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Frankie's Diary, Part 1: Welcome Home, Dad
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Frankie always thought his family was pretty normal until the day the FBI showed up. His dad had been hiding from the law for 15 years, and Frankie...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, and WJCT


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:10
  • Purchases: 3
Tales from the South 083: Innocence Lost
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week, our stories are all about turning points, as our writers move from innocence to knowledge, their lives forever changed. Stories by Sarah...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Food Sleuth Radio, Laurie David Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews author, film maker and activist, Laurie David. David discusses her two most recent books: “...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
I Don't Call Her Mom
From: City High Radio
Caption: my mom--one of the only photos I have
Fifteen-year-old Ashley hasn't seen her mom in a long time.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
Click it or Ticket
From: Silly Billy
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Atlanta's law enforcement is cracking down on people who decide to not put on their seat belt.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
  • Length: :30
StoryCorps: Jennifer and Grant Coursey
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jennifer (L) and Grant (R) Coursey
Jennifer Coursey speaks with her 12-year-old son, Grant, who was diagnosed with cancer as a toddler.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
WKID September - Going to School
From: DW From
Caption: WKID Staff Hard at Work, Credit: Debbie Weston From
Radio by Kids for Kids of All ages!

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Is Foster Care a Good Thing? One Teenager's Opinion
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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After going through foster care, this Minneapolis High School kids wonders about the good accomplished by foster care.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Nap Boot Camp
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Kate at her "battle station," with Adelle at 4 months, Credit: Kate Bowman-Johnston
An exasperated mom decides that her daughter WILL nap in her crib by the end of the week.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
What Was Left Behind
From: Eric Winick
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Arriving at her family's storage space in Syracuse, NY, a Brooklyn-based writer and mom is surprised to find the contents far more plentiful and si...

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 15:20
  • Purchases: 3
Aaron Brown on Time
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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It's Crunch Time this week; sharing stories of the times you were late or just barely made it as we get through the Crunch Time of our summer fundr...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 02:46
Tales from the South 022
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Stories about children and the fine line between reality and fantasy, myth, and even truth. Told in front of a live audience each week at Starving ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Don't Make Me Be Your Miracle
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Owen, the miracle baby, with colic and reflux
After having her first child, a woman experiences heart failure and is told she has less than a 50 percent chance of surviving another pregnancy. T...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 2
Our Ups and Downs
From: WHJE
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Growing up with and raising a family member with Down Syndrome.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
I Wonder What They're Like
From: WHJE
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Bradley and Nicole are not allowed to know anything about their birth parents until they turn 18 because they are part of a closed adoption.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 05:47
Familias en Movimiento
From: Asociacion de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cuando un padre o una madre falta en el hogar, quienes más se ven dañados por esta ausencia son los hijos. En este material extraemos las impresion...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
Flatline Days
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of being bipolar and being a mom.

Bought by KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 5
One Story of Disability Care in New Mexico
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Megan
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Megan used to be afraid of monsters

  • Added: Nov 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:44
The Good, The Bad & The Junkie
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story examines abuse of the attention deficit disorder drug, Ritalin.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
What's Divorce Like for You?
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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This is a vox pop I made about divorce.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
My Dad
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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For the past couple years, my dad has been in and out of jail. This story is about why. And it's about how my father's troubles have affected me.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Getting Raised (Hour long program with 5 or 3 min. newshole)
From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
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Teens tell us what it's like to live with parents...or without them

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KSFR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 19
Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4