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StoryCorps: Harvey Sherman
From: StoryCorps
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Harvey Sherman remembers October 3, 1951, when the Brooklyn Dodgers lost the pennant on a home run known as the "shot heard 'round the world."

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 2
A NEZ PERCE STORY
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: Julia Davis Wheeler at Bears Paw Battlefield, Credit: Clay Scott
Nez Perce tribal members make the trek from Idaho to a remote part of Montana to commemorate the final battle between the U.S. Cavalry and the trib...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Victor: Bull Fatality
From: Helen Murphy-Robinson
Series: Agriculture Safety StoryCorps
Caption: Victor Jensen
Victor Jensen, tells about finding his dear friend face down in the bedding of a pasture…”the bull had gotten him”.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
Facing Foster Care
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We all have different stories to tell.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 2
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
StoryCorps: Bill Cosgrove
From: StoryCorps
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Former NYPD lieutenant Bill Cosgrove remembers carrying Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of September 11th, out of the World Trade Ce...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering 9/11: Internet Co. Keeps Founder's Spirit Alive
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Daniel Lewin's portrait greets visitors in the main lobby at Akamai's corporate headquarters. The company co-founder died aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11., Credit: Jesse Costa
Daniel Lewin, the co-founder of a Boston-area Internet company, died trying to stop the terrorist attack aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
ALS
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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We’ve all gone through some grief. Daniel faces a very different kind because his father has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Daniel talks about his tho...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 15:55
  • Purchases: 1
In The Time of The Butterflies: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A radio program featuring author Julia Alvarez along with Neko Case, Edwidge Danticat, and Junot Diaz, among others.

Bought by KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, KPIP-LP, KQED, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Griot: George and Katie Robinson
From: StoryCorps
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George Robinson tells his daughter, Katie, about meeting his biological father after searching for more than 40 years.

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 3
Taking Action
From: War News Radio
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Hear stories of human trafficking survivors in post-war Iraq.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
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
The Needle Drop: 08-06-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Machinedrum, Hudson Mohawk, and the compilation Brand New Wayo

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 6
Resettling in America
From: War News Radio
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A look into the Unemployment Crisis among Iraqi Refugees in the US.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:59
War News Radio Headlines 110729
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Headlines from this week's show include coverage of the death of Afghan mayor of Kandahar city, the mysterious assassination of the leader for the ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:05
StoryCorps: Betsy Brooks and John Grecsek
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Betsy Brooks tells her boyfriend, John Grecsek, about her father.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Decisions Project - 26 - Quitting PhD Program
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A man shares his decision to drop out of his PhD program.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:28
Nepal: Front Line of Exile
From: The Tibet Connection
Caption: About 20.000 Tibetans live in Nepal, but with­out cit­i­zen­ship or refugee status., Credit: Mikel Dunham
Tibetan exiles in Nepal are stuck in a no-man's land, residing there legally yet unable to get driver's licenses or open bank accounts, lacking man...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Barbara Jean by Patrick Presby of Blunt Youth Radio
From: YouthCast
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Pat remembers his step-mother, Barbara Jean, from the first time they met, to the last time he saw her. Though the 11 years in between were sometim...

Bought by WGXC and KUT


  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 2
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
Tough Winter for Montana Antelope
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Antelope trying to move through deep snow , Credit: David Grubbs, Billings Gazette
Biologists estimate thousands of pronghorn antelope died in Montana over the long, harsh winter...thousands more are stranded at the Fort Peck Rese...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
The Decisions Project - 19 - Mental Illness in a Parent
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A woman shares her decision to stop trying to help her mentally ill mother.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:27
Everywhere But Here
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Is Maine immune to a deadly bat disease?

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
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
The Rise of Domestic Violence in Massachusetts
From: Valerie Molina
Caption: PRX default Piece image
By Valerie Molina, Emerson College, JR205

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:45

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