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Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features

Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz

The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Life of the Law #107: In-Studio: Mother and Son, Spanking, and United

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Join us for In-Studio, when our team gets together in the studios of KQED in San Francisco to talk about our recent episodes, the law in the news a...

StoryCorps: Michael Benjamin Ryan and Michael John Ryan

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Judge Michael John Ryan talks with his son, Michael Benjamin Ryan, about growing up in an abusive household, and how he found the strength to gradu...

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

StoryCorps: Jasmine Pacheco and Carmen Pacheco-Jones

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Jasmine Pacheco (left) and Carmen Pacheco-Jones (right)

A mother talks to her daughter about what it was like to reconnect with her children after her years of drug and alcohol abuse tore their family ap...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WMUU-LP

Interveiw with Brenda Enriquez and Odalis Garcia

From: Generation Justice Admin

Brenda Enriquez and Odalis Garcia are two new mothers who share their experiences participating in a voluntary home visiting program in Santa Fe. ...

Interview with Jessica Collins

From: Generation Justice Admin

Strong Families New Mexico is a community leader that advocates for families of all shapes, colors, and sizes to ensure they are protected and empo...

Interview with Ludella Awad

From: Generation Justice Admin

Ludella Awad is a Syrian-American author and student who published two books on the human experience and her feelings on Syria, her family's home. ...

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...

Let's Get Intimate

From: Sara Brooke Curtis

A personal essay exploring all kinds of intimacy.

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...

StoryCorps: Josh and Chuck Lampert

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Josh Lampert and his father, Chuck, talk about Josh's struggle with mental illness, which began while Josh was in college more than a decade ago.

Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public

I Don't Call Her Mom

From: City High Radio

Caption: my mom--one of the only photos I have

Fifteen-year-old Ashley hasn't seen her mom in a long time.

Nothing's Ever Permanent in Foster Care

From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011

When I first went into foster care, I just felt lost. My friends kept saying, “Yo, you’re changing. You’re acting like you’re depressed.” I used...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix

Tales from the South 34: Father Show

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season

Paulette Mehta witnesses a painful goodbye, Frank Thurmond travels around the world to meet his father for the first time, and Judy Stokley copes w...

Bought by WUTC and WEKU

A Horse Named "Buckwheat"

From: Rogi Riverstone

What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...