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Building Community One (Dance) Step at a Time
From: David Condos
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Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Across the Reference Desk
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Online search engines are basically universal, so questions at the library reference desk are changing. We follow the story of one question, “I wan...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 1
The US-Japan Estate, Inheritance and Gift Tax Treaty
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Trust and estate expert explain the importance of the US-Japan Estate, Inheritance and Gift Tax Treaty and how it works.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 08:31
To My Mother, From Your Son
From: Elliott Rose
Series: Works of Love
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Julian chooses his first official essay to read from the submissions choosing an essay that focuses on family. More specifically, mothers and their...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 10:29
Centenary Celebration
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Centenarians are on Sandip Roy's mind as Lawerence Ferlinghetti turns 100

  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Snowbirds
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Audio Essays
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After spending two months in Mexico, Steve Downing wonders if he might credibly be called a snowbird.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 05:16
World Oceans Day
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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On June 8th we celebrate World Oceans Day, an annual day set aside to recognize our relationship with the ocean through global connection. In this ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Forgotten Trailblazer
From: Matt Mitchell
Series: The Forgotten Famous
Caption: www.TheForgottenFamous.com
Cloaked in mythology by the age of 40, this original hero of the Wild West embodied the term "living legend." So why have we forgotten him?

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 17:16
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
Now There's Only Time To Live Forever
From: Jessica Ripka
Caption: Penelope DeWitt at Stoney Beach after her recording session, Credit: Jessica Ripka
Think about something you've spent your whole life wanting to do. Now try to think about what's kept you from doing it. What comes to mind? For...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 10:34
  • Purchases: 2
A Lifetime of Caregiving: Mom and Uncle Harold
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mom and Uncle Harodl, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
Most often family members are the ones that step up and provide care when a parent or loved one needs it. According to the Family Caregiver Allianc...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:39
Auntie
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip's Aunt
A heartfelt goodbye to a favorite Aunt.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Staying Alive: The Art and Science of Living to 100
From: Karen Brown
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An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:26
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
Next Year, Once Again
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The widows of Vrindavan
Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga. Something many of them ha...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Winter - "November's Embrace, March's Imbalance."
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: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Ezra Pound Award-Winning Poet Alice Friman
From: New Letters on the Air
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The 2012 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry, Alice Friman's other honors include the Ezra Pound Poetry Award for her third book, ZOO. In t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Joe Frank 3: Old Man
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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A new program created for UnFictional by radio storyteller Joe Frank.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio Catskill, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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
Bells Are Ringing
From: Margaret Agard
Series: Christmas
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Ringing the Salvation Army bell is boring, cold work during the busy Christmas holiday season. Margaret Agard, author and bell ringing volunteer, ...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KZMU Moab Community Radio, 'The Sea', and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 5
New York
From: Emma Miller
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: "All My Elders Are Gone: Fabulous Crone" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Last Word on Time
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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It's Crunch Time this week; sharing stories of the times you were late or just barely made it as we get through the Crunch Time of our summer fundr...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 03:53
This WE Believe - Fear
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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3 Essays from This I Believe on Fear

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
From the Old Folks Home by Team Northside College Prep
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2011
Caption: Team Northside College Prep
This team piece is performed by the team representing Northside College Prep, comprised of poets: Nina Coomes,17, Benj Sullivan-Knoff, 18, Elisha M...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:56