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From: Matthew Simonson

Caption: A Sniagrab sale, from above, Credit: The Gart Family Archive

A touching story of fathers, family, and bargains spelled backwards.

Aurora, in the Village

From: Rae Solomon

Caption: The Beloved Community Village at its new home, Credit: Rae Solomon

Aurora has finally found a stable home, after 14 years, at the Beloved Community Village, a tiny home colony for people experiencing homelessness i...

Gloria Rhoden: Good Things Come In Small Parcels

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Gloria Rhoden, Credit: Charles McGuigan

Gloria Rhoden hails from Saint Mary, Jamaica. She has traveled the United States, up and down the East Coast for years. She knew Bob Marley and san...

Bill Kirchen Hammer of the Honky Tonk gods, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Bill Kirchen is a showman and a storyteller. Mainly though he’s a singer and a songwriter and a player of the world’s most versatile Telecaster. Th...

Choose Your Own Adventure

From: Rendered
Series: Rendered

Caption: Journey Under the Sea was the second book in the series.

We dig into the history of the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series and the interactive stories kids are reading today.

Bought by WABE, KALW, and PRX Remix

Collaborating with the Mystery

From: Mary Quintas

Caption: Bud Brown with his trumpazoo and washboard, Credit: Mary Quintas

Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Minor Key: A Teenage Composer at a Crossroads

From: Mary Quintas

Caption: Bryson Alexander playing one of his compositions, Credit: Mary Quintas

Bryson Alexander is a Contemporary Classical music composer. At 16 years old, he’s composed nearly 40 pieces...all without knowing how to read or ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix

Eric Jones, Custodian

From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life

As dawn breaks, birds serenade Eric Jones, who crosses a church parking lot in his baggy jeans, jangling an oversized key ring. The plastic wheels ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Song Story S0.E2 - Sarah Donner's "Signs of Life" (pre-season sneak-peek)

From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story

Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter/creativ...

Trekking to the North Pole

From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments

In the spring of 2013 four people went on a trek to the North Pole with a message.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KMXT, KSJD, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Tiny Houses

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Caption: Karin Parramore's tiny house, Credit: Califia Suntree

Destination DIY producer Califia Suntree spoke to two women who built their own tiny houses about living a minimalist lifestyle. The houses are bot...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Modern-Day Homesteaders

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Destination DIY profiles two families who live the DIY lifestyle every day by growing and making most of what they need.

Bought by PRX Remix

Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Eating Out" in Old New York

From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC

Caption: Hilda Baumol (left) and Monte Malach (right)., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.

Longtime New Yorkers recall a bygone era of NYC when eating out was a rare luxury, and eateries that vanished long ago -- automats, Nedick's (hot d...

Moving Beyond

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

"I am a Christian, I am a mom, a wife, a homemaker, a leader, a knitter, a quilter… I’m lots of things. Accepting the label felon was really hard."

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Daily Rituals

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

People observe all sorts of small rituals, sometimes on a daily basis. But what separates these activities from daily routines, like brushing your ...

Sing and I Will Hear You

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

In early 2010, Elaine McGillicuddy lost her husband to bone cancer. Elaine has created her own grieving process rooted in daily rituals. She is e...

Bought by WMPG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Interfaith Voices, KUOW, and PRX Remix

54 Years

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.

Only I Can Now

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Deb Dunn’s second love, after her husband, was teaching marine biology. But about five years ago, she had to give it up.

Always Been With Me

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Amy has battled bipolar disorder all her life. She’s tried 25 different medications, but nothing has been able to stabilize her mood.

Bought by KPVL and KFAI Minneapolis

Citizen Synforose

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

It's Right For Me

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Alice Loesch has lived through a century that has seen some of history’s most sweeping changes in the lives of women.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSFR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more

Lindsay Ess, Becoming Whole, Pt. 1

From: Charles McGuigan

Lindsay Ess was a fashion model, a designer, a stunning beauty. And then at the age of twenty-four, just two years ago, doctors had to cut off both...