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It Wasn't The Fun Way
From: WPLN - Nashville Public Radio
Series: Versify (shorts)
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More than most people, Ben Groner feels pretty lucky to be alive.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 2
Steering Our Youngsters Away From Sexual Misconduct
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Peace Talks Radio host Paul Ingles talks with two therapists - Kathryn Stamoulis, from Hunter College in New York City and Jennifer Weeks, director...

Bought by KUNM, KUOW, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
A Father's Love: Two short plays by Lynn Rosen and Andy Reynolds
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Bill Irwin
Starring Bill Irwin, Steven Boyer, Len Cariou, Michael Urie. A FATHER’S LOVE celebrates the unbreakable bond that exists between fathers and childr...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, KUNM, WHRV, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
Interview with blogger and author Rebecca Barry about her memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life."
From: Out of Bounds
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Rebecca Barry talks about her wonderful memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sue Klebold
Guilt can haunt any parent whose child commits suicide. That’s especially true for a murder-suicide.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Raising Girls (Part 2)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Part 2 of our sampling of ideas and best practices for raising girls into adulthood. Three women who all have daughters and are also scholars and ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Raising Girls (Part 2)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Part 2 of our sampling of ideas and best practices for raising girls into adulthood. Three women who all have daughters and are also scholars and ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Raising Girls (Part 1)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A sampling of ideas and best practices for raising girls into adulthood. Three women who all have daughters and are also scholars and writers in t...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Raising Girls (Part 1)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A sampling of ideas and best practices for raising girls into adulthood. Three women who all have daughters and are also scholars and writers in t...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Long Ride Home: Get on the Bus, and Incarcerated Families
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ciara G. wakes up at dawn on her way to visit her mother who is currently incarcerated., Credit: R.J. Lozada
The Get on the Bus program provides support and free transportation for children and families throughout California to visit their mothers and fath...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • 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
The Joys and Oys of Parenting - Some Best Practices
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Looking out for you
This interview is with an expert in parenting and emotional and social intelligence. Dr. Maurice Elias wrote a book tying Judaism and emotional int...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 52:43
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
Food Sleuth Radio, Josh Golin Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that children’s lives are saturated with commercial marketing at home and in school? They are targeted by marketers through televisio...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Episode 25 - Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Adam, Francisco, and Marcus at the Blackstone Library in Chicago
Kids from Chicago discuss a heartbreakingly beautiful book set in Maine: "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt. The writer shares the inspiration f...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 23:21
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
Listen Up: Two Short Plays
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Carol Kane
Carol Kane, Julie White, and Steven Boyer are among the stars in these two shorts. It’s spring in the neighborhood "Hell’s Kitchen" in SOMETHING I'...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Last Sunday of the Lenten Season
From: KDNA Radio
Series: En Tu Presencia Señor
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“En Tu Presencia Señor” is a ½ hour program hosted by Fr. Gustavo Gomes and lay people on issues relevant and true to Catholic teachings. This prog...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:15
Pentecost Sunday
From: KDNA Radio
Series: En Tu Presencia Señor
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Fr. Gustavo Gomes a priest at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish discusses Pentecost Sunday as mentioned in the Book of John.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:22
Imagine All The People
From: Pien Huang
Caption: Casey and his mother Sarah., Credit: Pien Huang
Casey's just four, but he already has a grandson - or so he says. What can imaginary friends do for kids and adults?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 4
Marley Kaul's New Book "Letters to Isabella"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Marley Kaul Lily Patch, Credit: (c) Marley Kaul
Marley Kaul is a Bemidji artist and professor emeritus of Bemidji State University. His new book "Letters to Isabella" features 77 full-page egg te...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 11:39
  • Purchases: 1

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