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Caption: Rebecca Posamentier (R) and Carol Kirsch (L)
Rebecca Posamentier (R) reflects on an interview she recorded with her mother, Carol Kirsch (L).

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
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Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
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In the small village of Stratton, Maine, a woman believes she's not the master of her own destiny - the spirit of a sea captain is preventing her f...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Linda Hernandez remembers growing up as one of the few Latinos in Lincoln, Nebraska.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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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
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Ethnically Parsi, Diana grew up in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and went to boarding school there. She talks about how she and her family have ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
Caption: Bonnie Brown (L) and Myra Brown (R)
Myra Brown speaks with her mother, Bonnie Mae Brown, who has an intellectual disability.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
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CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:50
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This is the true story of a woman who went hiking in the woods . . . and really, never came out.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
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On December 17, 2012 the British born actress and director ANN FOSKETT became the 36th castaway on "Desert Island Discs". Ann's recent directing c...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:18:02
Caption: Sara Watkins sings and fiddles during a recent concert in Pasadena, California., Credit: Susan Valot
Singer-songwriter and fiddler Sara Watkins has been tearing up the U.S. tour circuit this year, with plans to hit the overseas stage in January. W...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
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On October 22nd our 29th castaway was DAWN MCANDREWS, the Artistic Director of The Theatre at Monmouth. Dawn is an accomplished director, producer,...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:35:31
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A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
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Before Daphne Maxwell Reid appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, she was a number of "firsts," including the first African American homecoming q...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Storyteller Elizabeth Steeby
This piece was recorded live on July 10, 2012. The theme of the evening was 'Wild Animals'- you're about to hear winner Elizabeth Steeby reminisce ...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:02
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On September 10th our 23rd castaway on "Desert Island Discs" was RENEE BLANCHE, - Tai Chi practitioner, dancing machine and Vagina Monologue perfor...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:24:26
Caption: Double arm transplant hopeful Katy Hayes speaks in Boston, September 12, 2012., Credit: Curt Nickisch
Meet Katy Hayes. She’s hoping to get her arms back in the world's first-ever double arm transplant above the elbow. The Texas mom lost all her lim...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
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Our 20th show on August 20, 2012 features DEB GALLAGHER as our castaway. Deb is s popular on-air personality on WMPG Radio in Portland, Maine who i...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:28:22
Caption: Jo Bai and her fellow English teachers in Yuyao, China.
Jo is African American. Jo lives in Yuyao, China. Jo gets a lot of attention.

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 13:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frimet Goldberger and her family
College can be tough but students who are also mothers have to balance work with real-life home work.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
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A portrait of Anna, who lives one floor below me, and her hamster.

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Suzanne Leahy in her workshop in Orleans.
Despite being a woman in what's traditionally considered a man’s field, Suzanne Leahy has worked her way to becoming a master wooden boat builder -...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Krysta's Old Math Teacher, Ms. White, Credit: Xochitl Coronodo Photography
Fourteen-year-old Krysta had always secretly wanted to be a model, but she didn't know anything about the business. She decided to interview a form...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:09
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Volunteers in New Hampshire explain why they're pitching in to re-elect President Obama, and how independent-minded voters across the state are put...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
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TBR Host Gina Ghioldi talks with author Michelle Phillips about changing both your outer beauty and inner beauty in simple steps

  • Added: Mar 10, 2012
  • Length: 17:38