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With tablets, Legos, and coding, these fourteen teams from library branches across Brooklyn met at Central Library to compete in the final champion...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 09:23
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After two kids and more than ten years of marriage, Jenni and Sarah were lying in bed one night when Sarah shared she was a woman born in a man’s b...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
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This is a true story. Its 1956 and 11 year old Kenny Daniel discovers on televison the King of the Cowboys Roy Rogers. When he writes Roy Rogers a...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 15:57
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We're headed outdoors on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries. headed to the park! But not just any park a new inclusive park located in Perrysb...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
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A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 57:54
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The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
It turns out that libraries weren’t always so friendly toward children. That started to change around the turn of the 20th century, thanks to a lib...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 20:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Julian chooses his first official essay to read from the submissions choosing an essay that focuses on family. More specifically, mothers and their...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 10:29
Caption: Dr. Julie Bailey
A mom and veterinarian politely asks Santa not to bring her children the item that tops their Christmas lists: a puppy. With love and detail, Dr. ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
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4th graders in Austin explore the relationship of art and sports through their own hobbies.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 08:25
Caption: Sean and Sam Hurley on Welch Mountain., Credit: Sean Hurley
This is a parenting story and a story about time. I've been hiking with my son Sam since he was born. In this story, I contrast recordings I made...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
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"My sense has been that most men ultimately really do want children, and I think many of longer relationships -- that's been part of the end." -Bet...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
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How old is gender? Can a six-year-old child really be considered transgender? Marlo Mack explores this question, with a little help from her tran...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
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Michael Goldberg shares his advice on trying new things. In his essay, Goldberg sets realistic goals for himself. All the while Goldberg is reflect...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:10
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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
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The peculiar thing about the News is that very often events of senseless tragedy and despair are juxtaposed with News of hope and compassion. Some...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:17
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Radio 101 student Krystal Dean describes coming home to live with her family after spending seven years in a children's home.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
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When the bell rings, you are supposed to be in your seat. You are now one of 27 child units in a classroom.

Bought by KZYX and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Rand Cooper discusses the challenges of becoming a new dad at a time when friends are sending their children off to college.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:45