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Portrait of US Ep. 04 Casper
From: Adam Scher
Series: Portrait of US
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Casper talks with us about coming to terms with health struggles.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 10:36
Charisse Arrington: Nobody Holds the Key to Our Lives
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Charisse Arrington, Credit: Shefik
Knowledge - Charisse Arrington is a R&B singer who was signed to MCA Records in the 1990s. Her biggest success was with the single "Down With This"...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:42
LaChandra: My Mom Has Always Been Everything to Me
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: LaChandra, Credit: Shefik
Wishes - LaChandra is a recording artist and owner of the beauty salon Posh by LaChandra, located in New York City. In the late 1980s, LaChandra re...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:16
Melba Moore: Things Don't Always Happen When You Want Them To
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Melba Moore, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - American R&B singer and actress Melba Moore is a 4-time Grammy Award nominee and the winner of the 1970 Tony Award for Best Performa...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: :56
Teaching women to fight for themselves
From: Hannah Herner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After experiencing domestic abuse, Michelle Dirienzo started her own company to teach women self-defense in a non-threatening environment

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Ep.21: Restoring Access to Local Farm Food
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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Tatiana Garcia Granados started The Common Market to bring farm food to her Philadelphia neighborhood. Now she's taking on the nation's broken food...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 14:55
Ep. 14: On a Mission
From: The Story Exchange
Caption: Donna Peel and Stacy Ratner
Meet Donna Peel and Stacy Ratner, two very different women taking on two very different social missions -- both with inventive, entrepreneurial non...

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 19:46
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
Her Speech
From: Jamie Courville
Series: Squirrels Stories
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Victoria is trying to get her life back after the removal of a brain tumor. She is getting a little better every day.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
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
Teenage Iron-Woman
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Rachel, at 16 years old, pushed herself through the rigors of training for and completing a 1/2 Ironman Triathlon to raise money to vaccinate 1,000...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 12:13
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Program 20: Journey's End
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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Daisy Turner was proud of her heritage and understood the value of her family tradition. This is the concluding program in the series, Journey's End.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 2
Program 19: Alec Turner's Funeral
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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At the time of Alec Turner's death in 1923, Journey's End had been his home for 50 years.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Program 18: Daisy's Near Marriage
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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At 40 Daisy became engaged to Joseph Bonet. When he later broke off the engagement, Daisy sued him--and won!

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
Program 17: A New Year's Recitation
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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By the turn of the century the Turner household had become a kind of community social center. This program explores the texture of these gatherings.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KGOU, PRX to iTunes, and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 4
Program 16: Daisy's Premonition
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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Daisy and her father were so close that she felt they could communicate psychically. This program details such an event.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
Program 15: Daisy Turner Goes to Market
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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When a Boston market owner attempts to cheat her father, Daisy travels to Boston to confront him.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2