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Gerald Alston of The Manhattans: Sometimes We Have to Step Out on Faith
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Gerald Alston, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Gerald Alston is an American R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five a...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 02:50
Mother Mine Mother's Day Special
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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Who are our mothers and how have they shaped our lives? This Mother's Day we hear 10 people from around the world talk about their mothers -- the g...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WHFR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 14
Mother Mine Mother's Day Special: Part 2
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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Who are our mothers and how have they shaped our lives? This Mother's Day we hear 10 people from around the world talk about their mothers -- the g...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
Mother Mine Mother's Day Special: Part 1
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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Who are our mothers and how have they shaped our lives? This Mothers Day we hear 10 people from around the world talk about their mothers -- the go...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 3
Mother Mine: February Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear people from Kenya, Argentina, the UK, Sweden, Finland, and the US talk about their mothers and who they are because of them.

Bought by WMPG and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 26:36
  • Purchases: 2
Mother Mine: December Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear people from Qatar, China, the Philippines, and the US talk about who they are because of their mothers.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMPG, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 10, 2021
  • Length: 26:20
  • Purchases: 3
Mother Mine: October Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear four people from around the world talking about how their mothers have shaped them. From Brazil to Kenya to New England we he...

Bought by WMPG and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
August Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear from 4 people around the world talking about their mothers, and how their mothers have shaped them. From a mother whose strug...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, RadioStPete Florida, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Mother Mine: June Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear five people talk about their mothers, and how their mothers have shaped them. From the expectations their mothers had that th...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMPG, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 3
That isn't a lake
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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When Jerry saw the picture of his home submerged in floodwater, he couldn't believe his eyes.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 1
Place and Privilege
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here
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Sacramento is considered one of the most integrated and diverse cities in America. But neighborhoods in California's capital are changing, in part,...

Bought by KZYX, KUAF Public Radio, KVCR, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Oct 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Change is Challenging
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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The summer before her sophomore year of high school, Audrey’s parents filed for a divorce. This momentous change affected her views on family, marr...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Samantha Broun with Ernest Preate , Credit: Associated Press
This is a story about a terrible crime and everything that followed. It’s an intensely personal documentary, but it extends into public life and in...

Bought by HowSound, WGBH Radio Boston, KTSW 89.9, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WHYY and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 19
Becoming An Advocate
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 11:00
A Survivor Story
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 21:09
A Purple Heart
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you save an important piece of your past while building your future?

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:39
Anything Can Happen Part 2
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: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:32
Teen Mom Reality
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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When you’re an 18 year old mom-to-be, what are your resources and how do you cope?

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:35
Julian's Dinosaurs
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How does a family function when living out of a hospital during a young child's illness?

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
Mandy's Diary: God is my Guy
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Mandy attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, she arrives at least an hour early for services, because that’s one of the things you...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:20
Mental Illness
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
I remember going to my first rock show, the Alkaline Trio, I was 12, a tall 12-year-old. I left there a mess. I had been hit in the face, my shir...

Bought by PRX Remix, Vocalo.org, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 3
Half My Family Is Illegal
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
"At some point when I was growing up I admit I was mad at my parents for coming here. I was mad that they had to work so hard, that we had to wait ...

Bought by KDNK, KSFR, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 5
The Decisions Project - 22 - Accepting Gay Father
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A teenage girl talks about learning that her father is gay and her subsequent decision to stay with him.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
Heidi Portrait
From: Jamie Courville
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Heidi was adopted from Iran when she was three years old and raised in blue-blood Virginia. She will never be able to find her biological mother, b...

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


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 4
Stuck
From: Radio Rookies
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Kaddeem Wright enjoys reading philosophy and arguing with his friends about history and politics. With his smarts and innate curiosity about the wo...

Bought by The Story, KUT, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 4