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The Man in the President's Limo
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. There are many photos from that day — Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in aboard Air ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUCB


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Joy Kahahawai and Kim Farrant
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kim Farrant and Joy Kahahawai-Welch at their StoryCorps interview in Honolulu on June 17, 2022, Credit: Ben DeHaven for StoryCorps
Sisters Kim Farrant and Joy Kahahawai-Welch remember their uncle, Joseph Kahahawai, who was murdered in Hawaii in 1932.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
StoryCorps: Angelina McCall and Matt McCall
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Angelina McCall after graduating from nursing school in the spring of 2020. , Credit: Photo courtesy the participants
After Angelina McCall left her job at a Tucson ER, she wondered if she was cut out for nursing. Then a volunteer position on the US-Mexico border h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 23
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Prioritizing stories that don’t get a lot of attention.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 50:01
  • Purchases: 1
All My Sons
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Arthur Miller's powerful drama of a family in denial.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 32
StoryCorps: Tom Sullivan and Terry Sullivan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Tom and Terry Sullivan at their StoryCorps interview in Centennial, CO on July 9, 2022., Credit: Annie Russell for StoryCorp
Tom and Terry Sullivan share how they honor their son Alex, one of twelve people a mass shooter killed in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colorad...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 1
Behind the Sheet
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A story of bravery in the face of inhuman treatment.

Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, WPCA-LP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 17
StoryCorps Griot: Alexander Landau and Nina Askew
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Alexander Landau spoke with his friend, Nina Askew, about the support they’ve given each other after both experienced violent arrests from Colorado...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
From Nothing, Into Something
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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This story shows the process and the drastic change from an alcoholic and addict to a wife , a mother , a grandmother, 12 year recovering addict an...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 07:29
San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin Native American Heritage Month with Cherokee citizen, Kim Shuck, the author of the recently released poetry collection, WHOSE WATER. San F...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Peter Balakian
From: New Letters on the Air
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Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Peter Balakian talks about his 2010 book, ZIGGURAT-- a contemplation on architecture, visual arts, his personal experi...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
HMT 86-90
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 86-90

  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 03:34
HMT 67-85
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 67-85

  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 09:17
HMT 62-66
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 62-66

  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 08:46
HMT 49-61
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 49-61

  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 09:16
HMT 36-42
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 36-42

  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 10:08
HMT 29-35
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 29-35

  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 11:03
Alee Opuiyo: Wanted to Commit Suicide
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Alafaka Opuiyo, Credit: Shefik
Love - Alee Opuiyo is a 2005 Howard University School of Communications graduate. She majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Political Scie...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:19
Scarce Paper, Extreme Historical Phenomena
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Polish American artist Piotr Szyhalski works in his basement.
Polish American artist Piotr Szyhalski turned to drawing during the Covid-19 stay at home orders. Working in his basement, he responded to news rep...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Teaching women to fight for themselves
From: Hannah Herner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After experiencing domestic abuse, Michelle Dirienzo started her own company to teach women self-defense in a non-threatening environment

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
A Wild Ride
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2019
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This is about toxic friends and how they affect your mentality.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 06:15
VIVA LA MUJER ANABEL MARQUEZ
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: Viva La Mujer
Caption: women power, Credit: npr
In Viva La Mujer we speak to different Latinas creating spaces and power in different platforms around the country.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 01:00
Broken Glass
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
Caption: JoBeth Williams
A probing psychological drama from Arthur Miller.

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, WNJR, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 18
The White Whale
From: Matt Frassica
Caption: Michael Gorman and Alan Barnes Netherton in "Chasing the New White Whale", Credit: Carlos Cardona
Opiate addiction has become increasingly common in the commercial fishing industry. For one Massachusetts-born playwright, a brother’s death from a...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 09:30
180331 Our Sanctuary, New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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To stay in New Orleans is to abandon health, wealth and reasonableness in favor of enjoying the moment. Living the non-commercial life of quality ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:23