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Karma Margo - Tales from The Heart of America
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America
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Love is sometimes a tale of going through hell to get to heaven - or, as Journeys to Love discovers at The Goshen Diner, going through abuse, hunge...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 11 Tales For Other Times
From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times
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The last episode, where Haley wraps up the past 8 years (and this series) in 8 min.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:01
Native American Poet Deborah Miranda
From: New Letters on the Air
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Native American poet Deborah Miranda, author of the 2020 collection ALTER OF BROKEN THINGS, reads from her multi-genre book, BAD INDIANS: A TRIBAL...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Returing to Myself - Monologue by Kiara Chavez and Kirsten Wilson
From: Motus Theater Boulder
Series: Motus Theater UndocuAmerica Monologues
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Kiara tells a tender story of flying home to Mexico for the first time since she was four to see her ailing grandmother. (*She was able to visit as...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 14:27
  • Purchases: 1
Why She Skateboards, Despite the Pain
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Katie Thorton faces her fear of pain., Credit: Todd Melby
As a teenager, KFAI's Katie Thorton contracted Lyme Disease. The autoimmune disorder seldom ceases to cause her pain in her arms, neck and back. An...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1
Pairing Fine Wine with Cologne?
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Does the mere wearing of cologne overpower a fine wine tasting? The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemistry driven show created for anyone who h...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Where Have All the Women Gone: Forgetting How She Got to Where She's Gotten
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Riding on the train to the Democratic National Convention one year, I had the good fortune to talk with a former president of N.O.W. For young twen...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 05:03
The Kim Kardashian Story in 9 Minutes
From: Llinos Jones
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An exclusive opportunity to hear the Kim Kardashian story from the author of her latest biography, Sean Smith

  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
Last Best Stories: Episode 3
From: Jule Banville
Series: Last Best Stories
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Blobs + Heartbreak is the third episode of the podcast Last Best Stories produced by Jule Banville. It features two stories: The first (9:06), "Cri...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 15:05
Cooking Potatoes In Idaho — A Thanksgiving Story
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY host Julie Sabatier tells a story live on stage about that time she cooked potatoes for her Idaho in-laws.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 3: Beverly's Story
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
"We had a final discussion early in our marriage. ... He said, 'Are you sure?' I said, 'I am, my dear.' And we've never looked back." -Beverly, 72,...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
Episode 3: Beth's Story
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
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"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
What the Truth Costs: An Advanced Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
When we see the tools of discrediting the truth happily taken on, now or in history- we might say this. The cost of the truth is, it turns out, th...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 11:09
Mama, I'm a Girl
From: Marlo Mack
Series: How to Be a Girl
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A mother comes to terms with the fact that her young son...is actually her daughter.

Bought by XRAY.fm, HowSound, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7
Cancer here and there - living with breast cancer in the U.S. and Uganda
From: joanne silberner
Caption: Gertrude Nakigudde, Credit: Joanne Silberner
American reporter Joanne Silberner compares her experience with breast cancer to what happened to a Ugandan woman.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WRST-FM Oshkosh, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 4
Sicilian Grandmother Takes on The Godfather
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia. Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
Culturology: Erika Kooda on the Forthcoming End of an Era
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda shares a short essay on some monumental changes she faces in 2013. From graduating high school and entering Columbia College in Chicago...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of the Community" by Brenda J. Child
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of the Community" by Brenda J. Child
Brenda J. Child's latest book "Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of the Community" examines the vital role women have playe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
Sarah Haskins on Pregnancy and the Apocalypse
From: Alison Weiss
Series: The Paper Machete
Caption: Sarah Haskins at The Paper Machete, Ricochet's Tavern, Chicago, 8/14/2010, Credit: Kurt Heintz
Sarah Haskins (comedienne, Infomania's "Target Women" series) discusses how pregnancy has inspired her to prepare for the end of the world. Recorde...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
A mother's interview
From: Nurudeen Titilope
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 04:49