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Episode 31: Jia Tolentino on Holding On To What's True in a Manipulative World, 4/18/2021

From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly continues her conversation with writers on Human Nature with New Yorker staff writer and intellectual phenom, Jia Tolentino.

Bought by WHYY, KQED, Maine Public Radio, WUFT, and WYAP

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 5

Episode 32: Brit Bennett on Curiosity, Categorizing People and Finding Comfort in Old Friends, 4/25/2021

From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly talks with Brit Bennett, the brilliant mind behind the bestselling book The Vanishing Half.

Bought by WHYY, KQED, Maine Public Radio, WUFT, and WYAP

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 5

Episode 33: Tamar Gendler On the Five Ancient Secrets to Modern Happiness, 5/2/2021

From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly talks with Yale philosopher, Dean Tamar Gendler to wrap up the Human Natures series with some fascinating insights.

Bought by KQED, WUFT, Maine Public Radio, and WYAP

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 4

Misunderstood: Anna Quindlen, Anna Sale and Kelly share readings and thoughts on family life.

From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Best Of Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly surrounds herself with podcaster Anna Sale and Pulitzer Prize winner Anna Quindlen to compare notes on family life.

Bought by WHYY, WYAP, Maine Public Radio, WHYY, WXXI Rochester and more

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 9

Episode 38: Austin Channing Brown on Black Girl Pride and Frustration, 5/30/2021

From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Austin Channing Brown is tired of explaining what it's like to be black, but her insight and passion is irresistible. Here's a conversation that wi...

Bought by Maine Public Radio and WYAP

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 2

Amanda Ripley on Personal + Global Conflict

From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Best Of Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Amanda Ripley on Breaking Free from Conflict

Bought by WYAP, WHYY, Maine Public Radio, and WYAP

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 4

Episode 36: Karen Moon on The Summer of Healing, 5/16/2021

From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Karen Moon on Loving Your Family through the Next Stage of the Pandemic

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WUFT, and WYAP

Added: May 25, 2021
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 3

Recovery Point

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I started out in detox and worked my way up to the director's position.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Feb 11, 2020
Length: 04:18
Purchases: 1

Maureen

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Sparx is a rat terrier Chihuahua, and he doesn’t let people get too close to me, I think for fear that they’re going to hurt me. He’s a good boy.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 04, 2017
Length: 04:22
Purchases: 1

Grandmothers Matter

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Some surprisingly controversial theories of human longevity.

Added: Oct 18, 2017
Length: 18:06

StoryCorps: Jim Stockdale and Jasey Schnaars

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Vice Admiral James Stockdale was a Vietnam War POW for more than seven years. His son, Jim, recalls the family’s difficult wait for his father’s re...

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio

Added: May 27, 2016
Length: 02:46
Purchases: 2

Slipping Away: An Alzheimer's Story, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Triptych photo illustration, Credit: Doug Dobey.

For the longest while I would think of my mother as a husk like the shell left behind by a cicada, all the internal meat gone, just a crisp skin re...

Added: Apr 15, 2016
Length: 27:38

Life of the Law #52: Birth Rights

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Pregnant with options. There’s the stroller, the crib and the adorable baby clothes. And, for more than 50,000 women each year birthing plans also ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Mar 17, 2015
Length: 14:17
Purchases: 1

Story of an African childhood: Author Robyn Scott

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

The author of “Twenty Chickens for a Saddle” is a social entrepreneur who works in southern Africa. But back when she was 7 she moved from England ...

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

Added: Feb 08, 2015
Length: 08:50
Purchases: 2

Learning to date all over again

From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories

Dating can be different for Muslims, Hindus and Latinos. Even once they've moved to America, some of the traditions stay alive, and some die.

Added: Jun 14, 2013
Length: 04:23

Ernie's Green Free Tree

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories

Under Ernie’s Free Tree neighbors and passersby pick from the free pile, the last of Ernie Winger’s possessions—recycling, laughing, crying, rememb...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jul 24, 2012
Length: 02:59
Purchases: 1

Making Noise to Prevent More Noise

From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time

Caption: Like a lot of kids with Tourette's, Finn also has severe ADHD. The flip side of that, Amanda says, is that his high energy makes him a ton of fun., Credit: Amanda Morgan

A toddler sniffs all of his Christmas presents before opening them and his mom realizes something is really wrong. What Tourette’s, OCD, and ADHD l...

Bought by PRX Remix and WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Feb 13, 2012
Length: 14:00
Purchases: 2

Representing Yourself in Court

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

A mother struggles to represent herself in a custody dispute when she runs out of money to pay her lawyer.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Aug 23, 2011
Length: 04:58
Purchases: 1

Surrogacy Among Friends

From: Karen Brown

A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

Added: May 27, 2011
Length: 06:58

Linda Contes and Evelyn Williams

From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1

Caption: Ms Evelyn Williams, Credit: Michael Premo

Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. With mounting hospital bills, Linda Contes and her husband struggle to make mortgage payments...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 10, 2011
Length: 11:11
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps Griot: William Anthony Cobb

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

William Anthony Cobb tells his mother, Mary, about the influence she had on him. William Anthony also talks with his sister, Valerie Foster, about ...

Bought by WEZU, KBBI Alaska, and KUOW

Added: May 09, 2011
Length: 05:08
Purchases: 3

Family, Derby and Nothing Else

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jan 06, 2010
Length: 05:56
Purchases: 1

The All-American Cambodian

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project

Chandra's mother is distant toward her activities, including cheerleading, at high school. Her mom has never watched her cheer. She objects to the ...

Bought by WMPG and YouthCast