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Caption: Amanda in 2013, Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
At the age of 17, Amanda knew she was gay. But her parents kept insisting she’d grow out of it. Today, a lot has changed in the country, and within...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 17:32
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Feeling depressed and alone in Europe and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But some...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
Caption:  2013 Team Finals stage at the Cadillac Palace Theater, Credit: (TimeOut/Jeff Kroll)
Over the past 13 years, Louder than a Bomb, Chicago’s youth poetry competition, has grown from humble roots in the basement of a Division Street th...

Bought by WUIS


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
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In The Rock House follows the band Zombie Crash, and explores the learning disable music scene in the UK.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:29
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These are the real stories and experiences of people serving in bars and restaurants. They tell how are their personal life are connected and affec...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Naci Libre: Born Free, Credit: Julio Salgado
The struggles of undocumented youth in the US often fly under the radar of the mainstream media. But with the tools of creative expression and the ...

Bought by WXDU and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The documentary is about the lives of high school students and their favorite parts of high school.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
Caption: Acoma Pueblo
Chasity Salvador, a senior at the Santa Fe Indian School performs a spoken word poem responding to her experience of sexism on her Native American ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Colorado’s SB 90 immigration bill tears apart undocumented communities and instills mistrust between citizens and the “criminal aliens.” However in...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:33
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
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That song comes on. You listen to it and suddenly this unwarranted emotional reaction happens and you are taken to another world, happy or sad.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
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18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
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Nearly 100,000 Americans suffer from a blood disorder called Sickle Cell Anemia, a painful disease that shortens life-expectancy. Sickle cells aren...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:11
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A story about the moment in childhood in which a person had to 'grow up.'

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  • Length: 04:47
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"What Blood, What Earth", is a documentary on the life of Puerto Rican black metal artist Marvin Quinones. His story leads the listener on a journe...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:20
Caption: Melanie, Credit: MB
Melanie is a young woman of Suriname in South America who now lives in Holland and is becoming an icon and inspiration for those who want to change...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:54
Caption: Father's Day
Reflections on a life well lived.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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Ricky’s father is an atheist activist. These days, Ricky is beginning his own search for God, and something to believe in. This story is part of th...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:04
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
Caption: Kashawna Williams, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
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
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Join hosts Devon and Cal for this first episode that follows the emotional journey of Female-to-Male transsexual Kyle Smith and his mother, Leslie,...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 20:30
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Frankie always thought his family was pretty normal until the day the FBI showed up. His dad had been hiding from the law for 15 years, and Frankie...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:10
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This is Melissa’s second audio diary. Her son Issaiah is now one-year-old. “I’m a really selfish person…I want to be treated as the baby. I want t...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:37