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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
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
To Teens: Your Worth is Not Determined by the College You Attend
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: AUGUST, 2015
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New York Times columnist Frank Bruni has written an incisive, sizzling indictment of the college admissions process entitled, Where You Go Is Not W...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Grandparents Who Parent (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Although grandparents have always been involved in the care of their grandchildren, a growing number of grandparents are now responsible for raisin...

Bought by WCNY, WCPN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Grandparents Who Parent (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Although grandparents have always been involved in the care of their grandchildren, a growing number of grandparents are now responsible for raisin...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KRDP, WKCC, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Shannon's Home Birth Part 1.1
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: All our Babies
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Episode 1 Part 1 Guests include Shannon, Tony, Meg and Laura

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
Class of 2025: Summer's Haves and Have-nots
From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025
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It's three weeks until school starts in Oregon. It can't come too soon for parents who are struggling to keep their kids fed, supervised, and learn...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Not Just a Ride Home
From: Katie Klocksin
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Michael Powell is a train driver for the Chicago Transit Authority. He captivated me for years with his chatty speeches over the train's speakers. ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Five months after students take MEAP, rest of Michigan learns what many teachers knew all along
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: Renee Howard, third-grade teacher at Congress Elementary in Grand Rapids, coaches her students on writing., Credit: Dustin Dwyer / Michigan Radio
If you want to hear our full documentary on Congress Elementary, you can find it by clicking on the State of Opportunity tab at michiganradio.org. ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:09
Helping kids at The Boggs School step into their best selves
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: A student, at the James and Grace Lee Boggs School, in her class t-shirt., Credit: Andrea Claire Maio / Series: Back to Your Senses
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School opened at the beginning of this school year. It’s a K-through-4 charter school on the near east side of Detroi...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
The Big Test
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: Here, the kids line up outside Congress on their first day., Credit: Credit Dustin Dwyer / Michigan Radio
For this special documentary, Dustin Dwyer spent six weeks in the fall following a group of third grade students at Congress Elementary in Grand Ra...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:31
Author Temple Grandin, the public face of autism
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This outspoken Colorado author is known around the world for many things. She is one of the top scientists in the humane livestock industry. A few ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Asperger Syndrome - What can be done to help?
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Helping Others to Protect Themselves
A caller to my radio show "The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel and Control How You Feel" asked why the schools were not doing more to help his rela...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 19:43
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On School Supplies - "Love of Family and Selflessness."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Special Education in NY Public Schools (Short Doc)
From: Katie Hiler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Long Island mother faces immense challenges as she tries to educate her three autistic sons through New York's public school system.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Land
From: Erin Davis
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Death traps by any American standard, adventure playgrounds are every child’s dream.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGOU, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: John Cruitt and Cecile Doyle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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John Cruitt speaks with his former third grade teacher, Cecile Doyle, about how she helped him through his mother's death.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Cool new book for kids and their grownups: "Unbored"
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Elizabeth Foy Larsen, co-author of "Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun, " which the (Minnea...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:04
  • Purchases: 2
What Price the Princess Cult? Toys, our kids, and harmful messages.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Peggy Orenstein, New York Times best-selling author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture t...

Bought by Radio Catskill and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
First International Day of the Girl
From: Alison Turner
Series: First International Day of the Girl
Caption: International Day of the Girl, Credit: Plan EU
On Thursday 11th October 2012, the world marks the first ever International Day of the Girl Child. "Plan", an international development charity, i...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:40
What's What Radio: Go Out and Play
From: Paul McCarthy
Series: What's What Radio
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Why is the parenting phrase "go out and play, kids!" becoming endangered? Meredith Grimm wanted to ask how parents avoid both hovering and neglect ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 35:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Behavior Code
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Dr. Nancy Rappaport
About 10-percent of kids in school – approximately 9 to 13 million students – struggle with mental health problems. Whether they’re running out of ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 17:25
The Scoop on Kasich's Third Grade Reading Guarantee
From: Joe Sampson
Caption: Michele Massa, Kettering Schools, Credit: Jenna Horn
Ohio's Governor John Kasich is proposing a new plan to improve Ohio's reading scores on the Third Grade Reading Assessment. With this plan, he is ...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:08
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