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Gloria's Glow
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: Gloria Lowe, Credit: Amanda Le Claire
How one woman is re-imagining the possibilities of living, working, and building a sustainable Detroit

Bought by Public Radio Remix and WAMC


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Morris
From: StoryCorps
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Mary Morris remembers her husband, Thomas, one of two Washington D.C. postal workers who died from exposure to anthrax in October, 2001.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 02:16
G Wani
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
Profile on Blind Artist, Charles Blackwell
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: Charles Blackwell teaching at LightHouse for the Blind
Blind since a hiking accident in 1971, Charles Blackwell has not let his disability prevent him from becoming a vibrant visual artists. In this seg...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Antonio Douglas & Frank Lynch
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Cactus Car Wash owner Frank Lynch talks with his employee and friend, Antonio Douglas, about helping him get in shape.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KFOK-LP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Russel Honoré
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré believes hard work can build character and promote freedom.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Brother Purham: A Steelworker's Story
From: Ayana Contreras
Caption: the Arcelor Mittal Steel Mill, East Chicago, IN. Formerly Inland Steel, Credit: Ayana Contreras
Recorded by fellow retired steelworker Joe Gutierrez, and produced by Ayana Contreras, this piece was created for Vocalo.org in conjunction with Th...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 10:00
StoryCorps Griot: Samuel Black
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Samuel Black tells his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father, who operated a boiler room.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KCUR, KFOK-LP, Remix Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Griot: Joe and Trudy Hunter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Joe Hunter, who was Ray Charles' road manager, and his wife, Trudy, a back-up singer, remember falling in love.

Bought by KFOK-LP and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Phyllis Johnson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Phyllis Johnson tells her friend Danny Perasa about how she went from Police Department clerk to beat cop.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFOK-LP, and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Hurricane Katrina: Burkhalter
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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New Orleans Pump Station workers Rufus Burkhalter and Bobby Brown remember the night Hurricane Katrina hit.

Bought by KUMD, KFOK-LP, WMNF, KALW, and WMPG


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 5
Homeless Haircuts
From: Hana Baba
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A nurse-turned-barber helps the homeless in her own way

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:14
The Port Chicago 50: An Oral History
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: American Worker Series
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The story of the worst homefront disaster of World War II -- an ammunition explosion that killed more than 300 men -- and what happened to the 50 A...

Bought by KCRW, Public Radio Remix, KALW, WNPR, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 25:12
  • Purchases: 13