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Into a Million Pieces
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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John Halligan talks about the loss of his son to suicide.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 3
A Dinner with Dad
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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I wrote this piece to show a typical night out with my dad.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Chris Huntington
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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After fighting infertility, Chris Huntington believes adoption will make him the father he wants to be.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 13, 2007
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 3
Memoirs, Fathers and Oprah
From: KLCC
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Commentator Melissa Hart considers what sort of payback a memoir by her father might contain.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 03:39
Motherless Mothers - An Interview with Hope Edelman
From: Rachel Levin
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Hope Edelman discusses her follow-up book to NY Times Bestseller Motherless Daughters

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 19:31
Creating an Old Fashioned Summer in a Fast-Paced World
From: Deb Krumholz
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Author Mimi Doe talks about using summer as an opportunity to help our kids slow down the pace of their lives

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 23:52
Runaway
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
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A single mother and her two teenage daughters tell the harrowing story of the girls' descent into an underworld of drugs and homelessness.

Bought by PRX Remix and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 34:20
  • Purchases: 2
KERA Commentary - Susan Hoff "Reaction to NIH Daycare Research"
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Reaction to NIH Daycare Research

  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:23
"School Agers" by Deja Taylor
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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The youngest kid in kindergarten, Deja stood up for herself one day by bringing up death... a lesson she had learned too young and was struggling t...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:19
Out of Their Hands
From: Teresa Goff
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Four bereaved mothers who first came together to share the pain and the tragic loss of their children tell the story of the 25 year-old organizatio...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 34:09
Going Back to College
From: Littleglobe
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The influence of my childhood experience with college on my current desire for a degree.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and WQJC


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
KidTales: Wind in the Willows Ch. 2
From: KTNA
Series: KidTales: The Wind in the Willows
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A creative reading from the children's classic, read by Jessica Stevens.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sleepover!
From: Hillary Frank
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Two reporters spend the night at 10-year-old sleepover parties--one with the boys and one with the girls.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WRNC-LP, SALTcast Podcast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 5
Commentary: Sick Workers and Kids Need Our Help
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary notes the great need to provide paid sick leaves to the millions of American workers who can't afford to take time off even if they...

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 25, 2007
  • Length: 02:32
  • 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
Trespassing and Other Crimes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:55
Home Planet: The Dance
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Of all the tender moments I have shared with my children, I think I?ll remember the dancing the most.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 03:06
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
Home Planet: Fly away home
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
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
Muriel's Message
From: mira burt-wintonick
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Radio Portrait of a Grandma

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, Remix Radio, WYBC and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
Foster Care Utopia
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Portrait of an innovative foster care community

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 07:46
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
This I Believe - Jamaica Ritcher
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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NPR listener Jamaica Ritcher finds belief in explaining to her daughter the death of a family pet.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Ying Ying Yu
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Even at 13, Ying Ying Yu believes she has a duty to her parents, her ancestors and her homeland.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KJZZ, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5

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