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Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 10
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about leaving home… and (sometimes) looking back.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:07
  • Purchases: 1
Please Eat
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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I wanted to spread information about eating disorders.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:40
The Big Ponder #4: Anatomy of an Apology
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Katie Davis tells the story of an inadvertent provocation between two boys at a teen center in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the conflict that...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
Solve for X
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
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On her kids' last day of school, Laura draws from Susan Wise Bauer's research, writing, and experience on how we can rethink the way we approach ou...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 22:02
Cleaning Out Mama's House
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 57:54
This School Year, a Commitment to Mental Health
From: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Series: Substance Abuse & Mental Illness: The Impact on America’s Communities
Caption: Joe Vulopas, Aevidum, Credit: Pennsylvania State Education Association
High school teacher Joe Vulopas has a conversation with his son J.J., a recent high school graduate, about the academic and social pressures young ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, KUER, KRZA, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 6
The American Dream?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Junior year is universally known as the most difficult, stressful year of high school. Between academics, extra-curriculars, and athletics, college...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
Holding
From: Sara Brooke Curtis
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A short narrative riff on the topic of "holding."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Mother's Day - "Floating On Cold Water While More Falls From the Sky. Why?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Romance In the Polar Vortex - "When I Say, "Two People, Winter, Teepee, and Dutch Oven," You don't Imagine Romance, But You're Wrong."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Technology We Miss: "VHS Versus Beta, the Results Are Almost In."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Toys - "A Diarama of Sweaty Intimidation Is Not Easy To Leave Behind."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Baseball - "3414, 34 and 14, a Little Bit Fat, But Really, Really Good."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:06
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg on Shortcuts - "Shortcuts, What's the Hurry? We're here. We've Been Here."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
Dodge M37
From: The Telling Room
Caption: Dodge M37, Credit: Andreas von Huene
If only an an old truck could talk. Telling Room student Balthasar von Huene gives voice to a military work-horse that found a new life in Maine.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:17
Tech
From: Littleglobe
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Tilcara Webb delves into the pros and cons of technology. Evil agent of lost hours, or helpful Godsend?

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:37
Purple
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Audio Storytelling
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Ned Averill-Snell remembers a side-of-the-road breakdown after a summer Shakespeare show, where a roadside diner crowd had to face a shaggy actor s...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:45
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "Do Your Inlaws Bristle Because You're Finished Eating Before They've Pulled Their Steak From the Grill?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg on High School Yearbooks
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing: "Natural Selection May Aim At Propensity For Impulse As Much As IQ."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Yearbooks: "Long Before the Invention of the Computer, A Yearbook Was Already A Series of Zeros and Ones."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives,works and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outgro...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "The Importance of Playing Trumpet Is Sometimes Not About the Tune."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:14
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing on Mothers - "Potty Training, Pondering the Profound, and the Unknowable."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Smells - "A Return To the Damp Smells of a Childhood Spring Melt."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:49
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - Erika Reviews "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2