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The Yovo Song
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: friendly Togolese children, Kanté, Credit: Carla Seidl
When you visit the West African nation of Togo, you're likely to hear the "yovo song" -- a song chanted by many Togolese youth that goes: "White pe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
72 Steps Above the Green
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Sometimes it's a blessing to have noisy neighbours.

Bought by KALW, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 3
UnFictional: It's Always Now
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode, a pair of car accidents are just the beginning for two stories about life, death and perception....

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
The Girl Who Couldn't Laugh and the Way Back to Joy: A Breadcrumb Tale
From: Dave Stefan
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This is an adventure story about how I met a girl who couldn’t laugh, and my quest to get my laugh back, which I lost somewhere under the pile of l...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 21:14
My Mother’s Story
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Gracia Manzanares' touching interview with her mother about immigrating to the United States and the differences between women in Me...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:07
The Backpack
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: mL., Flickr
Israeli United World College student, Nofar Hamrani, shares her moving story about growing up in the Gaza Strip. She begins her story with a famil...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Palestinian Hoop Dreams
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: spaceameoba, Flicker.com
“Palestinian Hoop Dreams” is a thoughtful story by Ahmed Hemeid, a Palestinian student at United World College. Ahmed’s tells us an amazing story t...

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
Theme Songs
From: ayme frye
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man talking about how he has a theme song for people in his life. He recalls the qualities of the people and describes them with music.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
A Young Scholar vs. the Recession
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Thomas McCall, a 20-year-old student-athlete and father-to-be, was already struggling to make it in the American job market. Courtney Supple produc...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:39
Divorced Kid
From: American Public Media
Caption: "Divorced Kid" producer Sasha Aslanian at her own wedding in September 1999., Credit: Liz Banfield Photography
America's divorce rate soared in the 1970s. Thirty years later, kids who grew up in the divorce revolution look back at that experience, and descri...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGDR and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 31
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (29:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Mike Niman's Book: "People of the Rainbow"
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUAC, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (54:00 / 59:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A "Welcome Home" Sign from a Rainbow Gathering
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Remembrance Day
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: Hillside in Murambi, Credit: Photo by Gregory Warner
A visit to a Rwandan memorial raises questions about when and how we remember genocide.

Bought by Prairie Public and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 2
What You Leave Behind
From: Robin Amer
Series: You Spell That R-E Double D
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Stephen imparts some words of wisdom about what you take with you, and what you leave behind. (Short answer, kids.)

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
War Rugs: What Little Girls Make
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Contemplating a war rug made during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ellen Gibbons: Going vs Staying
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Caption: Montage: Chicago fire, train, Credit: Private Archive Photos
An immigrant story: longing for permanence but restless in pursuing it. My great-grandmother.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
Anthony's Tattoo
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Anthony's tattoo is a constant reminder of a past love.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:32