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StoryCorps MVI: Saleemah Muhammad and Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad talks to his wife, Saleemah Muhammad, about becoming the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. Armed Forces, ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Besher: What I'm Grateful For
From: Jake Warga
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The person Besher admires the most is his father, a well known surgeon in Aleppo, Syria. Everything changed when they fled, except his love.

  • Added: May 11, 2020
  • Length: 12:26
1991
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2019
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n my story, you will hear my mom talk about her journey and what it was like growing up and getting kicked out of Ethiopia.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 03:12
Viktor Ullman's Compositions in Terezin
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
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Jory Debenham explores the work Jewish composer Viktor Ullmann created in the Terezin concentration camp.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:53
Maxey Carpenter: "It was a good job. So it was like: Move out, kid."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Maxey B. Carpenter achieved the rank of full colonel in the U.S. Army in a career that spanned nearly 30 years. He was deployed to Panama, the Phil...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Charlotte Schnase: "Coming home was a big letdown."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Charlotte Schnase was an E-4 in Iraq, a postal worker who got the mail where it needed to go. It's an overlooked job that took its toll on her, esp...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
Collin Grote: "Their truck had just been hit with a roadside bomb."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Collin Grote, a sergeant with the Montana Army National Guard, was a combat medic. His convoy was in charge of moving supplies along routes in Iraq...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Adam McCaw: "It's too dangerous to leave things without being smoothed over."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Part of Adam McCaw's job with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry 7th Special Forces Group was to train Afghanis to be police officers. He had to fire a f...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:02
Counselors Without Borders
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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From the forest fires in California to child soldiers in Uganda, survivors of disasters are receiving a new kind of aid. Counselors Without Borders...

Bought by KENW, PRX Remix, and WXDU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 3
Sorn Jessen: "I grew up in Eastern Montana on the Crow Reservation."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Sorn Jessen was attached to the 513th Military Intelligence Battalion out of Fort Gordon, Ga. He deployed with his unit to Camp Doha, Kuwait, in Se...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Ivy League Students in the ROTC (9:32)
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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Why would students at ivy league universities choose to be part of the military Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTC)? Listen to find out how and...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 1
Mindfulness therapy as a way to help veterans with PTSD
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Bob Carter spoke recently with Dr. Anthony King, research assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, about his recent ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 20:36
  • Purchases: 1
From Victims to Victors: Transcending Tragedy
From: A World of Possibilities
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Why is it that while many of us are discouraged and some devastated by life’s losses, a rare few not only survive but thrive in their wake –transce...

Bought by WZEN.org, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WZEN.org, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2012
  • Length: 55:03
  • Purchases: 5
CORIOLANUS -- Ralph Fiennes interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Ralph Fiennes talks human nature, Shakespeare's bitterness, and military leaders in times of peace.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:17
Ruin and Resilience in Northern Uganda
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: Teddy Atim and Victor Ochen
War has shaped the lives of people in northern Uganda for the past two decades.  Impunity for widespread crimes and grave violations committed duri...

Bought by WZEN.org, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Corrie Ten Boom, April 15, 1983
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The Ten Boom family hides Jews and members of Dutch resistance from the Nazis in a secret room. Raided by the Gestapo, Corrie, her sister and their...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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
Absent Aid
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Afghan girl carrying water jugs, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the news in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
This I Believe - TJ Turner
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Soldier TJ Turner believes fighting the war on terror should include restoring hope in children.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - "Alex Anderson"
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Working with Guantanamo Bay detainees inspired one former interrogator to believe in redemption.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 5
Red Crystal Palace ~ 4: Who will be the next president?
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Terry Ahwal
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Detroit listener Terry Ahwal believes we should be fighting against fear and not against people.

Bought by WEZU and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe Pledge Spot - Iraq War Veterans
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Three Iraq War veterans discuss how their combat experiences shaped their beliefs

Bought by WEZU, Vocalo.org, WEKU, New England Public Media, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 6
Never Again: A Holocaust Memorial - with Elie Wiesel and Abraham Foxman
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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NEVER AGAIN: A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL: is a one hour special that includes Larry Josephson's recent exclusive interview with Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 15
International Activists React to the U.S. Election
From: Aimee Pomerleau
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Activists around the world react to President Bush's election.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 14, 2005
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 1