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Son of a Coalminer
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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Josh Fleming grew up in a family of miners. In this piece he talks with his father about what being a coal miner has meant to his family and why h...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, The Nature Podcast, WBEZ, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 6
Home Planet: Love or Something Like It. (Valentine's Day)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WKNO


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: (New Year) Time in My Hands
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I don't have a lot to show for last year. I didn't lose a pound or gain an hour. I didn't save nearly enough time or money. I didn't turn over any ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Public Interactive, KUOW, and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
You Only Have To Look and See
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Martha Solomon tries to discover more about the work of her late father, a highly regarded photographer. What Martha discovers is the difference be...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Nostalgia Pie is a Dish Best Not Eaten At All
From: KRCC-FM
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Commentary on food, holidays, and other stuff

Bought by Raven Radio and WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: (Christmas) Silent Night
From: Spokane Public Radio
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We can't see magic at work. Sometimes, we have to be content with looking at where it's been.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
Home Planet: Dear Santa, Make it work again.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A few minutes before midnight a little boy brings one of last year's gifts and places it under the tree. He wants to return it to Santa.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WNIN


  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Let's Talk About Sex
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Presents: Youth and Sex
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Johanna Greenberg says parents, including her own, are falling down on the job when it comes to "the talk." So she makes the first move.

Bought by KZYX, PRX to iTunes, and YouthCast


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: None So Blind: A Thanksgiving Story
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A plate full of homemade food, the gift of a Thanksgiving meal, connects a lonely, blind, old woman and the shy little girl next door.

Bought by WTIP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WHRV, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 19
Home Planet: An Obstacle Illusion by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Often, what we think we see as an obstacle, isn't really there at all. It is just an illusion.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:06
Home Planet: A New (school) Year
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap. No matter what the calendar says, for some of us, the New Year begins in September.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
"I Still Love Him...Oh Well."
From: Curie Youth Radio
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The struggle to accept that your parent didn't put you first.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: Wanting the 'Firsts' to Last Forever
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Going to summer camp for the first time is a big milestone for a mother as well as a child.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
All in the Family
From: Scott Gurian
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A family reunion turns out to be not so bad after all

Bought by KUOW, KBBI Alaska, Public Interactive, KUER, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
Coming Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Van Evra and Eric Denison discover together what make a house a home.

Bought by KUOW, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 3
He Just Can't Help It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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According to 15 year old Marybeth Whalen, her younger brother has turned her life and the life of her family upside down.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 2
What a fellowship!
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A young man's visit to his Godmother's African-American Baptist church

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2005
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1
A Day at the Fair
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A day of surprises in small town Ohio

  • Added: Dec 16, 2004
  • Length: 06:14
Papa's Place
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A piece about a boy and his grandfather--and a life's work

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
Three Women
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast cancer.

Bought by KUER, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUCB


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 3
Graham Shelby on Public Assistance
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby is surprised to find himself seeking public assistance to help support his three new babies.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
That's My Song: Under Pressure
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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One boy's bittersweet association with a David Bowie song.

Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 8
The Fair
From: Jason Rayles
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The fair is bright and nice and happy, and then the sun goes down....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, WNIJ, WBEZ, WZBC and more


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 7
Memorial
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Every 100 days, Roberts saves the phone messages of her mom who passed away two years ago as a living memorial.

Bought by WHFR, Prairie Public, Room Tone Selects, WTJU, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 28
Area-Code Chic**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:29