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My Grandfather Who Worked on the Biggest Warship in the World
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: I Sat Down With...
Caption: An artist's rendition of Jack Roderick and the world's fastest plane, Credit: artist: Nick Ladas
Hunter White talked with his grandfather, Jack Roderick, a veteran of both the U.S. Navy and Air Force who helmed the USS Saratoga as a 20-year-old...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 03:10
Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ambassador Madeleine Kunin
The hardest book to write is the one about you. I’ve heard that story from so many authors. You want to be honest, yet there are times that can fee...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
403: Music On Your Mind / 404: After 30 Years of Prozac, 8/17/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Music On Your Mind" - Doctors say a simple song can awaken the minds of Alzheimer's patients. This hour, music as medicine. HOUR TWO: ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
Across the Reference Desk
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Online search engines are basically universal, so questions at the library reference desk are changing. We follow the story of one question, “I wan...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps OutLoud: Alexei Romanoff
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: David Farah (L) and Alexei Romanoff (R) at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles, California in June 2015. By Jill Glaser for StoryCorps.
Alexei Romanoff tells his husband, David Farah, about a mentor who taught him to be proud of who he was.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 03:12
Aging Isn't a Problem, Ageism Is
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an economy around our future selve...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Judy Collins - 698
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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An artist who literally need no introduction, the legendary singer and songwriter and Grammy Award winner Judy Collins visits with host John Florid...

Bought by WZRE, WMUU-LP, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 4
A Peace Choir and a Peace Elder
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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We'll meet the founders of the New Mexico Peace Choir, and also a military veteran and long-time peace activist Sally-Alice Thompson who, at 95, is...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Mar 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Peace Choir and a Peace Elder
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We'll meet the founders of the New Mexico Peace Choir, and also a military veteran and long-time peace activist Sally-Alice Thompson who, at 95, i...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
StoryCorps Griot: Jeanne Satterfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Old friends Jeanne Satterfield and Barbara Parham talk about how their unexpected reunion in a shelter led them closer to home.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:47
The Solitary One
From: Israel Story
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An Israeli writer was invited by text message to the funeral of a woman she never knew. She attends out of curiosity and finds over seventy people ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
Over My Dead Body!
From: Israel Story
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Shlomo Avni devoted the last few years of his life to a fight to be buried the way he wanted. Although, buried isn't quite the word - he wanted his...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 1
273: The Third Act / 274: Making A Home, 5/19/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Third Act" - If you think of life as a play in three acts, the final act is often the best. HOUR TWO: "Making A Home" - This hour,...

  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Daniel Ellsberg, The Pentagon Papers and The Post
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a 1997 conversation with whistle blower Daniel Ellsberg who released “The Pentagon Papers” in 1971.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. on One Man
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Orell Massey, Mendocino County's first and only black sheriff, who reflects on race and the impact of Dr. Martin Luther K...

Bought by WHFR and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Secrets of a Long Life: In Memory of Dr. Lillian Brown Vogel
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a 2009 interview with Dr. Lillian Brown Vogel, clinical psychologist and author of “What’s My Secret? One Hundred Years of M...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • 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
StoryCorps: Father Noel Hickie and Marcia Hilton
From: StoryCorps
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Father Noel Hickie was working as a hospital chaplain when he met Marcia Hilton, a bereavement counselor, at a hospital in Eugene, Oregon. For 25 y...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 02:07
  • 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
3 Weeks: Dying a Good Death
From: Julia Caulfield
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In February 2017, Claire Woodward died at home with the support of her family and hospice care. This is a documentary about the final three weeks o...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps OutLoud: Leslye Huff and Mary Ostendorf
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Leslye Huff (left) and Mary Ostendorf (right)
When they met in 1983, Leslye was open about her sexuality while Mary kept hers private. With a family Thanksgiving approaching, that all changed.

Bought by KRVS, Radio Catskill, WMUU-LP, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 4
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
Episode 12: Home On The Waves With A Seafaring Cowboy
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Herb Pownall wanted to see the world. So he boarded a ship bound for Europe…along with 800 cows.

Bought by KRZA and KUER


  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 19:18
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #93: Last Count
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Douglas Collier outside his cell, Credit: Greg Eskridge and Elisabeth Fall
Douglas Collier is a life-term inmate at San Quentin State Prison. For years he shared a 9'x4' foot cell with his friend Tony, a fellow inmate -- u...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 17:52
Joyce Ardnt Part1
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Gichi Aya'aag Bizindaw ya
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Char sits down and talks with Joyce Ardnt... Part 1 of 2

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 09:24

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