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Liberty or Death
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When does a teenager actually become a "full" adult?

Bought by WQJC and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - David Buetow
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Chicago attorney David Buetow believes his dog helped him grow into a better, more mature person.

Bought by WEZU, WYSO, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Laura Shipler Chico
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Expectant mother Laura Shipler Chico believes in being honest, caring and able to laugh at oneself.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 4
Award-winning Tree Farmer Emphasizes Careful Planning
From: ComRadio
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Tree Farmer Recognized for Conservation Efforts

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Tim Stark
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Pennsylvania farmer Tim Stark believes a reasonable amount of stress brings out his best qualities.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, Remix Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 4
Disney Princess
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Is it ok for litle girls to want to be a "princess?"

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
Anywhere But Now
From: Maria Bartholdi
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The story of a young woman's search for herself, complete with an embarassing visit to a psychic and a dash of a love for Wales.

Bought by Remix Radio, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 3
Bottom Dollar Girls- Part 2
From: Tanya Ott
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Author of the Bottom Dollar Girls series talks about becoming a novelist and how southern culture translates in the north

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:59
This I Believe - Jane Hamill
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Fashion designer Jane Hamill believes it's cool to live the life she imagined her Barbie doll had.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WEKU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Loudon Wainwright III
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Loudon Wainwright III believes the joy in writing a song comes from the mystery of its creation.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 3
Adventures with Chickens
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
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Traveling with chickens while moving from coast to coast

  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
Betty Be Mine
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The tale of a happy marriage and family, touched by loss.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:44
Buddy
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tale of a beloved pet with a hat trick.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:53
An Unusual Father's Day Gift
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
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A daughter finds the perfect gift for her eco-conscious dad.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
Destination 64 N by 150 W
From: Ashley Gross
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Getting caught up in a worldwide quest to visit random spots on the planet

  • Added: May 17, 2006
  • Length: 08:00
Women Making Music: Candye Kane
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
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Candye Kane muses about her love of music and how she was able to support her art and young son by working in the sex industry

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KVNF, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Gerda and Olcott
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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A vacation in San Francisco, a flea market, and the chance purchase of old love letters.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 15:10
  • Purchases: 2
The Caboose
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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On a visit to Newfoundland, Helen Forsey is smitten by an abandoned caboose.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
So, You Wanna Be A Rock Superstar?
From: Matthew Spitz
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A step-by-step guide on how to be a rock star in today's music industry.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 16:34
Schnartzenholler
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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It's not Christmas. It's not Hannukah. It's Schnartzenholler! When Emily Pearlman was a child her Jewish father and Christian mother created thei...

Bought by KISU, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 18
Hockey Mom
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Gillian Rutherford is a dedicated hockey mom who has decided to move from the stands onto the ice.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:16
Retiring with Dahlias
From: Liz Jones
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A WW2 vet reflects on his time as a marine and his passion for growing dahlias.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 07, 2005
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
I am 'Bi
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I "Bi' regional man comes out"

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 06:50
Oxford, UK & Oxford, GA: Divided by a Common Tongue
From: David Barasoain
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The differences in UK and US English

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 2
1990 Bobbie Louise Hawkins - First Story
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bobbie Louise Hawkins is a Beat era writer and one woman performer, reading a beautiful piece

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1