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Author Temple Grandin, the public face of autism
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This outspoken Colorado author is known around the world for many things. She is one of the top scientists in the humane livestock industry. A few ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Class Dismissed
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here
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This one-hour documentary takes an intimate look at the high school dropout crisis through the lives of three young people from California's Centra...

Bought by KALW, WITF, KZYX, WSKG, KALW and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 7
Asperger Syndrome - What can be done to help?
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Helping Others to Protect Themselves
A caller to my radio show "The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel and Control How You Feel" asked why the schools were not doing more to help his rela...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 19:43
Passion, Death, and Resurrection
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
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Passion, Death, and Resurrection

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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
J. Smith and Wife
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
J. Smith and Wife

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
No Night Too Dark
From: William Cook
Series: Family Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
No Night Too Dark

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Yesterday's Dropouts
From: WAMU
Series: Breaking Ground
Caption: An Unfinished Education
Approximately 30 million adults in the U.S. are at the low end of the literacy spectrum. They struggle to read a menu, a pay stub or a bus schedule...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSFR, KTSW 89.9, WNYC, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 19
Work/Life: Living and Working with ADD
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you take your own condition and turn it into a career helping others?

  • Added: Sep 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:56
The Privatization of Death Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the rights of families to care for their dead and the funeral industry in this two-part interview with Lisa Carlson and Jos...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
There’s No Saccharine in This Sweet School
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Follow Sierra on her progressive college journey as she realizes that finding the right college is as difficult as Goldilocks finding the right bo...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Preparing for College Yet?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Kimmy couldn't believe that she was getting college info packs in the mail as a 9th grader. Having just transitioned to high school from middle sch...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Next Year Will Be Better
From: Game Theory Academy
Series: Money Diaries
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Caelin Robinson learns how stressful running a household can be from his mother. The insight she provides him will change his life.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:43
Special Education in NY Public Schools (Short Doc)
From: Katie Hiler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Long Island mother faces immense challenges as she tries to educate her three autistic sons through New York's public school system.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
Tri City Peoples Corporation helping all to afford Home Ownership
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Caption: Tri City People
Tri City Peoples Corporation is assisting all to realize their dream of home ownership.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:56
The Land
From: Erin Davis
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Death traps by any American standard, adventure playgrounds are every child’s dream.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGOU, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 5
What do couples want most from a conflict? It's not an apology
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The most common thing couples in conflict want from each other is not an apology, or even more communication, but a willingness to relinquish power...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 104 - "How to Train Your Camel"
From: Dot Cannon
Series: Over Coffee™
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Gil Riegler, of the Oasis Camel Dairy, discusses training his camels for milking and public appearances

  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
Immigration Portrait: Nehaya Dashti
From: Jack Straw Cultural Center
Series: Immigration Portraits: Voices from Denny
Caption: PRX default Piece image
“Immigration Portraits: Voices from Denny” was produced by 8th graders from Denny International Middle School and Jack Straw Productions in Seattle...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:05
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
Harvesting Maple Syrup
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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What do flapjacks and log cabin mornings have in common? They conjure up the sweet smell of maple syrup. These days, more and more people are learn...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
Don't Say Gay
From: Ben Weisz
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Original documentary about teaching young children about homosexuality. *WINNER New York Festivals Radio Awards 2013 - Best Documentary (Bronze)*

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - Overwhelmed By Community Support
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 been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Six Feet Above
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chuck Lakin has a unique hobby. He builds coffins. For living people.

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


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: John Cruitt and Cecile Doyle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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John Cruitt speaks with his former third grade teacher, Cecile Doyle, about how she helped him through his mother's death.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2

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