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StoryCorps: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack at their StoryCorps interview in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2023, Credit: Delilah Righter for StoryCorps
Miranda Duschack and Mimo Davis came to StoryCorps to reflect on the many turns their relationship has taken.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 82: The Afrovivalist
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Sharon Ross wanted to be prepared for anything. But when she joined others getting ready for the end of the world, she found herself the odd one out.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 15:41
  • Purchases: 1
An Introduction to Kenya
From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces
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Sumeiya- a young Kenyan woman going to university in England – teaches World Pieces host Jason Kladiva about Kenya and it’s differences to England ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 06:27
The Cello Quartet with the Widest Repertoire in the World
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Delphia Quartet, Credit: Kate WIlson
Most music listeners are unaware of cello quartets such as the Delphia Cello Quartet. But to a cellist, its’ the most normal thing in the world. Th...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
The Rape of Eve: Newly Discovered Texts of Resistance (Celene Lillie) ENCORE
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: The Rape of Eve by Celene Lillie
All the origin myths of Rome are rape narratives. Dr. Celene Lillie has found resistance to Rome's culture of rape and domination in Gnostic texts ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WETS, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 3
Woman Most Wild: Three Keys to Liberating the Witch Within
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Danielle Dulsky
Raw Creativity + Sacred Movement + Soulwork

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Aug 12, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Wally Funk and Mary Holsenbeck
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Wally and Mary, circa 1993. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Mary Holsenbeck.
When Wally Funk was 8 years old, she jumped off the roof of her barn while wearing a Superman cape, hoping to fly. That desire never left her, and ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
Episode 24: Bearded Ladies
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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This is the second episode in our three-part Science Camp series, where we’re exploring the human side of science. Paleobotanist Ellen Currano noti...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 21:01
  • Purchases: 3
I Can't Get To You: A Birth Story
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Reunion
This is a story for my son, whose birth was supposed to be completely normal. It was anything but. And then they separated us. (Produced for the KC...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Trauma Glossolalia: Synesthesia and Sound
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:09
A Conversation with Nichole Ingersoll on Menopause
From: Alix Litwack
Series: Another Day Of Living; Join the Conversation!
Caption: Another Day of Living , Credit: Graphics by Scott Spitz
Our third series kicks off with featured guest, Integrative Nurse-Practitioner Nichole Ingersoll, as she discusses the early symptoms of menepause;...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:56
StoryCorps: Lori and Erich Baker
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dr. Lori Baker, a forensic scientist, tells her husband, Dr. Erich Baker, about identifying bodies...

Bought by WEZU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
Day Job 3: The Best Laid Plans Of Lesli Wood
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Lesli Wood of The Redwood Plan, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Lesli Wood has achieved almost every goal she's set for herself. She's a professional lawyer. And her band, The Redwood Plan, has played to big cro...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 14:20
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Yelitza Castro and Willie Davis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Yelitza Castro talks with her friend Willie Davis about serving meals to the homeless community in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past three years.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
Spoken Editions #204: Art Radiating Permanence, Harmony, and Meaning. Cui Fei.
From: Teosson Wells
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Free, audio book excerpts. Nature is the primary theme in her work, and Cui Fei creates art that radiates permanence, harmony, and meaning—a panace...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2013
  • Length: 06:44
Global Internet Dating: Filipina Woman Marries Moves to Small Town North Dakota
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Filipina woman meets husband on Christian dating site and moves to small town North Dakota. She says their relationship is more than mail order bri...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
Unsung: The Stories of Women in Texas Music
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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KUT’s award winning Texas Music Matters unit revisits the story of Texas music by turning a spotlight on the women who’ve helped shape it –and who ...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KUHF, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Mikie Show #41, Sarah
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with Sarah Luchetta, an archaeologist, French speaker and roller derby girl. What was that, roller derby girl? Yes, besides i...

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #36, Liz
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with Liz Tilley, a soon to be PhD in Family Studies and Human Development. Her focus is on awareness and prevention of teen p...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Gender in Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Local perspectives on gender and the rights and role of women in Azerbaijan

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 21:47
Riot Boy
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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One boy's unlikely connection with the music of northwest feminists

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KFAI Minneapolis, WGDR, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 6
Rising Appalachia
From: Marianne Gardner
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Two sisters sing Appalachian hip hop music

Bought by WMMT, Vocalo.org, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 6
Yoga Segment
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
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Bring light into your heart, stay light on your feet and have fun with yoga. Seriously.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 18:19
Fanna Fi Allah
From: KVMR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Young Female American Tabla player becomes 1st woman to play at Pakistan Qawwali festival in 600 + years

  • Added: Oct 04, 2006
  • Length: 17:59