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Weavers and Spinners
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
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A society of weavers and spinners shares their textured, multi-stranded history with the next generation.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 07:24
Believing
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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Beliefs shape our lives in ways we aren’t always aware of. They’re the bigger, unknowable framework through which we understand the world. How are ...

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


  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 3
When a Teacher Helps Decide Your Future
From: Tally Abecassis
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What if an influential teacher set you on your life's path? What would that teacher say if she met you today?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 19:07
#1 Welcome to Millennial
From: Megan Tan
Series: Millennial
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The day you graduate college is suppose full of smiles, family pictures, and a sense of accomplishment. But what happens after that day when you pa...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, American Voices, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 3
The long road to recovery
From: Brian Cauley
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A four-minute documentary about sexual assault and healing.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:08
Project Prom
From: Margaret Krauss
Series: What What Why: Stories of Life and Living
Caption: Jacqueline Belton helps Chynna Baker, 18, finish her prom outfit with heels. , Credit: Margaret J. Krauss
This week on What What Why, it's almost prom season and we're examining the event's significance. Love it, hate it, go to it or don’t, but prom is ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 07:59
Learning to Laughing Through The Pain
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Since she was a little girl, Saphira's life has been structured around the limits of Cerebral Palsey. Pushing through physical and emotional pain, ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Terminal
From: Meghan Roguschka
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A story about a place some people think of as "home."

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 13:22
Infant Mortality: A special documentary
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
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Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:01
Pride of the Lady Cubs
From: Eric Winick
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With his comedy career stalled, 30 year-old Scott Schultz enrolls as a Freshman at down-and-out L.A. City College, and is named Sports Editor of th...

Bought by KMUZ and KUT


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 18:08
  • Purchases: 2
Revelations In the Mudflats
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Coastal Studies for Girls is a hands-on marine science and leadership program for sophomores in high school. But for 15-year-old Laura, it’s more ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
Hot Lunch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For many, the term "lunch lady" conjures an image of a grouchy woman in a hair net, who's just as scary as the unidentifiable food she's serving.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
Gender And Identity At A Women's College
From: NPR Intern Edition
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It turns out, gender is not all that simple at an all-women's college.

Bought by KSFR, WLPR , WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRUA, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 6
More Than A Teacher
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman who teaches English in African refugee camps finds her students sometimes need more than an English lesson.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Gender in Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
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Local perspectives on gender and the rights and role of women in Azerbaijan

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 21:47
Alabama Alabama
From: Anton Foek
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One {....} of a captain. Kathy Broughton grew up in Birmingham Alabama but soon learned fishing from

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:10
  • Purchases: 1
Liberia Digital Diary: Mamiwhe's Story
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! A young girl tells the story of her life in Liberia and why girls education is so important to her and her family. Youth Produ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:36
Rock 'n Roll Camp for Girls
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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voices of girls and women at the Rock Block after school program

Bought by KUOW, KUNM, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 11:26
  • Purchases: 3
Everyone is a Philosopher: The Hope House Scholars Program
From: Mitch Neuger
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Documentary: Stanford professors teach philosophy to women in recovery.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2007
  • Length: 35:55
mascara - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
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The story behind the word "mascara"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:05
Becoming a Man
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Two transgender stories from Joan Schuman

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Life Stories - Jobs: Teaching ("Educating Esme')
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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The Diary of a First Year Teacher, "Educating Esme." One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portraits.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUER, WFAE, KPIK-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 19