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Rowena Gore-Simmons speaks with her daughter, Kenya Gore, about the year Rowena spent in prison.
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 01:56
Who could imagine overcoming a multi decade street life, fed by crack & prostitution, to care for a family that disowned you? Yolanda can, and did.
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 13:25
Bobby speaks with "Papa" about life and loyalties 60 miles north of New York City, in what some have labeled the “armpit of Connecticut”. A place t...
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:25:02
Charlie Morris remembers his brother's death in 1939, with his cousin Sylvester Lewis.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 01:46
- Purchases: 1
Edith Green tells her granddaughter, Chaya, about being a survivor of gun violence.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:59
We recently celebrated my grandmother's 85th birthday. Her reflections here.
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: :54
In GBA 18 we get better acquainted with Sam. She talks about having a premature baby, being a young mum, nearly marrying a man she met on holiday i...
- Added: May 22, 2012
- Length: 55:13
Fifteen-year-old Ashley hasn't seen her mom in a long time.
- Added: May 05, 2012
- Length: 04:20
16-year-old Trent needs answers, so he skips school and heads out in to the desert to do some thinking. His mother does not approve.
Bought by YouthCast and Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 03, 2012
- Length: 06:58
- Purchases: 2
Virginia Mae Snyder lived alone in her house in West Virginia until she was 94. She suffered a drastic fall while gardening; a fall which forced he...
- Added: Apr 04, 2012
- Length: 05:55
The story of the great horn band THE TOWER OF POWER. A special interview with founder Emilio Castillo about the history of this legendary band
- Added: Mar 30, 2012
- Length: 57:49
When I first went into foster care, I just felt lost. My friends kept saying, “Yo, you’re changing. You’re acting like you’re depressed.” I used...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, Vocalo.org, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 08:34
- Purchases: 4
"I Gave My Heart To Know This" illuminates the lives of three female shipbuilder's during World War Two who are coping with the absence of their me...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 16:29
- Purchases: 1
Chelsey Russell interviews her grandfather about his struggle with alcoholism, and the faith he has put in Jesus to help in recover.
Bought by WGXC and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
- Added: Nov 03, 2011
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 2
El Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican holiday in which people honor the spirits of those who’ve passed. The holiday i...
- Added: Nov 01, 2011
- Length: 06:22
Oklahoma is considered a conservative state these days. But in the early 1900s, Oklahoma had an active leftist movement. Equally active was the Ku ...
Bought by KOSU and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 05:21
- Purchases: 2
A man learns that he is a father but, two weeks before his daughter's birth, his paternity is called into question.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 05:10
- Purchases: 1
A man gets in his car and leaves his life behind.
- Added: Jul 09, 2011
- Length: 03:15
A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.
- Added: Jul 07, 2011
- Length: 03:43
Paulette Mehta witnesses a painful goodbye, Frank Thurmond travels around the world to meet his father for the first time, and Judy Stokley copes w...
Bought by WEKU
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Travel offers new experiences; some more pleasant than others. Dottie Lou Norwood shares an unusual nightly ritual, Brittany Edwardes escapes schoo...
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 29:00
A woman becomes a mom at the precise moment that her own mother decides to stop being a mother.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 20, 2011
- Length: 12:28
- Purchases: 1
When Jonathan Dickinson’s father was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease--a fatal neurodegenerative disorder--Jonathan decided to take him on an ep...
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Mar 26, 2011
- Length: 01:00:00
A mother talks about the decision to put her mentally handicapped daughter in a group home.
- Added: Mar 24, 2011
- Length: 03:29
