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Sandip struggles with a “getting back to nature” trip.
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and so the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s prob...
- Added: Feb 08, 2018
- Length: 05:22
This mother’s Day I was thinking about a very particular mother. Not mine but a woman named Leila Seth.
Leila Seth was the first woman to top th...
- Added: May 17, 2017
- Length: 06:00
Was your best friend is a fictional person? Our Unlikely Celebrity Obsession series continues with the story of a boy who wrote letters to an 80's ...
- Added: Jan 15, 2017
- Length: 19:44
Mary McLaughlin went home to run her family business once her children were grown. Then she moved down the street from her adult children. Listen...
- Added: Sep 05, 2016
- Length: 28:29
What happens when everyone in your family knows you're the black sheep?
- Added: Jul 31, 2016
- Length: 18:09
Mary Leonardson was a button fanatic traveling around the world roughly between the 1920s to the 1950s meeting up with various button clubs to coll...
- Added: Jun 27, 2016
- Length: 12:24
A religious father refuses to let his daughter get corrupted by The Love Boat and other 80s pop culture.
- Added: Jun 19, 2016
- Length: 20:13
On the day of their wedding, Paul Hammond and Laura Jackman reflect on their relationship — and make a commitment to each other.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
In 1962 a group of Indians were shipped off to internment camps during a war with China.
- Added: Mar 15, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Academy Award and GRAMMY winning artist, Melissa Etheridge, will take the stage to perform songs from her new album, This is M.E., as well as some ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2016
- Length: 59:22
- Purchases: 10
A heartfelt goodbye to a favorite Aunt.
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Children's author Maurice Sendak was a big collector of Disney paraphenalia
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: :59
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Ben Kweller sits down with his neighbors, a local middle school student and her parents, to talk about his own family and life path.
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
China Smith and her students share their perspectives on the dance world, and describe how they created their own world in Ballet Afrique.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 04:42
On any given day, Ava’s cross-country teammates can look at Ava and expect a smile in return. Ava has autism. But that doesn’t stop her from runnin...
- Added: Jan 22, 2016
- Length: 04:37
Tonight's show begins with the familiar sounds of Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra along with special musical guests Corey Carls...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 59:31
- Purchases: 11
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll meet individuals who went to prison, came out, and have since dedicated their life to changing the world.
Bought by WRIR and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Sandip Roy never learned how to fly a kite, and he regrets it every September.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
An iconic Indian "Bollywood" film reminds Sandip Roy that a solid relationship can transcend the oceanic gap of language.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
A girl who is really, really proud to be from Montana.
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 13:52
Vietnam veteran and widower Don Thomas needed a kidney. Hooters waitress Mariana Villarreal had an extra.
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 18:25
After accidentally joining a traveling circus, writer Jonathan Argyle recounts his discovery of the meaning of the word "home" from the point of vi...
Bought by KUT
- Added: May 18, 2015
- Length: 11:19
- Purchases: 1
Mishy Harman shares the zany matchmaking adventures of his Orthodox downstairs neighbor, which he had no chance but to overhear because all her dat...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 26, 2015
- Length: 09:27
- Purchases: 2
Hate Valentine's Day? Cupid, that flawed character from Roman Mythology, offers alternative reasons to love Feb. 14th.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 1