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Mother Mine: January Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear people from Mexico, Jamaica, Indonesia, and Nigeria talk about their mothers and who they are because of their mothers.

Bought by WMPG and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 2
Mother Mine: July Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear from 6 people across the globe talking about their mothers and who they are because of their mothers. From a mother who never...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMPG, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:36
  • Purchases: 3
Special: Artists and the Pandemic
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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Artists of all types from across the nation speak about how the pandemic has affected their work, their art, and their lives.

Bought by KGUA, WMMT, KVMR, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 11
The Myth of the Super Predator
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 2, Episode 4 'The Myth of the Super Predator debunks an idea first made famous by then-first lady Hillary Clinton, an idea we still haven't...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 1
2 : PAWS FOR LiFE
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Episode 2. Spoon talks about a dog rescue program that took place inside Lancaster State Prison. He talked to Common the rapper, Matthew visits a s...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
1 : FAT KiNG
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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First episode. Spoon talks about growing up in the desert, reads a poem about maggots and a pig, and Matthew visits his parents.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
Dear Poppy
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
Caption: Melissa Dueñas' dad in Donovan Correctional Facility in the early 1990s., Credit: Photo courtesy of Melissa Dueñas
Melissa Dueñas’ dad went in-and-out of jail and prison her whole life. Whenever he was locked up, they would keep in touch by writing letters. She ...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Aug 04, 2019
  • Length: 16:19
  • Purchases: 1
Sleepy City 02: Shaz
From: Liz McArthur
Series: Sleepy City Podcast
Caption: The mural painted in memory on the side of the Wildfire Bakery
In November 2014 a vibrant young artist named Zoe Cassidy killed himself, leaving a deep wound in the arts community he was a part of. In this epi...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 33:27
Belonging
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week, four stories of people who don’t quite belong in the world where they live, who take matters into their own hands to create belonging.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
All Mixed Up-Thanksgiving
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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The Holiday classic: "A Shortcut Back Home" plus music from Charlie Chaplin, Neil Young, the Avett Brothers, Laura Nyro, Ray Davies, Kronos Quartet...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 41
Lessons of Nagasaki
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hope for peace in Nagasaki. Atomic bomb anniversary, 2004., Credit: creative common flickr user: Marufish
The US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Three days later, Nagasaki also fell victim. On this edition, w...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KALW, KSFR, WVTF, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
Four Failing Lungs
From: Catie Talarski
Caption: Brian Sercus
For a person with Cystic Fibrosis, the transplant may extend life by years – or it could lead to continued suffering and rejection of the new organ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 50:29
  • Purchases: 3
A Drum Is Always With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
Brainhilda and I
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Carole Starr was a dedicated violinist, until a brain injury left her with a rare hearing disorder. Suddenly the music Carole loved dearly became s...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 5
Freedom: A Cross-Generational Examination of the Costs of War
From: Searsport Speeper
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Veterans' stories presented and reflected on by students.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2009
  • Length: 33:48
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
From: Joyride Media
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Exploration of Dennis Wilson's solo album "Pacific Ocean Blue" and rare, unreleased "Bambu" sessions.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
"In Other Words, Townes Van Zandt"
From: KUT
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A personal, in-depth profile of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt

Bought by Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 19