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OutCasting 0075 - The Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics - Part 4 of 4
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jay Blotcher and OutCaster Lucas, Credit: Jay Blotcher photo by Bill Bytsura
The Covid-19 and AIDS epidemics - similarities and notable differences

Bought by RADIOLEX, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
OutCasting 0074 - The Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics - Part 3 of 4
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jay Blotcher and OutCaster Lucas, Credit: Jay Blotcher photo by Bill Bytsura
The Covid-19 and AIDS epidemics - similarities and notable differences

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
OutCasting 0071 - Conversion therapy - part 4 of 4
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Sam Brinton, OutCasting youth participant Andrew
An exploration of a discredited and often harmful practice of trying to change gay to straight.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Oh! What A Poetical War!
From: Sue Zizza
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Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems that served ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Christina Crosby talks about her sudden paralysis at age 50
From: Out of Bounds
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Professor Crosby talks candidly about her bicycle accident via her memoir “A Body Undone: Living on With Great Pain.”

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
GPV41 Book Review - Affliction
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Affliction by Russell Banks.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
Wonderful Tonight - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Here's a Song Story guaranteed to make you smile, if not tear up.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:41
When The Odds Are Against You
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2013
Caption: Jon Nyberg, or Mr. Nybs, maintains a positive attitude while he battles "Mr. C.", Credit: Courtesy of Susan Ewbank
In today’s RadioActive podcast we battle the odds, even when we know our chances of winning are slim. We fight for our dignity and we fight for our...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 18:54
An Autistic Teen's Guide To Impersonating Michael Jackson
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Impersonating Michael Jackson made it easier for Lorenzo Manuel to deal with the social pressures of middle school., Credit: Courtesy of Lorenzo Manuel
Lorenzo Manuel started impersonating Michael Jackson after the singer’s death. At the time he found impersonating Michael helped him to cope with t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Emmett and Trayvon
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Mike Wiley performing Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till
Documentary Theater artist Mike Wiley performs and discusses Dar He, his one-man play about the murdered teenager Emmett Till.

Bought by KUER and WUNC


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 2
A Dying Friendship
From: University of Montana Journalism
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Kathy and Diana became friends while Kathy’s mom, Kay, was dying. Diana volunteered as a hospice worker every Wednesday during the years Kay was si...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Xtra Tuf #6.75: Report From Uyak Bay
From: Erin Yanke
Caption: Bear from Uyak Bay, Credit: Alec Dunn
Moe Bowstern and Erin Yanke present a bear story from 1997 Alaska, with updates from the participants and observers, and from Alaska Fish and Game.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
When She Leaves You: A Musical Interlude
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Heartbreak Stories: The Other Side of Valentines Day
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Heartbreak is a universal disease with no cure. Three men share the musical prescriptions that got them over the one who got away.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
Running Through Heartbreak
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Heartbreak Stories: The Other Side of Valentines Day
Caption: Gina Brown, right, and her daughter., Credit: contributed photo
"Heartbreak feels like a punch to the stomach." In 2010, Gina Brown's daughter suffered a seizure and died. Two weeks later, she went on a run. Wha...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:43
Running the Rift (pledge drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Naomi Benaron
The novel, Running the Rift, follows the life of young Jean Patrick. He’s a gifted Rwandan boy. He knows that running will be his future. What he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
Rewire
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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After nine concussions, artist Raphael Diluzio woke up one morning not knowing his own identity.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
More Than Just A Song
From: WHJE
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That song comes on. You listen to it and suddenly this unwarranted emotional reaction happens and you are taken to another world, happy or sad.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up: Newtown Tribute
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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A collection of children's choirs, inspirational music, and personal remembrances, mixed with Barack Obama speaking in Newtown, CT Sunday night.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 57:33
Remembrance: On Time And Distance
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Chu-Yin Lo Roberts
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...

Bought by KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KVSC, and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
The D-Word
From: Ed Prosser
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Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about? From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:30
Adoption Ritual
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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When Katie Perkins adopted 10-year-old Tajenae out of foster care, they created a ritual to mark the occasion.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Your Singing Really Interferes With My Going-To-Sleep Process
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
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A music teacher tries to stop her newborn’s crying with lullabies. Turns out it’s the worst thing she can do.

Bought by WABE, KPIK-LP, KALW, The Story, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 6
Kevin Keller's Ambient Chamber Music
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Ambient chamber music composer Kevin Keller's In Absentia is a study in finely calibrated emotions dealing with the disappearance and likely death ...

  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: The Carol of the Bells
From: Spokane Public Radio
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The Salvation Army bell ringer, bundled up to stay warm in weather that has turned brutal overnight, stands just beside the front door of the busy ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:01
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Cold comfort
From: Spokane Public Radio
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This time of year, even when the spirit isn’t really there at all, we can decorate and party and shop ourselves into a state of manufactured joy. ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2009
  • Length: 04:35