Jo McMullen Part 2

From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we at KVSC continue to pay tribute to former Station Manager, teacher, and friend Jo McMullen. This ...

Pony

From: Ibby Caputo

This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.

Last Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Massacre

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness

On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 ho...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KOSU, KHSU, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Being Black In Blue: A Profile Of A Police Officer

From: Emily Corwin

Nashua, NH Police Sergeant, Lakeisha Phelps is one of two black police officers on a force with 176 police officers, in one of New Hampshire’s most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Anorexia, a family affair

From: Masako Fukui

29 year old Kate hasn't eaten for six months. She has been hospitalised 11 times this year. She's had an eating disorder since she was a teenager. ...

Raising Angel

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Jamie is pregnant and has nowhere she can go. She finds herself at Saint Andre Home, a modern day home for unwed mothers, where she awaits her four...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Her Newborn In Withdrawal, A Young Mother Faces Her Own Recovery

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Newborns in Withdrawal

Caption: Baby Jonathan, 10 days old, Credit: Kristin Gourlay

More babies are being born dependent on the opioid drugs their pregnant mothers were taking. Their condition, called neonatal abstinence syndrome, ...

Cultural Conversations

From: Lisa Tuininga

Caption: Jane York and Nura Adam embrace at a meeting, Credit: Lisa Merrill, Bellevue WA

In Bellevue, Washington a group of women meet once a month to discuss their cultural differences and similarities. The conversations are transformi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

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 ...

Versions of Love

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Life is long and love is complicated.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WMPG, and PRX Remix

Conrad and Evelyn

From: Aileen LeBlanc

Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.

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...

54 Years

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.

Lindsay Ess, Becoming Whole, Pt. 1

From: Charles McGuigan

Lindsay Ess was a fashion model, a designer, a stunning beauty. And then at the age of twenty-four, just two years ago, doctors had to cut off both...

Flatline Days

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The story of being bipolar and being a mom.

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

Fifty-Four Years

From: Erin Calabria

A mother and son reunite after fifty-four years apart.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Neighborhood, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW

We are the Canaries

From: Briana O'Higgins

A Chronic Illness multi-narrative

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX to iTunes, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Dina's Diary: Journey of a Cancer Survivor (newscast compatible)

From: Capital Public Radio

This intimate, award-winning audio diary documents a young mother's year-long battle with breast cancer.

Bought by KUER, WBEZ, KOSU, Louisville Public Media, KZYX and more

Dina's Diary: Journey of a Cancer Survivor

From: Capital Public Radio

This intimate, award-winning audio diary documents a young mother's year-long battle with breast cancer.

Bought by WUTC, KTSW 89.9, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, KBYS 88.3 FM and more

Finding Out

From: Susan Goldberg

Susan's mother died of breast cancer on Mother's Day in 2004. She carried a genetic mutation that made her susceptible to the disease. After years ...

Memoir Cafe: Episode 27

From: Gary Smith

This week's stories are about failure and success, often entwined.

Shades of Gray

From: Jonathan Mitchell

an hour-long audio mosaic about abortion in America

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis and more

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