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From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
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On her kids' last day of school, Laura draws from Susan Wise Bauer's research, writing, and experience on how we can rethink the way we approach ou...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 22:02
A Life in Verse
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Poet Carl Phillips explores how life influences the creation of his poetry. Professor Timothy Moore then takes us back to ancient Greece and how an...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:05
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Mother's Day - "Floating On Cold Water While More Falls From the Sky. Why?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Ben Westlie - "The Road"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ben Westlie graduated from Bemidji State University in 2006 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He's published three chapbooks of poet...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
The Beat: Melissa Fletcher - "Waiting Room"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Melissa Fletcher makes her home in the Twin Cities. Her poems and short stories have been published both locally, and nationally. The Beat is a dai...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
Culturology: "Gown" an essay from Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KHSU


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
Meditating on loss while celebrating life
From: KALW
Caption: “El Mar de Julia,” by La Tania and Adrian Arias
El Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican holiday in which people honor the spirits of those who’ve passed. The holiday i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
MA-158 The Last, Best Job
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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Parents do not answer want ads in the classifieds, but their unpaid, unheralded job has some of the greatest rewards.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:34
Mother Chants
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Songs celebrating mothers and family

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
Rethinking Needs
From: Kyle Boelte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The author goes into the wilderness and comes back with a new appreciation of his needs.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
Postcard from Guatemala: No matter where you go...
From: Jake Warga
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No matter where you go, the past goes with you

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 4
Memoirs, Fathers and Oprah
From: KLCC
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Commentator Melissa Hart considers what sort of payback a memoir by her father might contain.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 03:39
My Pink Easter Dress
From: Miles Eddy
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Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 4
Kids on the Farm
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Farmer Cindy Jones talks about how growing up on a farm has affected her kids.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
Revelation and Reality: A Quest for Family Heritage
From: Katie Bausler
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A quest for family heritage on Prince Edward Island turns up unexpected results and revelations.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 10:51
Home Planet: Back To School List, by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Back to school.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Jumping Off The Raft Without Dad
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
First person narrative about missing my dad.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KTNA, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 4
Goodbye, Ma
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Saying Goodbye

  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:11
The Healing Blessing
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the healer becomes the healed.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
Graham Shelby on Public Assistance
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Graham Shelby is surprised to find himself seeking public assistance to help support his three new babies.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
Finding a Spiritual Home
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A young couple seeks community through joining a church.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2
Health Insurance Dilemma
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A young mother weighs the costs of buying health insurance against the risks of living without it.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 4
Thanksgiving story
From: Holly Kernan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A refugee remembers his first Thanksgiving

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WNCW, KRZA, WHRV, KHSU and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2003
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 42
Letter from the Dead
From: Holly Kernan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary: a letter from a father, five years after his death

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KISU, KUT, and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 06, 2003
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 4