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In April of 2022, Haley took a bold step and decided to quit her job; a job as a public radio host and a job she loved. As she tried to make sense ...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Addiction expert Dr. Nick Kardaras, author of the best-selling book "Glow Kids" talks about how our kids are suffering psychologically from too muc...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:24
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Knowing how to read and write well is fundamental to a good education. But what happens when schools in communities of color lack the resources for...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 04:09
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Kairi Hollon tried to go to the library when he was a teenager in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but he kept getting kicked out. Years later, he came back ...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 22:09
  • Purchases: 1
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We're going back to school on The Rough Draft Diaries. Join us as we take a tour of the Maritime Academy Of Toledo with Superintendent, Tom Shafer.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
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Three Sudanese teens who have immigrated to the U.S. share three very different takes on what it’s like to live here.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 07:15
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Hundreds of students at Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco are taking part in a nationwide Tech Timeout, challenging students to unplug f...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
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Can you taste a touch? Or smell a sight? Cooper McClain can.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:09
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What conclusions about parenthood will teenagers come to after participating in their AP Psychology class’ flour baby project? Listen as they share...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ala'a Basatneh, activist
Ala'a Basatneh was once a mall-loving “average Arab-American teenager.” When the Syrian Civil War started, she became #ChicagoGirl, the center of a...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 1
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An intern from Genesis Gardens talks about her time working on farms and her current activity working on a farm with the homeless.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
Caption: Muhammed Jabbes, Credit: Clay Scott
The odyssey of a Tunisian farm kid who plays professional soccer, then comes to the U.S., learns English and gets a PH. D. in molecular genetics. ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Older, Middle & Younger generation essays on Race from This I Believe

  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 12:54

  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Mary Marmastone (featured in the piece) plays with her dog Titan on a beach near her home in Seattle., Credit: Lillian Mongeau
This fun piece launches from the ideas broached in the New York Times article, "What is it about 20-somethings?" I ask my friends, all at the tail-...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
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A rare generational discussion on the Vietnam War

  • Added: Aug 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Three generations discussing the issues around Femininity. This is the shorter version.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Re-broadcast of our 2004 program following Mne's Thoughts On Women - fun program

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Older, middle and younger generations discuss the nature and status of masculinity

  • Added: Oct 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Adam used to want to be just like his father...but not anymore

  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 02:31