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StoryCorps: Darrow Brown and Juan Calvo
From: StoryCorps
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Now, a conversation that reminds us how being a father can be about much more than biology. In 2007, after volunteering to care for infants born ...

Bought by KRVS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Roberta Vincent and Robert Howard II
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Howard II talks with his mother, Roberta Vincent, about losing his father, an Army Sergeant killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Bought by WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
Small Fists
From: Ryan Trauman
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A flash-fiction story told from the perspective of a boy getting his bearings in the grown-up world of funerals.

  • Added: May 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:01
Listen Up: Two Short Plays
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Carol Kane
Carol Kane, Julie White, and Steven Boyer are among the stars in these two shorts. It’s spring in the neighborhood "Hell’s Kitchen" in SOMETHING I'...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
My First Name
From: David Green
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A collaborative piece in which a a group of third graders share how they got their first names. This piece grew out of our participation in the "My...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Jenny Carter and Sean Carter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sean Carter was severely injured in a drunk driving accident in 2005. He cannot walk or talk, but speaks with the help of a computer. Sean intervie...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WTJU


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
Melvin Majors Fathers And Children
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Melvin Major, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Fathers and Children is about a man named Melvin Major who became father to hundreds of young people. But he has no offspring.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:40
StoryCorps: Bill Jones and Stu Maddux
From: StoryCorps
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Bill Jones, the first single man in California to successfully adopt a child, tells his friend Stu Maddux about his son, Aaron.

Bought by KRVS, WEZU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Raphael Hameed, Heidi Hameed, and Megiddëh Goldston
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Raphael and Heidi Hameed (R) lost their son when he was struck by a speeding car. They spoke with Megiddëh Goldston (L), the driver's sister, about...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 3
Childhood
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on the nature of childhood over the ages

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Apr 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Dad at the Bus Stop
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Anni's favorite place growing up was ... the school-bus stop?

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:16
StoryCorps 10th Anniversary: Priya Morganstern and Bhavani Jaroff
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Priya Morganstern (L) and Bhavani Jaroff (R)
For StoryCorps' 10th anniversary, we're revisiting some favorite stories. In 2006, Priya Morganstern and her sister, Bhavani Jaroff, interviewed th...

Bought by KALW, WEZU, Prairie Public, American Voices, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 5
Rediscover The Mutt! And Your Best Friend! Simple Rediscovery #508
From: Teosson Wells
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Unless you’re a prisoner or a shut-in, you’ve probably noticed that the world seems to be increasingly overrun with little yapping dogs.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:01
208
From: Eoghan Hanlon
Caption: Sheila Hayes, holding two of 208 babies that she fostered.
This is a radio documentary - my first radio project - that I produced in 2011. It tells the story of my grandmother in Ireland, who fostered over ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch - Christmas Tree
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. In this piece, Finch explains the role of a Christmas t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Kids Needing Assistance Find A Helping Paw
From: Brian Bull
Caption: Mario Study with his service dog, Zen., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
An Ohio program recruits prison inmates to train dogs to work with special needs children.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
Wild Man Night
From: Jessica Gould
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Family Preserves Friday Night Tradition

Bought by KZYX, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 4
Julia Maki: "My Mom Hunts Submarines" on Real Good Words
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: Julia Maki
Deer River native Julia Maki talks with Heidi Holtan about her book "My Mom Hunts Submarines." Julia discusses seeing the world as a anti-submarine...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 1
Placenta Fruit
From: Will Rogers
Series: Compostmodernist
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Taste the fruit of a tree that has a placenta buried beneath it... it's tart and crisp. Learn about how the placenta, which connects mother and chi...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:04
Aaron Brown on Time
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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It's Crunch Time this week; sharing stories of the times you were late or just barely made it as we get through the Crunch Time of our summer fundr...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 02:46
The Decisions Project - 13 - Separation and Custody
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A man decides to leave his unfaithful ex-girlfriend and their daughter.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
1. A Dog's Life
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry", Credit: Brittany Jencks
What I learned about life from my dog when I was eight years old.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Growing Up, Getting By: A Radio Rookies Special
From: Radio Rookies
Caption: Radio Rookie Sunnie Hwang with Producer Czerina Patel
For the first time, Radio Rookies presents an hour-long special, “Growing Up, Getting By”, hosted by WNYC reporter and Radio Rookies founder Marian...

Bought by KSFR, WHRV, KUT, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
GLAD TO BE SAHD
From: Jill Strauss
Caption: Michael Oehler with daughter Siri, Credit: Jill Strauss
In this wobbly economy, few parents have the luxury any more of staying at home with their kids. But producer Jill Strauss found a father who can ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Nov 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 1