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Trial and Error
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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Today on State of the Human, no blue print, no roadmap. Stories of people figuring it out for themselves.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WKCC, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 4
Listening
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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Listening is way more than just paying attention, and this week's show explores how.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and WKCC


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Shenandoah Valley Shape Note Singers
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Cross Keys Ruritan Hall, Harrisonburg, VA, Credit: Sarah Cumming
Contributor Kelley Libby visits a shape note sing event in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometimes this style of singing is referred to as Sac...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 4
Restless Souls
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
Caption: In 1912, Abdul-Baha, leader of the Baha'i faith, visited Greenacre, a religious community in Maine founded by Sarah Farmer., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Spiritual but not religious? Professor Leigh Schmidt uses the story of Sarah Farmer, a 19th-century visionary, to illustrate the ever-present strug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Fox Sisters
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Reporter Nate DiMeo tells the story of the Kate and Margaret Fox, the small-town girls who triggered the 19th century movement known as Spiritualism.

Bought by WABE, Troy Public Radio, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 5
Marriage Equality
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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To what lengths have same sex couples had to go, in order to be lawfully married?

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
Don Piper Interview
From: Lana Straub
Caption: Lana Straub and Don Piper
Interview with Don Piper on the trials, tribulations and joys of being a bestselling author

  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 22:26
Helene Newberg's Marathon journey
From: Amina Chaudary
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When tragedy strikes a 16-year-old Muslim girl, her neighbor, Helene Newberg, is inspired to run in this year’s Boston marathon for her. And like e...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:46
Latitude News Podcast #9 — Mexican, undocumented...Mormon?
From: Latitude News
Caption: The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. , Credit: Cookiecaper
A personal story from a growing demographic

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 15:09
  • Purchases: 1
Platinum Gospel " The Dixie Hummingbirds"
From: Barbara Kovacs
Series: Christian Minstrel Pioneers
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Host Bill Bulbeck relives the history and times behind the music of the legendary "Dixie Hummingbirds". The one hour show includes all twelve track...

Bought by KZYX and WSGE


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 47:39
  • Purchases: 2
MN Church Celebrates Easter in Cabaret After Tragic Fire
From: Radio K
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On a Sunday in April, cheery faces populate the groundbreaking of a new church construction project in South Minneapolis. Almost a year earlier, th...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
130331 Gee Whiz, How Many Joe and Jim Musicians Will We Hear?
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of including Anita Humes and the Essex.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:29
The Mighty Shamas: A Miraculous Story of Very Poor Memory
From: Scott Huler
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
A Story from the Bar
From: Andy Otto
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A search for the Ward 8, Boston's most famous cocktail, leads to an authentic encounter with an old man at the bar. Sometimes it's the stories that...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 07:35
Dingmantics #11: Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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This week’s Moth theme is “silver lining,” so here is a piece about the one bright spot in the worst summer of my life.

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:56
Dave and the Klingons
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Holiday Traditions abound on this segment from Arctic Entries. David Onofrychuck tells us how his family celebrated Christmas.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Spirit in the Digital Age
From: Madeline Schaefer
Series: Friend Speaks My Mind
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On this episode of Friend Speaks My Mind, I explore Quaker's relationship with technology, from cell phones to Facebook.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 38:08
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up Quaker
From: Madeline Schaefer
Series: Friend Speaks My Mind
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On this episode of Friend Speaks My Mind, a peek into the experience of growing up Quaker.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 32:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America Part 2
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Part two of “The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America” by KVSC News Director Chris Duffy takes a look at the Somali population in St. Cl...

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 31:47
The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America Part 1
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Part one of “The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America” by KVSC News Director Chris Duffy takes a look at the Somali population in St. Cl...

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:25
Where in the World is Don Gamble?
From: peter stock
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In the late 1990s, crack environmental consultant Don Gamble checked out of his comfortable east coast professional life...and disappeared. Ten yea...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 21:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Great Textbook War
From: Trey Kay
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In 1974, Kanawha County was the first battleground in the American culture wars. Controversy erupted over newly-adopted school textbooks. School bu...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KUER and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 26
The Sexual Harassment of Children
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The Statistics Are Shameful

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: :37
A Bona Fide Representative of God
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Will Beg You To Send Money

  • Added: Jun 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
How Many Catholic Schools Want Lesbian Parents? Nun.
From: Matt Miller
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When Nadine Warner and her life partner, Laurie, adopted a child it never occurred to them that they may one day find the Catholic school system to...

Bought by WBEZ, Vocalo.org, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 3

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