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Iraq Kidnap Diary
From: Joshua E. S. Phillips
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An Iraqi refugee describes his kidnapping experience

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 08:04
early musing subway
From: Cambra Moniz-Edwards
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newly-New Yorked, contemplating subway zen

  • Added: Jul 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:56
The Rabbi
From: Ryan Scammell
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What it means to be 20 Years Old

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 17, 2008
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming the local food supply: a chef turns dairy farmer
From: With Good Reason
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A chef reflects on what led her to stop talking about the benefits of local food supply and become a part of it instead.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
From The Heart
From: Bill Slammon
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Story about my father's decision to stop medical treatment.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Have You Met My Cousin, Feng Shui?
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Humor piece about new age and metaphysical consumer goods

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 02:21
Church Yoga
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Non-fiction humor essay yoga class held inside a church reminds woman of her Catholic childhood.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
Revelation and Reality: A Quest for Family Heritage
From: Katie Bausler
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A quest for family heritage on Prince Edward Island turns up unexpected results and revelations.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 10:51
Digital Diary: Berenice's Story from Ghana - Part 1
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Youth Radio journalist, Berenice Akuamoah, 18, tells her story through a six-part radio diary

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Jan 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
Boston Moon
From: Barrett Wolf
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Biker Poetry from a member of the Highway Poets

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
The School of Hard Knocks
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When KC was eleven her mother kicked her and one of her sisters out of the house. Forced to figure out how to survive on her own, she turned to dru...

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 3
Revoking My Citizenship to iPod Nation
From: Meghna Chakrabarti
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Girl buys iPod. Girl enters bubble. Girl wants out.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Ode to Josephine - Memories of a Parallel Mother
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal odyssey into the producer’s childhood in Bombay India, where she remembers her ayah (nanny) Josephine.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Return to Israel
From: Cynthia Graber
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Cynthia Graber returns to Israel for the first time in four years, since the beginning of the second intifada, and interviews friends and relatives...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 04:55
Graham Shelby in Vietnam
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby, son of a Vietnam veteran, describes a 1995 visit to that country.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WHQR


  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Graham Shelby on Public Assistance
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby is surprised to find himself seeking public assistance to help support his three new babies.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
Stories of Love and Marriage at the Towers
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
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Stories of love, marriage and memories at 1,377 feet.

Bought by KUT, KVNF, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 9
Part 5: Keeper of the Flame
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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In an intimate meeting, the reporter comes face to face with the 95-year-old keeper of the family flame, himself a direct descendant of the 18th ce...

Bought by KUER, WBEZ, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 4
Part 4: Making Friends
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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Ancient traditions and today's religious government foster tension among Iranians, expressed carefully in quiet conversations. (Fourth of five Parts)

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Part 3: To Pari
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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The reporter sits his ancestral home and finds hospitable villagers and suspicious police. (Third of five Parts)

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 3
Part 2: Tehran
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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City life is a pastiche of old and new as we hear the call to prayer, the carpetsellers in the bazaar and the chaotic traffic on the streets - and ...

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 3
Part 1: Arrival
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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Even with family ties to this country and preparation, a reporter finds Tehran to be a foreign and intimidating place upon arrival. (First of five ...

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 3
No Email from Oaxaca
From: Adam Thorsen
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This is an essay about an encounter in a laundromat with a couple from Mexico.

Bought by KTUH


  • Added: Mar 06, 2004
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1