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Fear On the Inside: A Story of Domestic Violence
From: Long Haul Productions
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A week in the life of a woman in Chicago attempting to escape a physically and emotionally abusive marriage.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 23:22
  • Purchases: 2
Jeff's Diary: Revisited
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
Caption: Jeff Rogers
When Jeff Rogers was 16 years old he started referring to himself as a “halfrican.” Jeff has a black father and a white mother. And like many teena...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 19:02
  • Purchases: 1
MORNINGS
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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Memories of my childhood mornings.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
ROOTS
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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Exploring my lineage one eccentric elder at a time.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair (30 Min Special)
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Radio Diaries Podcast
Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather., Credit: Teri Havens
In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 2
Video Games
From: Littleglobe
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Sarah Jones explains her mixed feelings about video games.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
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
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Juan
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited
Caption: Juan holds a photograph of himself from 16 years ago., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
16 years ago, Juan reported on his life as a recent Mexican immigrant living in poverty in Texas. In his new diary, Juan takes us on a tour of the ...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Frankie
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited
Caption: Frankie in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
As a teenager, Frankie was a high school football star whose picture was in his hometown newspaper every week. Years after graduating, Frankie was ...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, WJCT, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 30:26
  • Purchases: 4
Mandy's Diary: God is my Guy
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Mandy attends an evangelical Christian church. Every Sunday, she arrives at least an hour early for services, because that’s one of the things you...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:20
Ricky's Diary: What if God...
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Ricky’s father is an atheist activist. These days, Ricky is beginning his own search for God, and something to believe in. This story is part of th...

Bought by KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 3
Randy’s Diary: Remembering Ozell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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While living on a farm in the Mississippi Delta that was once part of a slave plantation, Randy searches for clues about the life of his great-gran...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 4
Frankie’s Diary, Part 2: Football
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Frankie’s second Teenage Diary follows his season playing running back for the Valley Head Tigers. Recorded in 1997, Frankie documents his life as ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
Juan's Diary, Part 2: Back to Mexico
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Juan’s second audio diary, he travels back to Mexico to visit his dying grandfather. This is his first time back since he immigrated to the Unit...

Bought by KSFR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 25:51
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional: After You Left
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode there are mysteries to solve, sudden appearances and unexpected disappearances. Two stories about searching for something that does...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Dizzy
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes
From: Mary T. Diorio Schilling
Caption: Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes
In Key West, Florida,a neighborhood rooster's cries awaken a woman mourning her mother's recent death.

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
Moving Out/On
From: Shannon Geis
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Producer Shannon Geis deals with moving out of her childhood home in Nebraska for good and the memories of her father that still haunt the property.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 20:22
I'll Heal in Time by Jillian Suarez of Radio Rookies
From: YouthCast
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches this week, a lot of people feel a sense of fatigue--some just aren’t interested in looking back. And one...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 1
Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair: A Granddaughter's Search for the Truth
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather, Credit: Teri Havens
In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUT, WRPI, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 22:59
  • Purchases: 8
Sealed
From: Colleen Kelly
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Sealed explores divorce and its lingering effects. Nearly two decades after their parents’ separation, four siblings reflect on its aftermath.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 22:22
  • Purchases: 1
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
Adam
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Adam used to want to be just like his father...but not anymore

  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 02:31
Ananda
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Ananda told me the story of King Arthur and what women want

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:20
Charlie
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Charlie's girlfriend left him

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 07:03