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What's in a name? We reflect on where we belong and what it means to be American, especially in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes.
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 52:02
Just two generations ago, breastfeeding was considered second best to infant formula. Today, however, it’s regarded as a newborn’s birthright.
- Added: Mar 07, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children from 1 to 14 years old. According to the American Cancer Society more than 10,000 children ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 18, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Two generations of law enforcement recount the rewards and hardships of living in uniform.
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 14:11
We hear from Munir Jirmanus, a physicist near Boston, MA about his multiple experiences and encounters with the concept of "home." Munir tells a nu...
- Added: Jan 04, 2017
- Length: 26:19
He was in Beirut during the Lebanon-Israel war; she was in a small village outside of Rotterdam. They met on MSN Messenger.
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 25, 2016
- Length: 22:24
- Purchases: 1
This southern noir tale is the intimate story of 18-year-old Jacob McNeely whose daddy controls the crystal meth business in a small town in rural ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Feb 20, 2016
- Length: 09:37
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Apr 27, 2015
- Length: 04:01
Love Across the Divide: stories about cross-cultural dating and relationships. In episode one, producers Jennifer (from California) and Christian (...
- Added: Feb 08, 2015
- Length: 10:49
Bestselling author David Laskin unfolds a sweeping epic that spans the three major upheavals the affected Jews in the twentieth century: immigratio...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 04, 2013
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
Cindi Swingen chose to take on parenthood by herself. Her two children have the same father — a man none them know who donated sperm at a local cli...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 16:40
- Purchases: 1
Interview with Polynesian Dance group from West Texas and their Hawaiian guests
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 03:40
Jerry Ragusa talks about running Grande Monuments, a tombstone shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and his decision to start sell fresh bread in alongsi...
- Added: May 30, 2012
- Length: 05:55
- Added: Jul 11, 2011
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 1
A teenage girl talks about learning that her father is gay and her subsequent decision to stay with him.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUT
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 2
A father decides to take a transcontinental motorcycle trip and leave his children for a year.
- Added: Jun 12, 2011
- Length: 03:29
A 21 year-old abandons his carefree bachelor fantasy and reluctantly marries a girl he accidentally impregnated.
- Added: May 26, 2011
- Length: 02:24
Buffalo native Jillian Mertz talks about how the songs of Jackson C. Frank, a little known folk musician from her hometown, helped her understand t...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 07:30
"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." - Chris Elliott with his dad, Ray Elliott.
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, XRAY.fm, KJZZ, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 06:53
- Purchases: 7
Interview with guitarist Stuart Mason (Molly's Revenge, Little Black Train) about making a living as a musician, writing new songs in an old tradit...
- Added: Jun 25, 2010
- Length: 53:00
Cows helped form the moral character of a young woman farmer
Bought by KVMR
- Added: Nov 26, 2007
- Length: 10:39
- Purchases: 1
A cheese maker with 130 years of family tradition becomes a genius in creating with milk
- Added: Nov 26, 2007
- Length: 09:52
Modern grazing helps preserve the land and the farmer
- Added: Nov 26, 2007
- Length: 09:08
Hope Edelman discusses her follow-up book to NY Times Bestseller Motherless Daughters
- Added: May 11, 2007
- Length: 19:31
Author Mimi Doe talks about using summer as an opportunity to help our kids slow down the pace of their lives
- Added: May 01, 2007
- Length: 23:52
