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StoryCorps: Jessi Silva and Maggie Marquez
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Jessi Silva (left) and Maggie Marquez (right)
Maggie Marquez and Jessi Silva grew up in the desert town of Marfa, Texas in the 1950s. At the time, segregation of Latino and white students was n...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Band Box Records of Denver, Colorado
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily be...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:39:22
Bonnie J. Addario: An Urgent Need to Impact Lung Cancer Care in a Big Way
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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Each year, 1.4 million people are diagnosed with lung cancer worldwide. The 5-year survival rate for these patients is only 15.9%. In this episod...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:51
Developing Novel Therapies for HER2-positive Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer: An Interview with Daichi Sankyo's Antoine Yver
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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In this interview during the 2017 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, which took place June 2nd to 5th in Chicago...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 39:02
71: How To End Sexual Harassment-Whitney Bell, Feminist Activist
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Whitney Bell
Whitney Bell got tired of receiving unwanted sexually explicit photos from men, and decided to do something about it: She gathered 200 of these ima...

Bought by KWIT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMUU-LP, KWMR, and KSJD


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Poet and Visual Artist Bianca Stone
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet and visual artist Bianca Stone talks about her various projects, from her first full length book SOMEONE ELSE'S WEDDING VOWS to her 2016 illus...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Cool Gaze of Madame Realism
From: The Organist
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In an era of fake news and alternative facts, what is the role of literature that blurs the line between fiction and non-fiction? Novelist Lynne Ti...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 30:55
HumaNature: One Hour Special #4
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: stories of animal encounters. A scientist risks his reputation to pursue Bigfoot; pigeons save t...

Bought by Raven Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
Changing Traditions ... is a Tradition. The Middle Edges #106
From: Teosson Wells
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Marriage is historically ... and hysterically ... a nontraditional tradition.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 19:10
Emily Dickinson: Hiding in Her Own House
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Emily Dickinson about her life and times. She speaks to us from the person of actress Wendy Norris.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
How Nathan's Famous Became America's Top Dog
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Half Hour
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Beware: Rolling Over Your 401k Is About To Get Weird, How Nathan's Famous Became America's Top Dog, How To Return To Work As A New Mother Successfully

Bought by WETD and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Golden Girls Gone Wild!/ Fast Food Nation/ God's Hotel/ Our Listeners Weigh In/ Casserole Queens
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Golden Sisters Segment 2&3: Michael Moss/Fast food nation Segment 4: Victoria Sweet/God's hotel Segment 5: Listener Feedback Segment 6: ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Economics of Sex / Bahamian Hotel Icon / Going Greek at 69 / Caretaking / Etch A Sketch
From: Julio Gonzalez
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Segment 1: Dr. Marina Adshade/economics of sex Segment 2: Nettie Symonette/Bahamian hotel icon Segment 3: Jerry Reid/Back to School Segment 4: Dr. ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
237-Lost
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The asteroid named for Mildred Shapley Matthews was lost in the solar system for 75 years.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Targeting Boomers / Reentering The Job Market / Modern Guide to Manners / Sacrifices of Military Families / Crossword Puzzles!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Matt Thornhill/boomer marketing Segment 2&3: Gwen Rosener and Linda Murphy/women's employment Segment 4: Henry Alford/manners Segment 5:...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 12, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
It was Only Meant as a Prank...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: FEBRUARY 2016
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Swapping places with your identical twin little sister wasn't intended for life, but.... Author Ann Morgan reads from her new novel, Besides Myself...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
Besties
From: Israel Story
Series: Israel Story Podcast
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How Moshe Dayan’s wife and Yasser Arafat’s mother-in-law became bosom buddies, and other tales of unlikely friendships.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 44:06
Annual physicals / Mother-Daughter Duo / Viking Captain / Defying Death / Pouring Pints while You Pedal
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1 Dr. Cassel/physicals Segment 2 and 3: Cat and Julie Parsons/singers Segmnet 4 Johan Boos/Viking Cruise Captain Segment 5: Al Boyce/PedalPub

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 24, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Big Move / Snooping Tech / Linda Evans / Digital Estate Planning / Mispronounced Words
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Amy Goyer/caregiving Segment 2 and 3: Todd Morris/spygear Segment 4: Linda Evans/actress Segment 5: Naomi Cahn/digital estate planning S...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
All gone / Boomer jobs / Don't roll your eyes / I want to be her / Over the counter
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Alex Witchel/dementia Segment 2 and 3 Kerry Hannon/Jobs for 50+ Segment 4: Ruth Nemzoff/adult children Segment 5: Andrea Linett/fashion...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
Waking Michelle
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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She sets 56 alarms every day, which are really good at waking everyone *else* in her dorm....

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
Alice Blessing: Fine Art Finger Painter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Alice Blessing Self-Portrait
Alice Blessing is a fine art painter who specializes in portraits. Her favorite medium? Acrylics on canvas. Her preferred technique? Fingerpainting...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 12:14
  • Purchases: 1
When Taxidermy Went Rogue
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In the Midwest, it’s not unusual to see the head of a dead deer mounted on the wall of a small town bar. But artistic taxidermy—say a mash-up of a ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 2
How Many Wives are Enough?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with David Ebershoff, author of "The 19th Wife," a book about Ann Eliza Young, and her realization and then quest to speak out...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Anti-Abortion War Games with Children
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
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Anna Reidy is unable to forget the sound of the "war games" her family involved her in when she was a child, in this detailed report on the organiz...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 10:55