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Shyness
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A multiyear study begun at Harvard follows shy babies into adulthood. As producer Kelley Libby reports, 15 to 20 percent of us grow up to be shy.

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Surrogacy Among Friends
From: Karen Brown
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A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
The Mental Health Challenges of Refugees
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Ddepression or schizophrenia are a particular problem for refugee populations in the United States. They often come from war torn nations, fresh fr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPVL, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 4
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
Natural Child Birth: There will Always be Three Now
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: Newly born, Max Ferrer, with his parents Nicole and Sean, Credit: Katy Sewall
When it comes to giving birth in America, less than 1% of couples choose a "natural birth;" that is a birth with no drugs - and little to no medica...

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 17:14
Are childhood mental illnesses related to strep?
From: Julianne Hill
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This two-part series examines the debate by world-class scientists if a connection between tics, Tourette's, obsessive-compulsive disorder and ext...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
A Crisis in Primary Care -- the Massachusetts Health Care Experiment
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Dr. Dan Levy, who left his private practice, Credit: Karen Brown
Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there’s an unintended consequ...

Bought by KRUA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 2
Hazelton: How Mayor Lou Barletta Helped to Divide this small working class Pennsylvania town
From: Melissa Townsend
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In 2006 Mayor Lou Barletta cracked down on Latino residents new to the predominantly white working class town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Many new L...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 11:46
The Ocean Between
From: Conrad Wilson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new DNA test implemented by the State Department has affected thousands of refugee families throughout Africa.

Bought by WABE and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
Hawaii Foster Kids Reconnect with Long Lost Family
From: Ben Markus
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Epic Ohana Helps Foster Kids Trace Family

  • Added: Aug 16, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
Matters of Love and Faith
From: Pauline Bartolone
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An Audio Portrait of a Muslim Polygamous Family

  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 11:32
A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill
From: Karen Brown
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Sound-rich documentary about the effect of mental illness on "well" siblings

Bought by KPVL, PRX to iTunes, WCQS, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Foster Care Utopia
From: Karen Brown
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Portrait of an innovative foster care community

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 07:46
Legal Status
From: Radio Rookies
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A teenage girl originally from Sierra Leone struggles to understand her immigration status in the U.S.

Bought by The Story, Space Gallery, KUOW, WXLV-FM, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 7
Urban Homesteaders
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A young Massachusetts family lives off the land -- in the middle of a crime-ridden inner-city.

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, KTNA, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Nature Podcast and more


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 6
When a Parent Calls Collect
From: KUOW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at men parenting from prison.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 1
Hmong Funerals
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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The tradition of Hmong Funerals as carried out in America (PRX Reversioning)

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 7
Tsim Txom: Domestic Violence in Hmong Society
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A look at domestic abuse in Hmong culture

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Convicting Chevie Kehoe
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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A new inquiry into a notorious murder case that asks: Were the wrong men convicted of this crime?

Bought by Audible and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 2
Best selling Author, John Bradshaw on Synergy
From: Robbie Patterson
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Best selling author John Bradshaw discusses his views of family issues in front of a live audience on Synergy with Robbie Patterson.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2004
  • Length: 54:35