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Author Tashia Hart talks about her new book "Native Love Jams", a nominee for the Minnesota Book Award

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 09:30
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Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy.

Bought by WRKF, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 26
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Cara McDonald talks with author and chef Erin French.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Abigail McGrath, Credit: Jeana Shepard
Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own home? Well, in the affluent black community of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, Abigail McGrath felt...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:48
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After hearing a mentor make an inappropriate joke, medical student Jenny Tiskus grapples with humor's place in the world of medicine.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 37:22
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The legendary Lurie talks about her new book "Reading for Fun" and discusses favorite novels and well-know authors she has known.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Composer Pamela Z lets us know what a phonolog was, how great the Museum of Jurassic Technology is (about which she co-wrote an opera), and how to ...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
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It's not all Thin Mints and Samoas!

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:40
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"Where are you from? ... No, where are you REALLY from?" Because of her skin tone and features, Milani Chatterji-Len gets asked this question all t...

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


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
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A woman walks into a bar, asks 23 random strangers what advice they would give their 18 year old self, and every single person said the same thing.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:03
Caption: These eyes won't cry., Credit: Damian FitzPatrick
An homage to crying, originally aired on Radiotonic.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
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What if an influential teacher set you on your life's path? What would that teacher say if she met you today?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 19:07
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Segment 1: Dr. Joe Coughlin/AgeLab Segment 2: Edward Chamberlin/Islands Segment 3: Erin Murphy/Tabatha Segment 4: Dr. Osama Hamdy/diabetes Segme...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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What happens when someone does something to their house that stands out in the neighborhood? Lucia Duncan, from Somerville, Massachusetts, went to ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
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Across the US, fewer than half of all public schools have a nurse available to kids all day, every day, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Founda...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
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Today's show features two stories about fitting into religious communities.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lia Cinquegrano
Lia Cinquegrano confirms she does not ever want to have a baby.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Madeleine with someone else's baby
Madeleine Leung describes the moment she realized she may not want to become a mother.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:19
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
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Artist Madi Diaz talks about the first time she got on stage.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:38
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The story of dying my hair red on a whim and the way people reacted to me as a redhead.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 09:11
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Ever been to an Encuentro? You’ve just moved to rural Mexico with your husband and new baby. What would you do to fit in?

  • Added: Sep 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
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The story of how the River East area of Chicago has changed from the land of greasy spoons and parking lots, into one of the most fashionable areas...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:50
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Gail describes her adventures shopping for clothes. It starts out fun, and then...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30