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How Giants baseball drew a family together
From: KALW
Caption: Producer Max Jacobs with the World Series trophy
At KALW News, we're still celebrating the San Francisco Giants' 2010 World Series victory. As part of it, we created an hour-long documentary all a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: The meaning of family
From: KALW
Caption: Maya Elena Scott-Chung and Jorge Pacheco in the StoryCorps booth, Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps
Maya Elena Scott-Chung married her partner MeiBeck in 2004’s Winter of Love. They married again in 2008 after courts annulled their first union. As...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Our Ups and Downs
From: WHJE
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Growing up with and raising a family member with Down Syndrome.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
"If These Walls Could Talk: Inside Youth Speak Out" SEASON TWO
From: Susan Stone
Caption: Justice for Youth mural, Credit: San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center
"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Inside Youth Speak Out" is a poetry series drawn from testimonial writings by the youngest members of America's prison ...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Godfather
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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A personal reflection on the stakes of becoming the godfather to my best friend's first child.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 09:59
No Turnaround: Old Age, Alzheimer's and Identity
From: Rosemary Langford
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This short, fully produced audio essay – with music and sound effects – is a rumination on growing old, with a nod to the effects of Alzheimer's. I...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
Family (Full Episode)
From: BSR Radio
Series: The Radio Show
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In time for Thanksgiving, an exploration of Family. Contributions by: Gowri Chandra, Laurel Foglia, Brice Peterson, Katie Jennings, Rachel Blatt, a...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 31:35
Hair Rollers, Religion And Growing Up
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
  • 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
One Daughter's Journey.
From: City High Radio
Caption: photo by: Vicky Barnett
Vicky was living in a tough situation in Phoenix, AZ. Her mom had told her that her father didn't want anything to do with her. But one day Vicky f...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
An Unexpected Life
From: Littleglobe
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A teen discovers he's going to be a dad.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Selfless By Nature
From: Littleglobe
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A portrait inspired by a close relative’s ongoing struggle in life.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2010
  • Length: 06:31
Father's Day
From: Paul Currington
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"What do you think of when you think of your dad?" People in Seattle share stories about their fathers. Death, divorce, drugs, love, Casey Kasem...

Bought by KSFR, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 3
Tattoos are the new lockets
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tattoos have surpassed lockets as a way of keeping memories close.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 04:06
Forgetting
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
Caption: Forgetting, Credit: Tom Pappalardo
In which the author Googles “Dysnomia,” and then, later, Googles “Dysnomia.”

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
Maggi
From: World Vision Report
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In some places around the world, it’s not access to food that’s the issue. It’s the taste of that food. Reporter Will Everett was recently in Sen...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
Hot Tea
From: World Vision Report
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In Azerbaijan, hospitality is highly valued. Guests are welcomed at any time of day. And they’re always offered the best food, seating, or sleepin...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
Drunk Daddy Santa
From: Justin Laird
Series: Electric Radio Company
Caption: Justin Laird & Jason Mehl
Jason Mehl tells the story of his meeting with a drunken Santa.

Bought by KUT and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2009
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Missing Their Son
From: World Vision Report
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Parents in some countries have to leave their children with relatives in rural areas and go to cities to find work. Sometimes they’re the people w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
Felicia "Untitled"
From: Littleglobe
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14-year-old Santa Fe Student Felicia created her poem, inspired by a family portrait.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:10
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
"Shift"
From: MayCope Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This audio essay is based upon a near accident during a winter weekend drive from Boston to New York City.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:47
Eat! Eat!
From: MayCope Media
Caption: Eat! Eat!, Credit: Sandy Chin
A personal audio essay about my Italian-American Nani teaching me the importance of showing love through cooking.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:19
Amy
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Amy gives away hand-knit hats

  • Added: Dec 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:27

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