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Art and Sports: A New Perspective
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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4th graders in Austin explore the relationship of art and sports through their own hobbies.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 08:25
Dream Jobs
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
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Do you remember what your dream job was? Austin elementary school students explore what it's like to see your dreams change.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
Giovanni: “I Feel Different”
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
Series: Urban Warriors: Story Album
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Giovanni knows that others consider him and many youth in his neighborhood to be criminals. In Urban Warriors, he learns about himself and begins t...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 04:28
Steven (part one): “Expectation of Fear”
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
Series: Urban Warriors: Story Album
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Steven knew from a young age that he wanted to join the military. In Afghanistan, the expectation of violence impacts the rest of his life experien...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 07:50
Danny: “Animal in the Wild”
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
Series: Urban Warriors: Story Album
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On the streets, Danny compares himself to an animal in the wild that is in constant danger. Growing up around gangbangers, it felt natural for him ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:49
The First Dress
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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It can take your breath away.

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:36
Saving the Frogs
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron Brown on rescue.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
Back To School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg on going back to school.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:02
The Yodeler
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: brigid reedy plays her fiddle, Credit: clay scott
The traditional art of Western-style yodeling is extremely difficult to master. That's why it's surprising that one of the most gifted yodelers ar...

Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Billionaires are Everywhere
From: Anton Foek
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Maria is a woman who took to her heart some of the hundreds of thousands of orphans in Russia.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2008
  • Length: 26:03
No Limits for Deaf Kids
From: David Kates
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Enid Wizig is a good mentor for the No Limits Theater Group students. She, like them, is profoundly deaf. They prove there are "no limits" for he...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Nativity: one-hour version
From: Conrad Bishop
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A celebration of the wonder, joy, pain, and innate sacredness of childbirth.

Bought by KVNF and WNIJ


  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2