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Morning Stories, From the Street
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Becky Herz
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Sacramento listener Becky Herz finds comfort in believing her husband will call her from Iraq every day.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KGLT


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
Waiting for Jarod
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Marjorie Richard keeps company with a life-size, cardboard cut out of her son as she waits for his return from the war in Iraq.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 3
Slice of LIfe - Roland Thompson and Diane Bahrenberg
From: Vermont Public
Series: VPR Presents StoryCorps in Vermont
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Diane Bahrenburg talks with her neighbor and friend, 89-year-old retired dairy farmer Roland Thompson.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:44
This I Believe - John McCain
From: This I Believe
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A belief in honor, faith and service has guided John McCain throughout his public and private life.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and KBYI


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
SAYING GOODBYE TO A CHRISTIAN WARRIOR: CPT. IAN WEIKEL
From: KRCC-FM
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Close to a thousand people gathered to say goodbye to Ian Weikel after his vehicle hit a bomb in Iraq last week.

  • Added: May 02, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
Military Mom
From: BSR Radio
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Hoping for emails, scouring the news...a Rhode Island military mother describes the challenges of waiting for her son to come home from Iraq.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 29, 2006
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
Hope of Future Triumph
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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David takes solace in the unconditional love of the former leader of the free world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 27, 2006
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome To My World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For a young Canadian child, the battles of the Second World War are so far in the past that they might as well be from another world.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
Mothers in Uniform
From: KRCC-FM
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Mothers in the military talk about being deployed

Bought by KLCC, WJAB, Public Interactive, 90.5 WSNC, KSUT and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 8
James J. Cathey Obituary
From: KRCC-FM
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Soldier obituary

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
Post-Combat Mental Health
From: KRCC-FM
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Soldiers returning from Iraq face challenges

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Cost of War
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Weeks after S. Spencer Scott interviewed Lavinia Gelineau about the loss of her husband Chris, a young soldier who was killed in Iraq, Lavinia hers...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KISU, KHNS, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 17
Dear Mom: I Joined the Marines
From: Curie Youth Radio
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An apology and a plea for a mother's understanding when a son joins the Marines.

Bought by KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUOW, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2005
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 8
In Place and Out of Character
From: Emily Feder
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Audio Portraits of three refugee families living in New York City

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 26:04
  • Purchases: 2
Democratic U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott, talks about depleted uranium used by the U.S. military to
From: Hawaii Public Radio
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Democratic U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott, talks about depleted uranium used by the U.S. military to encase armor and ammunition. McDermott believ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Love and War
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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Professional soldiers in Fort Benning, Georgia talk of the challenges facing themselves and their families as they prepare to go to war. Produced ...

Bought by KQAL, WFHB, KUAC, KSFR, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 16
No Child Left Unrecruited
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the military's devious, expensive and escalating attempts to recruit high school juniors and seniors.

Bought by WUSF


  • Added: Mar 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Measure, Measure, Measure
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A father copes with his son's departure for the Navy during a time of war.

Bought by KUHB and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 2