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The first special to come from StoryCorps' mobile tour visit to Missoula in 2022. First aired on Montana Public Radio on January 22nd, 2023, this f...
- Added: Feb 22, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Richard revels in living in Philadelphia - the historical heart of U.S. democracy and home of his son Scott - while waiting anxiously for the votes...
- Added: Nov 14, 2020
- Length: 10:01
Tania Chairez is a social entrepreneur and educator who grew up undocumented under the threat of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. In this episode, Ta...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 12:40
From: Motus Theater Boulder
Reydesel, a legally deaf undocumented college graduate, shares how he went from suicidal to successful after the Deferred Action for Childhood Arri...
- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 17:35
Blaire, a DACA a student at Humboldt State University and a long-time resident, speaks of her frustration of not having the same privileges as her ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 1
Meet Alejandro. He discusses why he came here, the difficulties of finding meaningful work, his involvement with his community and his love for his...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Julio, brought here when not quite 2 years old, grew up not knowing he was undocumented until he went to get his driver's license. His status did n...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Maria, from El Salvador, speaks of her struggles to learn English, reacquaint herself with her children after 8 years apart, and how they all achie...
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 03:00
Juan, a DACA student at Humboldt State University talks about his struggles with learning English. He not only did learn English, he now has an ins...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:56
- Purchases: 1
Brenda of Centro del Pueblo gives her own State of the Union address concerning immigrants, legal or otherwise.
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 02:54
We’ll hear about Iraqi monuments kept hostage by US troops, denying access to the Iraqis to whom they belong.
- Added: May 20, 2018
- Length: 30:00
An Iraqi tells us about the absence of certain sounds in the Arabic language, and a veteran reads letters from her former grade school teacher’s cl...
- Added: May 13, 2018
- Length: 29:44
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 6
City of Dreamers explores the lives of young people and immigrant families from Santa Fe’s South Side. First presented live, on stage at the Lensic...
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 27:54
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...
Bought by WABE, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:37
- Purchases: 10
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...
Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 07:23
- Purchases: 2
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...
- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 11:47
Prisoners sentenced to death in Washington State have a choice of lethal injection or hanging.
- Added: Dec 16, 2008
- Length: 06:58
Death penalty cases are extremely complex and costly to pursue.
- Added: Dec 16, 2008
- Length: 06:41
La Ruta del Voto Latino: Marcia Espinola in Siler City, N.C.
- Added: Aug 11, 2008
- Length: 03:59
U.S. Army Civil Affairs is tasked with compensating Iraqis for accedential death and destruction.
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Mar 11, 2008
- Length: 04:12
- Purchases: 1
A culturally historic piece looking at the San Luis Valley of Colorado.
Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM
- Added: Aug 14, 2006
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 1
