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StoryCorps Griot and American Pathways: Beau McCall and Julaina Glass
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Julaina Glass and Beau McCall met as neighbors in a Harlem, NY brownstone. They came to StoryCorps nearly 35 years later to remember -- and laugh a...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
College Interviews
From: Cam Marston
Series: Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston - Short interstitial content.
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I was asked to screen candidates for early admission to my alma mater. What they did, and didn't do, taught me a lot.

Bought by KXCR and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Short List #17
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative "Short List" poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 1
Short List #14
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative "Short List" poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
149: Puberty Transformed Me Into a Monster
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A menacing force is ravaging middle school and… You. Are. Next. Celebrate Halloween with terrifying tales of puberty and how it transforms innocent...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2018
  • Length: 27:26
125 Noam: The Unorthodox Jew
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The tale of Noam Osband, a rebellious boy raised in an Orthodox Jewish community who questions everything through poetry and song lyrics. The Morti...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2018
  • Length: 20:55
120: The Virgin Episode
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Happy New Year! Ring in '18 with tales of teenagers who make a resolution to lose their virginity. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radio...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 18:40
113: I Was A Teenage Horror Writer
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Celebrate Halloween with not-so-scary stories written by kids who thought they were the next RL Stine or Stephen King. The Mortified Podcast is a p...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 30:24
104: An Affair to Forget
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Tales of teenagers who try to shed their awkwardness while on vacation -- thinking it would lead to the fling of a lifetime. The Mortified Podcast ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:05
StoryCorps: Zoë Waters, Maddy Waters, and Nick Waters
From: StoryCorps
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Ten-year-old triplets Maddy, Zoë, and Nick Waters have spent their entire lives together, sharing everything from a birthday to a bedroom. But desp...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
77: My Worst Fear
From: The Mortified Podcast
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In honor of Halloween, mortifying tales about the kind of fears kids actually have.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2016
  • Length: 26:34
76: Special Super-sized Episode!
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Need relief from all the juvenile antics of campaign season? This election themed episode is your antidote to the political tantrums featuring stor...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2016
  • Length: 56:04
73 Back To School Series: Passing Notes
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Do you like me? Yes or No? Circle one. Before texting and snapchat, we passed around our most private messages on folded up looseleaf paper.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 1
Short List #7
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: :37
  • Purchases: 1
25 Ashley: Why I Hate The SATs
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The diaries of a high school misfit who in an attempt to fit in found herself in a series of epic, embarrassing moments -- culminating at the SATs.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 15:17
The Assassin Down the Hall
From: True Story Podcast
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A floundering freshman goes on a killing spree.

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:53
Let's get RadioActive
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2011
Caption: Kendrick and Max gather audio at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Credit: Sarah Dillard
Weekday High’s annual summer podcast is back! Host’s Kendrick Bradley and Max Hutton kick things off with the first episode of RadioActive. They sh...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Passions, Problems, and Peculiarities of Food
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2012
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Hosts Caitlin and Farhan keep it kosher as they give you a unique glance at some odd foods eaten by Seattleites. They also have a profile of the ge...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Isn't That Kind of Impersonal?
From: WHJE
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A tale of a boy and gift purchasing problems

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:07
  • Purchases: 1
Teacher Crush Vox
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A vox full of memories of innocent teacher crushes.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 4
Memory of a 5th grade rebel
From: Sarah Lange
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a reflection on childhood "attitude"

  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:11
Who Killed Santa Claus For You?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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How we learned that Santa wasn't real.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRVO Public Media, PRX to iTunes, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 13
Liberty or Death
From: WAMU
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When does a teenager actually become a "full" adult?

Bought by WQJC and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
Bob Saget and Me: Adventures In Space
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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A love story.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
Alaska Fashion Crisis
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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ATMI reporters Sara Perman and Michael Eddy take a creative look at Alaska fashion and how it fares "Down South."

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1