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StoryCorps: Zoe Courville and Lora Koenig
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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When Dr. Lora Koenig and Dr. Zoe Courville met in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet while doing climate research, their friendship helped them ...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WEZU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 4
I checked the 'Hispanic' box, but I feel like a fraud
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Untitled (July 28, 2017)
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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In Episode 12: The teenagers of Small Syria are learning a lot these days. They’ve been studying English and math and American history. And they ar...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
Dia de los Muertos
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
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Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Sarah Churchill and Yomi Wrong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sarah Churchill tells her daughter Yomi Wrong -- who has a genetic disorder that causes her bones to break easily -- about the night Yomi was born.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 4
Halo Halo: Growing up “Mix Mix,” Filipino in the American South (Gravy Ep. 37)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Alexis Diao's Father's Family in the Philippines.
When Alexis Diao’s father arrived in Tallahassee, Florida, he couldn’t even find coconut milk—let alone many other ingredients to make the Filipino...

Bought by KVLU, WJCT, and WABE


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 26:13
  • Purchases: 3
58 Forbidden Crushes Part 3: My Secret Gay Crush
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Part 3 of our series on Forbidden Crushes features a closeted teen who wants to pour her heart out to her crush but fears outing herself.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2016
  • Length: 24:05
RDD: The RDD Meets TSN
From: WGTE Public Media
Caption: A copy of a Toledo Streets Newspaper
This week The Rough Draft Diaries was introduced to the Toledo Streets Newspaper, a paper with a mission. We met Courtney Billian, the Workforce De...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:22
The Fight for Secular Education
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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When Paige was faced with the difficult decision of choosing between her mother's faith and her access to education, she was forced to put her own ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
34 Jessica: I Was a 10 Year-Old Maid
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The diaries of a girl who went to work as a house maid at age 10, including cleaning the home of a popular classmate.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 1
Hurt
From: City High Radio
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High school freshmen Jasmine and Emily ask their classmates what they think of kids who cut or harm themselves intentionally. Why do people self ha...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:05
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2011
Caption: Weekday High interns interview Lisa, a member of the Rainbow Family. They're a group that meets in national parks to pray for world peace. Lisa is not her real name., Credit: Emma Baker and Delvonte Felder
Our week of RadioActive introductions continues with hosts Delvonte Felder and Emma Baker. In their personal stories, Delvonte learns about respons...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 1
Easy, Cheap, and Fast to Make: How to make Spaghetti by Nicolas Pena
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
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Nicolas interviews his dad while making spaghetti, who emphasizes how important it is to know how to cook-especially when you are single, and/or wh...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
The Couple that Saws Together, Stays Together
From: Bring Your Own
Caption: Eve Abrams and her 2 handled saw, Credit: Greg Schatz
This story was told live on September 17th at 915 N. Dupre. The theme of the evening was "Worth the Wait?" Eve Abrams tells of her attempts to inco...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 06:12
Jack and Rose
From: Emma Miller
Caption: Gloria and Rose
Sassy and sagacious Gloria, 85, shares stories of being in both a conventional heterosexual marriage and a long-time same-sex relationship.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
Multi-Generational Living
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Where do you turn when you can’t afford to live in the city?

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Mother's Day - "Floating On Cold Water While More Falls From the Sky. Why?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Tara and Lulama
From: Littleglobe
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Antonio and John
From: Littleglobe
Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:34
Anything Can Happen - Road Trip: Part1
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you plan a road trip from one side of the continent to the other – or Can you?

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 05:37
Centerstage Minnesota: Rena Haus Talks With Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Rena Haus
In this edition of Centerstage Minnesota, Northern Community Radio Producer Britt Aamodt presents a feature on Blues, country, and folk singer-song...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Barbara Amaya and Bianca Belteton
From: StoryCorps
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Barbara Amaya tells her daughter, Bianca Belteton, about falling into the hands of sex traffickers as a 12-year-old runaway.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Parts of Speech
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Doug Harlow isn't afraid to use his voice. He works as reporter in Maine and churns out seven, sometimes eight, articles a week. Doug is a born com...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 4