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n my story, you will hear my mom talk about her journey and what it was like growing up and getting kicked out of Ethiopia.
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 03:12
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends a presentation at the Stearns History Museum b...
- Added: Nov 26, 2019
- Length: 01:01:12
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends a presentation at the Stearns History Museum b...
- Added: Nov 26, 2019
- Length: 29:20
82-year-old retired trauma surgeon Bill Meffert, who cared for wounded soldiers in Vietnam, reflects on that bloody experience and the words of a p...
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 35:44
Under fire for more than 10 days, David Evans and a group of soldiers got an unusual call. It was for a medical evacuation. "I asked if it was one ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Apr 23, 2019
- Length: 07:53
- Purchases: 1
"If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 36:25
In episode 14 Farrah returns with Houda to talk about her family’s harrowing experience in their home in Homs, Syria early in the war. After the ev...
- Added: Aug 02, 2017
- Length: 05:20
In the summer of 2013, I traveled a six hundred miles, and 200 years into the past to spend nine days living and working aboard the U.S. Brig Niaga...
- Added: Jul 11, 2017
- Length: 10:04
It was the 1960s – and throughout the United States, opposition to the War in Vietnam was growing. The Draft forced young men to make a choice abo...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Jun 23, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This Veterans Day, Americans will be marking one hundred years since the end of World War One, but there will be no veterans of that war present to...
Bought by Prairie Public, KENW, RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Prairie Public
- Added: Nov 03, 2016
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 5
In this voice collage, veterans and youth share their personal definitions of what it means to be an “Urban Warrior.”
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 02:44
In the Navy for five years Carlos maintained airplanes. As a behavior therapist for youth, Carlos works with a young man who intimidates the other ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:41
After George loses his father, he starts smoking marijuana and selling drugs. In Urban Warriors, he connects with a veteran who has a positive impa...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 03:12
Growing up in Little Village, Jorge experienced firsthand the toll that gang violence has on communities and individuals. Jorge talks about joining...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 08:16
Francisco grew up feeling endangered and like he had to become involved with the gang his family was in for his own safety. When he was ready to ma...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:46
In part two of his story, Steven talks about how addressing emotions and trauma is often taboo for veterans, and how Urban Warriors gave him a chan...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 05:17
Giovanni knows that others consider him and many youth in his neighborhood to be criminals. In Urban Warriors, he learns about himself and begins t...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 04:28
Steven knew from a young age that he wanted to join the military. In Afghanistan, the expectation of violence impacts the rest of his life experien...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 07:50
On the streets, Danny compares himself to an animal in the wild that is in constant danger. Growing up around gangbangers, it felt natural for him ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 06:49
Abner talks about how he responded to his own bad choices and the problems they created by joining the Army. In Urban Warriors, Abner connects with...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 05:56
At young age, Victor is taken from his mother and lives at three foster homes. After witnessing violence against his family, he has a realization w...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 04:38
Rich recognizes the similarities between his childhood and the youth he works with in Urban Warriors. He stresses that youth have choices, even if ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 04:37
Alberto’s convoy security truck is hit with an IED in Iraq, and the military recognizes his service with a Purple Heart. After returning from war, ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 06:15
Noah’s childhood was full of instability as he and his family moved from place to place and shelter to shelter. The strict rules of the shelters we...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 07:49