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Is Class Over Yet?
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Liesl preps S for an Oliver + S photo shoot., Credit: Todd Gibson
A woman leaves her dream job to stay home with her baby, and then, out of boredom, starts sewing and unwittingly creates a new full-time job for he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 14:16
  • Purchases: 1
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
MA-162 Voice of Caution
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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I struggle to teach my boys to be cautious around strangers, and trust the world.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
Natural Child Birth: "Is the Plan still the Plan?"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: The new baby, Avery Arena, Credit: Katy Sewall
It is good to have a birth plan. The one problem? The birth of a child can be unpredictable. Radio Producer Katy Sewall brings us the story of on...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 11:56
Lou, the Crossing Guide
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Lou takes a break., Credit: photograph by David Foster
Portrait of Lou Alexander, a crossing guide in Portland, Maine

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:56
Hidden Kitchen Mama
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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Mothers and kitchens. The food they cooked or didn’t. The stories they told or couldn’t. In honor of Mother’s Day we linger in the kitchen.

Bought by KWMR, XRAY.fm, WABE, PRX Remix, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 11
Lindsay Ordower - "The Go Getter"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Meet Lindsay Ordower from Mount Holyoke College. She came to Teach for America determined to succeed. But on any given school day, Lindsay’s classr...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:41
Someone to Tuck Me In
From: Radio Rookies
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Last year at a routine check-up, 15-year-old Raymond Henderson decided to tell the truth. When his doctor noticed bruises on his neck, Raymond admi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 3
Remember by Tasha Viets-VanLear
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
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A finalist in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam, Tasha Viets-VanLear is a junior at Northside College Prep in Chicago. She says "Rememb...

Bought by KUER and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Anchorage Youth Court
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There are a group of teenagers in Anchorage trying to help other teens stay out of the court system

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
Short List #4
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 5
The Smashing Story
From: Kendra Greene
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"The Elephant Who Liked To Smash Small Cars" enthralled me as a kid. As an adult, trying to track down a copy of the book took me across the country.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reality Check
From: David Schultz
Caption: Carolyn Parham, Credit: SpeakeasyDC
A mother of two faces a life-altering crisis when, just a few months out of rehab, a $5,000 check appears in her mailbox.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
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
Enabling Disabilities
From: Hannah Krakauer
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A toy designer talks about what it's like to design toys for children with special needs.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 16:40
  • Purchases: 1
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Valentine's Day
From: Spokane Public Radio
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The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
Power of Half
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Salwens at New House
It sounded like a goofy, crazy downsizing plan. The Salwen family downsized - moving from a 7-bedroom mansion into a smaller house and giving the p...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Rendered, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 3
Filipino 6th grader Louie Mangali talks about the recent floods in his neighborhood and school
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Filipino 6th grader Louie Mangali shares his experience of the recent flooding and its aftermath

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:14
Part 3: Living With Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: Mitch Larson lives in Saginaw's Riverside neighborhood, which saw a large dioxin removal project last year. His home is on the banks of Tittabawassee River., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee talks with residents about living with Dow and dioxin.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
Perfect Pitch, Autism, Savants, and the Music Connection
From: Larry Carlson
Series: Music is Therapy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Perfect Pitch, Autism, and Savants. Is there a music connection? Therapist Susan Rancer, RMT shares her experiences.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Shell Shocked Traumas
From: Larry Carlson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Shell shocked from the Balkan war, Music Therapist Brian Harris works with children by using music to help transcend the psychological pain associa...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 27:03
Musical Journeys
From: The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis
Series: Art for Ears
Caption: Amanda Ratliff
Featuring programmatic music of Richard Strauss (selections from Don Quixote); Liszt (an excerpt of Vallée d’Obermann from the Swiss book “Years of...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Jul 31, 2009
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Ocean As Classroom
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Brunswick Acres Elementary School (Kendall Park, NJ) students Alec, Janani, Megha, Nikita, Pritha., Credit: J Benoff
Janice McDonnell and Jim Yoder describe the urgent need to translate ocean science into formal and informal educational opportunities across the co...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
Fifty-Four Years
From: Erin Calabria
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother and son reunite after fifty-four years apart.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Neighborhood, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Macklin Levine
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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She's only 12, but Macklin Levine is already old enough to appreciate—and believe in—The Beatles.

Bought by WEZU, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 8

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