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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
StoryCorps: Calvin Burns and Stepheni Bellamy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Calvin Burns and his teenage daughter, Stepheni Bellamy, visit StoryCorps to have a difficult conversation about rac

Bought by WVBI-LP, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Michael Benjamin Ryan and Michael John Ryan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Judge Michael John Ryan talks with his son, Michael Benjamin Ryan, about growing up in an abusive household, and how he found the strength to gradu...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Kayla Wilson and Wendy Founds
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A story told in two parts: Kayla Wilson came to StoryCorps in 2006 to talk about her mom’s drug addition and incarceration. Ten years later, she re...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
StoryCorps: Francisco and Kaya Ortega
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A father tells his daughter about growing up in Tijuana, Mexico, after his parents left to find work in the U.S., and the day he was reunited with ...

Bought by KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Public Radio for All, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 4
Lies
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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We are discussing Lies today. Not just lies related to the current political scene but to the very nature of who we are, and how important lying is...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2016
  • Length: 51:26
Rural vs Urban Issues
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Older, middle and younger generation guests compare their perspectives on the issues facing rural and urban life over time.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 51:32
StoryCorps: Jasmine Pacheco and Carmen Pacheco-Jones
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jasmine Pacheco (left) and Carmen Pacheco-Jones (right)
A mother talks to her daughter about what it was like to reconnect with her children after her years of drug and alcohol abuse tore their family ap...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Rachel Toor - Misunderstood - 260
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Rachel Toor explains the origins of our misunderstandings about rats and reads from her book 'Misunderstood: Why the Humble Rat May Be Your Best Pe...

Bought by 'The Sea', KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Savannah Phelan and Kellie Phelan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Savannah Phelan, 8, talks with her mother, Kellie, about how she felt after learning that her mother was in jail on Rikers Island at the time of he...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Alice Mitchell and Ibukun Owolabi
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Alice and Ibukun Owolabi
Alice Mitchell and her 10-year-old brother, Ibukun, came to StoryCorps to talk for the first time about their mother who died just weeks after his ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
43: Girls & Sex & Fuitina: Peggy Orenstein and Antonella Vitale
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Peggy Orenstein, Credit: Michael Todd
Birds do it. Bees do it. But we definitely don't want to think about our teens doing it. For her new book, "Girls and Sex. Navigating the Complicat...

Bought by KWMR, WRIR, KSJD, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Blood Isn’t Always Thicker Than Water
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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When Abby was born, her mother knew she couldn’t keep her. Luckily for Abby, a loving family had been looking for a child just like her. Julia Hitz...

  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
Brace Yourself
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Train-Tracks. Metal-Mouth. Brace-Face. Whatever you call them, getting braces as a teenager seems to be a stereotypical right of passage. However,...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:36
58 Forbidden Crushes Part 3: My Secret Gay Crush
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Part 3 of our series on Forbidden Crushes features a closeted teen who wants to pour her heart out to her crush but fears outing herself.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2016
  • Length: 24:05
RDD: The RDD Meets TSN
From: WGTE Public Media
Caption: A copy of a Toledo Streets Newspaper
This week The Rough Draft Diaries was introduced to the Toledo Streets Newspaper, a paper with a mission. We met Courtney Billian, the Workforce De...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:22
Thicker Than Water
From: Israel Story
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On Today's show, we delve into the messy territory of family bonds—how they’re formed, challenged, and change over time. We’ll meet three families ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:24
  • Purchases: 1
Woman’s Disability Creates Personal Reflection
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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That story was produced through a partnership between WFHB and an audio journalism class at Indiana University.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:58
Hometown Unknown
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Within Taylor's 16 years, she has lived in eight places all over the country. Taylor explains the impact moving has had on her life and how each pl...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:03
Change is Challenging
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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The summer before her sophomore year of high school, Audrey’s parents filed for a divorce. This momentous change affected her views on family, marr...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
A Modern Thanksgiving
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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While the American mythology of Thanksgiving is about peace, in Shanaya Pudumjee’s house, it’s anything but peaceful. Find out how one woman pulled...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WKSU, KSTK, 'The Sea', WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 7
A Special Teammate
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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On any given day, Ava’s cross-country teammates can look at Ava and expect a smile in return. Ava has autism. But that doesn’t stop her from runnin...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
The Fight for Secular Education
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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When Paige was faced with the difficult decision of choosing between her mother's faith and her access to education, she was forced to put her own ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
A Lesson for the Future
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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Wade Nygren has incredible athletic ability. Because of several exceptional performances during cross-country races at his middle school, his high ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:09
46 Jill: Dear Grandpa
From: The Mortified Podcast
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A teenager writes her diary to her recently deceased grandfather -- only to share with him every graphic detail about her love life.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 21:46

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