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Every Time You Leave
From: David Green
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Berlin, Germany - 1972. An American teenager tries to come to terms with what she sees and what she feels on both sides of the Wall while secretly ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Glenda and Larry Rike
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Glenda Rike tells her son, Larry, how his father, Aubrey Rike, came to be one of the few present when President John F. Kennedy received his last r...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 4
Princess Grace on JFK
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you’re wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President! However did you kno...

Bought by WABE, Troy Public Radio, WSLR, PRX Remix, and KZYX


  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 5
NOLA's Petals
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
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This story is about a New Orleans native who leaves the city after Hurricane Katrina, only to find his way back...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Constance Labetti
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Constance Labetti remembers her boss, Ron Fazio, who died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Shengqiao Chen and Zehao Zhou
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Shengqiao Chen (L) and Zehao Zhou (R)
Shengqiao Chen (L) tells his friend Zehao Zhou (R) about being smuggled to the U.S. aboard the Golden Venture in 1993.

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Robert Griffo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Griffo remembers how his life changed after the "Black Monday" stock market crash of 1987.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 2
Target Shooting
From: Y-Press
Series: Youth and legal uses of guns
Caption: Project Appleseed students take aim. Instructor Kate Bixler is in yellow at right., Credit: Peter Shirley, Y-Press
Indiana youth can attend a 4-H shooting sports program or a conservation camp with the Department of Natural Resources to learn gun safety and how ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:26
WWII Army Musician Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Homer Parce playing the cornet at his home., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Love of music prompted Homer Parce to sign up for an army band. Military service whisked the small town South Dakota boy across the Pacific just a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
Bonnie and Freddie
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Bonnie and Freddie Lee Jackson
In the midst of war, love.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:15
StoryCorps: Father Michael Duffy
From: StoryCorps
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Father Michael Duffy remembers his friend, Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Producer Profile: Christine Lesiak and Princella Parker
From: Vision Maker Media
Caption: Christine Lesiak
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with film producers Christine Lesiak and Princella Parker.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 16:00
When Former Enemies Sit Down and Talk About World War II
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Japanese WWII Propaganda
A Japanese student got fellow students from England, France, the USA, Germany, China and Japan to tell each other what World War II meant to them, ...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Margaret's Golden Birthday
From: andrew walsh
Caption: Margaret & Danae
Danae wanted to get Margaret something very, very special for her golden birthday. So she planned an elaborate surprise for her. But Margaret doesn...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tibetan Refugees Do Crafty Business in Nepal
From: Laura Spero
Caption: At the entrance to the Tashi Palkhiel Tibetan Refugee Camp in Pokhara, Nepal, Credit: Laura Spero
Tibetan refugees have been living in Nepal for over fifty years, and refugee camps are well-established collections of concrete homes. But Tibetan...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
Aha Moment: Underground Railroad
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: First Congregational Church of Detroit, Credit: http://www.the-ugrr.org/
Therese Peterson started volunteering as an actor in the the Underground Railroad Reenactment tour in late 2005. She says that if she wasn't given...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, KVNF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 15
25 Years Later, Elia Tape Lives On
From: Sam Hudzik
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anniversary of Legendary Rant by a Former Cubs Manager

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Bluma Shapiro: Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bluma Shapiro is a grandmother of four... and a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 15:25
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
Burial At Sea
From: Adam Allington
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Bill Bricker has one particular memory that colors his observation of Memorial Day

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 8
A Movement For Rosa
From: Richie Duchon
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Composer Mark Camphouse and conductor Marcellus Brown recall the time they wrote and performed a piece of music about, for and with Rosa Parks.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Salmon Homecoming
From: Robin Carneen
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Interview with Jr. Miss Slamon Homecoming Princess Kellie McDonald and her Mother Michelle

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 1
Retiring with Dahlias
From: Liz Jones
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A WW2 vet reflects on his time as a marine and his passion for growing dahlias.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 07, 2005
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
Oxford, UK & Oxford, GA: Divided by a Common Tongue
From: David Barasoain
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The differences in UK and US English

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 2
Flag Day: Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy
From: Melissa Ingells
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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