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A guy backpacks through 50 countries in 5 years. We hear his story.
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 29:03
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
Nigisti Hailemariam has been in the United States for over 20 years; she has two kids, a stable job, and a red Honda outside her three bedroom apar...
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 05:26
At just sixteen Victor left his home in Guadalajara and crossed the river into Texas only to be picked up by immigration agents and returned to Mex...
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 28:06
An interview with Female-to-Male teen Kyle Smith about his experience as a transgender high school student.
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 20:30
We go way back in time for this very special show, featuring true stories from the 1930's and 40's, told by the Southerners who lived them. Stories...
- Added: Mar 03, 2013
- Length: 34:00
An essay on how to unplug and gain balance during the holiday season by watching classic holiday films.
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 12:26
This month's Tin Roof Project, featuring Senator David Pryor reading his story "Nine Miles to Mustin Lake," followed by Q&A. True stories told by t...
- Added: Nov 10, 2012
- Length: 42:38
This week, our stories are all about the power of friendship. Stories by George McLeod, Pat Gillum, and Susan Elder. True stories told by the South...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 29:00
On this week's show, our writers all grapple with expectations of others or themselves. Stories by Martin Ferguson, Anne Owings Wilson, and Richard...
- Added: Sep 29, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Meet Katy Hayes. She’s hoping to get her arms back in the world's first-ever double arm transplant above the elbow. The Texas mom lost all her lim...
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 02:25
Our 6th Annual Fathers' Show, celebrating the many different facets of fatherhood. Stories by James Seawel, Sandra Spotts Hamilton, and Phillip Tay...
- Added: Jun 10, 2012
- Length: 29:00
In A WEDDING IN HAITI we follow author Julia Alvarez on a personal journey where her eyes, and ours, are opened to a new country and culture. As Ju...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 17:35
This show celebrates the Indigenous roots that we all share, and honors our ancestors.
- Added: May 30, 2012
- Length: 02:44:14
About 10-percent of kids in school – approximately 9 to 13 million students – struggle with mental health problems. Whether they’re running out of ...
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 17:25
A young mother’s role in guiding her deaf son toward hearing and speaking.
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 05:28
- Purchases: 2
Griffin Bourassa possesses many traits of a typical 15 year old boy, but there is one facet of his life that is not normal.
Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 27, 2011
- Length: 07:06
- Purchases: 2
We depend on all kinds of secular and spiritual rituals to mark the ends and beginnings of things. Sometimes this means following a long-standing t...
Bought by WRVO, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WYSO, WRVO, KUT and more
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 6
On Mother's Day 2010, in front of a crowd of 12,227 fans and one very proud and happy gramma, Dallas Braden pitched A PERFECT GAME!
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 03:57
Please enjoy our special Valentine's Day piece about Love and wine. The interviews with a marriage counselor and a winemaker intertwine as they bot...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Feb 05, 2011
- Length: 27:08
- Purchases: 1
6-year-old Zibia can be sweet and thoughtful, but she also has a wild temper. She can be mean and she knows it. This is a story about a clash bet...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 29, 2011
- Length: 08:23
- Purchases: 1
In today’s economy, you don’t hear too many success stories – let alone an unlikely one. Guy and Stella Hernandez went from designing buildings to ...
Bought by WMPG, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC
- Added: Jan 05, 2011
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 3
Interview with guitarist Stuart Mason (Molly's Revenge, Little Black Train) about making a living as a musician, writing new songs in an old tradit...
- Added: Jun 25, 2010
- Length: 53:00
The Salvation Army bell ringer, bundled up to stay warm in weather that has turned brutal overnight, stands just beside the front door of the busy ...
- Added: Dec 15, 2009
- Length: 04:01
"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2009
- Length: 03:30
