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S4 EP6: The Ride
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Pediatrician Christina Lee recounts a memorable ambulance ride from residency, in which she helped transport a child from the hospital to hospice.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 39:20
(Almost) Like Any Other Mom
From: Michelle Dahlenburg
Caption: Producer Michelle Dahlenburg with Joe DePrang
Joe DePrang knows that embracing his new identity is what's right for him, but worries about how it will affect his two young children.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 2
Hiking with Sam - Ages 5 and 11
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: Sean and Sam Hurley on Welch Mountain., Credit: Sean Hurley
This is a parenting story and a story about time. I've been hiking with my son Sam since he was born. In this story, I contrast recordings I made...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
Episode 3: Lost weekends
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Betty Peters, known as Mama Betty, shuttles jail visitors along the last mile of the journey. , Credit: George Lavender
Thousands of Los Angeles County prisoners are housed in Pitchess Detention center. For visitors, the journey to the jail can take all day. The clos...

Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
The Neighborhood
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A postcard from childhood, that place we remember but can't visit anymore...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 10:46
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Zach Skiles and Scott Skiles
From: StoryCorps
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When Marine Cpl. Zach Stiles returned from Iraq, he couldn't sleep, hold down a job or pay rent. He and his father sat down with StoryCorps to talk...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Kevin Berthia and Kevin Briggs
From: StoryCorps
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Kevin Berthia talks with retired California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Briggs. They met the day Berthia tried to end his life by jumping off the ...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Raphael Hameed, Heidi Hameed, and Megiddëh Goldston
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Raphael and Heidi Hameed (R) lost their son when he was struck by a speeding car. They spoke with Megiddëh Goldston (L), the driver's sister, about...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 3
Anorexia, a family affair
From: Masako Fukui
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29 year old Kate hasn't eaten for six months. She has been hospitalised 11 times this year. She's had an eating disorder since she was a teenager. ...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 51:41
The Drive Home
From: Timothy Nicastri
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Behind the wheel for the first time, a new Dad.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Not Just a Ride Home
From: Katie Klocksin
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Michael Powell is a train driver for the Chicago Transit Authority. He captivated me for years with his chatty speeches over the train's speakers. ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:05
  • 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
Traveling Blind
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Laura Fogg, author of “Traveling Blind:  Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” a memoir of her experienc...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
Amricani
From: Sharif Youssef
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A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
Tales from the South 48: Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
Caption: Montgomery Trucking playing at Tales
True stories by Southerners in front of a live audience. This week's stories show us the innocence, imagination, and skewed logic of a child's mind...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nap Boot Camp
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Kate at her "battle station," with Adelle at 4 months, Credit: Kate Bowman-Johnston
An exasperated mom decides that her daughter WILL nap in her crib by the end of the week.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
A child's view of domestic violence
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Valencia McMurray (left) interviews her mother about the attack that nearly took her life when Valencia was 6., Credit: Sasha Aslanian
Valencia McMurray revisits an incident that happened in her family when she was six and has kept a hold on her family 14 years later.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and YouthCast


  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 4
Tales from the South 027
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Annual Mothers Show: Amy Manning Burns is in the very first stages of becoming a mother, Ardee Eichelmann's newborn son cries in pain as the pain o...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Kittens Can Do it, So Why Can't We?
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
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A mom who finds breastfeeding stressful discovers that a machine helps her feel closer to her son.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 11:53
  • Purchases: 1
Is Class Over Yet?
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Liesl preps S for an Oliver + S photo shoot., Credit: Todd Gibson
A woman leaves her dream job to stay home with her baby, and then, out of boredom, starts sewing and unwittingly creates a new full-time job for he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 14:16
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Child Birth: "Is the Plan still the Plan?"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: The new baby, Avery Arena, Credit: Katy Sewall
It is good to have a birth plan. The one problem? The birth of a child can be unpredictable. Radio Producer Katy Sewall brings us the story of on...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 11:56
Hidden Kitchen Mama
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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Mothers and kitchens. The food they cooked or didn’t. The stories they told or couldn’t. In honor of Mother’s Day we linger in the kitchen.

Bought by KWMR, XRAY.fm, WABE, PRX Remix, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 11
Someone to Tuck Me In
From: Radio Rookies
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Last year at a routine check-up, 15-year-old Raymond Henderson decided to tell the truth. When his doctor noticed bruises on his neck, Raymond admi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 3
Musical Journeys
From: The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis
Series: Art for Ears
Caption: Amanda Ratliff
Featuring programmatic music of Richard Strauss (selections from Don Quixote); Liszt (an excerpt of Vallée d’Obermann from the Swiss book “Years of...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Jul 31, 2009
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1