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"Gratiot" by Adam Levin
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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His grandmother's refusal to accept his mother's conversion to Judaism. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:47
"Metaphoric Race" by Novana Venerable
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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With a black father that wanted to be darker and an aunt that passed for white, Novana writes about how to accept her biracial identity. This poet...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
"School Agers" by Deja Taylor
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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The youngest kid in kindergarten, Deja stood up for herself one day by bringing up death... a lesson she had learned too young and was struggling t...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:19
"Spaghetti Sauce" by Tabitha Watson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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One young writer's lessons learning from a family member with a mental disability. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:27
"Fitting in" by Team Oak Park-River Forest High School
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Peer expectations in a teenage world are strong, and being confortable with who you are is a hard lesson to learn. Addressing issues of faith, gen...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Morning Stories, Time Will Tell
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories, Show Three expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Tying the 'Not'?: Saying I Do Before Iraq
From: Rebecca Sheir
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A dream wedding, a surprise deployment, and the lengths we go for love.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 1
Waiting for Jarod
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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
Class of 2006: Part 1
From: KUOW
Series: Stories From the Class of 2006
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The graduation story of student Moriah Williams.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
Dad's Tray
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here he tells ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:09
Keep Me Goin'
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A pair of dresses in a closet symbolize the death of Edna Wofford's son.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
Break
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Thoughts about the inevitable losses of old age and the value of a positive perspective in life.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
A Condition of the Heart
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Reflecting on aging, the illness and death of his wife, his own decline, then renewed social life by joining a retirement community.

Bought by WBEZ and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 2
Esther and Abuelita
From: Radio Rookies
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A young woman and senior citizen learn from each other about dealing with loss.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 1
And One Day Your Grandma Will Forgive You...
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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Lena was born and lived to tell the tale...barely.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Can't Put A Price On That
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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John Tulloss loved his family and his farm. Today, he's leaving both behind.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:55
Perinatal Hospice: A Parents Story
From: Miles Eddy
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Hospice care is something that most people associate with elderly people, or at least terminally ill adults. But what happens when the life that is...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
A Story of Forgiveness (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio - Series of Half-Hours
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Two New Mexico fathers are working together to improve conditions for youth in their hometown, despite the fact that one man's son was convicted of...

Bought by KDUR, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and KSKA


  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3
"Cancer" by Dianna Harris, Shanava Monson, Jon Ortiz, and Jose Olivarez
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2005
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Four Chicago teens read a poem that weaves together the stories of three different cancer patients - focusing on their battle between life and death.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
"My Word" by Josh Clark, Michelle MbeKeani, Langston Kerman and David Gilmer
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2005
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A group piece by four poets - this poem is about the importance of a family name, and knowing the history that surrounds it in order to bring forwa...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
"Bridges" by David Gilmer
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2005
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This young Chicago author shares how his relationship with his father changes as he moves through puberty - impacted by his choice of hip-hop over ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
"Peaches" by Langston Kerman
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2005
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A young Chicago poet explores his understanding of the ridicule his parents faced for being a mixed couple, and how his bi-racial identity has been...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KUOW, and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 4
Becky Nash Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Becky Nash knows about rearing children on a fishing boat, watching them grow up to be fisherman and losing one to the sea that helped rear them.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2005
  • Length: 14:51
Revisiting Death of a Salesman
From: Paul McDonald
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Arthur Miller's masterpiece is a brilliant archetype for men in the 20th century and beyond. Suggested to be broadcast on the anniversary of Miller...

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Mar 03, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Anna on the Homefront
From: Whit Richardson
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An intimate look at a wife of a National Guard member deployed to Iraq

Bought by KHNS, KZYX, WAMC, The PRX Podcast, KTUH and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 11