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Do you worry about climate change?
From: Possibly
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Here at Possibly, we try to make climate change feel more manageable and less overwhelming. But there’s no avoiding that this problem is terrifying...

Bought by KMXT and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
'Funeral Diva' poet Pamela Sneed: "We can heal"
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pamela Sneed's poetic memoir "Funeral Diva" is described as a “coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s.”, Credit: Patricia Silva
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...

Bought by KALW and WORT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
From Community Dance to Dance Community: Recalling the Old Farmer's Ball
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: The original Farmer's Ball, and an OFB dance today, Credit: Phil Jameson/Carla Seidl
The Old Farmer's Ball is a regional folk dance organization in Asheville, North Carolina that is best known for its lively Thursday night contra da...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 49:50
Plunging into the New Year
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
To ring in the new year, take a dive into the stories of the Coney Island Polar Bear club. We hear from voices from across New York City—a cop spea...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 10:48
Falling in Love for Three Minutes
From: University of Montana Journalism
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Zooey, a grad student and dance instructor, loves to both lead and follow. There was never a question about whether or not she would continue to do...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
America's Bilingual Future
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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With changes in schooling to add more bilingual education and the fact that the United States is getting more diverse, American future is bilingual.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz
The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
I'm alive because of a dictator's ego and my family's clever thinking
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: RadioActive producer Jad Vianu with his father Alec Vianu., Credit: Courtesy of Jad Vianu
Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:55
How My Bookworm Sister Left Our Refugee Camp
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
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In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
I Was An Unlikely Homeschooled Student
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Elinor Jones Toutant at the RadioActive Community Listening Party., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/COLLEEN MCDEVITT
Elinor Jones Toutant was homeschooled for most of her education, even though her family isn't one you'd expect to make that choice.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:03
Curse of the Traveller - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Colin Bartlett takes us to East Germany before the wall came down.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:20
Lindberg - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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In his Song Story, Rod Clarance reminds everyone born in Montreal something we all intuitively know. You can leave Montreal, but Montreal will neve...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:06
Cinnamon Girl - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Artist and medical technician Deb Mueller Peate take us to her youth and back in a Song Story that covers four decades of memory.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:42
Wonderful Tonight - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Here's a Song Story guaranteed to make you smile, if not tear up.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:41
Hurricane Katrina's Impact on the New Orleans Hip Hop Scene
From: Scott Gurian
Caption: MC Know One
Musical profile of the founder of a New Orleans hip hop label and one of his rappers discussing how they were impacted and influenced by Hurricane ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
On A Visit To The United States, A First Encounter With Racism
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: RadioActive's Kamna Shastri and her cousin Ananya Shankar in Seattle, Credit: Jenny Asarnow
A 13-year-old girl in Chennai, India, had always wanted to visit the United States. But when she does, her idealized view of America is tested by t...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Simmer 1: Jingling to Health and the Relativity of Poverty
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Simmer
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The first Simmer episode features an interview with Malawi Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and songwriter Dr. Jack Allison and an investigation of t...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Author Jenny Bowen, “Wish You Happy Forever"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Though she identifies herself as just an ordinary person with a dream, au contraire, Jenny’s accomplishments are stunning. She is an American who...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
OOC2: Chris Taylor
From: Jake Harper
Series: Out of Context
Caption: Wisconsin Rep. Chris Taylor , Credit: Jake Harper
State Rep. Chris Taylor tells the story of her difficult second pregnancy.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 17:40
From This Point On
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
M4M
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine, Barton Girdwood got to wondering, what about all the gay men in Maine who never found love? S...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Captain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In the small village of Stratton, Maine, a woman believes she's not the master of her own destiny - the spirit of a sea captain is preventing her f...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Drips, Smears and Smudges
From: Cheryl Bowlan
Caption: Tim Lynn, artist, Credit: Cheryl Bowlan
Paralyzed from the shoulders down and colorblind, Tim Lynn managed to become a talented painter whose work has hung in several San Francisco Bay Ar...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 11:14
Walking a Labyrinth
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A labyrinth is a circular path that leads to a center. Walking a labyrinth is an ancient ritual that pre-dates religion. Eunice Schroeder found a n...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
Chris Elliott and His Dad On Family Comedy
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." - Chris Elliott with his dad, Ray Elliott.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, XRAY.fm, KJZZ, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 7