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From Goody Two Shoes to Rock Bottom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Listen to George tell the story of how he went from being an innocent kid to surviving two brushes with cancer to being locked up at Long Creek You...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Profile of Cpl. Chris Kotch
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Spencer Scott interviews Cpl. Chris Kotch an Iraq War Veteran who recently returned to the US with a devastating throat injury.

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 3
Autumn's Story
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Amy reflects on losing a baby at a young age.

Bought by Remix Radio and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Pre Adopt Mom
From: David Barasoain
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Woman who cares for babies before adoption.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Apr 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
Hyzdu Journals
From: KJZZ
Series: Adam Hyzdu's Spring Training Journals
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Baseball player Adam Hyzdu brings a tape recorder with him to spring training camp.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Weekend America


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
Joey's Phone Call Home
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Joey, an incarcerated teen, calls home.

Bought by The Story, Remix Radio, WYBC, YouthCast, Space Gallery and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 6
No Email from Oaxaca
From: Adam Thorsen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is an essay about an encounter in a laundromat with a couple from Mexico.

Bought by KTUH


  • Added: Mar 06, 2004
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Katie Becomes a Mom
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Katie from the Long Creek Youth Development Center (LCYDC) discusses becoming a mother at thirteen.

Bought by Remix Radio, WMPG, KUNM, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Feb 25, 2004
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4
Last Day in Florence: A Walk
From: Angela Taylor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a personal, sound-rich postcard of one last stroll through the medieval city....

Bought by WKNO


  • Added: Jan 29, 2004
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Nothing Predictable: Kayaking Newfoundland
From: Rob Rosenthal
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Kayaking through icebergs in Newfoundland.

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, WMPG, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 27, 2004
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 4
Josh's Diary, Part 1: Growing Up with Tourette's
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. "It feels like there's a bi...

Bought by HowSound, WORLDcompass.org, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 12
Melissa's Diary, Part 1: Teen Mom
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Melissa didn't mean to get pregnant. After 12 years of living in the foster care system, she's trying to build the family she never had. "The funny...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 10
Juan's Diary, Part 1: Looking at the Rio Grande
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Juan crossed the Rio Grande illegally into Texas four years before he first recorded with Radio Diaries. At the time of his original diary, Juan an...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KSFR, PRX Remix, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 24:32
  • Purchases: 9
Josh's Diary, Part 2: First Kiss
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Josh's second diary, he packs his tape recorder for his first summer away from home. "What I have here is an envelope on which this girl Nicole ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 4
Jeff's Diary: Halfrican
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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Jeff Rogers first recorded his Teenage Diary back in 1998 when he was a self identified 'halfrican.' He was thinking more and more about race and b...

Bought by KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Georgia Public Broadcasting, KGNU Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 35:20
  • Purchases: 21
Matthew and the Judge: Juvenile Court Diary
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Prison Diaries
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Radio Diaries gave both Judge Jeremiah, a Rhode Island juvenile court judge, and Matthew, a 16-year-old repeat offender, tape recorders in 2001. Ju...

Bought by KRCC-FM, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2003
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 7
Selma Koch, Bra Saleswoman
From: Radio Diaries
Series: New York Works
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94-year old Selma Koch runs the Town Shop, one of New York's last old-style bra fitting shop.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 7
The Last Place: Diary of a Retirement Home
From: Radio Diaries
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A group of residents of The Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Illinois use tape recorders to document their lives in retirement.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Remix Radio, KGLT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 6
Charlie Zimmerman, Water Tower Builder
From: Radio Diaries
Series: New York Works
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Look up from nearly any street in Manhattan and you'll see the rooftop wooden water tanks that Charlie Zimmerman has been installing for 23 years.

Bought by The Story, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, and WFUV


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 5
Deported: Weazel's Diary
From: Radio Diaries
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A 26-year-old Los Angeles resident gets deported to his parents' home country of El Salvador, which he has not seen since age five.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio, Space Gallery, KUNM and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 31:42
  • Purchases: 6
Garbage
From: Hans Anderson
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For fourteen months, starting in January 2002, I went through my neighbor's garbage twice per week.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 06, 2003
  • Length: 13:28
  • Purchases: 2
Stress Test
From: Hans Anderson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I took a stress test that seemed to include testing my stress level on getting to the stress test.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUT, KGLT and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 9
Dad & Daws (Father's Day)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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PERFECT FOR FATHER'S DAY! A personal essay on how a volatile father's gift led to a career

Bought by KPIK-LP, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, Public Interactive, KFSR and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 7
Andrew and Racine Go To College
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Andrew Meyer, 19-year-old blind youth and his guidedog Racine navigate the Oregon State University during Andrew's first year of college.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 31, 2003
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 2
Dia's Diary: My Mother
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A transgender woman tells how she came out to her mother

Bought by KRZA, KUOW, Vocalo.org, KGLT, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2003
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 8

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