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Friendly and Not So Friendly Ghosts
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Houlihans, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
This week we encounter the supernatural with Beth and Chris Houlihan.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 26:58
A More Humane Society
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Animal Rescue League shelter in Golden Valley, MN. 1926., Credit: Animal Humane Society
The Minneapolis Humane Society formed in the late 1800s to protect animals — and even children — who could not speak for themselves. The early year...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 25:16
COVID-19 Presents Opportunity to Rethink Caribbean Education
From: Jewel Fraser
Series: COVID-19 and Its impact on Caribbean Students
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In the final episode of this NatGeo-funded series, we hear from education experts in the region. Dr. Didacus Jules, former head of the Caribbean Ex...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 13:24
For Kids' Sake
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
It turns out that libraries weren’t always so friendly toward children. That started to change around the turn of the 20th century, thanks to a lib...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 20:41
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 110: Baby Snatcher
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Georgia Tann of Memphis, Tennessee bragged that she had a rigorous selection process that matched the perfect child with the perfect home.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 36:44
The Dispossessed, Chapter 10; Wolftown, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jones Mountain cabin
It started with the red wolves at Alligator River, took me out to the Blue Ridge Mountains, then down to a tribal gathering of the Chickahominy in ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 26:43
The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: The Provost Guard in New Orleans taking up Vagrant Negroes. (1974.25.9.190), Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection
It was June. It was hot. Kids were out of school, keeping busy outdoors. Parents were inside. Kind of like how it is now, except it was 146 years ago.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 11:15
  • Purchases: 1
Ferdinand, The Misunderstood Bull (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In 1936, just as the Spanish Civil War was beginning, an instantly successful and highly controversial children’s book arrived on the bookshelves. ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Blood Quantum
From: Margaret Poethig
Caption: Anita, Summer, and Vida wearing Jingle Dresses
Anita Fineday is an Ojibwe Indian from the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. “Blood Quantum” is about how Anita reclaimed her Indian heritage a...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:29
The Parcel
From: Daniel Wanschura
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A family living in Idaho during the early 20th Century test the limits of the Postal Service, when they send a very special parcel through the Post.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Chapter 6 - A Summer to Remember
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
One summer, through the help of a tenement neighbor, Richard's mother sends him to live with the McCreery family on a farm outside of Stroudsburg, ...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 13:42
Chapter 4 - The Games We Played
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Friendships on New York City streets are made and solidified by the games young Richard plays after school and on Saturdays. Which game is played d...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 18:01
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up with Martin Luther King Jr.
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: MLK Jr-Washington,DC 1963
A Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr and the historic March on Washington that took place in August 1963, with new mixes featuring Israel Kamakaw...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Prairie Public, KVMR, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 26
Island Childhood
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: 1948, Credit: Swan's Island Memory Project
Swan’s Islanders share their childhood memories of growing up on the island.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
Ice Cream Socials
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: Sea Side Hall, Swan's Island, Maine, Credit: Swan's Island Memory Project
Of course ice cream is a treat at any time for anyone, but it was awfully difficult to stock in any island store in the 1930’s. Marguerite Staples...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:31
The Jackknife Incident
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: Bernita Joyce, Credit: Meghan Vigeant
The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Sam Elliott perfectly reads passages from Twain's tribute to American boyhood. The program also includes commentary by Ken Burns, P.J. O'Rour...

Bought by KMUN, KREV-LP, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 6
Not a Foamer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Griffin Bourassa possesses many traits of a typical 15 year old boy, but there is one facet of his life that is not normal.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 2
Preperation for National History Day at SCSU's Miller Learning Resource Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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KVSC Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack reports on the Library Day held at St. Cloud State University for middle school students as t...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 26:07
Divorced Kid
From: American Public Media
Caption: "Divorced Kid" producer Sasha Aslanian at her own wedding in September 1999., Credit: Liz Banfield Photography
America's divorce rate soared in the 1970s. Thirty years later, kids who grew up in the divorce revolution look back at that experience, and descri...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGDR and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 31
Mitchell Playground
From: David Green
Series: North Shore Names
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Learn about retired head of Buildings and Grounds, Mr. Mitchell, and the playground named in his honor.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
P.O.V.- Following Sean Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck talks with P.O.V. about the making of his film "Following Sean"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 10:20
WWOZ Street Talk-A Dollop of History
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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Alarming trends in school lunch outsourcing and a lack of home cookng has caused deep concern for the future of New Orleans culinary traditions.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 17, 2007
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
The One-Room School in the Twenty-First Century
From: Neenah Ellis
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Veteran producer Neenah Ellis travels to rural communities in the US to visit some of the last remaining one-room schools.

Bought by WNIJ, KUT-HD, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WCBU, WKSU and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 32
The Orphan Train
From: Annie Wu
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Orphan Train riders re-live their journeys in search of a home in the West.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 33