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Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Teenagers on Islamic School and Ramadan
From: KCUR
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FIRST PERSON: Kansas City teenagers talk about Islamic school, public school and Ramadan.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 4
Elijah Haunt
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Elijah's Fan Dance, Credit: Ulla Johnson
A mother asks her 8yr old son what kind of ghost he would be if he were to suddenly die.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
Katrina Photojournalist John McCusker
From: BSR Radio
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Profile of McCusker, who stayed to photograph Hurricane Katrina

Bought by KRCC-FM, WKMS, KUOW, WXLV-FM, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8
Midlife Web Diary
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
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Middle-aged corporate malcontent goes online, to be found by mom

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2
Hopeless in High School
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some kids joke about dropping out, but when Sarah Smith's family started to fall apart, she saw it as her only option.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WXLV-FM, YouthCast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
Always Present
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A quiet murmur evokes the presence of a departed mother

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:25
Keep Me Goin'
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A pair of dresses in a closet symbolize the death of Edna Wofford's son.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
What I'll Remember
From: BSR Radio
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"And like the masses in Times Square on the cusp of midnight, we are waiting in anticipation of something huge."

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Apr 17, 2006
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Waking Up Together
From: With Good Reason
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Zen and coupledom (and other Valentine's treats)

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2006
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Only Voice
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Champion bull rider Kenny Churchill recounts the reason he chose family over bull riding.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
It's Just A Job
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Veronica McNally reflects on life and work on her daily walk to her job at Pantheon Guitars in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
Storytelling for Peace (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three veteran storytellers share stories and talk about the power of stories to communicate ideas of cooperation, peacemaking and nonviolent confli...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KDUR, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: A not-so-perfect holiday
From: Spokane Public Radio
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We're driven by the belief that we can create this one perfect day or season, and the warmth generated by it will carry us through the rest of the ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBHM


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
Home Planet: (Christmas) Silent Night
From: Spokane Public Radio
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We can't see magic at work. Sometimes, we have to be content with looking at where it's been.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
A Cook's Notebook: Coffee and Going Home
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
you'd like to think that you've grown up when you go back home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Dear Santa, Make it work again.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A few minutes before midnight a little boy brings one of last year's gifts and places it under the tree. He wants to return it to Santa.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WNIN


  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps in Seattle
From: KUOW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Listening in on StoryCorps Seattle

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WEZU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2005
  • Length: 23:58
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: None So Blind: A Thanksgiving Story
From: Spokane Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A plate full of homemade food, the gift of a Thanksgiving meal, connects a lonely, blind, old woman and the shy little girl next door.

Bought by WTIP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WHRV, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 19
From New Orleans To New England
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Responds to Hurricane Katrina
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After living their whole lives in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, teenagers Tyrel and Tevin Wooten are starting life over at their new hom...

Bought by YouthCast and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
Mea, Me, Mine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mea Tavares was born female. He’s spent the rest of his life redefining what it means to be male.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Bringing The Work Into You
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mike Luce builds a casket for his deceased mother.

Bought by PRX Remix, WORLDcompass.org, SALTcast Podcast, and American Public Media


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 4
Mother's Day outLoud
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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A joyous, quirky celebration of motherhood, hosted by a teenager and his mom.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 13
Watching My Mother's Breath
From: Dale Short
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A gentle poem about the ending of a 90-year-old farm woman's full life

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Measure, Measure, Measure
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father copes with his son's departure for the Navy during a time of war.

Bought by KUHB and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 2