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Caption: Jonathan Brown
This story is about a high school teacher in New Orleans who looks back on his shenanigans as a student, and how teaching helps him grow.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Cailan and Collin, Credit: Bjorn Johnson
It's something a lot of young couples face when they graduate from high school. Should they split up as they go off to new adventures? Or should th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Sandip Roy discovers the very old recordings of the Archive of Indian Music.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Terry Project
In many ways, Emilie is your average twenty-something. But living with borderline personality disorder isn’t easy, and neither is getting the neces...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 32:06
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Zakiya Jackson understands she loves shopping, but also knows how to make sure it doesn't become an addiction the consumes her.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Joshua Williams struggles every day paying for food and finding a place just to sleep. Listen to an American teenager who has been homeless.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
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Jabari Omari dealt with adulthood much sooner than the typical teenager. This is his story of being forced to grow up way too fast.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:41
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For LaKeva Brown, finishing school comes with an added caveat: eviction. In LaKeva's situation, she must prepare to support herself.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
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Caelin Robinson learns how stressful running a household can be from his mother. The insight she provides him will change his life.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:43
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La' Trisha Dillon has to confront the financial consequences of a serious relationship coming to an end. In doing so, she's pushed to her limits.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:18
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"In 1979, the Beach Boys are still all over the radio. Wishing we could ALL be California Girls. You are not a very good good California Girl, desp...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
Caption: Kelly McEvers, Credit: Glen Carey
NPR's Kelly McEvers' unprecedented and intimate portrait of the sacrifices reporters and their families make to tell untold stories -- and the some...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KSUT, RadioFreePalmer, WYSO and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 81
Caption: Olga Colon., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
In this short documentary, longtime New Yorkers recall family cooking traditions and foods from home lost to immigration.

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
Caption: Margot Karp., Credit: Photo courtesy of Margot Karp.
Margot Karp, 86, moved with her family to Washington Heights, Manhattan, in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. Karp has fond memories of her mother's str...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
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Michael shares the empowering journey of claiming his own gender.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
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A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...

Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 6
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
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A laundromat isn't just a place for laundry, but can be a place for tranquility.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
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Mandy attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, she arrives at least an hour early for services, because that’s one of the things you...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:20
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:19
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:25
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: :54
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:31
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:24