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Caption: Abbie Waters
Abbie Catherine Waters was just nine years and two days old when she left this world. I have heard men and women who knew Abbie refer to her as an ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 55:07
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Roadtrip! Our writers take us on various adventures, beginning with Jackie Manning in a European railway station. Phillip Taylor travels across the...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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On this episode of Friend Speaks My Mind, a peek into the experience of growing up Quaker.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 32:29
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Go back to 1936 with Shervena Grubbs, her twin sister, and their daddy on a train to Little Rock, get in a car with Wetzel LaGrone in the 1940's, a...

Bought by KFOK-LP and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This kickoff show is steeped in Southern heat as the writers take us back to childhood summers. Sarah Mattingly takes a vacation to meet family, Sa...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of two boys who, in 1985, instead of going in for their dinner, decided to go on a little journey....

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 39:01
  • Purchases: 2
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The Providence based Manton Avenue Project works to train young children in playwriting. The final result of the project is a full-fledged play pe...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 07:49
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One must be focused to excel

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A calf might be easier on the grandchildren

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: :43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In the US your chances of being shot are relatively high.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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We speak with Patty Katchur, owner of Yikes Toys in Tucson, Arizona. It's the most fun toy store I’ve ever been to. Seems she was looking for chang...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Love your child by being deliberately obtuse.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you ever read a news story and wanted to know more?

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:27
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The Statistics Are Shameful

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: :37
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Never Again Clean Up After A Child's Birthday Party.

Bought by KUT and WTIP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Time is now worth more than the price of food

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Adipose Rex was the fattest king in Thebes

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: :23
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
When a scientist makes a mistake, it makes the news

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: :40
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Young grandchildren who visit raise the rubber ducks in the bathtub problem

  • Added: Mar 13, 2010
  • Length: :49
Caption: Carolyn Parham, Credit: SpeakeasyDC
A mother of two faces a life-altering crisis when, just a few months out of rehab, a $5,000 check appears in her mailbox.

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
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A toy designer talks about what it's like to design toys for children with special needs.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 16:40
  • Purchases: 1
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KVSC Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack reports on the Library Day held at St. Cloud State University for middle school students as t...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 26:07
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Anthony Marshall was an impatient heir who couldn’t wait for his mother to die so he could get his hands on her money

  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: :32
Caption: Radijojo's presenter Christine
This is a varied piece dealing in all aspects of the Native American. Children of the Montessori Elementary School in Kronberg nearby Frankfurt am ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:58
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A young man seeking enlightenment once travelled far away to a distant land and climbed a tall mountain where a wise old man was known to dispense ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2009
  • Length: :46