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StoryCorps: Ruth Coker Burks and Paul Wineland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ruth Coker Burks and Paul Wineland.
Ruth Coker Burks tells her friend Paul Wineland about caring for AIDS patients during the...

Bought by WUTC, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Max Voelz and Mary Dague
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Retired Army Sgt 1st Class Max Voelz first recorded in 2011 to remember his wife...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaimed Soul: Women Behind Megastars
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: Betty Davis, former wife of Miles Davis
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
Descendant Of Three Founding Fathers Keeps American History Alive
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Laura Belman's family tree includes three Declaration signers., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Laura Belman is descended from three signers of the Declaration of Independence, and is working to preserve the history of early Washington, D.C.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:06
The Sweet Science
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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The story of one woman's improbable journey from the gym to the boxing ring.

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 16:05
Reverend Death
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Death Alane Cameron Miles, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Alane Cameron Miles was groomed throughout her life to be comfortable with death and the dying. She had a knack for it and would ultimately become ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 27:26
D.C. Dodgeball Whiz Drops (Dodge)Bombs at World Championships
From: Lauren Ober
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We've all played dodgeball at some point in our childhood, right? And chances are, those memories of getting drilled in the face with a red rubber ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 2
Tiny Houses
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Karin Parramore's tiny house, Credit: Califia Suntree
Destination DIY producer Califia Suntree spoke to two women who built their own tiny houses about living a minimalist lifestyle. The houses are bot...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 2
31: Not in the Kitchen Anymore
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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When does trash talk in online gaming cross a line?

  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 18:31
The Mikie Show #62, Mary
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode Sixty-Two, Mary! Thank you for supporting all that episodic exposition! This episode we speak with romance novelist Mary Tate Engels. Autho...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
Learning to date all over again
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dating can be different for Muslims, Hindus and Latinos. Even once they've moved to America, some of the traditions stay alive, and some die.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:23
SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE -- Debbie Lum Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Debbie Lum, San Francisco, CA 3/11/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Debbie Lum talks facing her fears, keeping the conversation going, and why she ended up as a character in her own documentary.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:25
StoryCorps: Diane Tells His Name and Bonnie Buchanan
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Diane Tells His Name (L) and Bonnie Buchanan (R)
Diane Tells His Name talks to her daughter Bonnie Buchanan about discovering she was adopted.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Amber Doll
From: Cassie Wagler
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Queer identity, sex dolls, performance art, love.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 08:55
StoryCorps MVI: Marilyn Gonzalez and Jessica Pedraza
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Sgt. Marilyn Gonzalez (L) and her daughter Spc. Jessica Pedraza (R).
Sergeant Marilyn Gonzalez and her daughter Specialist Jessica Pedraza remember deploying together to Iraq in 2010.

Bought by WEZU and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
Loving Charcoal
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Not my neighbor's hamster.
A woman and her hamster.

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and KUT


  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Can Men and Women Be Just Friends?
From: Chuck Harris
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I ask students around a college campus if men and women can be just friends.

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
Why I am Homeless
From: Emily Berman
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With striking honesty, Carol Unger, of Washington D.C., explains how she became homeless.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Kazakhstan -- With this horse, I thee wed...
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KZYX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 7
Shower of Love- A Valentine's Day Story
From: Jill Marcus
Caption: Newlyweds & cat - circa 1977
Valentine's Day, 1977 was our first together as a young couple. We thought we were soul mates, but how well did we really know each other? The gift...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
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
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
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
Hedy Lamarr
From: Eric Molinsky
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A 1940s Hollywood star invents the technology behind cell phones.

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUT, WILL and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2008
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 6
Narcoleptic Christmas
From: Hillary Frank
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A woman discovers she's narcoleptic at Christmastime.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2