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The Work-Life Conundrum

From: Homefront Chronicles

This show features three moms talking about the elusive “work/life balance”. But is this even the right term for this perennial conundrum?

Added: Oct 24, 2013
Length: 15:08

Full-time Mom to Full-time Work

From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles

How do we balance raising our kids, retaining our careers, and at the same time find time for ourselves and our families?

Added: Oct 14, 2013
Length: 04:04

Same Sex Parenting

From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles

When a married couple has a baby, is it fair for one of the parents to have to adopt the baby to make it their own? Why do the rules differ for m...

Added: Sep 09, 2013
Length: 04:39

Work/Life Series: Stepping out of the Workforce

From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles

How do we balance raising our kids, retaining our careers, and at the same time find time for ourselves and our families?

Added: Sep 07, 2013
Length: 03:33

Alzheimer's: Slipping Away

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Frances Hilary McGuigan, Credit: Doug Dobery

This journey begins in the deepest recesses of the human brain--the hippocampus, and ends in the memory support unit of a retirement community. It'...

Added: Aug 31, 2013
Length: 54:59

208

From: Eoghan Hanlon

Caption: Sheila Hayes, holding two of 208 babies that she fostered.

This is a radio documentary - my first radio project - that I produced in 2011. It tells the story of my grandmother in Ireland, who fostered over ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Aug 28, 2013
Length: 28:00
Purchases: 2

The Laughing Table

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Everyone loves a good happy hour - a chance to socialize and sip spirits. But what about happy hour in an assisted living facility?

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Aug 02, 2013
Length: 06:28
Purchases: 2

From This Point On

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...

Bought by KVNF

Added: Mar 27, 2013
Length: 07:12
Purchases: 1

A Mother's Solution

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Mar 25, 2013
Length: 04:48
Purchases: 2

You Are An Authority

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

This episode covers a variety of topics including medicine, music, an unconventional road trip and summer camp for grownups. Program Directors: ple...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media

Added: Mar 03, 2013
Length: 01:29:40
Purchases: 2

Starving for Perfection

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions

Listening to Chloe (a 16 year old) play the violin is listening to an inspired, emotional, and technical artist. But Chloe doesn’t agree. Focused...

Added: Sep 01, 2012
Length: 07:37

Ernie's Green Free Tree

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories

Under Ernie’s Free Tree neighbors and passersby pick from the free pile, the last of Ernie Winger’s possessions—recycling, laughing, crying, rememb...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jul 24, 2012
Length: 02:59
Purchases: 1

Conversations

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Conversations with people who take a DIY approach to science and to life: DIY biologists working to democratize the lab, a single mom who says some...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KUOW, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media

Added: Apr 19, 2012
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 5

Adoption Story

From: Sarah Bromer

This is a story about two women who attempt to adopt a baby from an abortion clinic. Things don't go exactly as planned, and they end up in over th...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 18:01
Purchases: 1

Representing Yourself in Court

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

A mother struggles to represent herself in a custody dispute when she runs out of money to pay her lawyer.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Aug 23, 2011
Length: 04:58
Purchases: 1

A Child's View of Domestic Violence by Valencia McMurray of MPR News

From: YouthCast

Caption: Valencia and her mother, Charlene, Credit: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...

Bought by WGXC

Added: Aug 14, 2011
Length: 09:54
Purchases: 1

The Decisions Project - 23 - Marriage Before Deployment

From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project

A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.

Added: Jul 07, 2011
Length: 03:43

Conrad and Evelyn

From: Aileen LeBlanc

Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.

Added: May 11, 2011
Length: 18:25

Linda Contes and Evelyn Williams

From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1

Caption: Ms Evelyn Williams, Credit: Michael Premo

Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. With mounting hospital bills, Linda Contes and her husband struggle to make mortgage payments...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 10, 2011
Length: 11:11
Purchases: 1

Visiting a Prison Nursery

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com/, Credit: Shannon Heffernan

What happens when a women gives birth behind bars? Usually those babies are sent home with family members or put into foster care. But some prison...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Vocalo.org

Added: Mar 30, 2011
Length: 14:25
Purchases: 4

Gary Barnes

From: Mara Zepeda
Series: While You Were Gone

Gary Barnes' father gave him one thing in life: the wish to be a sailor. Gary achieved his dream and became a Chief Petty Officer for the Navy, whe...

Bought by KMXT, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Added: Feb 08, 2011
Length: 04:52
Purchases: 3

Libby and the Girls

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Libby St. Pierre knew since she was a young girl that she wanted only a few simple things in life: a career, which she has as a nurse in Auburn, Ma...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, and WMPG