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John Wells talks verisimilitude, getting past right or wrong, and surviving the family dinner.
- Added: Jan 21, 2014
- Length: 10:45
Up until she was a teenager, she lived in comfort. What she didn’t see coming was the moment when she lost everything. Find out why her world turne...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 07:31
- Purchases: 3
A new baby monitor has more bells and whistles than ever before. This monitor maintains information on everything about a baby: the temperature i...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:20
Your day is too full already with too many places to be. As you race from one point to the next, you glance down at your fuel gauge and discover y...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:10
After the holiday hustle and bustle, an empty datebook can seem anticlimactic. But in my estimation, those empty calendar pages feel like a benedic...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:24
Most parents will tell you that what they really want for their children, bottom line, is a life of happiness. And I have one surefire, works-ever...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 02:19
Bestselling author David Laskin unfolds a sweeping epic that spans the three major upheavals the affected Jews in the twentieth century: immigratio...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 04, 2013
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
Three authors talk about how their books relate to peacemaking. The Nonviolent Life by John Dear, Before Happiness by Shawn Achor and Princess Mari...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Nov 29, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
With the success of TV shows like Modern Family and Parenthood, it’s clear that the way Americans think of family is starting to change. But Linda ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
With the success of TV shows like Modern Family and Parenthood, it’s clear that the way Americans think of family is starting to change. But Linda ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 2
"We've done it all wrong!" moaned the mother. "We've mishandled bedtime, and now we've taught our son the wrong way to go to sleep. Will he ever le...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 02:15
Each morning my little dog and I venture out in our neighborhood for a brisk walk. She employs her excellent nose to read messages from other dogs...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 02:26
Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
A conversation between Rabbi Ismar Schorsch and Host Larry Josephson about the history, rituals and meaning of Hanukkah--and its importance in our ...
Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHFR, Michigan Radio, WCPN and more
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 58:10
- Purchases: 65
NAOMI BENARON is a trained scientist, marathon runner, and massage therapist. She is also the author of two award-winning fiction books, LOVE LETTE...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A recent family gathering came on the heels of a large appliance purchase. During an evening of conversation and play, The Box which had contained ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:11
Six-month-old granddaughter Emmy has alot to say, but most people around her would never know it.
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:19
While I adore family trips and the love that they rekindle among parents and their kids, there is also a time for a trip for mom and dad. Alone. ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:13
Human beings operate most confidently when we know the limits. Suffering from a fear of heights, I can only enjoy a mountainous scenic overlook whe...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:15
The stereo blares “76 Trombones” as the marchers step in line. Is it the annual Independence Day Parade? Nope. It’s your own family marching dow...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:23
When Sarah glanced in the backseat from her car’s rearview mirror, she saw a sight that amazed her. Her two preschool-aged children, so often enga...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:33
Keep Calm and Carry On was penned on a propaganda poster produced in England during the beginning of World War II. These words were intended to en...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:14
In our youth, our knees don’t creak. Our sleep is largely undisturbed. Our energy is boundless. And most importantly, a universe of possibility awa...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:27
There’s one resource every parent needs: a close friend or family member to stand beside them in the trenches.
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:18
Moms and dads capture the history of their children’s lives with photographs.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:35
