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Balancing being Mommy and Nanny
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Lupita Espinoza can often be seen pushing a stroller up one of those steep San Francisco hills that many of us try to avoid. She can’t avoid it, th...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:01
Self-Induced Abortion
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti takes on the delicate topic of at-home abortion, which typically means ingesting a pill or an herb that will c...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Restoring Trust in a Marriage with the Emotion Roadmap & a Question for You
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Making a meaningful difference
Listen to songs by Freebo, an explanation of the Emotion Roadmap, a real time successful conversation with a woman who wants to trust her husband a...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 30:37
A Code To Live By in Appalachia
From: Mary Helen Miller
Caption: The Presbyterian church in Vardy, Tennessee, was a community center for some Melungeon families. , Credit: Mary Helen Miller
The Melungeons were a mixed-race group in southern Appalachia with an elusive history. Now some Melungeon descendants are looking to DNA testing fo...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 2
Brain Injury and Couples
From: With Good Reason
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Five times as many people get a brain injury than are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury can be devastatin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Toxic Stress: Why Abuse and Trauma Linger into Adulthood
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Kathy Picard, Credit: Karen Brown
It's no surprise that early trauma can effect someone for years to come, but researchers in Massachusetts are starting to understanding what exactl...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIK-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 3
Gang Injunctions Arrive in London
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 13:36
Helping Homeless Veterans, A Family Affair
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Rachael McDermott and her dad, Jim Diana, volunteer their time helping homeless veterans. Rachael works for career services for Harvard and helps...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 1
A Hug on the Way Home
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Constance Carman says goodbye to a soldier., Credit: Julia Barton
When U.S. soldiers come back home on leave, they fly through a few central airports. For soldiers headed west of the Mississippi River, that airpor...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KPVL, Troy Public Radio, Delta College Public Radio, The Story and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 7
Veteran Voices: military mom shares her story of separation and service
From: KALW
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The U.S. military is changing. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been repealed, more women are serving, and the structure of military families is changin...

  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 05:37
The Mental Health Challenges of Refugees
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Ddepression or schizophrenia are a particular problem for refugee populations in the United States. They often come from war torn nations, fresh fr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPVL, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 4
WNR: The Shadow of a Man
From: War News Radio
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From "Drying Up," June 26, 2009. War News Radio reports on the tangle of issues surrounding temporary marriages in Iraq.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 07:24
Sexual Assault
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Three generations discussing the impact sexual assaults have had on each of their generations.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:18:35
Growing Pains
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the tensions in a new immigrant community.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1
"No Name Calling & Harassment"
From: Johanna Cooper
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Each student tells their own story of name calling and/or harassment.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:19
  • Purchases: 1
Foster Care Utopia
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Portrait of an innovative foster care community

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 07:46
Part five: Tanni Grey Thompson
From: Siobhan Mullen / David Lewis
Series: Get On With It
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the final part of our series looks at an athlete and mother

  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 10:04
Photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado
From: KUER
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Acclaimed Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado documents the migration of millions of people around the world.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
Overcoming drug addiction - part II
From: KEDM
Series: Overcoming Drug Addiction
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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: 06:46
A physicist battles drug addiction
From: KEDM
Series: Overcoming Drug Addiction
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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