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LiveHopeLove
From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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Writer and Poet Kwame Dawes explores HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, produced by Outer Voices, in association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Bought by WSKG, KBRP Community Radio, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, WLRN and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 21
Adam
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Adam used to want to be just like his father...but not anymore

  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 02:31
Louis
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Louis became a father at age 16

  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 01:19
Charlie (version 2)
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Charlie's girlfriend walked out on him

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:59
Charlie
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Charlie's girlfriend left him

  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 07:03
Baby Pictures
From: Dmae Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Vietnamese adoptees from Operation Babylift tell their stories.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
Morning Stories, Time Will Tell
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories, Show Three expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Ground We Lived On
From: Sound Portraits
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by The Story, Public Radio Remix, KUT, KRUA, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 10
Crossing East: Jared Rehberg Music Feature
From: Dmae Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Singer/Songwriter Jared Rehberg is perhaps the only transracial and international adoptee who sings about being an adoptee.

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Bashing Back!
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2002
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Stories of gay folks who stood up to their oppressors and kicked butt.

Bought by Northstate Public Radio, KZYX, and KWCW


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Why Am I Still Single/Why Am I Still Married?
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Will gay people reinvent the institution of marriage, or will the institution reinvent gay relationships?

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Crossing Over
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Transformations and Spiritual Journeys

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 57:45
Memoir Cafe: Episode 27
From: Gary Smith
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This week's stories are about failure and success, often entwined.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:04
Mom's Good Move II
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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An update of the Long Haul Production's series "Mom's Good Move."

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Good I Could Have Been
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Adrienne's mother grew up unloved and unwanted at an Indian residential school but Adrienne won't let her mother use that as an excuse for raising ...

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 1
Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song
From: Dmae Roberts
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Winner of the Peabody award, MEI MEI, A DAUGHTER'S SONG is the personal story of cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict produced by Dmae Ro...

Bought by The Story, SALTcast Podcast, KFAI, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WJFF and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 15
Long Time Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For singer Michelle Rumball "the voice" is the person so when she lost her voice, she lost her sense of who she was.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
She's Just Like Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Leah Rumack seeks out her mother's best friend to find out about the mother she never knew.

Bought by WTIP and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 2
Gut Feeling
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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When he was a young pilot Norm Barry wishes he'd obeyed a strong gut feeling about one particular flight.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Chaos Theory
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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In July 1969, a tiny piece of plaque came loose in one of Sam Baker's arteries and his daughter Kelley examines the repercussions of this event.

Bought by WTIP, WBEZ, and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 17, 2005
  • Length: 13:32
  • Purchases: 3
Listening For A Name
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Monique Attinger prepares for the possibility of losing a child to miscarriage.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Birth Mother
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom
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After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to ...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WNIJ, KGNU, Public Radio Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 12
Red Dress
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Anna Camilleri swore that she would do something to end the abuse that was taking place in her family.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Comeback
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Shaun Waters tells his story of fighting his way back to a normal life after a life-threatening brain infection.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:40
  • Purchases: 1
Only For A While
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Natasha Fatah has always seen herself as a third parent for her autistic younger sister which makes leaving home for a career opportunity a very di...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 1