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Help for veterans returning home
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Tribute to my father
“Thank a returning veteran for their service.” Jean Stetz Puchalski What can each of us do to help veterans’ families when the veteran is still...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 31:43
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
Not a Foamer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Griffin Bourassa possesses many traits of a typical 15 year old boy, but there is one facet of his life that is not normal.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 2
Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Wild Comfort
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In an effort to make sense of the deaths of several loved ones, Kathleen Dean Moore turned to the comfort of the wild, making a series of excursion...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Traveling Light: A Resolution for the New Year
From: Rosemary Langford
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This short, fully-produced audio essay explores the burden of ownership – the weight of our "things," and the expectations that accompany them. The...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
MA-143 Good Enough Mom
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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I've exchanged my Super Mom cloak for a Good Enough Mom sweatshirt.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Craig Lancaster: 600 Hours of Edward
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Craig Lancaster wrote 600 HOURS OF EDWARD, which is his first novel, during National Novel Writing Month, an annual event in which writers are chal...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Making Space for Love
From: Suvi Hynynen
Series: The Love Story Thief
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Love can't come into your life unless you invite it in, finds Helen in this interview with the Love Story Thief.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 14:04
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: The Carol of the Bells
From: Spokane Public Radio
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The Salvation Army bell ringer, bundled up to stay warm in weather that has turned brutal overnight, stands just beside the front door of the busy ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:01
This can go on forever
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.
When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by American Voices, KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 8
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Thanks to the Dog.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Judge Street, Elmhurst
From: Christine Cleary
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Family ties transcend time and place

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Shelters
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ruben Hamming-Green interviewed two members from the Youth Shelters and Family Services, to hear how they are helping homeless youth.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WGDR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Brighton Earley
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Los Angeles high school student Brighton Earley believes being flexible is a valuable trait in life.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - David Gessner
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nature writer David Gessner believes you don't have to go to Everest or the Amazon to find wildness.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KZSC


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Jon Carroll
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Newspaper columnist Jon Carroll believes one of the keys to success comes from accepting your failures.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
She's An Ironman
From: James Mills
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A first-year Ironman triathlete compares the event to being pregnant

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Betsy Chalmers
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Betsy Chalmers believes faithfulness to God, her husband and herself has been the foundation of her life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Jamaica Ritcher
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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NPR listener Jamaica Ritcher finds belief in explaining to her daughter the death of a family pet.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Phyllis Allen
From: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Listener Phyllis Allen once defined her beliefs by social movements. Now, she finds them in herself.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:15
This I Believe - Ruth Kamps
From: This I Believe
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Listener Ruth Kamps now finds her beliefs to be as firmly rooted as the pine tree that gives her inspiration.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Colleen Shaddox
From: This I Believe
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NPR listener Colleen Shaddox believes jazz music has united her family across the generations.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Benjamin Carson
From: This I Believe
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Renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson believes he owes his life and career to his mother.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WJAB, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - John McCain
From: This I Believe
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A belief in honor, faith and service has guided John McCain throughout his public and private life.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and KBYI


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2