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A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill
From: Karen Brown
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Sound-rich documentary about the effect of mental illness on "well" siblings

Bought by KPVL, PRX to iTunes, WCQS, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Scenes From a Transplant/Special
From: Long Haul Productions
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One woman's fight against cancer to save her life for her and her family.

Bought by KMXT, WVPE, Jefferson Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
Adventures in Genetic Testing
From: Neille Ilel
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A story about facing your fate, and your mother.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 2
From The Heart
From: Bill Slammon
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This is a story about dying well. It's my father's story.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:12
This I Believe - Jake Hovenden
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Alaska high school student Jake Hovenden came to believe in inner strength while watching his stepmother care for his dying father.

Bought by WEZU, KJZZ, and Alaska Public Radio Network


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
From The Heart
From: Bill Slammon
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Story about my father's decision to stop medical treatment.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
For a Deaf Uncle
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A tribute to my uncle and reflections on losing my own hearing

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 01:46
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
Interview with Grayson at Backline
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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An informative interview about the Back line Talk line and website

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 1
Love, War, and PTSD
From: Karen Brown
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A young couple tells the story of married life after war -- and it's not pretty.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 2
Mom's Good Move Special
From: Long Haul Productions
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An hour-long special about starting over late in life.

Bought by KUNM, WSKG, PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
This I Believe - Christine Cleary
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Massachusetts listener Christine Cleary believes memory is more an exercise of the heart than a function of the mind.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
Slow is Beautiful - New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de vivre with Cecile Andrews
From: Deb Krumholz
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Author Cecile Andrews discusses how slowing down can create more connection and joy in our lives

  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 29:51
This I Believe - Ann Karasinski
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Trying to understand her daughter's addiction gave Ann Karasinski a belief that helps her cope with it.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Cortney Davis
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nurse practitioner Cortney Davis believes embracing grief honors the beauty and fragility of life.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 4
Narcoleptic Christmas
From: Hillary Frank
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A woman discovers she's narcoleptic at Christmastime.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
In So Many Words
From: Teresa Goff
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A story about a father and daughter . It is about loss, hope and humility.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KVMR, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 19:30
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Joshua Yuchasz
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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High school freshman Joshua Yuchasz believes we should respect the things that make us different.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 3
Don't We All Deserve (and Need) a Sabbatical?
From: Deb Krumholz
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inspiring interview about sabbaticals and how everyone can and should take one

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 27:24
Sit With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Twelve year old Cameron Ledoux talks with his father about his dad's depression.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4
My Family Remembers
From: Radio Rookies
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Edward Llanos digs into his family's past to uncover the lasting effects of his brush with a near-fatal illness.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KRCB Voice of Youth


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
Hospice Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Ground We Lived On
From: Sound Portraits
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 12
Finding Out
From: Susan Goldberg
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Susan's mother died of breast cancer on Mother's Day in 2004. She carried a genetic mutation that made her susceptible to the disease. After years ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 20:11