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Education Equity: Lucia Martinez
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Lucia Martinez, Credit: Generation Justice
Lucia Martinez, 20, speaks about her personal experience of education equity. She speaks about real life stories of growing up and higher education...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
AMERICAN PROMISE -- Michele Stephenson & Joe Brewster Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Joe Brewster & Michele Stephenson, San Francisco, CA 10/28/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster talk commitment, reflection, and unconscious racism.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:20
The Privatization of Death Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the rights of families to care for their dead and the funeral industry in this two-part interview with Lisa Carlson and Jos...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
Special Education in NY Public Schools (Short Doc)
From: Katie Hiler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Long Island mother faces immense challenges as she tries to educate her three autistic sons through New York's public school system.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing on Mothers - "Potty Training, Pondering the Profound, and the Unknowable."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
College Access Matters II
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: www.mmep.org
Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
Make Love and Wine
From: Eric Miller
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Please enjoy our special Valentine's Day piece about Love and wine. The interviews with a marriage counselor and a winemaker intertwine as they bot...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 1
Only For My King
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Benuel Esch grew up Amish in Lancaster Pennsylvania, but twenty years ago he started asking questions. Though he left to explore other paths, he fi...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Reading Dogs
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Learning to read is often a confusing and frustrating experience. Parents and teachers sometimes create stress flowing from their personal angst t...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 1
An Affordable Education For Young Folks
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Don't spend the next 10 years paying off your college loans.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:26
Another Urban Legend
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
It doesn't need to be true if you believe it

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:16
No Child Left Inside
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition of Radio Curious we’re visiting with Helen Menasian, director of the Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project located north of Ukia...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Falling in Love and the Cultural Age Barrier
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Can a man of 29 fall in love with a girl of 14?

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:52
Grad Student on Full Fellowship
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You might think your daughter is doing well if she is dating a grad student on a full fellowship.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Humphrey Polanen from Suriname to Silicon Valley
From: Anton Foek
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Leaving Suriname as a young boy with dreams and hope for another life.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 19:21
Moving up the Income Class: Crystal Patterson
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fifty hours a week, at the University of Washington Medical Center ER, Crystal Patterson is so busy that she barely has time to go to the bathroom....

  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 08:55
He Holds The Lantern While His Mother Chops the Wood
From: The humble Farmer
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Dysfunctional Familes are Nothing New

  • Added: Jul 14, 2008
  • Length: :53
P.O.V. - A Family Undertaking Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Elizabeth Westrate talks with P.O.V. about the making of her film "A Family Undertaking"

  • Added: Sep 14, 2007
  • Length: 09:18
Going Back to College
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Morning Stories, From the Street
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: Twenty-one things to think about when turning 21.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Written for a daughter who is turning 21, the list includes twenty-one things every adult should think about; lessons no book or school will ever t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
Peaceful Parenting - Parts 1 + 2 / 2 half-hours / (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two stand alone half hours in the Peace Talks Radio Series, each featuring an expert, Victor LaCerva (Pictured) and Ruth Beaglehole, on how parents...

Bought by KUNM, WPSU, KGNU Community Radio, and WGDR


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 4
A Story of Forgiveness (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two New Mexico fathers are working together to improve conditions for youth in their hometown, despite the fact that one man's son was convicted of...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KVSC, KRZA, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KDUR and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 7
Home Planet: Back To School List, by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Back to school.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Seeking Peace on Earth- The Peace Talks Radio 2003 Special (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A series of interviews with people whose life's work is resolving conflict peacefully in different environments. From the first season of Peace Ta...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 8