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The Underwater Birth of Francis Henri
From: Chris Bolton
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The story of my a young couple having their baby at home

  • Added: Sep 13, 2008
  • Length: 09:15
BIRTH
From: Thin Air Media
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A one-hour public radio documentary about the practices and perceptions of birth in America.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUAF Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WYAP, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 31
Moms of Multiples Find Strength in Numbers
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Twin-birth rate is up 70% nationwide. We profile a group of women who share the singular experience of raising multiples

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill
From: Karen Brown
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Sound-rich documentary about the effect of mental illness on "well" siblings

Bought by KPVL, PRX to iTunes, WCQS, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Najdi Hospital, Room 402
From: Jessica Dheere
Series: The Sound of Bomblets
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12-year-old Hassan talks about his cluster bomb injuries from his hospital bed

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 07:30
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
World AIDS Day: Kenyan Children
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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The lives of Kenyan Children not improving despite progress in fighting AIDS in Kenya

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
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
A Lion in the House -
From: Aileen LeBlanc
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A look behind the scenes of the new PBS documentary about families living with kids who have cancer. A Lion in the House airs on PBS June 21st, 22nd.

Bought by WYSO, WYSO, and WMUB


  • Added: May 30, 2006
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 3
Singing for sanitation: Teen in rural Nepal teaches her village about water safety
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Shanta, age 14, teaches her community in rural Nepal about water and sanitation, and learns to come out of her shell

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
A telephone hotline starts up in Bam, Iran
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Correspondent Miranda Eeles reports on a new telephone hotline in Bam , Iran

  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:58
Radio Club
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Eight young boys with autistic spectrum disorder have formed "The Radio Club" to tell you what it’s like to view the world through the lens of autism.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
HEART-to-HEART Pgm II: Children Sometimes Die
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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We expect that children will get sick from time to time. But we don't expect them to die.

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


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:39
  • Purchases: 2
Listening For A Name
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Monique Attinger prepares for the possibility of losing a child to miscarriage.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Holding Your Breath
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Micheal Geary has cancer. It could be getting worse. What do you tell the kids?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Wild Child: Coping with a Bipolar Youth
From: Karen Brown
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This documentary follows three young people as they navigate puberty and adolescence with bipolar disorder.

Bought by WRPI, KUER, WXXI Rochester, PRX to iTunes, Central Florida Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Fraying Safety Net
From: Patrik Angstrom Poore
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Health Care options for Oregon's uninsured look grim

  • Added: Oct 01, 2004
  • Length: 29:32
The Prison Cure
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Sick kids behind bars and what happens when they get there: a Colorado youth prison sheds light on a national problem.

Bought by KPIK-LP, WSKG, PRX Remix, WRPI, and Audible


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
The AIDS Highway
From: David Kattenburg
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The plight of Ugandan AIDS orphans

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Public Interactive, WYSO, and WFUV


  • Added: Nov 02, 2003
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 4