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For Foster Kids, A Health Care Home Base Provides Stability And Better Care

From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Fragile Lives

Caption: Daniel Atkinson gets an shot at Starlight Pediatrics in Rochester, NY., Credit: Michelle Faust/Side Effects Public Media

Because of their backgrounds which often include neglect and abuse, many of the kids in foster care around the country have significant health need...

Bought by KSFR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WMMT

Added: Apr 28, 2016
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 3

Foster Parents Are The Best Therapy For Traumatized Children In The System

From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Fragile Lives

Caption: Nya has grown into a healthy 4-year-old despite some challenges in her first year of life., Credit: Michelle Faust/Side Effects Public Media

Foster children receive support from the health system and the child welfare system. But the most important piece in their development and recovery...

Bought by KSFR and WMMT

Added: Apr 28, 2016
Length: 03:45
Purchases: 2

WRIR Fund Raiser: Prelude to Summer

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Movie Nights at Once Upon A Vine, Credit: Charles McGuigan

Today’s show is called Prelude to Summer. We end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and lo...

Added: Apr 22, 2016
Length: 22:10

Thicker Than Water

From: Israel Story

On Today's show, we delve into the messy territory of family bonds—how they’re formed, challenged, and change over time. We’ll meet three families ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Added: Apr 18, 2016
Length: 01:00:24
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Benny Smith and Christine Ristaino

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Last year, 11--year--old Benny Smith started having seizures which kept him out of school, he talks to his mom about life with the disorder.

Bought by WRIR, WEZU, and Blue Mountain Radio

Added: Feb 12, 2016
Length: 02:37
Purchases: 3

Alpha-1

From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS

We all live with the knowledge of our own mortality, but what about those who know more, how do you chart a course through the world when the end i...

Added: Dec 05, 2015
Length: 22:34

StoryCorps: Paul Nilsen and Tom Graziano

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Paul Nilsen (L) and Tom Graziano (R)

Tom Graziano remembers how his son’s elementary school principal and the community responded when they learned that his son was HIV positive.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU and more

Added: Dec 04, 2015
Length: 02:26
Purchases: 7

StoryCorps OutLoud: Claudia Anton and Diana Keough

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Claudia Anton (L) and Diana Keough (R)

Sisters from Wisconsin recount what it was like to find out both of their parents had AIDS, and to lose them both to the disease in the early 1990s.

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

Added: Nov 30, 2015
Length: 02:24
Purchases: 4

Parents Don't Have Roommates

From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders

Megan is excited to go on her class field trip to the county courthouse. But while she's there, she finds something that she's tried hard to keep s...

Added: Oct 01, 2015
Length: 05:39

Last Best Stories: Episode 3

From: Jule Banville
Series: Last Best Stories

Blobs + Heartbreak is the third episode of the podcast Last Best Stories produced by Jule Banville. It features two stories: The first (9:06), "Cri...

Added: Sep 03, 2015
Length: 15:05

#36 MIW-S3-The Kids on MIW

From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio

Caption: The Kids on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions

We will chat with three young Bay Area residents, Hali, Juliana, and Ruby, about what they think Making It Work all means!

Added: Aug 11, 2015
Length: 22:12

Where do I Find You Now?

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2015 ShortDocs: Studs Rules

An intimate conversation with Studs about the edges of life and death.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jul 08, 2015
Length: 02:59
Purchases: 1

Sick As A Dog

From: City High Radio

Tyler spent a good chunk of his childhood so sick he couldn't even walk around the block. He ended up at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, where he was...

Added: Jun 15, 2015
Length: 08:12

StoryCorps: Jenny Carter and Sean Carter

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Sean Carter was severely injured in a drunk driving accident in 2005. He cannot walk or talk, but speaks with the help of a computer. Sean intervie...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WTJU

Added: May 29, 2015
Length: 03:51
Purchases: 2

StoryCorps: Barbara Hendricks and Brent Hendricks

From: StoryCorps

Barbra Hendricks and her son, Brent, discuss what it's like to live with Cystic Fibrosis, and remember Brent's sister Tiffany, who died from the di...

Added: May 11, 2015
Length: 02:25

Love Syndrome

From: Israel Story

Israel Story's Mother's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching tale you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are now avai...

Bought by WYSO, WVPE, WZEN.org, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WNYC

Added: Apr 24, 2015
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 5

Four Year Old's Heart Set on Career at ESPN

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

My four-year-old brother represents the meaning of a true sports' fanatic. When he's not at preschool or taking a nap, you can typically find him o...

Added: Apr 22, 2015
Length: 04:08

StoryCorps: Kevin Berthia and Kevin Briggs

From: StoryCorps

Kevin Berthia talks with retired California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Briggs. They met the day Berthia tried to end his life by jumping off the ...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU

Added: Mar 06, 2015
Length: 02:32
Purchases: 2

Melvin Majors Fathers And Children

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Melvin Major, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo

Fathers and Children is about a man named Melvin Major who became father to hundreds of young people. But he has no offspring.

Added: Mar 06, 2015
Length: 27:40

StoryCorps: Bill Jones and Stu Maddux

From: StoryCorps

Bill Jones, the first single man in California to successfully adopt a child, tells his friend Stu Maddux about his son, Aaron.

Bought by KRVS, WEZU, and PRX Remix

Added: Feb 20, 2015
Length: 02:58
Purchases: 3

Sister Showdown

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

These are my cousins. This is war.

Added: Jan 15, 2015
Length: 04:40

StoryCorps: Raphael Hameed, Heidi Hameed, and Megiddëh Goldston

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Raphael and Heidi Hameed (R) lost their son when he was struck by a speeding car. They spoke with Megiddëh Goldston (L), the driver's sister, about...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU

Added: Jan 06, 2015
Length: 02:13
Purchases: 3

Who Killed Santa?

From: City High Radio

Ceyela Braxton, 17, interviews students at her school about how they found out the truth about Santa. Then her 7-year-old niece, Tatum, arrives to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio