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Take the scaffolding down: Mothering neuroatypical adults
From: Suki Wessling
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What happens when your children don’t meet society’s expectations for development and behavior? Two mothers of adults with mental health challenges...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
A deep connection to humanity: Motherhood in the 21st century
From: Suki Wessling
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Women discuss the challenges but especially the joys of being a mother. In this time of social media oversharing, young women may get the message t...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
The reality of 'Forever Parenting' when your child needs lifetime care
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, hear reflections and wisdom from “forever parents” whose children have conditions that require lifetime care.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
StoryCorps: Jackie Miller and Scott Miller
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Realizing she is nearing the end of life, Scott Miller sits down with his mom, Jackie Miller, for one last interview.

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Carl Levine and Chloe E.W. Levine
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Chloe E.W. Levine and Carl Levine at their StoryCorps interview in New York City on May 5, 2023., Credit: By Julia Kirschenbaum for StoryCorps
Carl Levine and his daughter, Chloe E.W. Levine, look back on what contra dance has meant to their family.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:25
Newberry Medal-winning children's writer Lois Lowry
From: New Letters on the Air
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Newbery Award-winning children's author Lois Lowry, talks about her book for young people, THE GIVER. One of the most challenged books in American ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, WNJR, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ep 103: The 2022 Regroup on Parenting with Julie Lythcott-Haims, 8/28/2022
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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Replay: Getting our heads right for 2022, starting with a parenting reset

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
StoryCorps Historias: Charlee Rios, Jennifer Hidrogo, and LilyRose Hidrogo-Booth
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Charlee Rios, Jennifer Hidrogo, and LilyRose Hidrogo-Booth at their StoryCorps interview in Austin, TX on March 13th, 2022. , Credit: StoryCorps.
Jennifer Hidrogo talks with her children about their family’s journey, and the promise she made to her neighbor.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
October
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's the month of October and we are checking in to see how local organizations are handling another year of holiday programming in a pandemic, fea...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Jada Salter and William Salter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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84-year-old musician William Salter tells his granddaughter, Jada, how he first found his sound, and what their relationship means to him.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes at their StoryCorps interview in Jackson, Mississippi on February 20, 2015., Credit: Vanessa Gonzalez-Block for StoryCorps.
Albert Sykes speaks with his nine-year-old son, Aidan, about black fatherhood, and his hopes for the future.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WERA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Kate Quarfordt and Kevin Craw
From: StoryCorps
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Kate Quarfordt and her dad Kevin Craw remember the night that an impromptu singing performance helped Kate embrace the unexpected.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
The Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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An explanation the Uniform Law Commission Act covering guardianship, conservatorship, power of attorney, protective arrangements, and guardianship ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 11:27
SunBridge, Meet Steve
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're headed back to Sunbridge school on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries! Last time we took a tour of the school and you met some of the ki...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:07
StoryCorps: Leila Ramgren and Chad Eisen-Ramgren
From: StoryCorps
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10-year-old Leila Ramgren talks with her father, Chad Eisen-Ramgren, about Philando Castile, the cafeteria manager at her school who was killed by ...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Sarah Churchill and Yomi Wrong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sarah Churchill tells her daughter Yomi Wrong -- who has a genetic disorder that causes her bones to break easily -- about the night Yomi was born.

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


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Fatuma Abdullahi, Annie Johnson and Maryan Osman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Maryan Osman and her sister, Fatuma Abdullahi, are Somalis who came to the U.S. as refugees in 2014 and found a stable home with Annie and Randall ...

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


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
A Library's Storytime on the First Day of School
From: Deb Edattel
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It's the first day of school in Oconee County near Athens, Georgia. The library's children's storytime is missing a few kids who boarded a school b...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
Cancer Changes Everything
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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When I was twelve years old, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, four years later, mom and I reflect on how cancer brought us closer toge...

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


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 3
Interchange - A Measure of Choice: Vaccine Opposition and Public Health
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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"A Measure of Choice" explores the reasons that some parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children. The so-called “anti-vax” movement has be...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:44
StoryCorps: Franklin and Sherry Gilliard
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Franklin Gilliard and his wife, Sherry, reflect upon their time in a homeless shelter after...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Frank and Jack Tempone
From: StoryCorps
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Frank Tempone apologizes to his 12-year-old son, Jack for leaving the family after suffering from severe depression.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
Tara and Lulama
From: Littleglobe
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
StoryCorps: Debra and Lionel D'Luna and Adrienne D'Luna Directo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Adrienne D'Luna Directo interviews her parents, Debra and Lionel D'Luna, about her sister Alexis who died from complications of CHARGE syndrome in ...

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3