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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
A Better Father
From: Viki Merrick
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reflections on being a father

Bought by WSGE, KZYX, KMXT, WJCT, KUER and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 11
The Secret
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jarrod Livingstone was once officially dead for three minutes and his sister Carma wants to know what this experience was like.

Bought by HowSound, Vocalo.org, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 4
He Just Can't Help It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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According to 15 year old Marybeth Whalen, her younger brother has turned her life and the life of her family upside down.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Corner of the Universe
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Now that Adam's "school" is closing, Hattie's family must deal with a childlike man whose existence they've denied for years.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Translating
From: WAMU
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Carlos reports on his and his friends' experiences as translators for their families.

Bought by WXLV-FM, KUOW, WXLV-FM, YouthCast, WGCU and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 6
Watching My Mother's Breath
From: Dale Short
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A gentle poem about the ending of a 90-year-old farm woman's full life

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Executive Director of Life's End Institute
From: Sheila Edmundson (Smart City)
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This interview provides information about alternatives to conventional end of life decisions

  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 17:37
Home Planet: The Temporary Green of Spring
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Writer Cheryl-Anne Millsap reflects on the meaning of being "green."

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Mar 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Christmas Lobster
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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The last Xmas meal I cooked for my Jewish husband was lobster. That was in 1994.

Bought by KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WKMS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 7
Gramma Morgan
From: KUT
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KUT's Julie Moody takes a look at Gramma Morgan and her new art exhibit

  • Added: Nov 10, 2004
  • Length: 03:54
Best selling Author, John Bradshaw on Synergy
From: Robbie Patterson
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Best selling author John Bradshaw discusses his views of family issues in front of a live audience on Synergy with Robbie Patterson.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2004
  • Length: 54:35
Songs to Make You Smile
From: WRYR 97.5 FM
Series: What Will We Hear Today?
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Upbeat intro for new listeners to What Will We Hear Today? children's music series

  • Added: Oct 22, 2004
  • Length: 57:21
Mom's Good Move
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 37:09
  • Purchases: 2
Singing Sanitation Worker
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a sanitation worker sings his way through a very lat...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, PRX Remix, WEKU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 21
Cops and Firefighters
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a police officer and a firefighter talk about the la...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WBFO, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 3
Construction Night Shift
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, construction workers count the time-and-a-half pay a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, Delta College Public Radio, Here and Now, WBFO and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 7
A Cook's Notebook: The Plum
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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A plum, a kitchen renovation and a marriage

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Aug 10, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Linen Tablecloths
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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A woman inherits her mother's table linens.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Aug 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: The Holy Basil
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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finding her roots in hydroponic basil plant

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 27, 2004
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Sorrow & Joy Cake
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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A letter to my cousin who I never knew I had.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
Dads
From: Sue Mell
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People talking about their dads.

Bought by Public Interactive, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Public Interactive, and KPFA


  • Added: Jun 12, 2004
  • Length: 08:46
  • Purchases: 4
Interracial Marriage
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A young bride-to-be in an interracial marriage tries to get reassurance from a hesitant sister who doesn't want to "take sides."

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Hammering
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A man teaches his young daughter to hammer a nail, but her failure echoes through life.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Runaway Dad
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A man finally meets the son he abandoned 26 years ago; he's prepared to face rage, but not indifference.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38

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