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StoryCorps: Kenny Thompson, Gary Barber and Dakota Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dakota Gibson (left), Gary Barber (middle) and their mentor Kenny Thompson.
Kenny Thompson, a volunteer mentor, tells students Gary Barber and Dakota Gibson about discovering that...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
  • 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
The Cat Who Broke his Sweet Tooth
From: Carry the One Radio
Series: On Evolution
Caption: Maverick's Choice
A genetic exploration of why cats can not taste sweet foods

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
"We had passion and we had love for our language."
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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This episode of Ojibwe Stories - Gaganoonididaa features Leslie Harper's keynote address from the 2013 Minnesota Indigenous Languages Symposium las...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 6
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
Remembering Teachers
From: Julia Szabo
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People share their memories of teachers and thoughts on teaching in this back-to-school Vox Pop.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On School Supplies - "Love of Family and Selflessness."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
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
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing on Mothers - "Potty Training, Pondering the Profound, and the Unknowable."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - "How Drum Corps Has Changed Me."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's checked in with essays ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Reginald Mason
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Reginald Mason remembers growing up in Harlem with his mother during the 1970s.

Bought by WDBM, WVBI-LP, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 4
Chapter 26 - Leaving New York Behind
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard and Eunice introduce each other to their families and begin plans for a June wedding. Richard finds a job and is ordained. Driving north ou...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
StoryCorps: Philip and Susan McClinton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Biologists Susan and Philip McClinton talk about the unlikely beginning of their romance

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Kayla/Jayla
From: Bring Your Own
Series: Bring Your Own
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This piece was recorded live on June 5, 2012 at the Pauger House and later produced by Natalie Yahr. The theme of the evening was "Undercover," and...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
LIBERAL ARTS -- Josh Radnor Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Josh Radnor on ivory towers, feeling 19, and being defiantly non-cynical.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 12:27
StoryCorps: Wil and Olivia Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Wil Smith tells his daughter, Olivia, about being a single dad in college.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Kid with the Butterfly Net
From: Justin Huang
Series: What I Did
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Catching insects in college

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:28
Young Women Leaders Program
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Middle school girls have a lot to deal with. One psychologist says that a way to help them is by pairing the preteen girls with college-aged mentor...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, KZYX, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 4
Levon Helm Rambles Home: An Appreciation (58:00 / 53:00)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Levon Helm
A one-hour music and commentary show about the late musician Levon Helm, drummer for the seminal Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Band, and a r...

Bought by Prairie Public, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 35
Young Artist Exhibition Program
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this feature interview, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with high school students Karli Jopp and Abraham Williams who are i...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
StoryCorps NTI: Ron Cushman and Jamie Marks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ron Cushman (R) and former student Jamie Marks (L)
16-year-old Jamie Marks interviews her former kindergarten teacher Ron Cushman about choosing his career after being wounded in Vietnam.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 3
School: Are We Better Off Without It?
From: City High Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Freshman producer Krysta and her friends wonder what life would be like without school .

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:38
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: MoZo on H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: MoZo, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe of MoZo discuss writing songs inspired by H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, written and performed for the mont...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1