PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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Tell Your Mother
From: Kristin Bouwmeester
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Lost brother at the lake. What would a T.V. dad do?

  • Added: Jun 15, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
Running from Myself
From: 826NYC
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Louis struggles to reconcile bad choices he's made in the past.

Bought by KUT, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), YouthCast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 17:51
  • Purchases: 4
Family Adoption: More Harm Than Good?
From: WAMU
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What happens when you're adopted by a family member?

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
Footing the Bill: Who Pays for Absent Fatherhood?
From: WAMU
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Youth-produced piece on growing up in a fatherless household.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 3
Beautiful, Painful Truth
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Story of a man who must end a loving marriage when he comes to terms with his homosexuality.

Bought by KUT, KRCB 104.9, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 4
Rap Over College?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Keith has the smarts to go to a good college, but he wants to make it as a rapper.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
Going Back to College
From: Littleglobe
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The influence of my childhood experience with college on my current desire for a degree.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and WQJC


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Mi Abuela's Lottery Dreams
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Alca's grandmother waits for the last number...

Bought by YouthCast and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
Esther and Abuelita
From: Radio Rookies
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A young woman and senior citizen learn from each other about dealing with loss.

Bought by KVNF and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
Growing Up in a Coal Community
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Caption: Natasha Watts interviewing community members., Credit: Rebecca O'Doherty, Youth Radio
Growing up in a coal community, mining is a part of your everyday life. In light of the recent SAGO mine disaster Natasha Watts reflects on what i...

Bought by WGXC, WGBH Radio Boston, WXLV-FM, The Nature Podcast, and PRX


  • Added: Jan 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Son of a Coalminer
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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Josh Fleming grew up in a family of miners. In this piece he talks with his father about what being a coal miner has meant to his family and why h...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, The Nature Podcast, WBEZ, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 6
Marissa's Grandma
From: Youth Radio
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Marissa's ode to her Grandma

Bought by KVNF, WGXC, and PRX


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
The Cost of War
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Weeks after S. Spencer Scott interviewed Lavinia Gelineau about the loss of her husband Chris, a young soldier who was killed in Iraq, Lavinia hers...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KISU, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 18
Think Piece: Days of Our Teenage Lives
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Series: Talk of Alaska - Kids These Days
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This Think Piece relating to developing character and values presents a series of scenarios in which kids need good morals to make the right choices.

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Think Piece on Life After High School
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Series: Talk of Alaska - Kids These Days
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Kids These Days "Think Piece" on life after high school

Bought by KUOW, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3
My Criminal Life
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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This dreamy feature puts listeners in the mind of Mark, a young man who feels hopeless against the cycles of drugs and violence in his life.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX


  • Added: Oct 11, 2004
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 4
And, How Does That Make You Feel?
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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This radio drama takes you into the world of a suicidal teen, seeking counseling.

Bought by PRX Remix, YouthCast, WXLV-FM, and WMPG


  • Added: Sep 28, 2004
  • Length: 13:17
  • Purchases: 4
Profile of Sgt. Jim Johnson
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Spencer Scott interviews Sargeant Jim Johnson of the Maine National Guard as he departs for eighteen months in Iraq.

Bought by WXLV-FM, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 3