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StoryCorps: Alicia Beltrán-Castañeda and Serena Castañeda
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A mother tells her daughter about growing up in California in the late 1960s, and the lesson learned after her mother gave her beloved bed away.

Bought by KZYX, WGUC/ WVXU, WEZU, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Carmen Giménez Smith - 268
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Carmen Giménez Smith talks poetry, politics, and feminism, and reads from 'Milk and Filth.'

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
The Write Question - Barbara Van Cleve - 262
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ranch photographer Barbara Van Cleve talks about making her images and the "romance" of the West.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KUPR low power FM, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dipa Karmar, India's Pride and Shame
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dipa Karmakar in Rio
On Sunday night, much of India was watching television with bated breath. All for one young woman at the Rio Olympics. Her name is Dipa Karmakar an...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
#1603 - Rethinking the Church in the 21st Century: Diana Butler Bass
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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In this far-ranging conversation, David Dault talks to Diana Butler Bass about her new book, Grounded: Finding God in the World - A Spiritual Revol...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Cassie Pruyn on Royal Street
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: The Poetic City
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Cassie Pruyn reads her poem "Flaneur on Royal Street" on the corner of Ursulines and Royal in the French Quarter.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:12
#SayHerName: Black Love in Action
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jamison and Yuvette at the BART Station going to Disney on Ice, Credit: Photo provided by Jamison Robinson
Jamison Robinson, Yuvette Henderson’s brother, talks about the difference it makes when a community comes together to demand justice after the poli...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
"Hijab Diaries"
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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A new podcast new to WFHB

  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 09:41
ALLAN WOLPER TALKS TO ARACELIS LUCERO
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Aracelis Lucero, a former Wall Street executive who was raised in the South Bronx, has rededicated her life to mentoring the thousands of documente...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:09
Dame Stephanie Shirley on Survival Code
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I have to make my life worth saving, and each day you spend as if it would be your last" - Dame Stephanie Shirley in 2010 from an oral history at ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 16:33
  • Purchases: 1
CHOICE/LESS 101: Candice
From: Jennifer Stanley
Series: CHOICE/LESS
Caption: Candice Russell in her home in Irving, Texas. , Credit: (Jenn Stanley//RH Reality Check)
In this first episode of CHOICE/LESS, we hear from Candice, an activist, Texan, and Latina who will argue in front of the Supreme Court on March 2 ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 21:50
The Evolution of Erin Condren Planners
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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ne of the businesses that has been growing within the sector of organizational planners is Erin Condren. Erin talks with Sophia Breton about how sh...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:23
Alice Blessing: Fine Art Finger Painter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Alice Blessing Self-Portrait
Alice Blessing is a fine art painter who specializes in portraits. Her favorite medium? Acrylics on canvas. Her preferred technique? Fingerpainting...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 12:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Speed of Sound: Rhiannon Giddens
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Rhiannon Giddens has become one of the strongest voices in music today. As one part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, she dug deep into historical...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
When a Teacher Helps Decide Your Future
From: Tally Abecassis
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What if an influential teacher set you on your life's path? What would that teacher say if she met you today?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 19:07
The Write Question - Margaret Grundstein - 243
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Margaret Grundstein talks about and reads from her memoir NAKED IN THE WOODS: My Unexpected Years In A Hippie Commune. She also comments on why fem...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Access to Water: What's it like to worry about every drop?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Access to water has been declared an international human right, but it may be increasingly difficult to enforce. This episode explores how countrie...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
Novel Explores the Meaning of Home
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Megan Kruse talks about and reads from her debut novel, Call Me Home

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Jaciara Bayer: Transracial Adoptions and White Privilege
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Jaciara Bayer, a transracial adoptee who shares her personal experiences of being told she’s different, growing up in a w...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Josanna Kiggins: Skin Color, Gender and Song
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses racial discrimination and cultural gender norms with Josanna Kiggins, a young black woman living in the small, predominantl...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
A Contemporary Woman's History
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Brenda Mbaabu, an immigrant woman in her mid-twenties from Nairobi, Kenya who shares her Meru tribal history and experien...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Chasing a Dream
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Steffi’s passion, dedication, and strength contributed to achieving her goal of playing softball at a collegiate level.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
The Write Question - David Allan Cates - 242
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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David Allan Cates talks about and reads from his latest novel, Tom Connor's Gift.

Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Claudia Emerson: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson, the former Virginia Poet Laureate (2008-10) who died December 4, 2014. Emerson deftly port...

Bought by WABE and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2