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Learning to date all over again
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
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Dating can be different for Muslims, Hindus and Latinos. Even once they've moved to America, some of the traditions stay alive, and some die.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:23
Cyber Teachers
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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Writers of science fiction have long predicted a time when computers could engage humans in two-way communication, from R2D2 to the sinister Hal 90...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
Mindful Kids
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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For kids in school, Spring Break is offering a much needed respite from the pressures of being a student. Two psychologists are working with a tech...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
My Two Sons: Weather or Not and Life Among the Imortals
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Charles at Field Day., Credit: Charles McGuigan
this week’s episode contains two parts. The first act is called Weather or Not. Act Two is titled Life Among The Immortals. They’re about my two s...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:11
Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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These days, many teenagers live half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend 16-year-old Radi...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:24
Combatting Moroccan Youth Unemployment
From: War News Radio
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The majority of the Middle East currently faces a youth bulge, which many policy analysts have deemed as the single most important development prob...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:18
Yellow-Bellied White Woman Fights the Blues
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Hello neighbor the weather is fine outside and my old stuff is all yours all free, well, kind of.

Bought by The Story and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
We Thought He Had a Black Heart
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Through their journey down Letaba road, Brandon, Keith, and Jameel quickly realise that appearances may not be the entire story and that there is m...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Looking Gay
From: outLoud Radio
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Tight pants! Leather jackets! Body hair! What would you wear if you wanted to "look gay"? How do these stereotypes affect us?

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Robert Holmes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Robert Holmes
Robert Holmes talks about his family being among the first to integrate a neighborhood in Edison, New Jersey.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
I Secretly Wanted To Be A Model
From: City High Radio
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
Abbie Waters: The Habit of Being
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Waters
Abbie Catherine Waters was just nine years and two days old when she left this world. I have heard men and women who knew Abbie refer to her as an ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 55:07
Creating Nonviolent Schools and Communities: Highlights from MLK Day
From: On Blast
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How can we make schools safer without criminalizing youth? How can we confront bias violence? What kinds of restorative practices should we impleme...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:47
Portrait of the Bully as a Young Man
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Jeff's first day out
Jeff's reputation as a bully was something of a legend in the coastal town where he grew up. Eight years later, and with a chance to start over ag...

Bought by Listen Edition, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 3
Yasmine's Song
From: Latitude News
Caption: Yasmine Gustafsson
Bullying isn't an American phenomenon. In Sweden, a federally-appointed bullying ombudsman will sue a school district for not sheltering students f...

Bought by Listen Edition, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WNPR


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
Creating An Exercising Space For Muslim Women
From: jonna mckone
Caption: Maryan and Tony Lindsay with friend at Virginia’s Nur Center, meaning light in Arabic., Credit: Jonna McKone
For Muslim women living in America, modesty and dress can sometimes get in the way of working out. In many cities cultural offerings, outside of mo...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
Desperately Seeking Steampunk
From: Teresa Chin
Caption: What would Jules Verne do? The Steampunk aesthetic combines elements of victorian fashion, sci-fi, and punk DIY., Credit: Photo by SoulStealer.co.uk
Steampunk is quickly moving from a quirky Victorian sci-fi subculture to a major inspiration for mainstream artists like Panic at the Disco and Rus...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
The Little Clown Project
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Caption: Petra Mislimerová
In Prague Petra Misimerová dedicates her time to making life better for kids who live in homes.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Turning Trash into Treasure in Ghana
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Caption: Treasures made from trash
A young Ghanan builds a future on the trash heap.

Bought by WBEZ, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lending a Hand to traditional Japanese Rice Farmers
From: Deutsche Welle
Series: Generation Change
Caption: Richard in the Japanese Rice Field
Profile of a young Swedish man who lends a hand on traditional Japanese rice farms in the wake of the disastrous Tsunami

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
The New Girl Scouts
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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Just shy of their 100th birthday, the Girl Scouts are working to shed their cookie and campfire image with new badges that focus on skills like rob...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Youth bring fresh eyes to Alcatraz
From: KALW
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A local art and theater group the We Players has also been in residence on Alcatraz for the past three years. Their work is designed to spark discu...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
Roland Scott: The Art of Transformation
From: Charles McGuigan
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Rolanda Scott can take a chunk of solid glass, drop it in a flower pot then super heat it in her kiln, turning it into liquid, which she then pours...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 53:46
The Kids Are Alright
From: With Good Reason
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Learn about why you should have more children and not stress about parenting as well as about toy libraries.

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Is Foster Care a Good Thing? One Teenager's Opinion
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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After going through foster care, this Minneapolis High School kids wonders about the good accomplished by foster care.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00