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This I Believe - Kij Johnson
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Writer Kij Johnson believes rock climbing helped her reject thoughts of suicide and embrace life.

Bought by WEZU, XRAY.fm, WEZU, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
A Northwest Pilgrim
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
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A Seattle woman walks an almost 500-mile pilgrimage trail to mark being cancer-free. KRAK

  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 18:21
This I Believe - Barbara Held
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Psychologist Barbara Held of Maine believes a little kvetching makes for a better outlook on life.

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


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 3
Comfort and Addiction
From: Amy Conger
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People speak candidly about food, comfort and compulsion

Bought by Vocalo.org and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 19:30
  • Purchases: 2
Unintended Detours Episode 6: Derailed
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Four interwoven stories of lives derailed by serious illness or accident.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2008
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 2
Violence in Relationships
From: Youth Mic
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Excerpt from a live show about violence in relationships

Bought by KUNM, YouthCast, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Isabel Legarda
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Massachusetts anesthesiologist Isabel Legarda believes every person and every breath is precious.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
  • 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 Three Furies: Poverty, Addiction, and Mental Illness
From: Dawn Dreyer
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Producer Dawn Dreyer explores the "three furies" of poverty, addiction, and mental illness through her own struggles with bipolar disorder. "The T...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZSC


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Person I Admire the Most
From: Jake Warga
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Following my best friend to Ethiopia

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KUT


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 3
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
Finding Out
From: Susan Goldberg
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Susan's mother died of breast cancer on Mother's Day in 2004. She carried a genetic mutation that made her susceptible to the disease. After years ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 20:11
We Are Strong Women
From: Julia Applegate
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Interviews with HIV+ Women

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KUGS Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: Home Sweet Home Birth
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A look at the Dutch tradition of home births and what the future has in store for his practice.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
Two Strokes
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Cornelia Richardson survives the sudden loss of her husband, moving on with life, and then faces recovery from her own stroke.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
This I Believe - Nancy Yucius
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nancy Yucius' life creed has taken on special meaning now that she is battling colon cancer.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KFAI Minneapolis, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 4
She's Just Like Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Leah Rumack seeks out her mother's best friend to find out about the mother she never knew.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 3
A House With Many Rooms
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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In this intimate and compelling memoir, Marti Em offers a rare glimpse into what it is like to live with multiple personalities.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
My Body
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This program looks at society's fixation with breasts -- a fixation that can be playful -- or downright painful.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 1
Heroin and Me
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Cassie, a young producer incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, ME, gives a step-by-step account of her battle ...

Bought by WMPG and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
Health Insurance Dilemma
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A young mother weighs the costs of buying health insurance against the risks of living without it.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 4
The Breast Cancer Monologues
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A one-hour documentary special intricately woven from interviews, readings and original music about how breast cancer has affected the lives of wom...

Bought by WJSU, KVSC, KWIT, KPVL, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2004
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 16
First Menstruation Stories
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's both terrifying and highly anticipated, and, as rites of passage often are, perhaps somewhat overrated. Blunt producer Ariel Adams set out wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Length: 10:32
Life in a Brothel
From: Barry Vogel
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Prostitutes and their customers: Who are they, why are they there, and who supports them.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2003
  • Length: 29:00