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The End of Smallpox
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
Elliott Woods - Veteran, Jounalist and Creator of Third Squad
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week’s guest is Elliott Woods, multimedia journalist based in Livingston, Montana. Elliott is a veteran and his work has been published in Out...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 156: Sister Helen
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, “I thought that all I wa...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 39:19
The Quest
From: Marc Maximov
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After seeing ads for home DNA tests on TV, John decided to give it a try. Just spit into a cup—what did he have to lose… or gain?

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 13:23
To Think There's Nothing Else Out There
From: Sofia Saldanha
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A tribute to the science fiction american old-time radio series, combined with an intriguing testimony of a woman that suspects that an alien race ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2018
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Inside the World of OCD
From: Elaine Vitone
Series: Pitt Medcast
Caption: Compulsions often manifest as rituals, like excessive ironing., Credit: Cami Mesa
Every day, Hilary Zurbuch grappled with a nagging fear that if she didn’t look just right, something bad would happen. Zurbuch lives with obsessive...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 1
Identical Strangers
From: Radio Diaries
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Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein share 100 percent of their DNA. Separated at birth, the twins were both adopted and raised by loving families. The...

Bought by WDBM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, American Voices, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 4
Life of the Law Episode #60: The Bear
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Bounty hunters are kind of like human bloodhounds. They’re dogged. They won’t stop until they get who they’re looking for. Frank Abramovitz is a bo...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 20:22
Leigh Kamman remembered
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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For six decades, radio announcer and jazz enthusiast Leigh Kamman guided listeners on a musical journey through the sounds he loved: Jazz. KFAI pro...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Sioux Chef Sean Sherman
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Chef Sean Sherman is also known as the Sioux Chef. In September 2014 he opened a business of the same name, catering and educating people on “pre-r...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 10:16
Place + Memory: Remembering Dreamland
From: Jesse Dukes
Caption: The high dive at Dreamland., Credit: Courtesy Dr. Reginal Shareef.
Memories of an African-American swimming pool and dance club in the Jim Crow south.

Bought by KALW and WABE


  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
15: Music and Memory (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
'To Heal A Sick Nation: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and IDEAS'
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1966, Credit: AFP/Getty Images
This program tells the untold story about Dr. Martin Luther King and his appearance on the most prestigious lecture series in Canada, shortly befor...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 49:57
  • Purchases: 1
Views and Brews: The Elegance of Physics
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Steven Weinberg, Credit: Matt Valentine
Professor Steven Weinberg is a Nobel laureate in physics and a theoretical physicist who is an outspoken thinker on topics ranging from nuclear wea...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:20:04
Julian's Dinosaurs
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How does a family function when living out of a hospital during a young child's illness?

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
Unbearable Durga
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Pandal at Durga Puja, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy makes his way throughout the madness that is Durga Puja.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Elvis at Stax
From: Joyride Media
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Stories from Elvis Presley's 1973 session at Stax Studios in Memphis

Bought by WNMU-FM, KPSQ-LP, WNMU-FM, Harford Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Daunting DIY
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Tiny house living requires a minimalist approach., Credit: Califia Suntree
This episode features stories about projects that might seem impossible at first: tiny house construction, moving by bike, "hacking" reality, and h...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Drugs: Defying the Influence
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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From the outside, it seemed like Michael had it all - parents who loved him, a supportive brother, an affluent home, and good grades. But, wanting...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 15:08
15: Music and Memory
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:46
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne - "Winter Projects"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
Juan's Diary, Part 2: Back to Mexico
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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In Juan’s second audio diary, he travels back to Mexico to visit his dying grandfather. This is his first time back since he immigrated to the Unit...

Bought by KSFR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 25:51
  • Purchases: 2
Happy with Nothing
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new version of success

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk
From: WXXI Rochester
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To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 27:10