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A Communicative Divide
From: Michael Spikes
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Youth Voices producer Marjorie explores the rift left between herself and her extended family when a language barrier is realized

Bought by WMNF, WXLV-FM, KUOW, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 5
Pumpkin Belly
From: Nanci Olesen
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a commentary by Nanci Olesen about Halloween and her pumpkin painted belly

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Mother Daughter Dresses
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Shirley Scott recalls the nightmare of uniformity imposed by "Mother-Daughter" matching outfits.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Jones
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Michael Rayner, storyteller and professional juggler, reflects on the complex high of fatherhood.

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Home from the Road, a commentary by Nanci Olesen
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen recalls a recent trip west with her family: bad coffee and sweet times

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Beams! Radio Fiction for Kids
From: Space Radio Productions LLC
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The first episode of a kids' "spacecast" focused on the wacky, outer space adventures of the fictional Beams family!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2006
  • Length: 31:25
How Whivet Got Her Name
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Keeping pace with the family pet.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
This I Believe - Josh Rittenberg
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Despite of his parents' fears, teenager Josh Rittenberg believes his generation will see a better world.

Bought by WLRH, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 4
Sunglasses for Baseball: a commentary
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen has to wear sunglasses to watch her son play baseball, so she doesn't give herself away

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WKSU


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
I'm so embarrassing to my children
From: Nanci Olesen
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Commentary by Nanci Olesen: I'm so embarrassing!

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 14
Marissa's Grandma
From: Youth Radio
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Marissa's ode to her Grandma

Bought by KVNF, WGXC, and PRX


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
Runaway Clowns
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Elia Kirby explores the pit falls and prat falls of theatre life and wonders whether it is the best life for his daughters.

Bought by WTIP and KUSP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
Mama's List
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Dunville drives to Prince Edward Island to engage her grandmother in a showdown, of sorts.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
Hockey Mom
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Gillian Rutherford is a dedicated hockey mom who has decided to move from the stands onto the ice.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:16
The Magic of Falling Teeth
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sharon Bar-David, guided by her seven-year-old daughter Leore, takes you into a magical world filled with wiggly teeth and tooth fairies.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 4
Becky Nash Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Becky Nash knows about rearing children on a fishing boat, watching them grow up to be fisherman and losing one to the sea that helped rear them.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2005
  • Length: 14:51
RN Documentary: Ode to Josephine - Memories of a Parallel Mother
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal odyssey into the producer’s childhood in Bombay India, where she remembers her ayah (nanny) Josephine.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds of the Suburbs
From: Trent Wolbe
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Audio illustration of the suburbs

Bought by WFUV and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
What Big Teeth You Have
From: Hillary Frank
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A teenage babysitter convinces his younger siblings that he's a werewolf who's going to kill them.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Nov 04, 2003
  • Length: 14:02
  • Purchases: 2