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Our Body Holds Our Life's Truth
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio curious visits with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, a psychotherapist, author and host of Voices in the Family, a weekly public radio program originating f...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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
These Foolish Things
From: Roo Kidd
Caption: Pete and Nan Hodge, Elloughton Church, East Yorkshire, October 12th 1940
An East Yorkshire woman recalls her wartime wedding. Audio messages recorded on vinyl and mailed across war-torn Europe provide a snapshot of the e...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
Chapter 1 - The Making of a Political Consciousness
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard receives an early political education from his Socialist cigar maker grandfather, by hearing over-the-counter conversations at the butcher ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 24:25
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Grandma's Stuffed Cabbage
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950., Credit: Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America.
Bonnie Sue Pokorny, 66, of Forest Hills, Queens, recalls her grandmother's stuffed cabbage. It's a dish she loves, but it's too difficult for her t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Automat Baked Beans and Childs' Chocolate Syrup
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Hilda Baumol., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Soda Fountain Memories
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Monte Malach. , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Monte Malach, 85, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, remembers a time when soda fountains occupied any busy street corner in New York City.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
Happy New Year
From: The Truth
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You're invited to spend New Year's Eve with Walt Avery.

Bought by WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 5
The Beat: Cheryl Wilke- "My Neighbors Up North"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Cheryl Wilke was born and raised on the prairie in small town central Minnesota. She's been published in The Talking Stick, Lake Region Review, and...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
StoryCorps: "Boston" Bill Hansbury and Jake Bainter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Jake Bainter talks to "Boston" Bill Hansbury about their chance meeting on the day Jake got his leg amputated.

Bought by WEZU, The Story, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Freddie and Wilma Sue Wood
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Van and Shirley Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Van Harris and his wife, Shirley, remember being young in Brooklyn during the 1940s.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2
Tiny Dancers
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Tiny Dancer
Join us at the 'Irish In Birmingham Activity Centre' in England as we grab an insight into how one group of 'Yeehaa Grandmas' plan to cause a stir ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:16
StoryCorps: René and Michelle Foreman
From: StoryCorps
Caption: René Foreman (R) and her daughter Michelle (L)
René Foreman, who survived cancer of the esophagus, tells her daughter Michelle about speaking through an electrolarynx.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Peggy and Hugh: An Oral History
From: Laura Herberg
Caption: Peggy and Hugh, then and now.
Peggy grew up on the Canadian prairie listening to big band on the radio. Hugh grew up in Seattle and tried to stay out of trouble from his Welsh ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 17:18
Jim and Martha - 56 years and karaoke
From: Sara Paul
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jim and Martha were married in 1955 - and took up karaoke "a week ago". It might have made their love stronger. Might have. Found sound from the...

Bought by KALW, Prairie Public, WABE, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps Griot: John Klein and Bernice Flournoy
From: StoryCorps
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John Klein remembers meeting the love of his life, Mary Ann Allen, with her daughter Bernice Flournoy.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 3
Martina Was Tiny
From: Benjamin Diego
Series: The Stories Project
Caption: Martina at home.
The following is an excerpt from my interview with the late, great Martina Watkins.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:50
Can I Have Your Attention
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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A sonic impression of accentuated actualities revolving around my extended family gathering around the dining room table to listen to my grandfathe...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KMXT, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Nest
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It's one thing to make it to living in your nineties, and another to get to that age and still live independently at home. Bob and Terry Rohe have ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 4
'Til Death: Love, Marriage and Valentine Sweethearts
From: Rosemary Langford
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Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...

Bought by KPIK-LP and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 2
Van Choc Straw by Mark Dunn
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
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Van Choc Straw, a radio play by Mark Dunn

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUNM, KUNM, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Happy One hundredth Birthday
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Arthur and Aggie, Credit: Walter Murch
The Santa Monica Pier and Arthur Lessac turned 100 years old on September 9th

  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:20
Odyssey of the Mind
From: jessica lockhart
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A group of senior citizens provide a surprising twist on a kids competition

  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:36
Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2