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StoryCorps: Harvey Hilbert
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Vietnam veteran Harvey Hilbert remembers one night from the war.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Mark and Jessie Edens
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Mark Edens tells his daughter, Jessie, about his career with the Michigan State Police.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Under the Sun: Miami Outlaw
From: Under the Sun
Caption: Bailey the pitbull, Credit: Photo courtesy of Terence Cantarella
Terence Cantarella takes in a stray and battered dog--a pit bull. It's illegal to have a pit bull in Miami-Dade. Cantarella tries to find a way to ...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 09:01
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: Chris Whitney and Erin Kuka
From: StoryCorps
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Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUTC, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 4
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: 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 Joy Luck Club: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A half-hour audio program that explores Amy Tan's gripping, The Joy Luck Club. It features Amy Tan and readings by actress Ming-Na from the film ad...

Bought by KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
Carla Contreras - heartwrenching adoption story
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Carla Contreras with Julian
In 2009, Carla took in a beautiful 8-month-old baby boy named Julian after he and his 2 siblings were taken from their parents by CPS. The parents ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
You Look Lonely
From: Sage Tyrtle
Series: True Stories
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A true story. When my best friend broke up with me, I wished her dead. Then she had a brain hemorrhage.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 3
Brian's Story
From: Jake Warga
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My friend Brian and I sat on a bench one night and talked about why he tried to kill himself. He eventually succeeded. (My first Radio story, 2001)

Bought by KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 22:52
  • Purchases: 6
Discouraged Workers
From: War News Radio
Caption: Iraqis submitting job applications., Credit: Photo courtesy of AP.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
The State of Women in Afghanistan
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the status of women in Afghanistan, how they have come to be marginalized in most aspect...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 08:05
State of Privilege
From: War News Radio
Caption: The two highest earning Iraqi politicians: Prime Minister Maliki and President Talibani, Credit: Photo Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
Documenting Exile
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Passing Time" 7/2/10: War News Radio reports on a new documentary about Iraqi refugees.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 10:36
Iraqi Refugees in Syria
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Gridlock" (6/25/10): War News Radio reports on the lives of Iraqi refugees in exile, particularly those who fled to Syria after 2003.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 08:59
Broken Love.
From: City High Radio
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A third person account of heartbreak.

Bought by WNIN


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Bach Mix "Bach Beyond Music"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: J.S. Bach
Three Bach playing pianists talk about a possible spiritual presence in music by Bach. Use this 59 second "Mix" for Bach's Birthday (March 21) or ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :44
Beer Run'd
From: Robin Amer
Series: You Spell That R-E Double D
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Stephen explains the difference between being a drunk and being an alcoholic, and the difference your uncles can make.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Mother
From: City High Radio
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A teenager describes what it's like to grow up without a mother

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
The Most Unfair Thing I've Ever Seen
From: Zachary Barr
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The U.S. Army wants to expand a training area in SE Colorado, and it may use eminent domain to acquire thousands of acres of private ranchland. If...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Phil
From: starlee kine
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I learned how to write a break-up song to get over my break-up

Bought by WHRV, WHRV, WBUR's Listen Up, KMXT, KVNF and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 14
Colors (poem)
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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A short poem about love, art, and betrayal.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:06
This I Believe - Annaliese Jakimides
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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It took a personal tragedy for Annaliese Jakimides to begin to look for the silver linings in life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Unintended Detours Episode 3: What Remains
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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What Remains: a painter's legacy.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 12:19
  • Purchases: 2