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Caption: Elisheva and Amaris, Credit: Rebecca D'
Elisheva and Amaris, mother and daughter, know a thing or two about uphill battles where every inch of gained ground costs dearly. Each in her way...

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
Caption: Elisheva and Amaris, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Elisheva and Amaris, mother and daughter, know a thing or two about uphill battles where every inch of gained ground costs dearly. Each in her way ...

  • Added: May 07, 2016
  • Length: 27:49
Caption: Movie Nights at Once Upon A Vine, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Today’s show is called Prelude to Summer. We end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and lo...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2016
  • Length: 22:10
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We all live with the knowledge of our own mortality, but what about those who know more, how do you chart a course through the world when the end i...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2015
  • Length: 22:34
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New York Times columnist Frank Bruni has written an incisive, sizzling indictment of the college admissions process entitled, Where You Go Is Not W...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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"I sat my kid down and said 'do you wanna be a girl?' And she said 'no, I am a girl'"

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 23:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Who was your favorite teacher in high school? We all have that unforgettable teacher that sets us on our life’s trajectory. But most of the time we...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
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Anna Reidy is unable to forget the sound of the "war games" her family involved her in when she was a child, in this detailed report on the organiz...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 10:55
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For the past year, KBIA has been working on an investigative story about a place in Northeast Missouri called Heartland. It’s a story with threads ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
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Israel Story's Mother's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching tale you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are now avai...

Bought by WYSO, WVPE, WZEN.org, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WNYC


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Elliot is a 6 yr old living in New Jersey, who discovered music composition at the age of 5 with a little help from his mom. This interview with El...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Will a kindergartner and a first grader find the same thing funny? A school librarian in San Francisco teamed up with his Kindergartners to write ...

Bought by WMMT, KUOW, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 3
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We can't live without stories, so today on State of the Human, we're investigating what stories do to us and for us.

Bought by KWMR, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, XRAY.fm, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 5
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How do you proceed with your life when a family secret is revealed?

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 06:11
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When my sister placed her baby for adoption, she and the adoptive parents developed an unexpected relationship.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 10:06
Caption: Suzy Clement and her son Lucien, Credit: Suzy Clement
The birth of a child is life-changing. For the wallet, the lifestyle and the fact that there’s another human to care for. But for many California ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 09:23
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What does it take to raise a child with a severe food allergy?

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: Abbie Waters
Abbie Catherine Waters was just nine years and two days old when she left this world. I have heard men and women who knew Abbie refer to her as an ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 55:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Roadtrip! Our writers take us on various adventures, beginning with Jackie Manning in a European railway station. Phillip Taylor travels across the...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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On this episode of Friend Speaks My Mind, a peek into the experience of growing up Quaker.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 32:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Go back to 1936 with Shervena Grubbs, her twin sister, and their daddy on a train to Little Rock, get in a car with Wetzel LaGrone in the 1940's, a...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This kickoff show is steeped in Southern heat as the writers take us back to childhood summers. Sarah Mattingly takes a vacation to meet family, Sa...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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The Providence based Manton Avenue Project works to train young children in playwriting. The final result of the project is a full-fledged play pe...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 07:49
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One must be focused to excel

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 1