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Poet and Outdoorsman Dave Smith
From: New Letters on the Air
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We travel to the Virginia tidewater region with poet Dave Smith, who grew up along that coast. Though he has lived and taught elsewhere, his many b...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
New York's Senegalese Street Traders (1997 BBC African Service Assignment)
From: Hechtech
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Thousands of Senegalese street traders in New York and other big cities around the world are organised around Sufi

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 27:56
StoryCorps: Leila Ramgren and Chad Eisen-Ramgren
From: StoryCorps
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10-year-old Leila Ramgren talks with her father, Chad Eisen-Ramgren, about Philando Castile, the cafeteria manager at her school who was killed by ...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Etaine Raphael and Adele Levine
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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For nearly a decade, Adele Levine and Etaine Raphael worked side by side to ensure soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan would be able to na...

Bought by WEZU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WVBI-LP


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 3
The Nakba: 70 Years of Oppression, 1948-2018
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
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Three powerful interviews about the ongoing catastrophe in Palestine and Gaza on the eve of the Nakba.

  • Added: May 12, 2018
  • Length: 56:01
Yucking It Up At Yoga
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Pete Girard leads a laughter yoga class in Minneapolis., Credit: Emily Bright
Forget downward dog. The new yoga is laughter yoga. KFAI's Emily Bright took her microphone to a class to listen in on the yucks, guffaws and yes, ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 83: The Mothers
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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There is a group in Durham, NC called “Parents of Murdered Children.” This week, we meet three of its members.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 25:09
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 8
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Dogs Are People, Too" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: In 2007, more than 50 pit bulls were discovered at a dogfighting ring in...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Sridevi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: English Vinglish movie poster
Sandip Roy remembers the iconic Indian actress Sridevi.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1620 (Hour 1 & 2) 02/15/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Positive circumstances took me to the south in 1998, but it was Sonny Payne who showed me the ropes once I got there. Memphis and the Sun Studio w...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
Ifrah Mansour: I Am Somali
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Ifran Mansour
Ifrah Mansour is an artist who doesn't limit herself to a single medium. One of her creations is featured in the "I Am Somali" exhibit at the Minne...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Former Mississippi Poet Laureate & Two Term US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Black History Month, we present THE 19th U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-14) and former Mississippi Poet Laureate (2012-16), Natasha Trethewey, who wo...

Bought by WNJR and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Minnesota Native News: Ishkode Photography Exhibit at AICHO
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Featured Stories
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Fond du Lac photographer and retired wildland fire fighter Vern Northrup has a new photography exhibit in Duluth, Minnesota. It’s called Ishkode, t...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 02:23
The 2017 Musician Memorial Hour
From: Paul Ingles
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Some of the prominent popular musicians who passed away in 2017 are celebrated in a one-hour special hosted by public radio music historian Paul In...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WVAS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KDUR and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
StoryCorps: Christopher Harris
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Christopher Harris
StoryCorps Legacy gives people with serious illnesses the chance to share their stories. At Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Christopher Harris recorded...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
After the Storm
From: Aviva DeKornfeld
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the weeks after Hurricane Maria, Cynthia and Vanessa Melendez were trapped in their village in Humacao, Puerto Rico. They had no water, and were...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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When you have an emergency, you call 911. A dispatcher answers and calmly sends help. But dispatchers are real people too, trying to make sense o...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 1
David Wynn and Carolyn Lyon
From: StoryCorps
Caption: David Wynn (left) and Carolyn Lyon (right)
The scene could be a bleak one — a hospital room, a patient near death, and no family or loved ones present during their final moments. But David W...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Alan Stepakoff and Josh Stepakoff
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Alan Stepakoff (left) and Josh Stepakoff (right)
On the morning of August 10, 1999, a white supremacist opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon at a Jewish day camp in Los Angeles. Five were woun...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Kristin Glasgow and Karen Offutt
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Kristin Glasgow (left) and Karen Offutt (right)
In the late 1960s, Karen Offutt was a patriotic teenager who got chills whenever she heard the “Star-Spangled Banner.” At 18, she dropped out of nu...

Bought by WDBM, WVBI-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 3
Opioid Epidemic Increases CASA Workload
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) represent the interests of children remanded to state custody. Due to the opioid epidemic, CASAs have seen...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 27: What Her Cells Knew
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Lucy came face-to-face with a family secret that upended her life. So she seized the moment.

Bought by KUER, KVNF, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Carla Saunders and Kyle Cook
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Kyle Cook (left) and Carla Saunders (right)
Kyle Cook and Carla Saunders are neonatal nurse practitioners at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville. They’ve spent decades caring for...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
Connecting With a Once Shunned Finnish Past Through Song
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Diane Jarvi, Credit: Courtesy of Diane Jarvi
Finnish immigrants to Minnesota often faced discrimination. Many were radicals. To avoid the "Dirty Finn" label, some Finns shunned their heritage....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
NC Students Miss School To Avoid Deportation
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Wildin David Guillen Acosta, Credit: Courtesy of the Acosta family
Wildin David Guillen Acosta, 19, was detained by ICE on his way to school.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:37

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