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The Working Tapes: Taxi Driver
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
In 1974, author and oral historian Studs Terkel published his seminal book "Working," a portrait of America based on 130 interviews. The raw record...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Working Tapes: Phone Operator
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 4
The Working Tapes: Advertising Executive
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviews a female advertising executive in the 1970's for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KZYX


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Larry Kushner and Eileen Kushner
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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As an adult, Eileen was diagnosed with a learning disability. At StoryCorps, she remembers how she overcame the challenges she faced at work.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
I Can't Get To You: A Birth Story
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Reunion
This is a story for my son, whose birth was supposed to be completely normal. It was anything but. And then they separated us. (Produced for the KC...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Cedar Grove
From: Catherine Moore
Caption: Ye Must Be Born Again, Credit: Roger May
Is this post-industrial town dying, or being born again? Drawing from 300 years of labor and women’s history, the writing of novelist Mary Lee Sett...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Madam Next Door (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Can Oakland hotels help catch sex traffickers?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In recent years it has become more and more common for arrangements to buy and sell sex to be made online and behind closed doors. A lot of the tim...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
Starting over: Resettling in the U.S and the after-effects of migration
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Concepción Caballero Antonio at her workplace., Credit: Leila Day
Since 1989, San Francisco has been a sanctuary city -- a place that offers undocumented migrants a chance to start a new life, without the threat o...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 11:40
RDD: Fighting Fire with Jennifer
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Join The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor as a local Toledo firefighter talks about a normal day on the job.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Sharon Long and Steve Sutter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Enrolling in college at 40 to study art, Sharon Long had no idea an anthropology class would put her on a path to a career as a forensic artist.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Barb Abelhauser and John Maycumber
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Barb Abelhauser explains how she quit an office job she hated and became a bridgetender, beginning a career she quickly fell in love with.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 2
A Lifetime of Caregiving: Mom and Uncle Harold
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mom and Uncle Harodl, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
Most often family members are the ones that step up and provide care when a parent or loved one needs it. According to the Family Caregiver Allianc...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:39
Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Alana Theriault, disability benefits counselor in Berkeley, California and Alice Wong, Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow, Credit: Alice Wong
Whether you’re a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a loved one, the n...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The true cost of fast fashion: a look inside Los Angeles sweatshops
From: Making Contact
Caption: Santee Alley , Credit: Ana Gremard / Used Under CC/ flickr
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district, notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outrig...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Professor Richard K. Lieberman: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
From: LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
Caption: PRX default Piece image
At the launch party of CUNY's 2011 Health in America calendar, Professor Richard K. Lieberman, director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, descr...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 06:49
StoryCorps: Trista James, Tanya James and Michelle Paugh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In 1979, Tanya James went to work in the West Virginia coal mines. She came to StoryCorps to share her experiences from those early days.

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRIR, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 6
The Car Mechanic
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Dahl Automotive Museum, Credit: Teri Tenseth Market
On this episode of Culture Clique, we get underneath the hood and learn about the automotive repair field. We visit with two technicians, Hannah an...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 19:06
Women Rising 30: International Slavery and Human Trafficking
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Women Rising Radio #30 profiles women fighting slavery, trafficking and forced labor globally.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Free Spirit Gets Hard-Nosed About Business - Kristine Jones - Ep 08
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Kristine Jones, New England Flagger Services
Kristine Jones started a business on a whim in an obscure, cutthroat industry. Then she got serious about building a strong company.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 13:45
Voices of The Past: Winona During Wartime - Part Six
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part six of Voices of the Past Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014, sponsored by the Winona County Histori...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:06
An Unusual but Legal Trade: the “Mule Women” of Morocco
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Border crossing , Credit: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
Moroccan markets sell goods imported from Spain at a discount for buyers. But that discount comes at a price -- for the Moroccan women who bring th...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 1
Everyone Has Something to Sell - The Culture of Multi-Level Marketing
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we explore multi-level marketing. Is it a pyramid scheme? Is it good for the seller? What are people’s impressio...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:07:58
Affordable by design: the fight to save one of Silicon Valley’s last mobile home parks
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Erika Escalante stands in front of her home at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, Credit: Angela Johnston
Buena Vista is a diverse community, made up of seniors, families, people with disabilities. The majority of residents are low income, and Latino. P...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:08
Uptalk on Jeopardy (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Uptalk is that rising, questioning tone some people use when ending a statement. And women aren't the only ones who do it—so finds a study of conte...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WKCC, KRDP and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9