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The Art of Linda Lewis
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with an individual whose work is the main attraction at The Lanesboro Arts Center. The exhibit is entitled "M...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 16:14
  • Purchases: 2
Single Parent By Choice
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Cindi Swingen chose to take on parenthood by herself. Her two children have the same father — a man none them know who donated sperm at a local cli...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 16:40
  • Purchases: 1
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
StoryCorps: Rebecca Posamentier and Carol Kirsch
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Rebecca Posamentier (R) and Carol Kirsch (L)
Rebecca Posamentier (R) reflects on an interview she recorded with her mother, Carol Kirsch (L).

Bought by WEZU and KZYX


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
From This Point On
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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
Tales from the South 117: Season 7 Finale and Top Stories of the Year
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Grand Prize Winner Angela Gattin
This week it's our Season 7 Finale Show, featuring our Top Stories of the Year. In a 1-hour show or in two parts. True stories told by the Southern...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Supermoms
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
Caption: Frimet Goldberger and her family
College can be tough but students who are also mothers have to balance work with real-life home work.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
Tales from the South 081: 6th Annual Mothers Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Nap Boot Camp
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Kate at her "battle station," with Adelle at 4 months, Credit: Kate Bowman-Johnston
An exasperated mom decides that her daughter WILL nap in her crib by the end of the week.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 027
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Annual Mothers Show: Amy Manning Burns is in the very first stages of becoming a mother, Ardee Eichelmann's newborn son cries in pain as the pain o...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Nurse, Get the Handcuffs
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: One of the photos my dad snapped with his contraband camera, Credit: Richard Frank
A mother unexpectedly breaks down and apologizes to her 34-year-old daughter for not being able to breastfeed her.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 1
Kittens Can Do it, So Why Can't We?
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
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A mom who finds breastfeeding stressful discovers that a machine helps her feel closer to her son.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 11:53
  • Purchases: 1
Is Class Over Yet?
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Liesl preps S for an Oliver + S photo shoot., Credit: Todd Gibson
A woman leaves her dream job to stay home with her baby, and then, out of boredom, starts sewing and unwittingly creates a new full-time job for he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 14:16
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Child Birth: "Is the Plan still the Plan?"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: The new baby, Avery Arena, Credit: Katy Sewall
It is good to have a birth plan. The one problem? The birth of a child can be unpredictable. Radio Producer Katy Sewall brings us the story of on...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 11:56
Reality Check
From: David Schultz
Caption: Carolyn Parham, Credit: SpeakeasyDC
A mother of two faces a life-altering crisis when, just a few months out of rehab, a $5,000 check appears in her mailbox.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Valentine's Day
From: Spokane Public Radio
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The author reminds her loved ones that the valentines keep coming all year long.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
Fifty-Four Years
From: Erin Calabria
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother and son reunite after fifty-four years apart.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Neighborhood, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 4
One Story of Disability Care in New Mexico
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
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
A Welcome Home
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a Maine foster mother who's taken in dozens of kids over the years.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Mother's
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
David Jaramillo talks to a teen mom from Santa Fe High School and hears about a typical day in her's and her child's life.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:53
This I Believe - Theresa MacPhail
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Theresa MacPhail believes in being courageous, despite all the scary things life has presented her.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KUT, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Carole Chabries
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Attempting to have a baby led Carole Chabries to appreciate the complexities of the human body.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Martha Leathe
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Listener Martha Leathe believes in telling kids the truth, even if it may be uncomfortable for her.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
Stood There Ringing
From: Shiow-Jiau Yung
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A pregnant woman lets a bell say everything she can't.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1