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StoryCorps: Calvin Burns and Stepheni Bellamy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Calvin Burns and his teenage daughter, Stepheni Bellamy, visit StoryCorps to have a difficult conversation about rac

Bought by WVBI-LP, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 3
Raising Girls (Part 1)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A sampling of ideas and best practices for raising girls into adulthood. Three women who all have daughters and are also scholars and writers in t...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hiking with Sam - Ages 5 and 11
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: Sean and Sam Hurley on Welch Mountain., Credit: Sean Hurley
This is a parenting story and a story about time. I've been hiking with my son Sam since he was born. In this story, I contrast recordings I made...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
StoryCorps: Saboor Sahely and Jessica Sahely
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Saboor Sahely and Jessica Sahely
The owner of a Logan, Utah, restaurant tells his daughter about lessons he learned growing up in Afghanistan, and how they inspire him today.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WGUC/ WVXU, WMUU-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Alicia Beltrán-Castañeda and Serena Castañeda
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A mother tells her daughter about growing up in California in the late 1960s, and the lesson learned after her mother gave her beloved bed away.

Bought by KZYX, WGUC/ WVXU, WEZU, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Hartmut Lau and Barbara Lau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hartmut Lau and Barbara Lau
A decorated veteran who served 24 years in the U.S. Army talks with his wife for the first time about his experiences during the Vietnam War.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:40
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Jacqueline Woodson, ANOTHER BROOKLYN & Deborah Levy HOT MILK
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson talks about her novel Another Brooklyn (longlisted for National Book Award.) It’s in the form of a coming-o...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
The Write Question - Joe Wilkins - 261
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Joe Wilkins talks about how he makes poems and reads from his collection 'When We Were Birds'

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Rachel Toor - Misunderstood - 260
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Rachel Toor explains the origins of our misunderstandings about rats and reads from her book 'Misunderstood: Why the Humble Rat May Be Your Best Pe...

Bought by 'The Sea', KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Griot: Carlos Walton and Jim Saint Germain
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carlos Walton (left) and Jim Saint Germain (right)
Jim Saint Germain and his former middle school dean discuss pivotal moments in their relationship and lessons Jim learned from his mentor.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
Interview with Ludella Awad
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Ludella Awad is a Syrian-American author and student who published two books on the human experience and her feelings on Syria, her family's home. ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:38
To the Sun by Haneen Ah-Mare
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Haneen Ah-Mare is a poet whose family came to New Mexico from Iraq in 2008 when she was 11. Haneen will be sharing her poem, To the Sun, which she ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 1
Attention by Holly Walter Kerby
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Steven Boyer
In Holly Walter Kerby’s Attention, Amber (Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger) is bummed out that her boyfriend has visited his family without her. Sh...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 17:56
StoryCorps: Vito de la Cruz and Maria Sefchick-Del Paso
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Civil rights lawyer Vito de la Cruz grew up in a family of migrant farmworkers. He describes his childhood and the loving aunt who raised him.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 5
"Hijab Diaries"
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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A new podcast new to WFHB

  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 09:41
A Lesson for the Future
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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Wade Nygren has incredible athletic ability. Because of several exceptional performances during cross-country races at his middle school, his high ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:09
Catch this Rising Twin Cities Jazz Group
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Solomon Parham, Credit: Andrea Canter
Playing music is more than a technical skill. It is often a spiritual experience for those who play it. But while performing can be a personal thin...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:39
The Write Question - Annick Smith - 257
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Annick Smith talks about and reads from her memoir 'Crossing the Plains with Bruno.' She also comments on the importance of story during life trans...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Amy Ragsdale - 255
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Amy Ragsdale talks about the year she and her family spent in a small town in northeastern Brazil, and the memoir she wrote about their experiences...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Spotlight @ Carleton with Izii Carter
From: Veronica Garcia
Caption: Veronica Garcia, host of Spotlight @ Carleton College
I interview different students I love at the Carleton College. Listen to Izii Carter talk about her English thesis on society and TV and much more.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 50:21
The Write Question - Craig Lancaster - 245
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Craig Lancaster talks about and reads from his fifth novel, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. He also describes his journey from copy editor to full-time author.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Hungry For Family Time
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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In this commentary Youth Radio's Desmond Meagley explains why family time at his home is often overshadowed by technology.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:08
Generation ADHD
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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When Jimmy was 7 years old, he was diagnosed with ADHD (what's considered today to be a common behavioral disorder). He was prescribed mood-alterin...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:10
StoryCorps: Barbara Hendricks and Brent Hendricks
From: StoryCorps
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Barbra Hendricks and her son, Brent, discuss what it's like to live with Cystic Fibrosis, and remember Brent's sister Tiffany, who died from the di...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:25