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Caption: Broke in Aemerica, Credit: jacket design by Pete Garceau
Approximately twelve percent of America’s population living in poverty. That’s not including those who barely make it month to month. Some see pove...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Cahan
The Works Progress Administration, what became better known as the WPA, was designed to provide jobs for unemployed Americas. One of their provoca...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Kristin J. Wilson
Just two generations ago, breastfeeding was considered second best to infant formula. Today, however, it’s regarded as a newborn’s birthright.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: End Kids Cancer
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
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Rebecca Barry talks about her wonderful memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Sue Klebold
Guilt can haunt any parent whose child commits suicide. That’s especially true for a murder-suicide.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Twelve-year old Deamonte Driver died following brain surgery in February 2007. His original diagnosis was meningitis. After his death, the culprit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Susan Greenhalgh
America is in the midst of an obesity epidemic of catastrophic proportion. Today, two-thirds of adults, and one-third of children and adolescents –...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Andrew Soloman
Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
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We kick off our Season 8 with writer, actor, and director Mark Landon Smith on our monthly Tin Roof Project reading a story about a family secret. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
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A collection of children's choirs, inspirational music, and personal remembrances, mixed with Barack Obama speaking in Newtown, CT Sunday night.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 57:33
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This week, our stories are all about turning points, as our writers move from innocence to knowledge, their lives forever changed. Stories by Sarah...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Here they are, the winners of annual Telling Tales Contest, in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival. Stories by Eric Van Meter, Sarah Mi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Madelyn Young reads "Good Intentions"
This week's stories are about words, and the silences between sentences. Madelyn Young reaches out to one of her students, Robin Satterfield strugg...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Stories about children and the fine line between reality and fantasy, myth, and even truth. Told in front of a live audience each week at Starving ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Amanda Ratliff
This week we consider the influence of astrology and mythology on music.

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 26:29
  • Purchases: 1
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A creative reading from the children's classic, read by Jessica Stevens.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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11 year old Oscar loves his chickens

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1