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Carrie Rodriguez: Live & Circumstance
From: Joyride Media
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Alejandro Escovedo hosts an hour of live music and conversation with singer and songwriter Carrie Rodriguez.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
I'm Not Emo
From: Radio Rookies
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Like most of the kids in her school and on her block, 16-year-old Josetta Adams used to listen to hip-hop. But when she slipped into a depression, ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 09:08
  • Purchases: 3
Money Stress
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Erikka Diaz, like many of her neighbors in South Bronx, has lived in poverty her whole life. Her family knows well the anxiety that...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The Story, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 5
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
Divorced Kid
From: American Public Media
Caption: "Divorced Kid" producer Sasha Aslanian at her own wedding in September 1999., Credit: Liz Banfield Photography
America's divorce rate soared in the 1970s. Thirty years later, kids who grew up in the divorce revolution look back at that experience, and descri...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGDR and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 31
This I Believe - Jimmy Liao
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Ichthyologist Jimmy Liao believes fish can teach us a lot about navigating the difficulties of life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 4
The Davey Joe
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For 42 years, one family called a small cottage in the Camp Ellis area of Saco, Maine their "haven away from home".

  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 05:47
Something Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rich keeps doing graffiti, even though at age 34, he knows the consequences.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
Recordar es Volver (Remembering is Returning)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
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A portrait of a farmer, his wife--the tortilla maker, and their life in Teposcolula, Oaxaca.

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Paul Thorn
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Songwriter Paul Thorn believes religion and faith in God should come without fear and intimidation.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Women of India
From: Mahi Palanisami
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Five brown women, talk about themselves in relation to India

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2008
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Susan Cooke Kittredge
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Vermont minister Susan Kittredge believes we make torn or broken things stronger by mending them.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 2
Parents and Teens and Rules, Oh My!
From: Littleglobe
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A piece which includes personal narratives, interview, and panel discussion about teens' relationships with parents and parental expectations.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2008
  • Length: 28:31
This I Believe - Bob Barret
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Bob Barret believes in integrity -- even when it meant choosing to tell his wife and children he's gay.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 3
Grandpa
From: Lu Olkowski
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A father and son have a contest to take the best pictures of their dying grandpa, the result is an up-close portrait of death.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Yolanda Young
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Washingtonian Yolanda Young believes not having loved her absent father allowed her to forgive him.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Jeffrey Hollender
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Vermont businessman Jeffrey Hollender believes being present isn't easy but it is the best way to live life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
In the Shadow of the Voting Rights Act
From: Kezia Simister
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While the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an enormous victory, for a time it also meant more hardship for some African Americans in the South. Charmi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Losing Home
From: Radio Rookies
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Wen Ou tells about her struggle to maintain a connection with her homeland in China.

Bought by KUOW, WXLV-FM, KCUR, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 4
Hunting With My Dad
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this program, hunters talk about their fathers and grandfathers and the role these men played in their own development as hunters

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
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
Redefining Family - Cathy Resmer and Jules Fishelman
From: Vermont Public
Series: VPR Presents StoryCorps in Vermont
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Cathy Resmer and Jules Fishelman talk about their unique friendship...and share the dreams they have for their young sons.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:27
Katrina Photojournalist John McCusker
From: BSR Radio
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Profile of McCusker, who stayed to photograph Hurricane Katrina

Bought by KRCC-FM, WKMS, KUOW, WXLV-FM, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8
This I Believe - Jackie Lantry
From: This I Believe
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Listener Jackie Lantry believes the power of love helped her adopted son bond with her and her family.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Deirdre Sullivan
From: This I Believe
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Hearing her father's advice about a simple gesture shaped listener Deirdre Sullivan life?s philosophy.

Bought by WEKU and Hearing Voices


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2