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'I Will Always Love You': Jada Star’s musical bond with her aunt Dolly Parton
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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What's it like being related to someone super famous? Like… Dolly Parton! Singer-songwriter Jada Star talks about shining bright in her aunt Dolly’...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Tan
From: StoryCorps
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Grandma Crescenciana was no stranger to sacrificing for family. Her grandchildren called her Lola. They grew up hearing stories about her life in t...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
StoryCorps: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on January 28, 2017., Credit: Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps.
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green speaks with her cousin Tenika Floyd about being raised by her Auntie and Uncle, and how their separate battles with cancer...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
A Not So Big Life: Sarah Susanka #117 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Architect Sarah Susanka observed that houses in the U.S. were getting larger – but some rooms were seldom occupied, and often not even furnished. S...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, KRZA, and KTRL


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 4
A Mother Who Kept Fighting
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2013
Caption: Maria Perez with her daughter Estefania
Being a mother isn’t easy. It’s harder being both single and an immigrant. But that didn’t stop Maria. RadioActive’s Estefania Chirino Perez shares...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:20
Her Speech
From: Jamie Courville
Series: Squirrels Stories
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Victoria is trying to get her life back after the removal of a brain tumor. She is getting a little better every day.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
Tara and Lulama
From: Littleglobe
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Lost and Found - Surviving Cancer
From: WMNF
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A piece developed in workshops with cancer survivors, and performed by seven women who survived the disease.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Sasha Mercedes has a conversation with Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Sasha Mercedes, Credit: Rachel Schroeder
Sasha Mercedes is a talented singer/songwriter that grew up in northern Minnesota, and currently makes her home in Minneapolis. Her story is very i...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
GBA 18: Sam
From: Dave Pickering
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In GBA 18 we get better acquainted with Sam. She talks about having a premature baby, being a young mum, nearly marrying a man she met on holiday i...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 55:13
MA-143 Good Enough Mom
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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I've exchanged my Super Mom cloak for a Good Enough Mom sweatshirt.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
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
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
The Education of a Young Dairy Farmer
From: Ed Janus
Series: Milk on Our Boots: The Terroir of Dairyland
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Cows helped form the moral character of a young woman farmer

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 1
My Pink Easter Dress
From: Miles Eddy
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Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Susan Cosio
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Chaplain Susan Cosio believes a daily walk gives her the opportunity to focus on her spiritual core.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 4
A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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A rare personal look into the life of a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court, her struggles against gender discrimination, antisemitism and severe ...

Bought by WDDE, KTSW 89.9, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCUR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2004
  • Length: 53:48
  • Purchases: 38