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To Give and To Receive
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Amanda Stewart and Jane McLean have lived very different lives: Jane volunteers to raise money for her local food bank and Amanda needs her local f...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 3
The Secret
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jarrod Livingstone was once officially dead for three minutes and his sister Carma wants to know what this experience was like.

Bought by HowSound, Vocalo.org, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 4
He Just Can't Help It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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According to 15 year old Marybeth Whalen, her younger brother has turned her life and the life of her family upside down.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Home Planet: The Temporary Green of Spring
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Writer Cheryl-Anne Millsap reflects on the meaning of being "green."

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Mar 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Christmas Lobster
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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The last Xmas meal I cooked for my Jewish husband was lobster. That was in 1994.

Bought by KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WKMS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 7
Mom's Good Move
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 37:09
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Sorrow & Joy Cake
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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A letter to my cousin who I never knew I had.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
My Father's Songs
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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Dr. H. is reminded about the songs of his tribe while practicing songs with his grandson.

Bought by WGDR and WCOM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Dad & Daws (Father's Day)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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PERFECT FOR FATHER'S DAY! A personal essay on how a volatile father's gift led to a career

Bought by KPIK-LP, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, Public Interactive, KFSR and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 7
American or not?
From: Holly Kernan
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commentator Elizabeth Price learns the harsh intricacies of international identity

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Sep 30, 2003
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1