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Caption: Richard Nixon, Sonny West, Jerry Schilling and Elvis Presley, Credit: Photo courtesy of Jerry Schilling
The story of Elvis Presley's visit to the Nixon White House in 1970, told by a man who was there, Elvis' confidante Jerry Schilling.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
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Excerpts from the anonymous blog "What to Expect When You Are Aborting."

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 07:51
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In this season of gratitude, speak. Uphold civil liberties, the human rights that we have, that others will travel thousands of miles for, and when...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
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Memories of the death house, from a man who sat with 95 condemned men on their last day on earth.

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KFAI


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 25:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Olin Thomas and Hugo Salinas, Credit: San Francisco StoryCorps
Olin Thomas grew up Mormon in the deep south, confused by his homosexuality and deeply in the closet, in no small part because of the church's atti...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brian Perkins with San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Credit: Photo courtesy StoryCorps
San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier has lived quite an eventful life. But arguably the most remarkable event happened during her time spent as a ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
Caption: A woman prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in the centre of Yangon, Myanmar., Credit: Christopher Davy
With the release of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in November 2010, Becky Palmstrom reflects on her time spent working for a...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Blues dancers come together at the Polish Hall in SF every Monday evening., Credit: Ben Hejkal
The blues can be sexy ... sultry ... deeply emotional. Lyrics that cut right to the bone. Instrumentals that cry out from the soul. You can listen ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:20
Caption: Bol Deng Bol at his graduation from San Jose State University
San Jose resident Bol Deng Bol is from southern Sudan, and he traveled 12 hours by car to cast his vote in the Sudan referendum in Arizona. That ma...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 04:22
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Kaitlin's very first fetish party. Here she encounters all the colorful characters of Club Sin: a monthly event at Cafe Cleo's.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:44
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An Iraqi refugee describes his kidnapping experience

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 08:04
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Chile experimented with social reforms and suffered its own 9/11

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 36:28

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:10
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short takes on daily doings for the depressed, doubtful, delirious

  • Added: Nov 10, 2007
  • Length: 01:42
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Pat, a blind activist and singer/poet, describes her life in New York City

  • Added: May 13, 2007
  • Length: 10:01
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Jason Peacemaker tells a personal story about HIV and addiction.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
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this is a story i wrote last spring about changing my name and being gender-queer

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Vanguard H.S. student's express opinions related to upcoming elections.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:09
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Manhatten Comprehensive H.S students express opinions related to upcoming elections

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:26
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Biker Poetry by J. Barrett Wolf, Highway Poet

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:36
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What happens when an anti capitalist protestor and a right wing christian performer meet on the streets of New York City during the 2004 Republican...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
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Cynthia Graber returns to Israel for the first time in four years, since the beginning of the second intifada, and interviews friends and relatives...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 04:55
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Graham Shelby, son of a Vietnam veteran, describes a 1995 visit to that country.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WHQR


  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Michael Quinn Sullivan shares why he believes Texans should be educated as well as engaged this political season.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:05
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Robert Long and Peggy Venable talk about the upcoming convention.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2004
  • Length: 03:10