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Should I Stay or Should I Go (To the Prom)
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's considered by many to be a rite of passage, but Blunt reporter David Barber-Callaghan isn't sure whether he wants to go to his senior prom. In...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and YouthCast


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 3
The Bad Kids by Marvin Gutierrez
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His seventh year in the competition, Marvin says this piece is about his love of graffiti. Marvin Gutierrez is 16 years old and a member of Kuumba...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:56
Saving The Sierra
From: Catherine Stifter
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3 stories of rural America where unlikely allies have found common ground in dealing with urban development pressures

Bought by KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, WCBU, WVIK, KUER and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
KERA Commentary: Public Sense of Identity
From: KERA
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How much our place of origin determines our sense of identity

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Secret Asian Woman
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Secret Asian Woman is a brief personal history of Mixed Race in America.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUOW, KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
From Yale to Hack [Two Versions]
From: WFUV
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Guyon Knight Dropped Out of Yale Graduate School to Drive A Taxi. Why?

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
First Day in America; Madeline Kunin and Edgar May
From: Vermont Public
Series: VPR Presents StoryCorps in Vermont
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Edgar May speaks with his sister Madeline Kunin about their first day in America.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 04:38
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Going on Again: Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Special
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This new music-intensive one-hour special features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band?s unique tribute to their New Orleans home on the one-year anniversar...

Bought by KMUW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRPS, KALW, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2006
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 18
Leaving the Gay Ghettoes
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of folks who have left the large urban gay centers for smaller cities, looking to start over...and what happens when they get there.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 4
American Jews in the IDF: One Day at the Border Crossing
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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An IDF soldier detains a Palestinian family at a border crossing and comes to an epiphany.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2006
  • Length: 09:56
Growing Up in a Coal Community
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Caption: Natasha Watts interviewing community members., Credit: Rebecca O'Doherty, Youth Radio
Growing up in a coal community, mining is a part of your everyday life. In light of the recent SAGO mine disaster Natasha Watts reflects on what i...

Bought by WGXC, WGBH Radio Boston, WXLV-FM, The Nature Podcast, and PRX


  • Added: Jan 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Red-Speak, Blue-Speak: Why Conservatives and Liberals Fail to Communicate
From: Janis Jaquith
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A personal essay illustrating George Lakoff's theory that what's moral for US is immoral for THEM

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Young Man in Maldives tells story of life since Tsunami
From: UNICEF
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this Story is free! Young Man in Maldives Describes Day-to-Day Life in a Temporary Camp

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:46
Sri Lankan Boy Tells Story of Tsunami's Effect on his Life
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Mohamed tells story of starting over after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:51
Great Lakes Management:conflicts And Cooperation.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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dr. peter loucks talks about water management on the great lakes.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ethics: The Foundation Of Corporate Governance.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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A successful CEO looks at business ethics.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
Me and My Monkey
From: Steven Tagle
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This long audio essay explores primate research and the conflict that exists between treating monkeys humanely and treating them like humans.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2005
  • Length: 18:25
Graham Shelby on Public Assistance
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby is surprised to find himself seeking public assistance to help support his three new babies.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
PART 5: We Were Considered Expendable
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Downwinder about experiences of radioactive fallout in the 1950s

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 4
Area-Code Chic**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:29
Stuck on a Word
From: Patricia Priest
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In this offbeat essay the commentator examines her newfound habit of cursing, a feeble but oddly satisfying response to these Orwellian times.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 03:31