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Scott: Flywheel burn
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Scott Furrer
Scott Furrer [FUR], dairy farmer, describes how his son Chris got his hand caught between a flywheel and shield, burning off the top of his fingers.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:39
Ron: Ladder fall from grain tank
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Ron McHargue with son Mike McHargue
Ron McHargue [mic-KAR-guh'] describes to son Mike his fall from a ladder on a metal grain tank

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Gloria: Fall in Manure Pit
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Gloria Edwards with granddaughter Eryn
Gloria Edwards tells how her child fell into their dairy farm manure pit while playing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
Diana: Combine Amputation
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Diana Hansen and her daughter Tanya Mitchell
Diana Hansen, wheat farmer, recounts losing her arm, relearning to do everything and refusing to be a victim.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
Brett: Harobed Rollover
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Brett Schrom with his sister Neesha Schrom
Brett Schrom [sh'-RAHM], a hay grower/beef producer, describes to his sister Neesha how his harobed threw him off.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
A Quiet Life: The Cork Poor Clares
From: Conor O'Toole
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A portrait of a hermetic way of life in modern Ireland, as told from behind monastery walls.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 58:19
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
Yesica's diary
From: Alix Blair
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This is about a young woman struggling with her identity as a Mexican-American.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
Self Portrait in Two Minutes
From: Ken Cormier
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sound collage of the self

  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
Unintended Detours Episode 6: Derailed
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Four interwoven stories of lives derailed by serious illness or accident.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2008
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 2
Now Jumping Back to the Pool
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on memories of the pool in South Rome, an historically black neighborhood in Rome (Floyd County), Georgia.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:03
Love, War, and PTSD
From: Karen Brown
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A young couple tells the story of married life after war -- and it's not pretty.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 2
Not All Bad things
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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A twelve year-old's audio diary about life with a mom in prison.

Bought by The Story, KGLT, KLCC, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 4
Jason Peacemaker
From: Teresa Goff
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Jason Peacemaker tells a personal story about HIV and addiction.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
the writing in the margins
From: gavin lapid
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this is a story i wrote last spring about changing my name and being gender-queer

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Out
From: Susan Goldberg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Susan's mother died of breast cancer on Mother's Day in 2004. She carried a genetic mutation that made her susceptible to the disease. After years ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 20:11
Rebuilding NOLA
From: WFUV
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The audio diary of a Habitat for Humanity volunteer in New Orleans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Reporting from the Red Light
From: Seattle Globalist
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A reporter's personal and ethical journey through Kolkata's red light districts.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2006
  • Length: 08:44
Interstate
From: Barrett Wolf
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Narrative by Biker/Poet J. Barrett Wolf

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 01:27
RN Documentary: Love Exile on the Road
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Martha McDevitt-Pugh, founder of Love Exiles, flew from Amsterdam to San Francisco to join over 40 marriage equality activists and supporters on a ...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Return to Israel
From: Cynthia Graber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cynthia Graber returns to Israel for the first time in four years, since the beginning of the second intifada, and interviews friends and relatives...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 04:55
Another Lousy Day
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A critically-acclaimed story detailing one man's quest to find the author of two diaries from 1960 and 1961 that he found in a thrift store.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, WYBC, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 4
Mom's Good Move
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 37:09
  • Purchases: 2
PART 4: The Family List
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Elmer Picket lost fourteen of his family members to cancer

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 4
Joey's Phone Call Home
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Joey, an incarcerated teen, calls home.

Bought by The Story, Remix Radio, WYBC, YouthCast, Space Gallery and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 6