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StoryCorps: Robert Robinson and John Fortunato
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Robert Robinson and Dr. John Fortunato at their StoryCorps interview in Chicago, Illinois on October 30, 2023, Credit: Jeb Backe for StoryCorps
After Dr. John Fortunato diagnosed Robert Robinson’s daughter, Angel, with a rare kind of cancer, the father and doctor forged a lasting bond.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:20
What is foreign accent syndrome? After a stroke, one man’s southern drawl turned British
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet Kenley Byrd, who is one of fewer than 100 people ever known to have had Foreign Accent Syndrome.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 54
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about the need to be prepared.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 43
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about people coming to terms with reality.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 41
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes from our Award-Winning podcasts.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 34
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about finding alternative solutions for very different problems.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 31
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about parents doing everything they can for their kids.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 51:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Heidi Koss and Elora Koss-Nobel
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Heidi Koss and Elora Koss-Nobel at their StoryCorps interview in Wenatchee, WA on June 22, 2009., Credit: By Whitney Henry-Lester for StoryCorps.
Heidi Koss tells her daughter, Elora, about her first years as a new mom and her experience with postpartum depression.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Jennifer Hensel and Jeremy Richman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Avielle Richman was one of the children killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. She was six years old. Her par...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:59
The Big Ponder #39: Grief
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Grief is all around us these days. But what exactly is it? And why is it? During a time of global trauma and loss, Jocelyn Robinson seeks to better...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
3. Childhood
From: Maria-Cristina Marras
Series: Micro
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When adults use children as a pawn. A micro narration in a minute or so.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:14
The Write Question - Danielle Geller
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Danielle Geller discusses her debut memoir, "Dog Flowers" - a story of returning to the Navajo reservation after her mother's death.

Bought by WETS, KVNF, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Animal Shelters are Struggling Nationally Due to the Effects of COVID-19
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: A dog that was found in a truck and rescued., Credit: Samantha Lindell
Supply chain issues, staff shortages, and negligent owners have put a strain on animal shelters throughout the pandemic.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 05:03
StoryCorps: DeFord Update
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carolyn DeFord poses with the Missing poster for her mother, Leona Kinsey, who went missing October 1999, at her StoryCorps interview on January 24, 2019 in Renton, WA., Credit: By Dupe Oyebolu for StoryCorps.
Carolyn DeFord shares how she carries her mother’s disappearance and the stories that give her comfort and hope in her healing journey.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
StoryCorps: Dorlie Fong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In the late 1930’s, dancer Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her partner Paul Wing. It capped years of hard work on the Vaudeville circuit and l...

Bought by KALW and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps American Pathways and Griot: Tasreen Khamisa and Tony Hicks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In 1995, 14-year-old Tony Hicks shot and killed 20-year old Tariq Khamisa in a gang-related robbery. 20 years later, Tariq's older sister, Tasreen,...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
05 “Grace in the Face of Discomfort” [Kristi’s Story]
From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
What would it look like for you to live your life with grace? This SUPERHUMANS story shows us how to experience loss with Grace. Kristi opens up a...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 36:40
StoryCorps: Michelle Huston and Lauren Magaña
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In 2018, Michelle Huston came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Lauren Magaña, to talk about her life’s calling to take care of the dying, and how i...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
StoryCorps: Ginger Petrocelli and Albert Petrocelli Sr.
From: StoryCorps
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Retired New York City Fire Chief Albert Petrocelli died from COVID-19 in April, nearly two decades after losing his youngest son, Mark, in the Worl...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 02:27
StoryCorps: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland in Marietta, GA on June 28, 2020., Credit: Michael Reese for StoryCorps.
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...

Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Broadcast Special: Parenting During the Pandemic
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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What's it like parenting during a pandemic? Imagine that you always assumed you would to live to see your baby grow up, but suddenly, because you w...

Bought by KGUA, KDNK, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Boise State Public Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2020
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 13
Deport Me - Monologue by Alejandro Fuentes Mena and Kirsten Wilson
From: Motus Theater Boulder
Series: Motus Theater UndocuAmerica Monologues
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Alejandro Fuentes-Mena tells the story of his hard working parents and shares his journey to becoming one of the first two DACAmented teachers in t...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 16:20
StoryCorps: Jackie Stockton and Alice Stockton-Rossini
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jackie Stockton and daughter Alice Stockton-Rossini at the Philadelphia Flower Show March, 2019, Credit: Alice Stockton-Rossini.
Jackie Stockton and her daughter Alice Stockton-Rossini recovered from COVID-19, the virus that killed a best friend and a family member. Having fa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WERA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 3
C-HIT The WorkUp: Lost Lives - Janet Rice
From: Lynne DeLucia
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This is Lost Lives, a series of podcasts presented by the Connecticut Health I-Team's The Workup. Lost Lives examines the starkest health disparity...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 10:53
StoryCorps: Carolyn Deford
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Twenty years ago, Leona Kinsey disappeared from her home in La Grande, Oregon and was never seen again. Her daughter, Carolyn DeFord, a Puyallup tr...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 02:09