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La Hora Mágica has been the heart of Sunset Park’s storytime programming for a decade now, highlighting songs and stories in Spanish and English fo...
- Added: Feb 01, 2023
- Length: 10:56
A rich, intimate story of family, childhood memories, and rediscovering old photographs and the stories that connect them.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 25, 2021
- Length: 16:36
- Purchases: 1
To ring in the new year, take a dive into the stories of the Coney Island Polar Bear club. We hear from voices from across New York City—a cop spea...
- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 10:48
A mom and veterinarian politely asks Santa not to bring her children the item that tops their Christmas lists: a puppy. With love and detail, Dr. ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 04:00
This is a parenting story and a story about time. I've been hiking with my son Sam since he was born. In this story, I contrast recordings I made...
- Added: Dec 21, 2016
- Length: 04:59
EVEN WITH THE RISE OF ONLINE DATING WEBSITES AND WAYS TO CONNECT, THERE IS STILL A LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY HAVE YET TO HELP. FROM GLEN BURNIE,...
- Added: Nov 19, 2016
- Length: 05:16
When Alexis Diao’s father arrived in Tallahassee, Florida, he couldn’t even find coconut milk—let alone many other ingredients to make the Filipino...
- Added: May 05, 2016
- Length: 26:13
- Purchases: 3
Every week, Cracker Barrel provides 4 million Americans with a studied version of down-home Southern food and hospitality. The dumplins and the chi...
- Added: Apr 21, 2016
- Length: 26:03
- Purchases: 2
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
- Added: Dec 22, 2015
- Length: 15:26
- Purchases: 1
'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 38:16
- Purchases: 1
"My sense has been that most men ultimately really do want children, and I think many of longer relationships -- that's been part of the end."
-Bet...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 01:53
- Purchases: 1
Shayla Torres is a senior at Community Academy in Philadelphia and is going to college next year. But first, she’ll have to leave her grandparents ...
- Added: May 20, 2012
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 05:15
Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...
Bought by KPIK-LP and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 2
From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear the story of one Sudanese family who recently took a trip to Darfur to attend an old friend's wedding.
- Added: Apr 05, 2009
- Length: 05:42
Christmas trees are a massive business. Americans spent $2.5 billion on Christmas in 2007. Outdoor writer, Fitz Cahall wasn’t among them.
- Added: Dec 17, 2008
- Length: 05:07
An old bluegrass standard, "Who will sing for me?" brings back memories of a life on the road.
- Added: Nov 11, 2005
- Length: 04:59
