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Becoming Visible
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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A cane helps Gloria Troyer keep her balance but she has mixed feelings about signalling her disability.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:02
To Be Pain Free
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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There is never a moment in any day when Corrina Hodgson is not in pain because of a heriditary spinal condition. How will this affect her brother's...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
Welcome To My World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For a young Canadian child, the battles of the Second World War are so far in the past that they might as well be from another world.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
Fisherman's Wife
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jackie Hannam fell in love with a fisherman and so far their life together is often a life apart.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Bed and Bannock
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Most people move out of their parent's home as part of growing up. For Shae Morin coming home was exactly what he needed to do.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 1
Ralph & Rob & Glen & Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Keith Bloodworth introduces us to three mentally challenged men that he and his family have shared their home with for the past 15 years.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
Just Live With It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Rick Cepella was out in the woods trying to capture the beauty of rural British Columbia when a small tick lodged in his scalp and giving him Lyme ...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 12:50
My Pregnancy
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Dana Hennessey is 17, going to high school, and expecting a baby this spring.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
Patsy's Silent World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Trish Kelly explores her mother's silent world.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 1
Walking The Wards
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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As a security officer in a large Vancouver hospital, Art Beck must be ready for anything.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:05
  • Purchases: 1
Can You Hear Me Now?
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Derek Ruediger documents his friend Chris's decision to have a cochlear implant operation.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Club
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Eight young boys with autistic spectrum disorder have formed "The Radio Club" to tell you what it’s like to view the world through the lens of autism.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
To Give and To Receive
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Amanda Stewart and Jane McLean have lived very different lives: Jane volunteers to raise money for her local food bank and Amanda needs her local f...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 3
Bonnie's Budget
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Bonnie has raised three daughters on less than twenty thousand dollars a year but according to Bonnie, she is anything but poor.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 08, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 3
Culture Shock: An Audio Documentary on the Rose Urban Rural Exchange
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio documentary profiling the experiences of four Alaska teens who took part in a unique cultural exchange.

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Birth Mother
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom
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After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KMXT, HowSound, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 16
The Comeback
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Shaun Waters tells his story of fighting his way back to a normal life after a life-threatening brain infection.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
  • Purchases: 1
A House With Many Rooms
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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In this intimate and compelling memoir, Marti Em offers a rare glimpse into what it is like to live with multiple personalities.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
My Body
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This program looks at society's fixation with breasts -- a fixation that can be playful -- or downright painful.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 1
Because He Wants To
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jude Kelly confronts his friend Steven with the question: “If I can quit doing crack, why can’t you?”

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:58
Bruce Bauer Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bruce broke his arm and severed two arteries, his crew and a small fishing village worked together to get him to a hospital.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 11:43
Vietnam Blues
From: Tina Antolini
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Vince Gabriel is a Vietnam veteran who's written an album of songs chronicling his experience of the war. He takes listeners back to 1968, to the j...

Bought by KSKA, RadioFreePalmer, WJSU, WABE, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2005
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 15
RN Documentary: Love Exile on the Road
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Martha McDevitt-Pugh, founder of Love Exiles, flew from Amsterdam to San Francisco to join over 40 marriage equality activists and supporters on a ...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Port Chicago 50: An Oral History
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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The story of the worst homefront disaster of World War II -- an ammunition explosion that killed more than 300 men -- and what happened to the 50 A...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVMR, WORT, KVNF and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 25:12
  • Purchases: 26
Bible Salesman
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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Former door-to-door Bible salesman Jim "The Rabbit" Baker, featured in the classic 1969 Maysles Brothers film Salesman, explains the secrets of his...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WYBC, KSUT, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 5

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