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My dad's Cinderella story: Finding love in Somalia
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The author's parents, Fetiha Omer and Abdul-Basit Hassan, in Somalia., Credit: Courtesy of Zubeyda Ahmed
"My dad's life story is kind of like Cinderella’s. He grew up without a mom, worked for an evil relative and found his princess in the least expect...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
My mom was once single and homeless. That's why she does this job
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The mother of RadioActive producer Hanad Jama, Nimo Husien with her niece Ardo Hersi. (Also a RadioActive producer.), Credit: Courtesy of Hanad Jama
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Father's Day
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
I Do (Again)
From: Nora Ritchie
Caption: Lynne and Gary Brennan at a college winter formal in 1974. This photo was taken a few days after they were engaged.
In sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live. We’ve all heard wedding vows before. They are the promise that we will commit to our spou...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Love in 56KB
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
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He was in Beirut during the Lebanon-Israel war; she was in a small village outside of Rotterdam. They met on MSN Messenger.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1
Her Own Magical Fairyland
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A city girl, Sophie finds a tiny gap between her house and the next, wriggles through it and finds herself in a magical, secluded fairyland.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:49
Live Art Sound of the Human Soul Part 5
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Singer/songwriter Susan Greenbaum. , Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art,sponsored by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kind in the country. It’s the...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 25:54
#SCFlood The Local Buzz
From: Sloane Spencer
Caption: South Carolina Strong, Credit: Sloane Spencer
Two weeks before devastating flooding ravaged South Carolina, Stephanie Bridgers opened a community coffee shop, just blocks from one of many delug...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 04:44
Beauty in Transition
From: Matt Leibowitz
Caption: In the van, Credit: Nicola Benizzi
Report on the "Beauty in Transition" mobile hair salon.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:01
Tales from the South 115: Tin Roof Project with Mark Landon Smith
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
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We kick off our Season 8 with writer, actor, and director Mark Landon Smith on our monthly Tin Roof Project reading a story about a family secret. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1930's
From: Michael Fussell
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My neighbor, Euginie Bensor, shares stories about her childhood in East Baltimore.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:50
Revelations In the Mudflats
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Coastal Studies for Girls is a hands-on marine science and leadership program for sophomores in high school. But for 15-year-old Laura, it’s more ...

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Valentine's Day
From: Spokane Public Radio
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The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
A Long Way from Baghdad
From: Addie Goss
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A profile of the one Iraqi student at the University of Wyoming

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
Birth Plan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Preparing for a major moment in unusual circumstances.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:19
Coming home to The Waving Man
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Coming home from A. Broad past The Waving Man.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 07:48
Undatable in the City
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Undatable
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Searching for Love in Face of Cancer

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
From Farm to Restaurant
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Organic farmer Cindy Jones describes turning her farm into a restaurant for one night.

Bought by WMUK


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Dad's Tray
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here he tells ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:09
Heather the Seamstress
From: KUOW
Series: Spring 2006 Fundraising Spots
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"It just takes time. It's the art of radio and telling stories."

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: (Christmas) Mom's Secret Christmas List
From: Spokane Public Radio
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When my children ask what I want for Christmas, I give the the standard list: perfume, slippers and things like that. But I have a secret list.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: Scent Bonds Mothers to their Children
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Scent Bonds Mothers To Their Children essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap

  • Added: Jul 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
Home Planet: "Hot or Not?" by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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"Hot or Not?" essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome Baby Max
From: B-Side Radio
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Getting to the birth of baby Max took Sarah Baughn on a surprising journey.

Bought by XRAY.fm and WFUV


  • Added: Nov 28, 2004
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2