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'I Will Always Love You': Jada Star’s musical bond with her aunt Dolly Parton
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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What's it like being related to someone super famous? Like… Dolly Parton! Singer-songwriter Jada Star talks about shining bright in her aunt Dolly’...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 94: Surfing With Jason
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Justin Murray and his brother Jason spent their childhoods in Florida. They did everything together: fishing, surfing, making their own surfboards....

  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 18:42
1 : FAT KiNG
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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First episode. Spoon talks about growing up in the desert, reads a poem about maggots and a pig, and Matthew visits his parents.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
Take Care (Monthly) #14
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this episode is, "Growing up."

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 52:00
A Hedgehog and a Spatula
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Carol Kane
Carol Kane and Jeremy Shamos in A HEDGEHOG AND A SPATULA. The show features recordings of the winners of Playing on Air's 2018 James Stevenson Priz...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Dee Westenhauser
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dee Westenhauser speaks to her childhood friend, Martha Gonzalez, about the one person in her life who saw her for who she truly was.

Bought by KALW, KRVS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WCQS


  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 4
Neat
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A solo performance from a master storyteller.

Bought by KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, WNJR, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 17
StoryCorps: Spencer Katzman and Allan Fuks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Spencer Katzman (left), Allan Fuks (Right)
Allan Fuks talks with former classmate Spencer Katzman about what it was like growing up with a name that looked like the mother of all curse words.

Bought by Enchantment Radio and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 2
A Family's Portrait
From: Virginia Lora
Caption: Photo of artist's piece "Their Fate Was Sealed: November 11, 1961" , Credit: Photo by Orleans Camera and Video
Marie Canaves came to the U.S. from Cuba at age 7, when her family fled the Communist Revolution. Marie grew up to become a visual artist but it wa...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Bounce With Me! We're Being Heated! by Christopher Sullivan
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lucy DeVito
Take radars, magnetrons, and dielectric heating; add two teenagers; mix and get lots of heat in this funny short about a teenage first date. Winner...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 25:55
Blood Isn’t Always Thicker Than Water
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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When Abby was born, her mother knew she couldn’t keep her. Luckily for Abby, a loving family had been looking for a child just like her. Julia Hitz...

  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
Growing Up Ova East by Malek Hunter
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
Series: South Chicago Story Squad: Spring 2015
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Growing up Ova East wasn't no joke.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:54
A Place That's Safe
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Series: Kind World
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When Ron Jones got to know a young couple who were struggling, he made the decision that money alone would not be enough to make a difference in th...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:11
Parents Don't Have Roommates
From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders
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Megan is excited to go on her class field trip to the county courthouse. But while she's there, she finds something that she's tried hard to keep s...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:39
Charme's Transition
From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders
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Charme churns through the rough St. Louis Public Schools while she is going through her gender transition.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Evolution of Childhood Aspirations
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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How fast are kids growing up? Jasmyn Harlan, a senior in high school, asks kids of various ages what they want to be when they grow up. Surprisingl...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:48
Life in a New World
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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As a little girl my mom always felt different because she was living in a world where she was the minority. Coming to a new country was not easy, b...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Shanghaied Thanksgiving
From: Michael Kelly
Caption: Well after the (wild) turkey
Michael Kelly's humorous look back at childhood Thanksgiving celebrations from long ago and the first turkey day he will spend far and away in Shan...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WTIP, WHRV, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 5
BOYHOOD -- Richard Linklater Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Richard Linklater, San Francisco, CA 7/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Richard Linklater talks risks, rewards, and the world of ideas.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:44
Dollar Size Pancakes
From: Kristen Garnier
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A quirky story about kid's observations of a Sunday Catholic Mass while being bored and starving for pancakes...set in the 1960s.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:40
Red Leather Ladies' Room Couch
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Audio Storytelling
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Actor Ned Averill-Snell reflects on sweaty teenage rehearsals for musical theatre, and forbidden glimpses of a more glamorous world.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
Are children growing up too fast? An interview with Dr. Diane Levin
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Audrey Summers of WTIP North Shore Community Radio's Youth Radio Project interviewed Dr. Diane Levin, Professor of Early Childhood Education at Whe...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 19:58
  • Purchases: 2
Are kids growing up too fast? Or not maturing fast enough?
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Members of WTIP North Shore Community Radio's Youth Radio Project wanted to answer the question "Are kids growing up too fast? Or not maturing fast...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
Milt Powell II
From: WTIP
Series: Anishinaabe Way: Lives, Words and Stories of Ojibwe People
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Milt Powell grew up on the Canadian side of Saganaga Lake in Ontario where he lived with his family on what was once known as "Powell's Bay". In t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 4
Author Andre Dubus III and "Townie"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Although Andre is perhaps best known for his novel, "House of Sand and Fog," this is a memoir about tough times growing up in Massachusetts. This i...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1