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Rx Problem
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Prescription drugs, especially oxycontin, has been a growing problem in southeastern Kentucky. Its not a problem most people want to talk about it...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
It's Just A Job
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Veronica McNally reflects on life and work on her daily walk to her job at Pantheon Guitars in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
Son of a Coalminer
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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Josh Fleming grew up in a family of miners. In this piece he talks with his father about what being a coal miner has meant to his family and why h...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, The Nature Podcast, WBEZ, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 6
Maya Angelou & Guy Johnson - Mother and Son Poets become themselves
From: Sedge Thomson
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Mother and son poets meet to talk about the courage of poetry, the pleasures of red rice and language. Funny, moving.

Bought by KFCF FM, 90.5 WSNC, KWMR, WJSU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 44:47
  • Purchases: 19
Homeless for the Holidays
From: KRCC-FM
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Shelter houses homeless teens during holidays

Bought by KRZA, WMPG, KRZA, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 4
To Be Pain Free
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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There is never a moment in any day when Corrina Hodgson is not in pain because of a heriditary spinal condition. How will this affect her brother's...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
A Cook's Notebook: Coffee and Going Home
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
you'd like to think that you've grown up when you go back home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome To My World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For a young Canadian child, the battles of the Second World War are so far in the past that they might as well be from another world.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
Fisherman's Wife
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jackie Hannam fell in love with a fisherman and so far their life together is often a life apart.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Bed and Bannock
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Most people move out of their parent's home as part of growing up. For Shae Morin coming home was exactly what he needed to do.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 1
Finding My Ma
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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This is a piece about meeting someone I thought I already knew.

Bought by KUOW and WBEZ


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 2
Ralph & Rob & Glen & Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Keith Bloodworth introduces us to three mentally challenged men that he and his family have shared their home with for the past 15 years.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
Arranged Marriage
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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Looking at arranged marriage through my mothers eyes.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
From New Orleans To New England
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Responds to Hurricane Katrina
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After living their whole lives in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, teenagers Tyrel and Tevin Wooten are starting life over at their new hom...

Bought by YouthCast and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
My Pregnancy
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Dana Hennessey is 17, going to high school, and expecting a baby this spring.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
Patsy's Silent World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Trish Kelly explores her mother's silent world.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 1
Preg Test Day
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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On Heidi Redl's family ranch one of the most important days of the year is "preg test" day, when the vet comes and tells them how many of their c...

Bought by WTIP, Iowa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUCB, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 5
Parental Alienation and Child Custody
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Companion radio feature for PBS Documentary

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
This Child
From: Elizabeth Yeoman
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A woman thinks back to a turning point in her childhood.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:40
"I Still Love Him...Oh Well."
From: Curie Youth Radio
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The struggle to accept that your parent didn't put you first.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 2
To Give and To Receive
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Amanda Stewart and Jane McLean have lived very different lives: Jane volunteers to raise money for her local food bank and Amanda needs her local f...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 3
A physicist battles drug addiction
From: KEDM
Series: Overcoming Drug Addiction
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This two-part feature examines drug addiction from multiple perspectives—addict, counselor, parent and teacher—to provide listeners with a more com...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 09:18
Dear Mom: I Joined the Marines
From: Curie Youth Radio
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An apology and a plea for a mother's understanding when a son joins the Marines.

Bought by KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUOW, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2005
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 8
Bonnie's Budget
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Bonnie has raised three daughters on less than twenty thousand dollars a year but according to Bonnie, she is anything but poor.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 08, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 3
Dear Birth Mother
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom
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After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KMXT, HowSound, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 16

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