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Two survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing confront their psychological bruises.
- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 09:12
On Monday, May 20th, 2013, a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people.
- Added: May 24, 2013
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 2
An old cold case still haunts small Alaskan community
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 05:12
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 05:08
- Purchases: 1
The majority of the 400,000 people deported from the U.S. in 2012 were adults, many with criminal records, but minors are sometimes caught up in th...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 03:47
Hundreds, if not thousands, of deported parents are trying to reunite with children left behind in the United States.
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 03:46
Helen Morley was an unsung hero in a relatively unknown battle – the grassroots fight for mental health care in Chicago. Her deficits were often he...
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 06:20
Dick Moreau has hung over 50,000 posters of his daughter around the area of Jay, Maine. This is the story of one family's 26-year quest for answers.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 01, 2013
- Length: 07:27
- Purchases: 2
Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...
Bought by KDNK and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 06:32
- Purchases: 2
Being diagnosed with a disease is hard enough. Imagine living hours away from the closest place you could receive treatment.
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 05:24
Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportuniti...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 08:20
- Purchases: 2
The six educators who died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Citizenship (at a Wh...
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 03:39
Remembering Ann Rabson - highly regarded boogie-woogie pianist, songwriter, and founding member of Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women.
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 03:30
There's a battle going on for the soul of Kensington Market in downtown Toronto...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 22:00
Mad Genius presents the latest story-song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes."
C...
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 04:18
A growing movement is demanding the United States do away with the death penalty. In 2012 voters had the chance to vote to replace California’s dea...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Dec 13, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...
- Added: Dec 06, 2012
- Length: 08:05
A chaotic system of divorce by folk beliefs and text messages may be nearing its end.
- Added: Nov 18, 2012
- Length: 28:44
Kashawna Williams, an administrative justice major at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., and a former foster youth, discusses her drive to fix the ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: :43
Through the voices of mental health care consumers/activists, this story briefly explores some of the impacts of, and responses to, the closing of...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 21:19
Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 1
More than a million people in the U.S. are living with HIV. In Washington, D.C. that's 14,000 residents, almost three percent of the population. T...
- Added: Jul 27, 2012
- Length: 19:52
The anatomy of a sentencing hearing for a juvenile in Michigan facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. Charles Lewis, Jr was 13 wh...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 13, 2012
- Length: 17:14
- Purchases: 1
In late 2011. the federal government decided to demolish five old seaside cottages on Cape Cod that were at threat of being washed away due to coas...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 08:26
- Purchases: 1
Among the leading causes of homelessness in single adults is mental illness. Study after study reiterates that up to a quarter of all those sufferi...
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 07:50
