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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
Vocal Cord Lost (and regained)
From: Wes Alwan
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On losing my voice and getting it backw

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:58
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
We Are Still Here: Voices of HIV+ Youth
From: Julia Applegate
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Voices of HIV+ Youth

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRUA, KLCC, 90.5 WSNC, and WFUV


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 5
Your list of Transcendant Experiences
From: NAISA
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Transcendence expressed as something extraordinary

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 01:00
My Name Is Ryan
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Weed, cocaine, morphine, oxycontin, crack, Ryan has tried them all. Once he developed a tolerance for one, he just moved on to the next. Now he's i...

Bought by Remix Radio and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
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
"My Friend" by Porsche Colbert
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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A moving personal story of one young writer's downfall with anorexia. This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
The Cigarette Bath
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily and her cousin Sarah come up with a novel scheme to save her grandfather from his smoking habit. Rather than being rewarded, their efforts la...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
The Belltown Hustle
From: David Weinberg
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Welcome to the world of the belltown posse...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 11:11
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
This I Believe - Catherine Royce
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Lou Gehrig's Disease is robbing her of many things, but Catherine Royce believes she still has a choice.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
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
White Tea in Three Minutes
From: Paul Levinson
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an appreciation

  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:04
Health workers reach remote villagers in Ethiopia with tetanus vaccine
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF's Andrew Heavens reports on the delivery of tetanus vaccine to remote tribal villages in Ethiopia

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
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
Teens from Brooklyn Join the AIDS Effort in Ethiopia
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Two HIV-poitive teenagers from Brooklyn traveled to Ethiopia and recorded a Digital Diary about their experience

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
David Berman Goes on Tour
From: Jesse Dukes
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David Berman, a songwriter, finally meets his fans.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:13
Digital Diary: Kerrel McKay interviews other AIDS Activists in Toronto
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF Youth Reporter Kerrel McKay interviews other youth AIDS activists at the Toronto AIDS Conference

Bought by WXLV-FM and KWCW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
Digital Diary: A youth anti-violence activist in the Philippines tells her story
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Youth producer Cora Buala from the Phillipines, a youth anti-violence activist, reports her own story

Bought by WXLV-FM and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Quique Aviles
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Poet and performance artist Quique Aviles believes his work can help save him from his addiction.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Temple Grandin
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Temple Grandin explains that as a person living with autism, she thinks in pictures and in sounds.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WEZU, WEZU, KVNF, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 9
Fuel Crisis
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Drug use and attempted suicide. Hey, they're serious. Really. No, honest. Ask storyteller Marti MacGibbon.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:41