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Chapter 26 - Leaving New York Behind
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard and Eunice introduce each other to their families and begin plans for a June wedding. Richard finds a job and is ordained. Driving north ou...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
Chapter 25 - Starting a New Chapter
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
As seniors at Union Seminary, Richard and Jim are responsible for welcoming the incoming students through “round robins” hosted in the homes of fac...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:40
Tannah and Coley Morrris
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detail of Portraits, Credit: Paintings by Emile B Klein
Tannah and Coley are twin Gospel musicians living in an economically depressed community. Beyond the stereotypes we discover how two high-schoolers...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Bonnie and Myra Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Bonnie Brown (L) and Myra Brown (R)
Myra Brown speaks with her mother, Bonnie Mae Brown, who has an intellectual disability.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
These Foolish Things
From: Roo Kidd
Caption: Pete and Nan Hodge, Elloughton Church, East Yorkshire, October 12th 1940
An East Yorkshire woman recalls her wartime wedding. Audio messages recorded on vinyl and mailed across war-torn Europe provide a snapshot of the e...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
StoryCorps: Bryan Wilmoth and Michael Wilmoth
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Michael (L) and Bryan Wilmoth
Bryan Wilmoth tells his younger brother, Michael, about being kicked out of the house because he is gay.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Diane Tells His Name and Bonnie Buchanan
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Diane Tells His Name (L) and Bonnie Buchanan (R)
Diane Tells His Name talks to her daughter Bonnie Buchanan about discovering she was adopted.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Our Favorite Holiday Traditions
From: City High Radio
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Sophomore Alex Heath interviews fellow teens about their favorite holiday traditions.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
Cranberry Dreams
From: Eric Drachman
Caption: Picking Day
Dennis Clemishaw is a cranberry farmer. He knows its a risky business, but now he owns his own bogs and is banking his retirement on them.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 08:25
Flip, Skip, Guitar
From: Emma de Campo
Caption: Flip Scipio and wife Mitzi Pratt, in their Martha's Vineyard studio., Credit: Emma de Campo
Flip Scipio has been described as a “guitar repairer to the gods.” And with customers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, it's a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Marilyn Gonzalez and Jessica Pedraza
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Sgt. Marilyn Gonzalez (L) and her daughter Spc. Jessica Pedraza (R).
Sergeant Marilyn Gonzalez and her daughter Specialist Jessica Pedraza remember deploying together to Iraq in 2010.

Bought by WEZU and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Sarah Avant and Anand Hernandez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sarah Avant interviews her son Anand Hernandez.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 2
Harold
From: Josh Hernandez
Caption: Father's Day
Reflections on a life well lived.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Arrangement In Gray and Black"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Arrangement In Gray and Black." The Beat is a daily reminder that...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
What We Are Thankful For
From: City High Radio
Caption: Rudy, the Producer
In this sweet Thanksgiving vox pop, 16-year-old Rudy shows us that even though teenagers don't always show it, they really are grateful for the goo...

Bought by WTIP and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional: Family Justice
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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On this episode... two stories about crime hitting close to home. A man's evil plan takes an ironic turn and a Brooklyn dad hits the streets and la...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Louisville Public Media, KOSU, and Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Denny Daniels and Larry Rolf
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Larry Rolf (L) and Denny Daniels (R)
Best friends Denny Daniels and Larry Rolf, who were married to the same woman at different times, talk about how their unlikely friendship began.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 2
What Happened to Mommy's Blankie?
From: Jaime Bedrin
Caption: Henry and mom
My 3.5 year-old son interviewed me about my blankie. We did this interview in the dark days (and nights) that followed Hurricane Sandy. Henry is ve...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
StoryCorps: Marcela Gaviria and Dempsey Springfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Marcela Gaviria speaks with Dr. Dempsey Springfield, who has been her surgeon for more than 30 years.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 3
Culturology: "Trip In Dad's Truck" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman. In this essay A...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Shelli Wright and Graham Haggett
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Shelli Wright and her son, Graham Haggett, remember his grandmother Sandra Lee Wright, who was killed on September 11, 2001. Shelli Wright and her ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 3
The Opera, the Acequia and the WPA: Stories from Santa Fe Living Treasures
From: nancy udell
Caption: Gillian Wethey McHugh
Excerpts from the oral histories collected by the Santa Fe Living Treasures' committee as part of its work honoring community elders.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 27:43
The Beat: Audrey Helbling- "Her Treasure"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Audrey Helbling is a Faribault writer whose poems have been published in The Talking Stick, Lake Region Review, Poetic Strokes, and on roadside bil...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
Songs I Sing To My Kids
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on family music.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:41
The Beat: Anthony Swann - "Gramma Calling"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Anthony Swann Has written a novel about jazz people in the Twin Cities in the early 1960's. He like physical books and coffeehouses. And Anthony Sw...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:30

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