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Mind Over Matter in the World's Religions - exploring prayer, magic and positive thinking (first program in an on-going series)
From: MaryLynn Schiavi
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This is the first program in an on-going series exploring prayer, magic and positive thinking through interviews with people from all walks of life...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:00
Bayview: Urban Renewal or Utter Removal?
From: Jarrod Sport
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The Bayview community's apprehension to a proposed redevelopment plan.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:13
A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill
From: Karen Brown
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Sound-rich documentary about the effect of mental illness on "well" siblings

Bought by KPVL, PRX to iTunes, WCQS, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Maureen Caudill - Suddenly Psychic
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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) What is it like to unexpectedly develop psychic abilities? Maureen Caudill, author of Suddenly Psychic can answer this question, because that is ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 28:26
I'll Quit Cutting When You Quit Smoking
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Excerpts from the diary of a girl who insists that self-mutilation is saving her life.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Poem for Today, March 4 2005
From: Gordon McDougall
Series: Poem for Today
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Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya and Elizabeth Smart

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
Poem for Today, March 17 2005
From: Gordon McDougall
Series: Poem for Today
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Poems about betrayal in love by John updike and Sir Thomas Wyatt

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
Death Qualified
From: Alison Freeland
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A woman describes being on a death penalty jury in North Carolina.

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 15:51
  • Purchases: 3
He Looked Like the Devil
From: angie blake
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Gay men, aged 50-86, talk about the beginnings of butch "leather" and SM culture from 1950s to 1970s.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
Saving baby; another harrowing tale of escape and evacuation.
From: Laura Ziegler
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One family talks about leaving their home in the New Orleans 9th ward as water rose toward the roof, floating their baby in a cooler toward safer g...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:20
Mea, Me, Mine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mea Tavares was born female. He’s spent the rest of his life redefining what it means to be male.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Love and War
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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Professional soldiers in Fort Benning, Georgia talk of the challenges facing themselves and their families as they prepare to go to war. Produced ...

Bought by KQAL, WFHB, KUAC, KSFR, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 16
Fighting With My Dad
From: Richard Paul
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A profile of a man who can't work with others

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, New Hampshire Public Radio, WMBR, WKSU, WSHU and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2005
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 6
All My Body Parts Exist Now
From: Tom Leger
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Evan, 21-year-old female-to-male transsexual in NYC discusses sex and surgery

  • Added: Dec 11, 2004
  • Length: 21:32
House of Pain
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Owning Guns
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Writer Jay Allison talks about the events in his life that cause him to rethink his relationship with guns.

Bought by WMPG, KUAF Public Radio, KKRN, Indie3 Radio, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 15
At Home with Ani DiFranco
From: WFUV
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A rare invitation to the home of Ani DiFranco, for an informal, intimate chat and impromptu performance.

Bought by WSKG, Stan, WCPN, WBEZ, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 6