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Hannah's Home of South Florida is Saving The World one Single Mother at a Time
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Hannah's Home of South Florida Provides shelter, safety and restoration for Single homeless mothers and mothers to be in a loving inspiring atmosph...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 27:26
  • Purchases: 2
Unstable ice leads to a deadly winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: New York State Police / Snowmobile , Credit: New York State Police
More than 30 snowmobilers and fishermen have died after breaking through lake ice in the northeast and Great Lakes region this winter. The toll wou...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 6
N.Y. snowmobilers add to toll in deadly winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A sign on Conesus Lake directs sportsmen to an access point., Credit: Veronica Volk
In part two of a series on fatalities associated with thin ice this winter, we hear the story of two men who disappeared one night after taking a l...

Bought by WCPN, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
Where Richard Becomes Bianca: Inside Miss Vera's Crossdressing Academy
From: George Bodarky
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Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls bills itself as the world’s first crossdressing academy. We spend time with its founder,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
Loki_Wounded at the Front
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his extraordinary experience at the Front

  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: :42
Loki_Sacred Ground
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki explains the Sacred Ground at the Front called Turtle Island

  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:10
Loki_Militarized DAPL
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front with Militarized DAPL Police

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:25
Loki_If They Build it You Should Come
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his extraordianry experience at the Front

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:26
Loki_Battle at the Standing Rock Front 1_Short
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front Short Length

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:04
Music Never Dies
From: Jessica Ripka
Caption: Brianna LePage (center) with clients Ruth Johnston (left) and Suzanne Carlson (right), Credit: Brianna LePage
A Music Therapist working on Cape Cod is making a difference in the rapidly growing Alzheimer's and Dementia population - one song at a time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Syrian Civil War: What are the impacts of displacement on Syrian lives?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The war in Syria, now in its fifth year, has created a refugee crisis. Almost 4 million Syrians have fled the country, and another 7.6 million have...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 23:44
Summer Learning Series: Ambitious Program Gears Up To Push Middle-Schoolers Past High School
From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates
Caption: A view from the balcony: the Young Musicians Camp ensemble plays everything from classical to “All About That Bass” at the University of Montevallo. , Credit: Dan Carsen
Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:44
After life: a grassroots foundation supports families after police violence
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Mesha Irizarry at a protest outside Mission police station, Credit: KEVIN JONES
This isn’t the story of another police shooting. It’s the story of what happens after a police shooting. Especially one in particular. “The night ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 1
Is braille relevant in a digital age?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: "Read" in braille, Credit: ARTWORK BY ANGELA JOHNSTON
Marco Salsiccia is a huge movie buff. He owns hundreds of DVDs. They fill his small apartment in the Sunset District. Some are piled on his dining ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 1
Life after the fire
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The destroyed building, alongside new condos, Credit: Hannah Kingsley-Ma
On January 28th, a fire consumed a mixed-use apartment building on 22nd and Mission. The conflagration destroyed more than 30 local businesses, and...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:55
Can You Hear Me Now: The Rise of Youth Suicide
From: Radio - Columbia College Chicago
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A deep look into the troubling rise of suicides among young people. Students at Columbia College Chicago explore the personal stories and confront ...

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 45:27
The Future of Coal
From: The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment
Caption: A coal terminal in Eastern Kentucky., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier
Can the Appalachian Mountains recover from centuries of mining? What will happen to the thousands of coal miners projected to lose their jobs in th...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
In Kentucky, a Prairie Made by Coal
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Up to a million acres of strip-mined land have been de-forested., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier
More than a million acres of strip-mined land—an area the size of Rhode Island—are now deforested in Appalachia.

Bought by WMMT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 3
How the prodigal son became a preacher
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - San Quentin Prison Report
Caption: Derrick Holloway serves as an inmate preacher in San Quentin State Prison., Credit: Nigel Poor
Derrick Holloway grew up in a Christian family, but chose to sell drugs and participate in a lifestyle that resulted in him committing a murder. Af...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:43
Inside Richmond's Immigration Detention Center
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Danielle Gabriel and her daughter stand vigil outside West County Detention Facility., Credit: Photo by Stephen Southern.
Every month, Alex Aldana stands in protest in front of the West County Detention Facility in Richmond. It’s a medium-security jail that holds men a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
A place in the Tenderloin where sleep is sacred
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Every morning in the Tenderloin, when people all around San Francisco are starting to wake up, around 30 people gather at St. Boniface Church, wait...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:07
How is U.C. Berkeley addressing sexual assaults on campus?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Student activists Sofie Karasek and Meghan Warner, Credit: Liz Mak
On the state level, California is working to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. In September, the state passed a new “Yes means Yes” la...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
From Graduation to Deadly Confrontation: A WWII Story...
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
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It was 1945, Joe Prinster was just hours into his high school diploma when he was told to "pack and be ready to get on the train in the morning...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
Oakland seniors looking for work find help at ASSETS program
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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A majority of Americans say their biggest financial concern is that they won’t be able to save enough money to retire. This finding, by a recent Ga...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:20