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Khotan Shahbazi-Harmon - Father Executed During Iranian Revolution
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Khotan Shahbazi-Harmon
Khotan was born in Iran but fled at the age of 13. Shortly after she left, her father was executed, her mother was imprisoned and their home was ra...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 25:20
Our Ups and Downs
From: WHJE
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Growing up with and raising a family member with Down Syndrome.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
"If These Walls Could Talk: Inside Youth Speak Out" SEASON TWO
From: Susan Stone
Caption: Justice for Youth mural, Credit: San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center
"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
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
Back of the Head
From: WHJE
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No matter who you are, each one of us has a story and you can never be sure of what is true about someone until you get to know theirs. This is Le...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:31
Iraqi Refugees in Syria
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Gridlock" (6/25/10): War News Radio reports on the lives of Iraqi refugees in exile, particularly those who fled to Syria after 2003.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 08:59
Producer Profile: Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann about their film Smokin' Fish.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:08
Lost Quest
From: City High Radio
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M's father lives in Texas, far from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Life in Tucson with her mom feels unstable, so she decides to run away.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:42
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
This Is Not The Story You Think It Is... A Season of Unlikely Happiness, by Laura Munson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Laura Munson, Credit: Heidi Long
Laura Munson is the author of 14 unpublished novels and one memoir, which was published almost immediately after she wrote it. This is Not The Stor...

Bought by KWMR, WFIU, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
My Mother's Disease
From: Radio Rookies
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17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over ...

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
I Wonder What They're Like
From: WHJE
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Bradley and Nicole are not allowed to know anything about their birth parents until they turn 18 because they are part of a closed adoption.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
Rawfaith
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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George McKay had the fantastic dream to build a tall ship that’s wheel chair accessible.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1
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
This I Believe - Russel Honoré
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré believes hard work can build character and promote freedom.

Bought by KPIK-LP, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
One Story of Disability Care in New Mexico
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
This I Believe - Kendra Jones
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Kendra Jones, an English teacher in Alabama, believes in toughness, steeliness and even meanness.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KUOW, and WBHM


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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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...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
Baby Boomers' Changing Lifestyles
From: Marianne Gardner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A baby boomer couple reevaluate life and make a change

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Jimmy Liao
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Ichthyologist Jimmy Liao believes fish can teach us a lot about navigating the difficulties of life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
NASCAR Fans
From: Charlie Schroeder
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Two NASCAR fans relive their best night at the track

  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
How Many Times Do I Have to Say Good-Bye
From: KUNM
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Youth Producer Carmen Gallegos explores her feelings about her father.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
enlightenment by shotgun: coping with ALS
From: Aaron Henkin
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one man's accelerated perspective on life...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 20:00
Voices of the Fallen Part 2
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Newsweek magazine has compiled the personal correspondence of various fallen soldiers in Iraq, and today we are pleased to finally give voice to th...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1