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The Quest
From: Marc Maximov
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After seeing ads for home DNA tests on TV, John decided to give it a try. Just spit into a cup—what did he have to lose… or gain?

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 13:23
I Do (Again)
From: Nora Ritchie
Caption: Lynne and Gary Brennan at a college winter formal in 1974. This photo was taken a few days after they were engaged.
In sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live. We’ve all heard wedding vows before. They are the promise that we will commit to our spou...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Karla Helbert: Becoming Pure Gold, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Karla Helbert, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Karla Helbert is many things. An accomplished writer and veteran therapist. Wife, mother, artist. A seeker, too. Libertine in matters spiritual. A...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 27:06
Abbie Waters: Habit of Being, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Catherine Waters
Abbie Waters lived in Richmond, Virginia and attended Holton Elementary School. She had survived a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. F...

  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 27:28
Abbie Waters:The Habit of Being Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Abbie Catherine 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: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 26:25
Eva, Nanny
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
Jack and Rose
From: Emma Miller
Caption: Gloria and Rose
Sassy and sagacious Gloria, 85, shares stories of being in both a conventional heterosexual marriage and a long-time same-sex relationship.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
Alzheimer's: Slipping Away
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Frances Hilary McGuigan, Credit: Doug Dobery
This journey begins in the deepest recesses of the human brain--the hippocampus, and ends in the memory support unit of a retirement community. It'...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
Alzheimer's: Slipping Away Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Alzheimer’s sucks an entire life away, bit by bit at first, almost imperceptibly. By degrees memories--short-term, and then long-term--begin to fad...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 27:30
Missing Kim
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dick Moreau has hung over 50,000 posters of his daughter around the area of Jay, Maine. This is the story of one family's 26-year quest for answers.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
How to Run Away to the Circus
From: Mary Harris
Caption: Seth Bloom, Rehearsing, Credit: acrobuffos.tumblr.com
How did a nice girl with a degree from Princeton University end up as a globetrotting... clown? Meet Christina Gelsone -- and her husband, Seth. Th...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:37
Adoption Ritual
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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When Katie Perkins adopted 10-year-old Tajenae out of foster care, they created a ritual to mark the occasion.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Life of Mattie River
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Mattie River
Mattie River looked like a puppy when we first found her. She was small and frightened, could barely stand on her own paws. Her wants seemed so ins...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 25:56
Security in a New Homeland
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
John Yanga is a refugee from Sudan. He's trying to start a family farm in Maine, where he and his family of nine settled.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:58
Flatline Days
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of being bipolar and being a mom.

Bought by KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 5
Love Triangle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A portrait of a couple dealing with a long-held secret.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WNIN, Vocalo.org and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 6
I Have The Day Free
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the only woman in Maine serving a prison sentence in home confinement.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
Something To Fight For
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father and his military son reflect on their anti-war activities.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Waiting for Jarod
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Marjorie Richard keeps company with a life-size, cardboard cut out of her son as she waits for his return from the war in Iraq.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 3
Can't Put A Price On That
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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John Tulloss loved his family and his farm. Today, he's leaving both behind.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:55
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [long version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 1