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119: Eve Ensler and the Radically Transformative Power of Apology
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Courtesy of The Commonwealth Club of California, Credit: James Meinerth
Stress warning: This episode contains conversation about sexual assault and violence. This week on Inflection Point, I talk with Eve Ensler, Tony ...

Bought by KKRN, KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KUT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
S2 E6 Dying To Tchaikovsky
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Family medicine physician Catherine Forest listens to one of he classical music idols serenade a dying loved one in the hospital.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 32:32
StoryCorps: SADA JACKSON AND ANGELA MOREHEAD-MUGITA
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sada Jackson learns about her late-mother through her mom’s best friend, Angela Morehead-Mugita.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis


  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
VIVA LA MUJER MARIA BARQUIN
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: Viva La Mujer
Caption: women power, Credit: npr
In Viva La Mujer we speak to different Latinas creating spaces and power in different platforms around the country.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 01:00
Osborn, John Jay:  A Marriage as a Separate Entity
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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“Listen to the Marriage” is a novel by John Jay Osborn, a retired lawyer and law professor. The story centers a marriage counselor and a recently s...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Musician's Spotlight - Beth Nielsen Chapman - 687
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman has carved out a career of over two and a half decades writing hit songs for artist like Faith Hill, Willie ...

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


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Emily Kwong and Linda Kwong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Linda Kwong's (right) suicide attempt in 2012 took a toll on her relationship with her daughter, Emily. Linda and Emily talk for the first time about what happened that day in a conversation at StoryCorps in 2013., Credit: Anita Rao/StoryCorps
Linda Kwong and her daughter Emily talk for the first time about the day Linda attempted suicide and how it’s affected their relationship.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
QPM? S2 EP 6: Domestic Violence and machismo in Latino communities.
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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In this episode, co-producer Mareea Thomas talks to Paola about her experience when living in a house where domestic violence was present, about fl...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 11:29
You Have To Have Another Life, Depending On You, To Make Sure They're Taken Care Of
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
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Destiny, Sharnay, and Jacob interview their mothers about teenage motherhood.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 10:19
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Darryl Cherney, the Earth First! activist who along with Judi Bari, was car bombed in Oakland, Californi...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Etaine Raphael and Adele Levine
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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For nearly a decade, Adele Levine and Etaine Raphael worked side by side to ensure soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan would be able to na...

Bought by WEZU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WVBI-LP


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 3
Poet Bonnie Bolling
From: New Letters on the Air
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Bonnie Bolling, the mother of four grown sons, has been the editor-in-chief of VERDAD magazine since 2006, and now, she and her husband divide the...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
One Hour Special 7: Carbon And Dust
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air. Felicia Friesema and Steve Julian had a “miracle relationship.” They carved out an oasis in the ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WGCU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 14
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"The Secret In Her Cells" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Lucy came face-to-face with a family secret that upended her life. So...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
PN 17-36 "No People in It" by Emily Skillings
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Emily Skillings, poet
Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery who died in September of 2017.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Candy Kuehn: Seeing Out Of Time
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Candy Kuehn is a Minneapolis artist who experiences synesthesia and uses an iPhone and fabrics to create symbolic dreams and layered shapes with me...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
The scariest thing about heroin? 'You're gonna love it'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Alyssa started using heroin when she was 14. She’s now 20 and works as a daycare teacher., Credit: FLICKR PHOTO / B.A.D. HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/BRADADOZIER/
"My own family didn't even know who I was anymore. I didn't even know who I was anymore."

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
PN 17-09 "Goodwill, Buffalo NY" by Kimberly Lyons
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Kimberley Lyons, poet
Kimberly Lyons interrogates the purchase of second-hand clothes and the writing of poetry.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Aug 14, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
#11: Wafa, Missiles, Wheat, and Gardens
From: Nadia Abuelezam
Series: Palestinians Podcast
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On this episode of Palestinians Podcast we hear from author Wafa Ghnaim about her struggle with being the daughter of immigrants in the United Stat...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 37:13
StoryCorps: Joanne Nucho and Jeff Ono
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Joanne Nucho tells her husband, Jeff Ono, about her grandmother, Isabel, who was born in a refugee camp after her parents fled the Armenian Genocide.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WGUC/ WVXU, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 4
PN 16-36 "Family Dollar" by Hannah Brooks-Motl
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Hannah Brooks-Motl, poet, Credit: CS Ward
Hannah Brooks-Motl reflects on the course of a life and its future

Bought by PRX Remix, KENW, and KALW


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Fat Ass Cancer Bitch Tells Her Story
From: Nora Ritchie
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When Christine Ernst was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 34, she didn’t expect it would one day spark her own one-woman show. But, thanks to a ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
PN 16-22 "Umpaowastewin" by Margaret Ann Noodin
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Margaret Noodin, poet, Credit: Troye Fox
Margaret Noodin sings a poem in Anishinaabemowin and discusses Native American languages and heritage.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KHNS, KHSU, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Jasmine Pacheco and Carmen Pacheco-Jones
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jasmine Pacheco (left) and Carmen Pacheco-Jones (right)
A mother talks to her daughter about what it was like to reconnect with her children after her years of drug and alcohol abuse tore their family ap...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Being Black In Blue: A Profile Of A Police Officer
From: Emily Corwin
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Nashua, NH Police Sergeant, Lakeisha Phelps is one of two black police officers on a force with 176 police officers, in one of New Hampshire’s most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1