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Midwiving Death
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mainers take matters of death into their own hands.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mother of Bullied Student Calls for Justice
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Series: Bullying in Georgia Schools
Caption: Jaheem Herrera
It’s been two years since Masika Bermudez lost her only son Jaheem Herrera to suicide…. but the heart wrenching emotions are still raw as if he die...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:00
Karen's Story
From: Rob Zawatski
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The birth of a child is supposed to be one of the happiest moments of woman's life. In this story we hear from a young mother who discusses the sti...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps NTI: Ayodeji Ogunniyi
From: StoryCorps
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Ayodeji Ogunniyi describes how the death of his father inspired him to become a teacher.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Morris
From: StoryCorps
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Mary Morris remembers her husband, Thomas, one of two Washington D.C. postal workers who died from exposure to anthrax in October, 2001.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:16
I'll Heal in Time by Jillian Suarez of Radio Rookies
From: YouthCast
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches this week, a lot of people feel a sense of fatigue--some just aren’t interested in looking back. And one...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 1
Facing Foster Care
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We all have different stories to tell.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1
ALS
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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We’ve all gone through some grief. Daniel faces a very different kind because his father has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Daniel talks about his tho...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 15:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: George and Katie Robinson
From: StoryCorps
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George Robinson tells his daughter, Katie, about meeting his biological father after searching for more than 40 years.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Betsy Brooks and John Grecsek
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Betsy Brooks tells her boyfriend, John Grecsek, about her father.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 19 - Mental Illness in a Parent
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A woman shares her decision to stop trying to help her mentally ill mother.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:27
StoryCorps: Patricia Bates and Kay Lewis
From: StoryCorps
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Patricia Bates tells her daughter, Kay Lewis, about meeting Kay's father.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 02:17
StoryCorps Griot MLI: Gwen Richards
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gwen Richards remembers her mother, Helen, who had Alzheimer's.

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Veterans and the Economic Downturn
From: KLCC
Caption: Veteran Larry Severs and his wife Pam.
This story looks at the plight of veterans during the economic downturn through the experience of an Oregon family.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Into a Million Pieces
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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John Halligan talks about the loss of his son to suicide.

Bought by KFAI, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Rebecca Fuller
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Jenny Francis and Rebecca Fuller remember their brother, First Lieutenant Travis Fuller, who was killed in Iraq.

Bought by WDET, Detroit Public Radio, KFOK-LP, WCBU, and KWCW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2007
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4
Waiting for Jarod
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Marjorie Richard keeps company with a life-size, cardboard cut out of her son as she waits for his return from the war in Iraq.

Bought by KFAI, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 3
My Family Remembers
From: Radio Rookies
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Edward Llanos digs into his family's past to uncover the lasting effects of his brush with a near-fatal illness.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KRCB Voice of Youth


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps 9/11: Monique Ferrer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Monique Ferrer [fur-RARE] remembers her ex-husband, Michael Trinidad, who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Bought by KUNM, KFOK-LP, and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Hurricane Katrina: deSilvey
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Douglas P. deSilvey [duh SILL-vee] talks about losing his wife, daughter, mother-in-law, and father-in-law in Hurricane Katrina.

Bought by KFOK-LP, WMNF, KRCC-FM, KALW, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Hurricane Katrina: Norman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Newspaper reporter Joshua Norman tells girlfriend, Rachel Leifer, about reporting on Hurricane Katrina.

Bought by KFOK-LP, WMNF, KRCC-FM, KALW, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Hurricane Katrina: DuPlantier
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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New Orleans police officer David Duplantier [doo-plan-tee-A] tells his wife, Melissa Eugene, about patrolling the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina.

Bought by KFOK-LP, KWMU, WMNF, KRCC-FM, KALW and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 8
Heroin
From: Radio Rookies
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Janesse reports on her father's herion addiction.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, SALTcast Podcast, KXOT Public Radio, and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Kim Emerson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Kim Emerson tells her friend Gladys Chen about the day Kim's sister, Kendra Webdale, was killed.

Bought by KFOK-LP and KUER


  • Added: Jan 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 2
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