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In the late 1930’s, dancer Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her partner Paul Wing. It capped years of hard work on the Vaudeville circuit and l...
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 2
After losing her father, Army Staff Sergeant Emilio “Leo” DiPalma, to COVID-19, Emily Aho reflects on his WWII service with her daughter, Hannah Si...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jun 16, 2020
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
Norman and Ora Bell have been a household name within the Toledo community for more than half a century. Known for working in local county governme...
- Added: Jun 15, 2020
- Length: 06:09
An exploration of a discredited and often harmful practice of trying to change gay to straight.
Bought by KZYX, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and Radio Catskill
- Added: Mar 31, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
An exploration of a discredited and often harmful practice of trying to change gay to straight.
Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Mar 01, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Episode 50: Action is the Antidote to Despair
- Added: Dec 11, 2019
- Length: 04:16
Our celebration of State Poets Laureate takes us to the lower midwest through the work of Jo McDougall, Arkansas Poet Laureate (2018-2022). She di...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Sep 18, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Amanda Farrell tells her husband Craig about how she lost -- and ultimately regained -- control of her mental health.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WDBM, and WHRV
- Added: Aug 08, 2019
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 3
In the second part of a conversation with poet and "MacArthur genius" Edward Hirsch, he discusses how the sudden death of his son inspired his awar...
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Jun 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Sisters Estela and Candi Reyes remember the passing of their father, Juan Reyes.
- Added: Jun 17, 2019
- Length: 03:07
Sada Jackson learns about her late-mother through her mom’s best friend, Angela Morehead-Mugita.
Bought by KWMU St. Louis
- Added: May 21, 2019
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 1
Julian struggles to read a piece about a woman visiting her sister who was admitted into a mental health hospital for being a danger to herself. Ho...
- Added: May 17, 2019
- Length: 22:26
Twenty years ago, Leona Kinsey disappeared from her home in La Grande, Oregon and was never seen again. Her daughter, Carolyn DeFord, a Puyallup tr...
- Added: Apr 01, 2019
- Length: 02:09
In preparation for D Grant's upcoming book, this 2 part mini-series provides the soundtrack to many of the songs that were a part of his journey in...
- Added: Mar 04, 2019
- Length: 59:00
Our mini-series that gives insight into D Grant's upcoming book concludes with alt-rock tracks that provided a soundtrack to his emotional journey ...
- Added: Mar 04, 2019
- Length: 59:00
A series of random events in Nepal bring an Israeli reporter and a nepalese teenager to grow an unlikely bond.
- Added: Dec 06, 2018
- Length: 23:57
When Tyler Wetherall was a kid, her mother and father packed up the family car and drove through the night. They were on the run from the FBI. And ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2018
- Length: 26:41
- Purchases: 2
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 03:13
In the wake of tragedy, Susi forms an unexpected bond with the woman who should have been her mother-in-law. It's a modern day version of the bibli...
- Added: Jul 22, 2018
- Length: 20:12
Ginnie Peters remembers her husband, Matt Peters, who committed suicide in May of 2011 after farming for more than 35 years. She spoke with Trent A...
Bought by WEZU and Enchantment Radio
- Added: May 23, 2018
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 2
Former Army intelligence collector Roman Coley Davis talks about a package he received while stationed in Afghanistan.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 02:49
- Purchases: 2
Bobby Cannavale and Peter Gallagher star in this short about fatherhood. In the comic and heartbreaking 2 Dads by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award win...
- Added: Feb 26, 2018
- Length: 21:39
- Purchases: 2
Now, a conversation that reminds us how being a father can be about much more than biology.
In 2007, after volunteering to care for infants born ...
Bought by KRVS
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 02:52
- Purchases: 1
In February 2017, Claire Woodward died at home with the support of her family and hospice care. This is a documentary about the final three weeks o...
- Added: May 10, 2017
- Length: 29:00
What’s it like to be a teenager sent to prison for what may be forever, and what’s it like to be his mom?
Our story is Mother and Son.
- Added: Apr 05, 2017
- Length: 37:45
