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Ananda
From: Alexander Yellen
Series: Tell Me Your Story
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Ananda told me the story of King Arthur and what women want

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:20
Health workers reach remote villagers in Ethiopia with tetanus vaccine
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF's Andrew Heavens reports on the delivery of tetanus vaccine to remote tribal villages in Ethiopia

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
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
Muriel's Message
From: mira burt-wintonick
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Radio Portrait of a Grandma

Bought by WNPR, KFAI, PRX to iTunes, Remix Radio, WYBC and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
The Drought in Ethiopia - Responding to the crisis
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Correspondent Dan Thomas visits Ethiopia to see the affects of the drought

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: May 16, 2006
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
Singing for sanitation: Teen in rural Nepal teaches her village about water safety
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! Shanta, age 14, teaches her community in rural Nepal about water and sanitation, and learns to come out of her shell

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Mama's List
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Dunville drives to Prince Edward Island to engage her grandmother in a showdown, of sorts.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
Only Shooting Stars
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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A disillusioned teacher is about to meet one little boy who will change everything.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
Hockey Mom
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Gillian Rutherford is a dedicated hockey mom who has decided to move from the stands onto the ice.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:16
My Pregnancy
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Dana Hennessey is 17, going to high school, and expecting a baby this spring.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
Radio Club
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Eight young boys with autistic spectrum disorder have formed "The Radio Club" to tell you what it’s like to view the world through the lens of autism.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Magic of Falling Teeth
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sharon Bar-David, guided by her seven-year-old daughter Leore, takes you into a magical world filled with wiggly teeth and tooth fairies.

Bought by KFAI, WBEZ, and KFAI


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 3
My Dad's Records
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Kent Hoffman draws an intimate portrait of his late father through the memories triggered by an inherited record collection.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WBEZ, WCOM and more


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 6
He Just Can't Help It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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According to 15 year old Marybeth Whalen, her younger brother has turned her life and the life of her family upside down.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 2
1000 Postcards
From: Rene Gutel
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a bus driver writes his daughter every day for 1000 days

Bought by KTNA, KPFA, and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 10, 2004
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 3
The Fair
From: Jason Rayles
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The fair is bright and nice and happy, and then the sun goes down....

Bought by KFAI, KUOW, WNIJ, WBEZ, WZBC and more


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 7
The Valentine 1955
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Society's problem with race relations is played out between 2 little girls on Valentines Day, 1955.

Bought by WAMC, WNCU, PRX Lovesick Stream, WNCU, WEPS and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 11
Summer With Kara and the Swing
From: Dmae Roberts
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A grandmother's quest to help her disabled daughter

Bought by KUOW and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2003
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 2
Life Stories - Memory
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Five stories linked to memory

Bought by KUT, KOSU, SALTcast Podcast, PRX to iTunes, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10