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Abigail Spanberger: Defending Her Country Yet Again
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abigail Spanberger, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Abigail Spanberger swore an oath at age twenty-four “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and d...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 21:33
Love in Translation
From: Israel Story
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Sharon and Cansu are from enemy countries and have no common language. They also happen to be in love. A story of a relationship in the age of Goog...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 2
Ep.19: Second Chances
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
Caption: Kasey O'Connell, Fif Ghobadian and Alice Cahan, Credit: Road Twenty-Two
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 13:36
Ep. 13: Running the Boys' Club
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Melissa Austria, Founder of GotStyle
Toronto retailer Melissa Austria has created thriving menswear stores that appeal to guys who hate to shop but want to look good.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:44
Access to Water: What's it like to worry about every drop?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Access to water has been declared an international human right, but it may be increasingly difficult to enforce. This episode explores how countrie...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
A pastor teaches unaccompanied migrant girls to sew
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Pastor Monsalve preaches from her storefront church in Torrance, California., Credit: Phoenix Tso
Margarita Monsalve operates a sewing circle in Torrance, California, where unaccompanied migrant girls from Central America find a strong community...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Calling Voice - Moira Smiley and Voco
From: Anny Celsi
Caption: Voco performing live: April Guthrie, Moira Smiley, Sally Dworsky , Credit: Simone McSparran
VOCO sings folk music - but not the usual coffeehouse fare. It’s music that's steeped in generations of tradition, from far-off, tucked-away corner...

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 1
A Parsi in America: Diana's Story
From: Christine Beaderstadt
Series: Indian Ornamentation and Globalization
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Ethnically Parsi, Diana grew up in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and went to boarding school there. She talks about how she and her family have ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
Romantic Red Love, But Not in Sweden
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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With the couple next door constantly fighting and my friends failed marriages in good memory I started to wonder why Sweden seems to fail in loving...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Citizen Synforose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • 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
From sweat shop to co-op
From: Marie Trigona
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Thousands of Bolivians migrated to Argentina in search of a liveable wage, only to find themselves sewing designer jeans in sweat shops under slave...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Water Walker
From: Seattle Globalist
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A day in the life of an Ethiopian woman who walks hours each day fetching water.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 3
Women's group fights malnutrition with knowledge in San Pablo La Laguna, Guatemala
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Women's group in San Pablo La Laguna on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala uses workshop trainings and community based education to lowe...

Bought by KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 3
Guatemala's Indigenous Girls: At the forefront
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! English and Spanish versions available. Guatemalan girls suffer lower rates of education and poorer health indicators - UNICEF ...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Aug 25, 2007
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Commemorate 30th Anniversary
From: Marie Trigona
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Argentina?s Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Commemorate 30th Anniversary

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 06:04