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Home Planet: An Obstacle Illusion by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Often, what we think we see as an obstacle, isn't really there at all. It is just an illusion.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:06
Forgive and Remember (#132)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What distinguishes forgiving someone from excusing them?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
Remember Us Unto Life: A High Holy Days Special
From: RadioArt(r)
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Host Larry Josephson talks with Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor Emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary, about the history, liturgy and custom...

Bought by KWIT, KHEN-LP, WNMU-FM, Red River Radio Network, KWMR-FM and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 17
Hanukkah: A Great Miracle Happened There
From: RadioArt(r)
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A conversation between Rabbi Ismar Schorsch and Host Larry Josephson about the history, rituals and meaning of Hanukkah--and its importance in our ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network, KRPS, WEKU, WGCU, KRPS and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2005
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 31
Home Planet: A New (school) Year
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap. No matter what the calendar says, for some of us, the New Year begins in September.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
Turning Guys into Men
From: With Good Reason
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A challenging discussion of masculine identity in a changing society.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 29:54
Let them eat cookies (#126)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Billy wants his sister's cookie, but his parent instead serve him the categorical imperative.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
"I Still Love Him...Oh Well."
From: Curie Youth Radio
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The struggle to accept that your parent didn't put you first.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 2
Don't You Have Some Homework To Do?
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Eating toast, watching TV, playing guitar, these are the things David Barber-Callaghan likes to do on the weekend. But his father has a different i...

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


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 4
Web animation: a new genre of family entertainment
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Web animators whose art lands in the intersection of cute and ironic are drawing unbelievable numbers of fans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
A physicist battles drug addiction
From: KEDM
Series: Overcoming Drug Addiction
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This two-part feature examines drug addiction from multiple perspectives—addict, counselor, parent and teacher—to provide listeners with a more com...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 09:18
Home Planet: Wanting the 'Firsts' to Last Forever
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Going to summer camp for the first time is a big milestone for a mother as well as a child.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
All in the Family
From: Scott Gurian
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A family reunion turns out to be not so bad after all

Bought by KUOW, KBBI, Public Interactive, KUER, and WAMC


  • Added: Jul 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
Different Colors, Same Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Three Maine families describe the joys and challenges of transracial adoption in the whitest state in the country.

Bought by WAMC, 90.5 WSNC, WMPG, WFUV, WAMC and more


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 6
Laugh Tracks Part One and Part Two
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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Two parts, each 28:58 minutes. A one-hour celebration of ethnic humor.

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Spokane Public Radio, Audible, KUOW and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Richard Hunt
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Richard Hunt talks to his daughter, Leslie, about his health.

Bought by KFOK-LP and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
Coming Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Van Evra and Eric Denison discover together what make a house a home.

Bought by KUOW, WBEZ, and KFAI


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 3
He Just Can't Help It
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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According to 15 year old Marybeth Whalen, her younger brother has turned her life and the life of her family upside down.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 2
Anti- Malarial Bednets Make a Difference in Tanzania
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! A program to provide bednets to prevent malaria in Tanzania, starting with the women and children, is a huge success.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:10
A Corner of the Universe
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Now that Adam's "school" is closing, Hattie's family must deal with a childlike man whose existence they've denied for years.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Naturalist Pierre Arronax is on a mission to discover and destroy a mysterious beast terrorizing ships and soons finds himself at the mercy of the ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 1
Night Flying
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Georgia Hansen can fly...and now on the verge of her first solo flight, her rebellious Aunt Carmen visits and exposes other family secrets.

Bought by KZYX, KTNA, and WCFM


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:43
  • Purchases: 3
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Tom and his best friend, Huck Finn, have a knack for having fun - and getting into trouble!

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
Stone Fox
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Willy's plan is to win the National Dogsled Race and use the cash prize to save the family farm - but first he'll have to beat Stone Fox, who's nev...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Heir Apparent
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Fourteen-year-old Giannine is trapped in a virtual reality game; to escape she must successfully complete the game.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 1

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