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RDD: Under Quarantine - The Teachers
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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For the month of April, The Rough Draft Diaries is going to bring you a short series of phone interviews detailing how the community has been affec...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:05
StoryCorps Griot: Jerry Morrison and Joey Jefferson
From: StoryCorps
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NASA Engineer Joey Jefferson talks with his six-year-old nephew, Jerry Morrison, about their shared passion for space.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 02:34
Painting Cuba - Carla Rondon
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: See It Through My Eyes
Caption: Texas Folklife x Akins High Listening Party flyer, Credit: Jennifer (Amora) Arriaga
Artist profile of Carla Rondon, an Akins High School student from Cuba. This story is part of an audio series "See It Through My Eyes" created at A...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:45
StoryCorps: Paige Macklin and Russell King
From: StoryCorps
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Russell King sat down with his music teacher Paige Macklin, to tell her about a choice she made, and how it changed his life.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Karama Neal and Judge Olly Neal
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Karama Neal (left) with Judge Olly Neal (right).
Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how discovering African American author Frank Yerby's books in his school library turned him around academically.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Pet Safety In The Cold Weather
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we talk to Ashley Potter at the Winona Humane Society & Dr. Emily at the Winona Veterinary Hospital on how to tak...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2019
  • Length: 22:15
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
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
WoodSongs 926: Violet Bell and Skerryvore
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Violet Bell on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina roots duo Violet Bell plus award-winning trad folk-rock Sc...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, WSLR and more


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
Tongue Terror
From: Robert Prince
Series: Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
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Stories of children getting their tongues stuck to metal things in winter.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
StoryCorps: Ronald Clark and Jamilah Clark
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Ronald Clark and Jamilah Clark
During the 1940s, custodians who worked for the New York Public Library often lived inside the buildings they tended. In exchange for cleaning and ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:11
Woman Most Wild: Three Keys to Liberating the Witch Within
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Danielle Dulsky
Raw Creativity + Sacred Movement + Soulwork

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Aug 12, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
WoodSongs 875: Sylvia and JP Harris
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: WoodSongs Kid Kevin Beddingfield delivers a fiery performance.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the Grammy-nominated country singer Sylvia plus authentic country from Ea...

Bought by KDLG, KKWE Niijii Radio, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10
The Untold Story of Hobos and the CCC Boys with Author Connie Lounsbury
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with author Connie Lounsbur...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:58
Episode 49: The Editor
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In November of 1988, Robin Woods was sentenced to sixteen years in the notoriously harsh Maryland Correctional Institution. In prison, Robin found ...

Bought by WFAE


  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
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
StoryCorps SCU: Akiva Johnson and Henry Jimenez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Akiva Johnson (L) and Henry Jimenez (R)
High school juniors Akiva Johnson and Henry Jimenez talk about the friendship they developed while taking part in the StoryCorpsU educational program.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 5
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: Erik Booker and Jenna Power
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Erik Booker (L) and Jenna Power (R)
Eighth grader Jenna Power talks with her seventh grade social studies teacher, Erik Booker, about his military service and his deployment to Iraq.

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
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: Herman Heyn and John Heyn
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Herman (L) and John Heyn
Herman Heyn tells his nephew, John, about spending almost three decades as a street corner astronomer, giving passers-by the chance to look through...

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


  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Roberto Olivera and Debra Olivera
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Roberto Olivera (L) and Debra Olivera (R)
Roberto Olivera tells his wife, Debra, about growing up with an abusive stepfather and how his mother helped him escape.

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 2
Home Free Adventures / Life-long Learning / Techies! / Cyber Seniors! / There's an App for That!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Lynn Martin/unconventional retirement Segment 2: Kartcher Pauley/Maddy Gamble/Semester at Sea Segment 3: Annette Rapoport/Cyber-Senior...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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