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Maxwell Street by Adam Gottlieb
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Adam says this piece is a poem for his Grandma - it's a beautiful reflection on a Chicago landmark. Adam Gottl...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:13
Kids and Cell Phone Calls
From: Laura Friedman
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A Mother's Commentary on Kids and Cell Phone Calls - with sound.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 03:18
"Gratiot" by Adam Levin
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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His grandmother's refusal to accept his mother's conversion to Judaism. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:47
"Metaphoric Race" by Novana Venerable
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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With a black father that wanted to be darker and an aunt that passed for white, Novana writes about how to accept her biracial identity. This poet...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
"School Agers" by Deja Taylor
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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The youngest kid in kindergarten, Deja stood up for herself one day by bringing up death... a lesson she had learned too young and was struggling t...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:19
"Spaghetti Sauce" by Tabitha Watson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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One young writer's lessons learning from a family member with a mental disability. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:27
"Fitting in" by Team Oak Park-River Forest High School
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Peer expectations in a teenage world are strong, and being confortable with who you are is a hard lesson to learn. Addressing issues of faith, gen...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
My Pink Easter Dress
From: Miles Eddy
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Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 4
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) Just in the nick of time
From: Spokane Public Radio
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By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Moving forces you to take stock of what you have, what you want and what you need.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
Home Planet: The Dance
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Of all the tender moments I have shared with my children, I think I?ll remember the dancing the most.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 03:06
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It isn't easy to pack up a life and move. But there are advantages. Moving gives you a chance to look at what you own and what owns you. Moving giv...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:39
Home Planet: Fly away home
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Watching a family of Swallows who have nested under the eaves brings a comparison to the drama in the human nest

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
The War on Contraception, and Where It Will End
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The war on contraception, and where it will end.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Twenty-one things to think about when turning 21.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Written for a daughter who is turning 21, the list includes twenty-one things every adult should think about; lessons no book or school will ever t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
Home Planet: Dana Reeve - What really matters.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Dana Reeve, widow of Christopher Reeve, died March 6 at the age of 44.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:15
Home Planet: What I see in your eyes.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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One day, when my first child was just a toddler and I was holding her close, she stopped talking suddenly and leaned quite close to me. Capturing m...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:06
Commentary: Going to School at Home
From: KRCC-FM
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Thoughts on the homeschooling movement

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:43
Home Planet: Real Love (To air Feb 13.)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I watched the old man and woman walk slowly down the sidewalk...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
The New New Las Vegas
From: Merle Kessler
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Family-friendly Las Vegas bites the dust, goes back to old tricks.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Love or Something Like It. (Valentine's Day)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WKNO


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Home Planet: (New Year) Time in My Hands
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I don't have a lot to show for last year. I didn't lose a pound or gain an hour. I didn't save nearly enough time or money. I didn't turn over any ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Public Interactive, KUOW, and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
Home Planet: (Christmas) From the outside.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I was 20 years old and I felt as alone as anyone could be. I was, as Charles Dickens wrote of Ebenezer Scrooge, as solitary as an oyster.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: (Christmas) Silent Night
From: Spokane Public Radio
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We can't see magic at work. Sometimes, we have to be content with looking at where it's been.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
Home Planet: Dear Santa, Make it work again.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A few minutes before midnight a little boy brings one of last year's gifts and places it under the tree. He wants to return it to Santa.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WNIN


  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2