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Christi & Christopher: A Mother and Son Story
From: Jule Banville
Series: University of Montana Journalism
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Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
The Night Watcher
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The hilarious and heartfelt saga of a childless godparent.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKRN, KWMR-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
All Mixed Up with Martin Luther King Jr.
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: MLK Jr-Washington,DC 1963
A Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr and the historic March on Washington that took place 50 years ago this August with new mixes featuring Israe...

Bought by KVMR and Moab Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
From the projects to the putting green
From: KALW
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The Visitacion Valley Middle School is located in the southern part of San Francisco – one of the poorest residential areas of the city. It's reces...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:03
FIRST POSITION -- Filmmaker Bess Kargman interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Bess Kargman talks balance, commitment, and synchronicity.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 26:24
Truth by CeeJay "Shock Therapy" Hannah
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2012
Caption: CeeJay "Shock Therapy" Hannah
Poet CeeJay "Shock Therapy" Hannah, 18, is a senior at Percy L. Julian High School. This is the first year the school has participated in Louder T...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
Girl Scouts: Beyond Campfires and Cookies
From: With Good Reason
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The Girl Scouts of the United States of America have recently revamped their image and program with new badges focusing on skills like robotics and...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
Encore Presentation: Tales from the South 002 with Grif Stockley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tin Roof Project Encore Presentations
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Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Benefits of Being Mixed Race
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Darshon Moore, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Darshon Moore speaks from experience of having parents representing differing cultural backgrounds

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
StoryCorps Griot: Kioni Marshall and Beau Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Minister Beau Harris talks to his daughter Kioni "Popcorn" Marshall about the changes their family has seen over the years.

Bought by KUOW, KFOK-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 3
Detroit: Fighting like Children...over Children
From: Learning Matters
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Among Detroit’s many problems: a public school system so deep in debt that last year, the state took it over. Michigan’s governor hired Robert Bob...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 08:18
Detroit: paying the piper, calling the tune?
From: Learning Matters
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Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb was brought in to fix a school system that's a big mess. But who's paying his salary? Private foundations t...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 05:18
StoryCorps: Tami and Dymond Hayes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Tami Hayes talks to her daughter, Dymond, about battling breast cancer as a single parent. Dymond was 13 at the time of Tami's diagnosis.

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
Reality Check
From: David Schultz
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
Every Move You Make
From: With Good Reason
Caption: The Four Rings, Credit: Limsonline.org
Each day most of us wave to a friend or gesture in a meeting with colleagues. Dance professor Karen Studd sees patterns and language in all of the...

Bought by WFIU and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
Call Me "Mister"
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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The need for male African-American elementary teachers remains pressing.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WUFT


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
THE BAPTISM-audiobook review
From: AudioFile Magazine
Series: All Ears! Audiobooks for Family Listening
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THE BAPTISM-audiobook review

  • Added: Aug 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:16
Footing the Bill: Who Pays for Absent Fatherhood?
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth-produced piece on growing up in a fatherless household.

Bought by KFAI, Public Radio Exchange, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 3
Now Jumping Back to the Pool
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on memories of the pool in South Rome, an historically black neighborhood in Rome (Floyd County), Georgia.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:03
The Heart of South Rome
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on memories of South Rome Park, a formerly racially segregated park and pool located in historically black neighborhood of South...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:04
A Communicative Divide
From: Michael Spikes
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Youth Voices producer Marjorie explores the rift left between herself and her extended family when a language barrier is realized

Bought by WMNF, WXLV-FM, KUOW, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 5
Story Time
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a sound piece using fragments of stories that children wrote and told in Kumasi, Ghana.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:04
Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse
From: Sound Portraits
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LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman's exploration of the murder of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was pushed to his death from a 14th-floor window by tw...

Bought by KUT, KUT, Remix Radio, and KUER


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 40:14
  • Purchases: 4
Ghetto Life 101
From: Sound Portraits
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The audio diaries of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, two young boys living in one of the most notorious public housing projects in America.

Bought by KFAI, SALTcast Podcast, Remix Radio, KUER, WYBC and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 31:06
  • 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