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For One Cajun Shrimper, a Journey from Despair to Defiance
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Darla Rooks looks out over the oiled marshland of Bay Jimmy. , Credit: Barry Yeoman
It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 11:47
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
How Close Does It Have to Get? The Open Space of Democracy
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 6
Caption: Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams weaves stories of personal loss and triumph.

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Portrait of the artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji
From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series
Caption: Wura-Natasah Ogunji
Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 08:12
MA-143 Good Enough Mom
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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I've exchanged my Super Mom cloak for a Good Enough Mom sweatshirt.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
This Is Not The Story You Think It Is... A Season of Unlikely Happiness, by Laura Munson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Laura Munson, Credit: Heidi Long
Laura Munson is the author of 14 unpublished novels and one memoir, which was published almost immediately after she wrote it. This is Not The Stor...

Bought by KWMR, WFIU, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Into The Woods
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Georgette Kanach loves to hunt, fish, hike, and do almost any activity that involves being out in the woods. It’s the place where she grew up, and ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Rock and Roll Life of Debra Marquart
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Debra Marquart
Debra Marquart talks about her life growing up in rural North Dakota, her rebellious departure, and how she’s returned in her imagination. She rea...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
Natalie Goldberg - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Natalie Goldberg, the writer, painter and writing teacher, speaks with ThoughtCast in Santa Fe, NM!

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Gordon Parks High School dedication - a last chance
From: Will Wright
Caption: Cha Lee Vue, Credit: Alexis Trauger
A Gordon Parks HS senior excels by the grace of her daughter's love...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
A Northwest Pilgrim
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Seattle woman walks an almost 500-mile pilgrimage trail to mark being cancer-free. KRAK

  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 18:21
Art Sci Fridays 3 'Meiosis and the city' REEL
From: Florence Blanchard
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Dr Liisa Kauppi explains how she came to New York to study sex cells

  • Added: Jun 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:22
Sisters by Camea Osborn
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her first year in the competition, Camea says this piece is about encouraging young women to love themselves and succeed beyond adversity. Camea O...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Journal by KeeKey Itson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her fifth year in the competition, KeeKey says this piece is about the love of writing, from the perspective of a multi-racial girl (note: in Engli...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:34
Art of Survival
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A documentary about the healing power of art

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KPFA


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Women RIsing XVI: Civil Disobedience and Resistance"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Anti-war activist, Medea Benjamin takes her pro-democracy and pro-environment activism to new heights with CODEPINK. And Burmese activist Saw Mya...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
The Education of a Young Dairy Farmer
From: Ed Janus
Series: Milk on Our Boots: The Terroir of Dairyland
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Cows helped form the moral character of a young woman farmer

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 1
Women Rising XIII: Enterprising Women
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In this program we profile four women entrepreneurs leading a worldwide grassroots movement to create micro-enterprise.

Bought by KHNS, KFAI Minneapolis, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Voler
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Myonne Lee has wanted to fly since she was a child. Some eighty years later, she?s finally learning.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 2
Womyn Am I
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend an evening with the 26-year old Feminist Spiritual Community in Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 2
"Life Challenges" by Shekira McKnight
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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With her amazing voice and sly poetry, this young writer approaches depression head-on. This poet is a student at Steinmetz Academic Centre (Chica...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
"My Friend" by Porsche Colbert
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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A moving personal story of one young writer's downfall with anorexia. This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
"Cropped" by Cydney Edwards
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Billie Holiday writing the song "Strange Friuit" - This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:47
The Person I Admire the Most
From: Jake Warga
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Following my best friend to Ethiopia

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KUT


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 3

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