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Remember the Veterans
From: John Messmer
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
During this time of year remember the veterans.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: :10
  • Purchases: 1
The Golden Lions - The Battle of the Bulge (Sample Reading)
From: John Messmer
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My Dad never wanted to be a hero. Survival was the only option.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
Inocente - Art Saved My Life.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Inocente, the subject of the Oscar-winning short doc of the same name, talks about the importance of art in her life. [8:18]

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Who I am
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Carmen, a Minneapolis middle school student gives a fine accounting of why she is as she is.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
To My Unborn Family
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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A young Somali high school student expresses how she intends to feel about her future family

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Designer's Creative Focus Shifts With Diagnosis
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Andrea Leggitt's mobile designs draw on memes and pop culture favorites., Credit: Andrea Leggitt
Andrea Leggitt's life and creative focus changed when she got some unexpected news shortly after she graduated from Arizona State University with a...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:37
Sights & Sounds of Bayview: Dancing with the ladies in line
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview
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On a wide street full of work spaces, lined with cars and no trees in sight is the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center. It’s the one building on the ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Maria, from Mangalia to Europe
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Maria in Mangalia, Credit: Anton Foek
Maria is a young and vibrant woman from Mangalia in Romenia and doing her international studies about European integration in Maastricht, Holland.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:33
Bruised
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: John Cruitt and Cecile Doyle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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John Cruitt speaks with his former third grade teacher, Cecile Doyle, about how she helped him through his mother's death.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Linda Hernandez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Linda Hernandez remembers growing up as one of the few Latinos in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 3
Episode # 29 - Castaway: Dawn McAndrews
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On October 22nd our 29th castaway was DAWN MCANDREWS, the Artistic Director of The Theatre at Monmouth. Dawn is an accomplished director, producer,...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:35:31
StoryCorps: Tierra Jackson and John Horan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 3
Episode # 26 - Castaway: Peter Turner
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On October 1st our castaway was fine furniture maker PETER TURNER, who lives in South Portland, Maine. What's unique about Peter are the ways in w...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:05:10
Episode # 23 - Castaway: Renee Blanche
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On September 10th our 23rd castaway on "Desert Island Discs" was RENEE BLANCHE, - Tai Chi practitioner, dancing machine and Vagina Monologue perfor...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:24:26
Happy with Nothing
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new version of success

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
A Soldier's Story on Film
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Disabled high school student finds his voice on the radio
From: Craig LeMoult
Caption: Wyatt Davis in the WWPT studio, Credit: Craig LeMoult
High school student Wyatt Davis has a severe form of cerebral palsy, leaving him with little mobility and no ability to speak. But with the help of...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps NTI: Kate Musick and Harleé Patrick, Jose Catalan and Carlos Vizcarra
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kate Musick (L) with her former student Harleé Patrick (R)
Two stories about teachers who went beyond the classroom to help their kids.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 5
Drips, Smears and Smudges
From: Cheryl Bowlan
Caption: Tim Lynn, artist, Credit: Cheryl Bowlan
Paralyzed from the shoulders down and colorblind, Tim Lynn managed to become a talented painter whose work has hung in several San Francisco Bay Ar...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 11:14
Kareem Salama, Muslim Cowboy
From: Kyle Gassiott
Caption: Kareem Salama
Born to Egyptian immigrants and raised in Ponca City, OK Kareem Salama drove a pickup truck to high school; wore a black hat and bolo tie; and drea...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Noe Rueda and Alex Fernandez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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19-year-old Noe Rueda (R) talks to his high school economics teacher, Alex Fernandez (L), about growing up poor in Chicago.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Mavis Staples on Getting Back on Top at 71
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples has been singing since the 1960s. Now as her career enters its sixth decade, she has just won her first Grammy...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Meet My Dad
From: Homelands Productions
Caption: Mike Miller sings twice a week at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston. At left is his grandson Ben.
Reporter Jon Miller celebrates his 83-year-old father, Mike, a retired schoolteacher who shares his zest for life with residents of a Boston nursin...

Bought by KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 6

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