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A 9-year-old girl is sent away from her abusive family to live with an older couple, who try to break through her fear and silence to let some love...
- Added: Apr 26, 2023
- Length: 02:47
Lucas County CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates – is a non-profit organization of volunteers who work for the juvenile court judges to advoca...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Mar 22, 2022
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
After two kids and more than ten years of marriage, Jenni and Sarah were lying in bed one night when Sarah shared she was a woman born in a man’s b...
- Added: Mar 10, 2022
- Length: 28:47
This is a true story. Its 1956 and 11 year old Kenny Daniel discovers on televison the King of the Cowboys Roy Rogers. When he writes Roy Rogers a...
- Added: Mar 04, 2022
- Length: 15:57
A special Mother’s Day episode where Walker reads a letter she sent to her mom years ago to tell her why her desire to never have children does not...
- Added: Feb 21, 2022
- Length: 05:14
To newborns, there is no discernable difference between night and day. Evening and morning blur together in this piece as Katie Marquette rocks her...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Dec 09, 2021
- Length: 26:12
- Purchases: 1
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
A collection of stories about things that have been passed down from those who came before.
- Added: Jan 23, 2020
- Length: 57:54
It turns out that libraries weren’t always so friendly toward children. That started to change around the turn of the 20th century, thanks to a lib...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 20:41
- Purchases: 1
The murders of four children at the hands of caretakers were adjudicated by Maine's court system recently. As the last days of a child whose grandf...
- Added: Apr 06, 2019
- Length: 07:17
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
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
Julija Šukys talked to photographer Shane Epping about his extraordinary volunteer work and how it relates to the loss of his first daughter.
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 07:16
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
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 1
Marlo Mack interviews her daughter about what it's like to be a six-year-old transgender girl. Her daughter shares her story and offers some advic...
- Added: Jan 03, 2015
- Length: 07:35
- Purchases: 3
A single mom and her young transgender daughter both hit the dating scene, and then compare notes on the rocky road to romance.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCPN, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 03, 2015
- Length: 08:28
- Purchases: 4
Corinna, 16, got into so much trouble that her parents told her she needed to pack her bags. So she did.
- Added: Nov 12, 2014
- Length: 05:36
"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
A family living in Idaho during the early 20th Century test the limits of the Postal Service, when they send a very special parcel through the Post.
Bought by Boise State Public Radio
- Added: Sep 26, 2014
- Length: 06:09
- Purchases: 1
How old is gender? Can a six-year-old child really be considered transgender? Marlo Mack explores this question, with a little help from her tran...
Bought by WCPN
- Added: Sep 06, 2014
- Length: 08:54
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
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: Mar 03, 2014
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 1
