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In the summer of 1950, Richard goes to work in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. The job was both part of his theological education and necessary to h...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 22:16
Richard and his friends sign up to work on the newly organized Carrot River Co-op Farm in the sparsely settled, harsh northern terrain of Saskatche...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 19:30
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:19
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:31
An avid backpacker shares mishaps and marvels encountered while exploring a national park; A vagabond finds the Lone Star State more worrisome than...
- Added: Sep 20, 2012
- Length: 29:08
This week it's our monthly series The Tin Roof Project, where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to life. This month's Tin Roofer ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This week our writers grapple with the colors that separate, whether black, brown, or white. Stories by Tyler Thompson, Leslie Epps, and Jennifer M...
- Added: Aug 25, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This week it's our 6th Annual Mothers Show, celebrating the awesome power of motherhood. Stories by May Griebel, Jan Hamlett, and Mike Noland. All ...
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This week our writers go up against the elements of water, fire, and earth-- and live to tell the tale. Stories by David Prud'homme, Holly Patton, ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Stories all about the power of LOVE as our writers wrestle with, try to trick, and are eventually overpowered by Cupid.
Stories by Jennifer Armstro...
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 29:02
A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 03:54
This week's stories are about words, and the silences between sentences. Madelyn Young reaches out to one of her students, Robin Satterfield strugg...
Bought by PRX Remix, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier returns to his childhood hometown only to find it has changed as much as he has. Southern-style storytelling ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Lisa Brandom, Rich Adams, and Lynn Ramage Shafer share about the transition to new perceptions: of God, of familiar places, and of humiliation. Sou...
- Added: Apr 27, 2011
- Length: 29:00
This piece looks at what it means to be transgender through a profile piece, and also explores transgender health disparities through the frame of ...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 14:13
- Purchases: 1
Bobby McFerrin has spent four decades breaking ground in jazz vocals – and his music always feels fresh. Hear how Miles Davis changed his life.
Bought by WMOT, CJRT-FM, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM and more
- Added: Mar 21, 2011
- Length: 05:32
- Purchases: 8
This week on Culture Clique, Olympian John Register speaks to us about the disabled community. While training for the 1996 Olympics, Register fell ...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 27:47
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...
Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR
- Added: Dec 08, 2010
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 5
Carmen Delzell gets of a bus in Texas at 4am. She's coming back from Mexico with $5.00 in her pocket. She puts her bags in a shopping cart and re...
- Added: Nov 24, 2010
- Length: 05:23
- Purchases: 3
On her way home from her grandmother's funeral in 1996, Carmen happens to meet a remarkable African-American guitarist in a thrift shop in North Ca...
- Added: Nov 24, 2010
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 3
Produced in 1992 and originally aired on All Things Considered, this evergreen story chronicles Carmen Delzell's visit to her grandmother in the nu...
- Added: Nov 24, 2010
- Length: 10:50
- Purchases: 3
Aspergers, in my opinion, has always been misunderstood due to it being a medical "condition." When you listen to this, I ask that you go in with ...
Bought by HowSound, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KSFR and more
- Added: Nov 09, 2010
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 8
Poem about origins performed by members of Santa Fe Indian School's spoken word team.
Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
- Added: Jun 21, 2010
- Length: 04:20
- Purchases: 1
"This afternoon, I have the most popular vagina in the state of Iowa. There are never fewer than two, and sometimes as many as six people gathered...
- Added: Jun 08, 2010
- Length: 07:37
David Stratton knew his wife was close to her family, but he never dreamed that it would one day lead her to infidelity.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 19, 2010
- Length: 09:49
- Purchases: 1
