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How is raising a little girl in the United States different from raising her in India? What happens when you move to America where expectations fo...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Claudia Quigg
My years of marriage have taught me that raising kids with another person is rarely a smooth ride. Any two adults bring very different upbringings...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s take on toddlers is right on: “A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender but you don’t have a top for it.”

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:43
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How do you pass on the culture of a country you can’t remember? Three generations of the Hang family in Portland, Maine, try to reconcile memories ...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Jessalyn, a student at Menlo Park High School in Minneapolis has a touching reminiscence in verse about her great grandmother, the matriarch of her...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Eid, an Islamic,a twice annual celebration is a favorite holiday of many Islamic students. Farhan, of the Luxton after-school program, contributes ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Pam McKissick, Credit: Auction Network Productions
This program is all about embracing our multi-generational workforce. The focus is on the differences in the way generations of Americans -- BabyBo...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Here, the kids line up outside Congress on their first day., Credit: Credit Dustin Dwyer / Michigan Radio
For this special documentary, Dustin Dwyer spent six weeks in the fall following a group of third grade students at Congress Elementary in Grand Ra...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:31
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Stories about people coming out as gay or lesbian are more and more common. But usually it’s young people coming out to parents or friends. Allison...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXDU


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
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Sonali Gulati’s new film, I Am, chronicles her personal journey to Delhi, India, where she confronts the loss of her mother whom she never came out...

Bought by WJCT, KUAC, WTJU, and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Sonali Gulati’s new film, I Am, chronicles her personal journey to Delhi, India, where she confronts the loss of her mother whom she never came out...

Bought by WCNY and WCPN


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Claudia Quigg
The middle-age woman spoke tentatively as she reached for words to express her meaning. She was raised in the south, the great-grandchild of slave...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Claudia Quigg
I love words. A well-turned phrase gives me goose bumps. Words play a significant role in my life. But sometimes in the life of a family, words ...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Pam McKissick Without Reserve, Credit: Auction Network Productions
This episode is about "Therapy Dogs in the Courtroom" but it’s much more than that. It’s the story of changing the system from within, leveling the...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 49:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A story about a really cute little girl and how music saved a marriage. Producer Anna Boiko-Weyrauch set out to discover how music intersected the ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Wells, San Francisco, CA 10/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Wells talks verisimilitude, getting past right or wrong, and surviving the family dinner.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 10:45
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Radio Curious discusses interracial relationships with Harvard professor Randall Kennedy, author of “Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identit...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
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What are some of the steps that same-sex couples take in order to create a family?

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: The Everly Brothers
Celebrating The Everly Brothers-a tribute to Don & Phil Everly with classic tracks from their entire career including rare interviews, demos, alter...

Bought by Prairie Public and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:34
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Horseback riding on Daphne
Listen to this fascinating interview with Mike Beck, singer, song writer, horseman, and volunteer contributor to the Joyful Horse Project. The Joyf...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 48:09
Caption: At the Canoe Journey, Credit: Photos courtesy of Jack Storm, used with permission. Jack Storms/StormsPhoto.com
In the Pacific Northwest, Native Americans honor their cultural heritage by participating in an annual canoe journey. A Swinomish elder shares his ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:10