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Jason, the Veterinarian & the Book-eating Jaguar
From: Page Flippers
Series: Page Flippers Take on the World
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Meet Jason, a seven-year-old kid who loves reading and playing with his dogs. When a jaguar enters the library after the Page Flipper meeting and s...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 21:23
School's Out! Time for a Pop Quiz
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Will you visit your library this summer? To kick off a season of reading, we thought we'd have some fun! How many Brooklyn and library trivia quest...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:49
StoryCorps: Jeffrey Sherman
From: StoryCorps
Caption: A 5-year-old Jeffrey Sherman is pictured with his father, songwriter Robert Sherman, in the early 1960s., Credit: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sherman.
Jeffrey Sherman sits down with his wife, Wendy Liebman, to remember his father, music composer Robert B. Sherman, and how getting a vaccine as a ch...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - The Tale of Dame Ragnel
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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In this episode we hear an exciting King Arthur adventure from Heather Forest. We also hear wonderful stories from Mary Gavan and Donald Davis.

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
On Lake Erie island, 'school bus' is a plane
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Cecilia Glauser (l) Max Schneider (r) on their plane ride to school, Credit: Margaret Thompson/ideastream
Life for students on Lake Erie's Middle Bass Island is different - starting with the morning commute to school.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WMUK, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WKSU and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 6
The Speed of Sound: Les Claypool
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Les Claypool never rests. Whether he’s dealing with his most famous band, Primus, leading his Frog Brigade, or jamming with his new friend Sean Le...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 4
E.B. White
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Charlotte
Responding to his editor about why he wrote his most famous children's novel, E.B. White replied in characteristic good humor.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Little Lulu
From: Jesse Rhodes
Caption: Shirley Liang interviews classmate Alan Situ.
A 5th grade girl interviews a classmate about his interest in Little Lulu.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
Object of My Affection
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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What does it mean to love an object? And does that love...wear off?

  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 15:20
The Chicken Whisperer
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Man Behind the Half Shell
From: Emma Morgenstern
Caption: Steve Lavigne in his shop, Shellback Artworks. Wells, Maine., Credit: Emma Morgenstern
In 1985, Steve Lavigne quit his job to help a friend draw an indie comic book. He never imagined that those comics, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:38
29: Loog Guitars
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Loog Guitars are children's guitars done differently.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: John Curtis and John Wikiera
From: StoryCorps
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John Curtis talks to his son John Wikiera, who he adopted as a baby from Vietnam.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
Elementary Education
From: Lauren Peterson
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For some, education is a global debate involving scholarly theories and reform strategies; for others, it's something a little more...elementary. O...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:46
Don't Go Far...
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
Series: RTE Documentary On One
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The story of two boys who, in 1985, instead of going in for their dinner, decided to go on a little journey....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 39:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Turpin Haunted House
From: WHJE
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Gene Turpin created one of the first haunted houses in Indianapolis and also provided her family and community with an amazing and memorable tradit...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUT


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Great Stephan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Steven Cornish loves magic. He goes by “The Great Stephan,” and he performs as a magician in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Multiples in Mass: Multiple Births and IVF
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why Massachusetts is more than just the "Cradle of Liberty."

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 2
Inside Out Literary Arts
From: Zak Rosen
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creative writing in detroit public schools

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Jones
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Michael Rayner, storyteller and professional juggler, reflects on the complex high of fatherhood.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1