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Jumping Off The Raft Without Dad
From: Nanci Olesen
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First person narrative about missing my dad.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KTNA, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 4
Flag Day: Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy
From: Melissa Ingells
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A Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy Remembered on Flag Day

Bought by WTIP, KISU, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
The Comeback
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Shaun Waters tells his story of fighting his way back to a normal life after a life-threatening brain infection.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
  • Purchases: 1
Only For A While
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Natasha Fatah has always seen herself as a third parent for her autistic younger sister which makes leaving home for a career opportunity a very di...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
My Muslim Hairdresser
From: Shana Sheehy
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Hairdresser converts to Islam and discusses the dilemma of "covering up her moneymaker."

Bought by Interfaith Voices, KXOT Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 3
A House With Many Rooms
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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In this intimate and compelling memoir, Marti Em offers a rare glimpse into what it is like to live with multiple personalities.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
My Body
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This program looks at society's fixation with breasts -- a fixation that can be playful -- or downright painful.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 1
Because He Wants To
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jude Kelly confronts his friend Steven with the question: “If I can quit doing crack, why can’t you?”

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:58
It's Like Riding A Bike
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For Christa Couture, the simple child's pleasure of riding a bike has eluded her until recently.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 2
Coming Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Van Evra and Eric Denison discover together what make a house a home.

Bought by KUOW, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 3
The Change In Farming
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This story by Adam Goddard, a Toronto-based composer, is a celebration of the life and character of his grandfather.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, KGLT, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 6
My Dad's Records
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Kent Hoffman draws an intimate portrait of his late father through the memories triggered by an inherited record collection.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 7
A Voice Of Warning
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jade's voice speaks a loud warning to thousands of students.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 3
Crazy Like A Fox
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Darren O'Donnell describes a psychotic episode.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:15
  • Purchases: 1
He Just Can't Help It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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According to 15 year old Marybeth Whalen, her younger brother has turned her life and the life of her family upside down.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 2
Mother's Day "Far Side"
From: Jake Warga
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My mother, her humor and the loss. (Version 2 is without host intro and outro)

Bought by KMXT, WABE, PRX Remix, Delta College Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 11
Ursula Le Guin's Riff on Writing
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Famed Author Ursula K. Le Guin talks about the art of writing.

Bought by KZYX, PRX Remix, KZYX, PRX to iTunes, KGLT and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2005
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 6
Revoking My Citizenship to iPod Nation
From: Meghna Chakrabarti
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Girl buys iPod. Girl enters bubble. Girl wants out.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 1
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
From: Radio Arte
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If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Baseball That Never Was
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the good old days of radio re-creations of baseball games

Bought by KSRQ, WTIP, KZYX, and WSHU


  • Added: Apr 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 4
LIVE at the Writers House: Writers who work at Penn
From: WXPN
Series: LIVE at the Writers House
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This edition of LIVE at the Writers House features poets and writers from the University of Pennsylvania community.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 59:01
Women Making Music: Mary Gauthier
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
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Mary Gauthier is a Nashville based performer who has used her rich life experience as fodder for her material.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, Public Interactive, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
1998 Carl Rakosi - Satyricon
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Rakosi reads incisive political critique

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
1990 Bobbie Louise Hawkins - First Story
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bobbie Louise Hawkins is a Beat era writer and one woman performer, reading a beautiful piece

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
Women Making Music: Joan Baez
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this "Women Making Music" vignette folk icon Joan Baez ponders her evolution in both her personal and artistic life since her beginnings as a pe...

Bought by WHQR, WSGE, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WYOU and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 10

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