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Meet Our (Almost) Six-Year-Old Librarian
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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If you ask Hannah Jean what would be her greatest wish, she will say running Brooklyn Public Library. Last month, she got to do just that.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 09:14
StoryCorps: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao at their StoryCorps in Decatur, Georgia on January 31, 2023, Credit: Kevin Alarcon
Folashade Alao remembers when she presented a Bill of Rights to her mother, Margaret Powell, and how it shaped their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
REPLAY Giving Birth While Black (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Black women are three and a half times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WJCU, WJCT, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
REPLAY Giving Birth While Black (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Black women are three and a half times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
GN_5.11_PeaceForPlay
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A former Chicago gang member enters rival territory to ask for peace.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Unprisoned Hour: The Toll our Criminal Legal System Takes on Young People and Families
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear five stories about how mass incarceration and our criminal legal system impact young people and families. According to the Ann...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 09, 2020
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 1
Defying the Odds, This Young Woman Recovers From a Childhood Police Trauma
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 1 Being mistreated by the police, or seeing a family member mistreated by the police is traumatic, and it can cause lasting pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 10:59
  • Purchases: 1
Racial Inequality in New York's Foster Care System
From: Anya Schultz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio documentary about the parent-led fight to reform New York City's child welfare system.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 39:13
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes at their StoryCorps interview in Jackson, Mississippi on February 20, 2015., Credit: Vanessa Gonzalez-Block for StoryCorps.
Albert Sykes speaks with his nine-year-old son, Aidan, about black fatherhood, and his hopes for the future.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WERA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Keith Miller and Ellen Hughes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ellen Hughes speaks with Keith Miller, the hospital safety officer who helped her son when he had a violent reaction to a medication.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:34
RDD: SunBridge, Meet the Kids
From: WGTE Public Media
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We're headed back to school on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries! Join us as we take a tour of SunBridge Schools in Toledo, OH.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 06:03
StoryCorps: Leila Ramgren and Chad Eisen-Ramgren
From: StoryCorps
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10-year-old Leila Ramgren talks with her father, Chad Eisen-Ramgren, about Philando Castile, the cafeteria manager at her school who was killed by ...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caring for and about People Who Seem Different
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Become More Emotionally Intelligent
Build bridges to those who seem different. Topics include black history month, the Patriots Super Bowl loss, and challenges with family and friend ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 51:29
StoryCorps Roberta Vincent and Robert Howard II
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Howard II talks with his mother, Roberta Vincent, about losing his father, an Army Sergeant killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Bought by WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Kevin Fredericks, Isaiah Fredericks, and Josiah Fredericks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Nine-year-old Isaiah Fredericks and his younger brother, Josiah, used their StoryCorps interview to ask their dad, Kevin, some hard-hitting questions.

Bought by Public Radio for All, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KZYX, WVBI-LP, WGUC/ WVXU and more


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Ed Roy and Mary Johnson-Roy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011 to talk about her bond with the young man who killed her son. Years later, she married a man who ...

Bought by Public Radio for All


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Albert and Aidan Sykes
From: StoryCorps
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Nine-year-old Aidan Sykes interviews his father, Albert Sykes, about being a dad.

Bought by WEZU and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
Youth Radio: Dads in Prison
From: WUNC
Series: WUNC Youth Radio
Caption: Aysia Evans and her father
When I was 15, my father was sentenced to three months in prison. I was one of the 2.7 million Americans under 18 with a parent who’s incarcerated.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Raphael Hameed, Heidi Hameed, and Megiddëh Goldston
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Raphael and Heidi Hameed (R) lost their son when he was struck by a speeding car. They spoke with Megiddëh Goldston (L), the driver's sister, about...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Franklin and Sherry Gilliard
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Franklin Gilliard and his wife, Sherry, reflect upon their time in a homeless shelter after...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
From the streets to the barbershop
From: Tatyana Safronova
Caption: Andre Simms and Junior, Credit: Laurie Feld
Andre Simms is 45. He’s been shot. Stabbed. Homeless. Arrested. He sold and used drugs. But everything changed when his girlfriend died and he was ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps 10th Anniversary: Wil and Olivia Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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For StoryCorps' 10th anniversary, we're revisiting some favorite stories. At 27, Wil Smith's age wasn't the only thing that set him apart from oth...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
Christi & Christopher: A Mother and Son Story
From: University of Montana Journalism
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Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
Footing the Bill: Who Pays for Absent Fatherhood?
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth-produced piece on growing up in a fatherless household.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 3
A Communicative Divide
From: Michael Spikes
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Youth Voices producer Marjorie explores the rift left between herself and her extended family when a language barrier is realized

Bought by WMNF, WXLV-FM, KUOW, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 5