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Civil rights lawyer Vito de la Cruz grew up in a family of migrant farmworkers. He describes his childhood and the loving aunt who raised him.
Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm
- Added: Apr 26, 2016
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 5
The first episode of Season 2 of Character Development delves into the topic of poetry and its relationship with some of our OWRC tutors. Tutors Ja...
- Added: Apr 03, 2016
- Length: 30:08
Andy Goodling tells to his father, Scott, about his boyfriend who passed away almost two years ago, and why he kept their relationship a secret.
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 1
Singer-songwriter Matthew Mayfield has experienced both ends of the musical career spectrum. Formerly signed to a record label and now operating as...
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 26:44
Failure is a part of life. College students, in particular, know this feeling all too well. Since academic failure can take many forms in the colle...
- Added: Mar 13, 2016
- Length: 21:31
In this episode, the Character Development team inquired about the process of academic portfolios—how they’re written, what their purpose is, and h...
- Added: Mar 06, 2016
- Length: 20:06
Colin Meloy says he wishes he would have never used the word "hiatus" when referring to his band The Decemberists taking time off after The King Is...
Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 07:04
- Purchases: 4
The Character Development team sat down with three OWRC tutors and engaged in a much-requested conversation about personal statements. We, as writi...
- Added: Jan 31, 2016
- Length: 22:08
Erin Jones thought the answers were written in stone. But a summer internship at a remote dinosaur quarry eroded her certainty.
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 13:09
- Purchases: 3
As a member of The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. was always caught in the Keith Richards roll; the great ax-man behind Julian Casablancas’ Jagger. An...
Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 07:03
- Purchases: 2
In the 1970s, Pastor David Ned learned an important lesson about himself after what could have been a tragic situation.
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 02:30
Sylvie Rokab talks unexpected relatives, the hidden dangers of city life, and dancing with Liam Neeson.
- Added: Apr 16, 2015
- Length: 20:50
Inspired by an Old Spice commercial as a kid, Kieran Burke always wanted to be a surfer. But learning proved difficult with no one to teach him.
- Added: Mar 22, 2015
- Length: 04:39
Rick Abath tells his wife, Diana, about being the night security guard at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during the biggest art heist in ...
Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WEZU
- Added: Mar 13, 2015
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 3
Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble.
Today...stories of failure.
Host Steven Chua on why...
- Added: Mar 12, 2015
- Length: 16:19
Our guest AJ Lovewins created Harmonic Humanity as an additional resource to the homeless.
- Added: Feb 17, 2015
- Length: 30:49
Gay Talese interviews Bob Walsh, one of the ironworkers who built the the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge,...
Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 16, 2014
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 3
Carlos Rocha, an inmate at Danville Correctional Center in Illinois, talks about a murder he committed in 1998.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, KERA, and WEZU
- Added: Sep 05, 2014
- Length: 01:42
- Purchases: 4
Sekou Siby, a former kitchen worker at Windows on the World restaurant in the World...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Sep 05, 2014
- Length: 02:08
- Purchases: 1
The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 30:01
Everyone has a birthday, but the day's meaning changes over time. In this episode, we look at life from 21st and 94th birthdays.
- Added: Feb 20, 2014
- Length: 10:53
"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you’re wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President! However did you kno...
Bought by WABE, Troy Public Radio, WSLR, PRX Remix, and KZYX
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 06:21
- Purchases: 5
John Krokidas talks taking small liberties, exploding into the new, and the tender side of David Cross.
- Added: Oct 31, 2013
- Length: 16:44
Explore the sounds of the Museum of Modern Art's "Soundings" exhibit.
- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 12:19
Marine Corporal Paul Wayman (L) talks with his friend Nathanael Roberti, (R) a former Navy Seal, about their trouble readjusting to civilian life a...
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 02:03
- Purchases: 2
