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A heartfelt phoned-in story from a woman recalling something special about her late cat. (Excerpt from my pilot "For Kindred Spirits.")

Bought by WOUB and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
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Just in time for the centennial of the end of World War One, a story of triumph and tragedy that spawned a national womens' movement and a historic...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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"Dogs Are People, Too" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: In 2007, more than 50 pit bulls were discovered at a dogfighting ring in...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Lucy came face-to-face with a family secret that upended her life. So she seized the moment.

Bought by KUER, KVNF, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Autobiographical memories are the stories we tell ourselves, but they’re also a window into other people’s experiences. They’re one of the best way...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:10
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On this special episode of Wish We Were Here: Tales and Investigations from the Shadows of America's Mountain, we worked with Nathan Ward at Grit a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Zoey going hiking, Credit: LN Lurie
A sound-designed piece from a cat's perspective on her last adventure.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:32
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Greg Ley was deep in the Rocky Mountains, training as an outdoor guide, when his group encountered tragedy. What happened next forever changed his ...

Bought by KVNF, KUER, KSFR, KRCC-FM, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 5
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When the truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, there were 21 children in the building's day care. Six sur...

  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
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Yusor Abu-Salha (R), one of the victims of the tragic shooting in Chapel Hill, recorded a StoryCorps interview last year. Here, she talks with Muss...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Trent Selland played death row inmate Matthew Poncelet in Bishop Blanchet High School's production of "Dead Man Walking."
Darlene Selland still remembers the day she found out. The knock, being told to sit down. Her niece Tiffany had been murdered. For a long time, she...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Alex Landau, who is African American, and his adoptive mother, Patsy Hathaway, who is white,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WTJU, and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
From: WHJE
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This is an adapted version of Dear Mom, depicting the life of a young girl in the wake of her mother’s suicide and the domino effect that her mothe...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard learns the value of a liberal education at the College of Wooster, where the study of science and religion are complementary. During Easter...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 25:00
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Cleaning Clothes in the Desert was first published in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore and was written by UK based writer Benjamin Wolfe. Set i...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 11:27
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Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUTC, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 4
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A.P. Tureaud Jr. tells his friend Steven Walkley about becoming the first African-American undergraduate at Louisiana State University in 1953.

Bought by WEZU, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
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Father Michael Duffy remembers his friend, Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Former NYPD lieutenant Bill Cosgrove remembers carrying Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of September 11th, out of the World Trade Ce...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Troll of Stony Brook, Credit: Artwork: Simon Adams
Overlooking a valley and stream, with hermit thrushes in the background, our story of trolls comes full circle.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:09
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Tom Thomas, a lifetime resident of Picher, Oklahoma, is one of very few staying in the town even after it closes.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:48
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Usher worked on a few of his music including the song "My Way"

  • Added: Jun 09, 2008
  • Length: 03:52
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The multiplicities of the Self

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 12:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Two mentally ill and homeless repeat offenders attempt to break the cycle -- one that for years has spun from jail, to psychiatric hospitals, to th...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 3
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The aftermath of a friend's murder and the search for resolution in the face of an unexplained death.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2004
  • Length: 17:57