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'Hollerin'
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
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Storyville is a new collaboration between of the University of New Orleans and WWNO. These are true stories about New Orleans written by the studen...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Kathleen Russo and Marissa Maier
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Marissa Maier (L) and Kathleen Russo
Kathleen Russo and Marissa Maier, widow and stepdaughter of the writer and monologist Spalding Gray, remember the day he disappeared.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy: Adieu False Heart
From: D. Christine
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Explore the world of Cajun music and beyond with the Zozo Sisters. Grammy-winning vocalist Linda Ronstadt and Cajun folk traditionalist Ann Savoy t...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps: Maria Vasquez-Rojas and Francisco Vasquez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Maria Vasquez-Rojas talks with her brother, Francisco Vasquez, about being diagnosed with ovarian cancer shortly after finding out she was pregnant.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
Parts of Speech
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Doug Harlow isn't afraid to use his voice. He works as reporter in Maine and churns out seven, sometimes eight, articles a week. Doug is a born com...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 4
Donald Payne Jr. Tribute to his Father.
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Caption: Donald Payne Jr on Left
Charmil Davis talking to the US Congress from New Jersey Donald Payne Jr.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
StoryCorps Historias: Ruben Aguilar and Bill Luna
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ruben Aguilar (R) and Bill Luna (L)
Ruben Aguilar tells his friend Bill Luna about his family's deportation as part of the Mexican Repatriation Program in 1933.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bruised
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
American Heaven
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Supermoms
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
Caption: Frimet Goldberger and her family
College can be tough but students who are also mothers have to balance work with real-life home work.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
StoryCorps: Harrison Wright and Sean Guess
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Harrison Wright (R) with his grandson, Sean Guess (L)
Harrison Wright tells his grandson, Sean Guess, about serving in the Army at the end of World War II.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Ricardo Isaias Zavala and Ricardo Javier Zavala
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ricardo Isaias Zavala (L) with his son Ricardo Javier Zavala (R)
Ricardo Isais Zavala remembers his grandfather, Vicente Domingo Villa, in an interview with his son, Ricardo Javier Zavala.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
A history built on hearsay: Tales of the early Chinese settlers
From: KALW
Caption: Artistic director Rene Yung (right) gives instructions to the proxy storytellers during a rehearsal of the theater and oral history project “Chinese Whispers." Photo courtesy of Chinese Whispers
In the mid-1800s, the Gold Rush brought enthusiastic settlers westward, from across the United States. At the same time, another migration was flow...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Nathan Hoskins and Sally Evans
From: StoryCorps
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Nathan Hoskins tells his friend Sally Evans how his family first learned that he was gay.

Bought by KALW, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps NTI: Ayodeji Ogunniyi
From: StoryCorps
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Ayodeji Ogunniyi describes how the death of his father inspired him to become a teacher.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Morris
From: StoryCorps
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Mary Morris remembers her husband, Thomas, one of two Washington D.C. postal workers who died from exposure to anthrax in October, 2001.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Earl and Ashley Reynolds
From: StoryCorps
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Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WEZU, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Father Michael Duffy
From: StoryCorps
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Father Michael Duffy remembers his friend, Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Life of Mattie River
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Mattie River
Mattie River looked like a puppy when we first found her. She was small and frightened, could barely stand on her own paws. Her wants seemed so ins...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 25:56
Linda Contes and Evelyn Williams
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Ms Evelyn Williams, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. With mounting hospital bills, Linda Contes and her husband struggle to make mortgage payments...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 1
Visiting a Prison Nursery
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com/, Credit: Shannon Heffernan
What happens when a women gives birth behind bars? Usually those babies are sent home with family members or put into foster care. But some prison...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 14:25
  • Purchases: 4
San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: The meaning of family
From: KALW
Caption: Maya Elena Scott-Chung and Jorge Pacheco in the StoryCorps booth, Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps
Maya Elena Scott-Chung married her partner MeiBeck in 2004’s Winter of Love. They married again in 2008 after courts annulled their first union. As...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Violence Hurts Everyone
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The KFAI Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 04:53
Brainhilda and I
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Carole Starr was a dedicated violinist, until a brain injury left her with a rare hearing disorder. Suddenly the music Carole loved dearly became s...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
Blue Collar Babysitter
From: Eric Winick
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A portrait of Mike Butler: Irish-American tannery worker, avid gambler, and, in the eyes of three young boys growing up in suburban Massachusetts ...

Bought by The Story, KUT, and WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 11:35
  • Purchases: 3