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03112024: Kindness, 3/11/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Imagine a world where kindness is a habit. The Kids Crew explore kindness, as a practice, science and feeling on this edition of The Children's Hour.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Kindness
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Imagine a world where kindness is a habit. The Kids Crew explore kindness, as a practice, science and feeling on this edition of The Children's Hour.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, WGTE Public Media, KECG and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Bring On The Animals
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Next week is Rosh Hashanah La’Behemot, the Jewish New Year for Animals. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for a global Jewish playlist highlighting...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Reads: "In the Company of Grace" by Jody Lulich
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author and veterinarian Jody Lulich talks about his new memoir In the Company of Grace

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 09:33
Abbott Elementary Teaches Us All: Sheryl Lee Ralph & Joyce Abbott
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can you remember the last time when the challenges that inner city public school teachers face were the subject of a popular TV series? Abbott Elem...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Cooking With Kids
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Maya makes the kale salad during our recording session, Credit: Michelle Myers
We collectively cook together with Kids Cook, learning kitchen skills like cutting, measuring, and of course tasting along the way

Bought by KQRU FM LP, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
StoryCorps: Cole Phillips and Rugenia Keefe
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rugenia Keefe, left, a paraprofessional who assisted Cole Phillips for most of high school after he lost his sight, spoke with the graduating senior for a remote conversation from Bentonville, Ark., Credit: Cole Phillips
Cole Phillips lost his vision just months before starting high school. As a freshman, he met paraprofessional Rugenia Keefe -- or Miss. Ru -- who a...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
White Teacher, Native Student
From: Sarah Bromer
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This is the story of a Native American student named Martin Acuna and his white teacher, Jessica Janeseck. Most public school teachers in America--...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 2
Principal Peña's Point of View
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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What's it like trying to hold a whole elementary school together?

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:56
Dream Jobs
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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Do you remember what your dream job was? Austin elementary school students explore what it's like to see your dreams change.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
Leonard Bernstein, his Mass, and Mahler's Fifth--according to Ted Libbey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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In honor of Bernstein’s 100th birthday (August 25), we turn to Ted Libbey, a music scholar who knew the American icon well. Since there’s so much g...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 13:47
GN_4.49_KidCanineConnection
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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Kids read to shelter dogs.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
StoryCorps: Francisco and Frankie Preciado
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Frankie Preciado talks with his father, Francisco, a groundskeeper at Stanford University, about the time they shared together on campus.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
Live Art Sounds of the Human Soul Part 6
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Erin Frye and Charles, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art, sponsored for the past three years by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kin...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
StoryCorps: Paul Nilsen and Tom Graziano
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Paul Nilsen (L) and Tom Graziano (R)
Tom Graziano remembers how his son’s elementary school principal and the community responded when they learned that his son was HIV positive.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 7
StoryCorps Historias: Noramay Cadena and Chassitty Saldana
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Chassitty (L) and Noramay Cadena
Noramay Cadena, a mechanical engineer with several degrees from MIT, tells her teenage daughter, Chassitty Saldana, about the summer her parents to...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 5
Tri County Humane Society’s 27th Annual Woofstock Companion Walk
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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This installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota has gone to the dogs. This past weekend in Wilson Park, the Tri County Humane Society ...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 30:12
StoryCorps Griot: Mario Loiseau and Mabou Loiseau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mario Loiseau (L) and Mabou Loiseau (R)
Mario Loiseau talks with his 9-year-old daughter, Mabou, about why he works so hard to provide for her education.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:48
It All Began in Room 1
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Miss Joanne, Credit: Olivia Polischeck
Even after 13 years, Olivia remembers the influence her preschool teacher, Miss Joanne, had on her in Room 1. Wanting to know more about Miss Joann...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Five-time Emmy Award winner Fran Brill, the first woman hired by Jim Henson for Sesame Street (seen here with Zoe) is retiring after 42 years , Credit: Jim Henson Legacy
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 55:05
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Collin Smith and Ernest Greene
From: StoryCorps
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Collin Smith (23), who became quadriplegic after a car accident in high school, talks with Ernest Greene (72) who volunteered to go to college with...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Inocente - Art Saved My Life.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Inocente, the subject of the Oscar-winning short doc of the same name, talks about the importance of art in her life. [8:18]

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
On Stage at Riverview School
From: Vanessa Barchfield
Caption: John and classmate Taylor play Tony and Maria in West Side Story, part of Riverview School’s 2013 annual play. , Credit: Virginia Sutherland
The students at Riverview School are in most ways no different to teenagers at any other New England boarding school. They play soccer and run cro...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Urban Debate Reborn
From: Julia Szabo
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A story about the rebuilding of the New York City Urban Debate League and the impact debate has on students in the organization.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 Tries
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rebecca Lee has lived with a brain injury since shortly after birth. Throughout her life many people have helped her with the resulting physical a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3