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AG 23-01: Schoolhouse Jazz!, 1/2/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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On January 6 1973, 50 years ago, Schoolhouse Rock first aired on television. Despite the name, many of the musicians involved—including Bob Dorough...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Let Me Be Brave in the Attempt
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The Special Olympics athlete's oath is, "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." Today we're talking to Sue Hess, an orga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Death And Grief
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: Evan and Sam and Goat, Credit: Vanessa Vassar
Kids explore death and grief on the show with authors, experts, and telling their own experiences

Bought by KCHU, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Try New Things: The New Kid Story
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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Elementary school students in Austin discuss with their teacher what it's like to move to a new school.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Honoring Jim Henson
From: KUNM
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Jim Henson would have been 80 years old on September 24, 2016. Learn the story of his career and short life.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:00
Rewarding Romanian Delights...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: SEPTEMBER, 2015
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The first of our two readings from a book with rich Romanian roots -- King of the Gypsies -- a story collection which won the G. S. Sharat Chandra ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch reflects on returning to school as an adult.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
When Your Youngest Kid Starts School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on going back to school.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
Read, Read, Read!
From: Learning Matters
Series: Lessons from Haiti: Schools after the earthquake
Caption: Mackenton Louis reads to a group of kids at Lycee Toussaint L'Ouverture in Port-au-Prince, Credit: Judith Scherr/Learning Matters
A group of readers heads out to tent camps around Haiti to read to children displaced by the earthquake.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Award
From: Marie Lovejoy
Series: WWOZ's Street Talk
Caption: Kelvin Harrison at Work, Credit: Tricia Steel
New Orleans Teacher Receives Coveted Award

  • Added: Dec 28, 2008
  • Length: 06:00
1000 Postcards
From: Rene Gutel
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a bus driver writes his daughter every day for 1000 days

Bought by KTNA, KPFA, and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 10, 2004
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 3