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Bonne Chance Comrades
From: Amira Anne Glickman
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This is a story of a 1940's child's journal, set against the backdrop of WWII, that records the play life of a group of boys reenacting war games i...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 52:58
Author Anthony Swofford and Getting Past Fame and Fortune
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anthony’s latest book, “Hotels, Hospitals and Jails” describes his life after the pluses and minuses of the fame of "Jarhead." In that book he chro...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat : Dallas Crow - "The Aesthetics of Gravity"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories : Michael Goldberg - "Try New Things"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg shares his advice on trying new things. In his essay, Goldberg sets realistic goals for himself. All the while Goldberg is reflect...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:10
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch - Gifts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. In her essay, "Gifts," Finch shares the story of one of...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
Why Mothers Worry About Their Children
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Is the concept of  “mother blame” a method to control women?  Is motherhood really a fearsome job?  Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Room To Breathe: From Chaos to Peace in the Classroom
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Promotional picture from the Video Project, Credit: http://www.videoproject.com/roomtobreathe.html
At overcrowded and underfunded public schools across the country high suspension rates are exacerbating existing achievement gaps. Often, chaos in ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Emily’s Diary: Teenage Days
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Emily gives an inside look at “sportos,” “krusties,” “krinkles,” and how being a teenager isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:14
  • Purchases: 1
When Your Youngest Kid Starts School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on going back to school.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
Has routine ever saved you?
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch on superstitions.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
Could My Kid Be a Bully?
From: Michigan News Connection
Caption: PRX default Piece image
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Michigan parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing an elderly school bus monitor in New York ma...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Why TIME Magazine Shows Attachment Parenting is Going Mainstream, Not Extreme
From: Tennessee News Service
Caption: PRX default Piece image
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Are you mom enough? That's the question being posed to mothers across Tennessee and the nation this week by a controversial TIME...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
Tales from the South 082: Winners of Arkansas Literary Festival Contest
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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Here they are, the winners of annual Telling Tales Contest, in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival. Stories by Eric Van Meter, Sarah Mi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Film Maker’s film: Following Sean… Technique and Life’s Stories
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Film maker, Ralph Arlyck, made the movie Following Sean. It traces the life a 4 year old pot smoking child of hippie parents beginning in San Franc...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
INTRUDERS -- Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo talks secrets, nightmares, and making the darkness visible.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:18
Indie on Demand Reviews MISTER ROGERS AND ME
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A short review of the documentary about the influential children's broadcaster.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
An alternative take on the K through 12
From: KALW
Caption: The openness of Brightworks school reflects the founder’s vision for education: honor thy creative impulses.
On a typical day at Brightworks, a private school in San Francisco’s Mission District, students are welding, listening to indie music, and writing ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 3
Girl Scouts: Beyond Campfires and Cookies
From: With Good Reason
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The Girl Scouts of the United States of America have recently revamped their image and program with new badges focusing on skills like robotics and...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Shyness
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A multiyear study begun at Harvard follows shy babies into adulthood. As producer Kelley Libby reports, 15 to 20 percent of us grow up to be shy.

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 011
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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This week's show concerns identity: Amy Gray Light takes a roadtrip to Ft. Worth she'd just as well forget, Amy Manning Burns finds a memory, and a...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Searchers
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
MN Author Tyler Blanski and "Mud and Poetry"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Tyler Blanski is a Minneapolis house painter who is a writer and painter. His book is called "Mud & Poetry - Love, Sex and the Sacred". Tyler grew ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 20:25
  • Purchases: 1
Joan Steffen and Her Book "...And She Sparkled"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Joan Steffend is a Minnesota native known for her television work – first on KBJR in Duluth then KARE-11 in Minneapolis and on HGTV’s Decorating Ce...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 20:15
MN Author Will Weaver and "The Last Hunter"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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"The Last Hunter - An American Family Album" by MN Author Will Weaver.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Bath or Shower
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The height of washed luxury, the true mark of the backwoods aristocracy, is the outdoor shower.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1

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