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Ayden
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Some people on the sidewalk said they saw what happened, and they called security and the police. And I remember one woman telling me, ‘You can rep...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Syniya
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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My advice for kids, for losing someone you love: Just remember the good times, and remember those big hugs and big kisses you always got.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Grandmothers Matter
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Some surprisingly controversial theories of human longevity. 

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 18:06
Depression in 7th grade: 'I want to die but if I could get help that would be awesome'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Sam struggled with depression in middle school., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/NATALIE NEWCOMB
“I started being like, I can’t talk about these things. You’re basically taught to bottle up your feelings in middle school.” RadioActive Youth M...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Max Hanagarne and Josh Hanagarne
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Max Hanagarne (left) and Josh Hanagarne (right)
StoryCorps gives people the chance to talk to each other about the events that have helped shape who they are. Josh Hanagarne did just that with hi...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:51
StoryCorps: Darrow Brown and Juan Calvo
From: StoryCorps
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Now, a conversation that reminds us how being a father can be about much more than biology. In 2007, after volunteering to care for infants born ...

Bought by KRVS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Roberta Vincent and Robert Howard II
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Howard II talks with his mother, Roberta Vincent, about losing his father, an Army Sergeant killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Bought by WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
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: Kevin Fredericks, Isaiah Fredericks, and Josiah Fredericks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Nine-year-old Isaiah Fredericks and his younger brother, Josiah, used their StoryCorps interview to ask their dad, Kevin, some hard-hitting questions.

Bought by Public Radio for All, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KZYX, WVBI-LP, WGUC/ WVXU and more


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 6
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
StoryCorps: Ed Roy and Mary Johnson-Roy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011 to talk about her bond with the young man who killed her son. Years later, she married a man who ...

Bought by Public Radio for All


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Judy Charest and Harold Hogue
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A woman speaks with one of the men who saved her life on Christmas Eve 1956, after her mother jumped with her off a bridge and into the river below.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Hiking with Sam - Ages 5 and 11
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: Sean and Sam Hurley on Welch Mountain., Credit: Sean Hurley
This is a parenting story and a story about time. I've been hiking with my son Sam since he was born. In this story, I contrast recordings I made...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
Life of the Law #99: Shaken
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Babyland
Eighteen-year-old Tonia Miller was accused of shaking her baby to death. A jury in Michigan convicted the young mother of second-degree murder and ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 30:58
Karla Helbert: Becoming Pure Gold, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Karla Helbert, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Karla Helbert is many things. An accomplished writer and veteran therapist. Wife, mother, artist. A seeker, too. Libertine in matters spiritual. A...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 27:06
Reel Discovery: Trolls
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin goes on a cheery, colorful animated adventure with Trolls.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Library's Storytime on the First Day of School
From: Deb Edattel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Historical and Current Extremes are Mighty Grim(m). #527
From: Teosson Wells
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Life’s precarious journey—lessons today’s parents often avoid. Rediscover the frightening tales from our collective past.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 11:46
Shelf Discovery: Sink or Swim by Sarah Mlynowski
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin ventures under the sea with the little mermaid in the audio edition of Sarah Mlynowski's Sink or Swim.

Bought by KKRN, Harford Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Leland, The Almost Middle School Edition
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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He's about to graduate from elementary school. He's got a lot on his mind.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 11:48
Abbie Waters: Habit of Being, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Catherine Waters
Abbie Waters lived in Richmond, Virginia and attended Holton Elementary School. She had survived a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. F...

  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 27:28
Abbie Waters:The Habit of Being Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Catherine Waters
Abbie Catherine Waters was just nine years and two days old when she left this world. I have heard men and women who knew Abbie refer to her as an ...

  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 26:25
Elisheva and Amaris: An Army of Two
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Elisheva and Amaris, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Elisheva and Amaris, mother and daughter, know a thing or two about uphill battles where every inch of gained ground costs dearly. Each in her way ...

  • Added: May 07, 2016
  • Length: 27:49
For Foster Kids, Preschool Can Be A Place To Catch Up Socially and Emotionally
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Fragile Lives
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As a result of their backgrounds of abuse and neglect, many foster children have developmental delays in early childhood. A curriculum-based day ca...

Bought by KSFR and WABE


  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Kids Who Age Out Of Foster Care Still Need Guidance With Health Care
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Fragile Lives
Caption: Brenda Davis schedules medical appointments for her foster son Daryl., Credit: Michelle Faust/Side Effects Public Media
Kids aging out of foster care can also stay on Medicaid. But having coverage is not the same thing as accessing health care, and without parents to...

Bought by KSFR and WABE


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2

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