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Crystal's Hymn
From: Lori Mortimer
Series: Mementos
Caption: Crystal Chandler wearing her memento, Credit: Lori Mortimer
Crystal Chandler finds the perfect memento of her grandfather, a former Seventh Day Adventist pastor, to take with her when she moves to New York.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 18:26
Best of the Best 2020: The Great Indoors
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, three winning stories of the 2020 Third Coast/RHDF Competition each paint a unique portrait of survival and hope in the time of co...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Prairie Public, New England Public Media, WGBH Radio Boston, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
Episode 8: CSPD Black -- The True Story of Colorado Springs' First African American Detective
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you the story of Ron Stallworth. In the 1970s, he became the first black detective ever to serve in ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 45:08
  • Purchases: 1
Miss Eva
From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS
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This episode of ARRVLS chronicles one woman's journey to find solace and happiness in the wake of tragedy. A story about faith and the legacy of su...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2015
  • Length: 30:04
Jeff's Diary: Revisited
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
Caption: Jeff Rogers
When Jeff Rogers was 16 years old he started referring to himself as a “halfrican.” Jeff has a black father and a white mother. And like many teena...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 19:02
  • Purchases: 1
Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair (30 Min Special)
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather., Credit: Teri Havens
In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 2
Gloria's Glow
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: Gloria Lowe, Credit: Amanda Le Claire
How one woman is re-imagining the possibilities of living, working, and building a sustainable Detroit

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair: A Granddaughter's Search for the Truth
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather, Credit: Teri Havens
In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUT, WRPI, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 22:59
  • Purchases: 8
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
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A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
Now Jumping Back to the Pool
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on memories of the pool in South Rome, an historically black neighborhood in Rome (Floyd County), Georgia.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:03
Not All Bad things
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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A twelve year-old's audio diary about life with a mom in prison.

Bought by The Story, KGLT, KLCC, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 4
Herbie Hancock: Imagine the Possibilities
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This one-hour music intensive radio special salutes legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock.

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, and WOMR


  • Added: Aug 11, 2005
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
Learning to Live: James' Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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The story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult lif...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUER, RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 11
Ghetto Life 101
From: Sound Portraits
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The audio diaries of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, two young boys living in one of the most notorious public housing projects in America.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, Remix Radio, KUER and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 31:06
  • Purchases: 8
Miracle On The Streets
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
Jeff's Diary: Halfrican
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Jeff Rogers first recorded his Teenage Diary back in 1998 when he was a self identified 'halfrican.' He was thinking more and more about race and b...

Bought by KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Georgia Public Broadcasting, KGNU Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 35:20
  • Purchases: 21