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I Met My Dad On Friendster
From: Jennifer Durban
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The title says it all...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 14:37
The Ground We Lived On
From: Sound Portraits
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 12
Muriel's Message
From: mira burt-wintonick
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Radio Portrait of a Grandma

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, Remix Radio, WYBC and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
You Only Have To Look and See
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Martha Solomon tries to discover more about the work of her late father, a highly regarded photographer. What Martha discovers is the difference be...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Good I Could Have Been
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Adrienne's mother grew up unloved and unwanted at an Indian residential school but Adrienne won't let her mother use that as an excuse for raising ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KSUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 2
To Be Pain Free
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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There is never a moment in any day when Corrina Hodgson is not in pain because of a heriditary spinal condition. How will this affect her brother's...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
Out of The Ashes
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Mastin's store was once the heart of the community where you could buy a bag of flour, a pair of boots, a side of beef and a flannel nightgown all ...

Bought by WTIP and KSUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Secrets of Stanley Mission
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For Tom Kernaghan, all the family stories begin at an old trading post and Mission church.

Bought by WTIP and KSUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 2
Schnartzenholler
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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It's not Christmas. It's not Hannukah. It's Schnartzenholler! When Emily Pearlman was a child her Jewish father and Christian mother created thei...

Bought by KISU, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 18
Welcome To My World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For a young Canadian child, the battles of the Second World War are so far in the past that they might as well be from another world.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
Fisherman's Wife
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jackie Hannam fell in love with a fisherman and so far their life together is often a life apart.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Bed and Bannock
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Most people move out of their parent's home as part of growing up. For Shae Morin coming home was exactly what he needed to do.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 1
Tiger Balm and Batman Comics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Edward Lee has questions about his family’s immigration to Canada, and the only person he can ask is his father.

Bought by WTIP, KCUR, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 4
Ralph & Rob & Glen & Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Keith Bloodworth introduces us to three mentally challenged men that he and his family have shared their home with for the past 15 years.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
Tough Love
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Divorced mom Lisa Wojna can understand why her boys tried drugs but now she wants them to stop.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 1
Mama's List
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Dunville drives to Prince Edward Island to engage her grandmother in a showdown, of sorts.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
A Colonel's Daughter
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Makiko Ishihara of Toronto travels to her childhood home in Japan to face some difficult memories.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, and WETA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 3
Hockey Mom
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Gillian Rutherford is a dedicated hockey mom who has decided to move from the stands onto the ice.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:16
Blissful Oblivion
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jess Perlitz visits her grandmother and discovers that coping with memory loss is as much about the present as it is about the past.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 2
My Pregnancy
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Dana Hennessey is 17, going to high school, and expecting a baby this spring.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
Patsy's Silent World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Trish Kelly explores her mother's silent world.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 1
She's Just Like Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Leah Rumack seeks out her mother's best friend to find out about the mother she never knew.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 3
Listening To Grandmere
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Genevieve Metropolis’s grandmother recorded her stories on tape with strict instructions: Do not listen until after I'm gone.

Bought by WTIP and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
You Must Be Ready
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Marianne Apostolides has always known there were things about her father’s past that were deliberately kept secret.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:01
  • Purchases: 1
To Give and To Receive
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Amanda Stewart and Jane McLean have lived very different lives: Jane volunteers to raise money for her local food bank and Amanda needs her local f...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 3