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A MO-HO Releases His Trauma With The Shards Of An Honor Code Junkie
From: Judlyne Lilly-Gibson
Caption: Composer Blake Allen with his Album Cover Shards Of An Honor Code Junkie, Credit: Blake Allen
Composer Blake Allen wrote a musical treatment of his experience as a gay man while a Mormon and a student at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 10:04
Showing Up
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Our work in the correctional facilities in New York City didn't stop during the pandemic. We talked with the Justice Initiatives team at BPL to hea...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 26:38
Sarah Bellamy Leads Toward New Theater Arts Landscape
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Sarah Bellamy, Artistic Director of Penumbra Theater, Credit: Ann Marsden
On the heels of Penumbra Theatre's 2.5 million dollar Ford Foundation grant, KFAI's Sheila Regan talked with Sarah Bellamy, Lily Tung Crystal, and ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
Reading Race
From: Rebecca Nolan
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A racial justice book group confronts the reality of racism on Cape Cod.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:32
Life After Loss for Orphans in Africa
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
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A research team is testing a novel new approach to helping orphans in Kenya get mental healthcare.

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:25
Stan Lee
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Stan Lee
A feature-style interview with Stan Lee looking back at his life and career.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 09:03
Stan Lee's Awesome Washington Con Job
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Comic Writer Stan Lee makes more than a cameo in Washington
Stan Lee, the creator of American Pop Culture myths like Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man, will take part in the fifth annual Awesome ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT -- Ciro Guerra Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Ciro Guerra talks understanding cultures, respect for knowledge, and letting the audience use its imagination.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 08:28
Gender Fluid Generation: Evolving Gender Norms At School
From: Youth Radio
Caption: Jace McDonald,16, stands in front of his high school’s bathrooms in El Cerrito, California. Under current California law, students have the right to use the school bathroom that corresponds with their preferred gender., Credit: Teresa Chin
Young people increasingly see gender as not just limited to male and female. Youth Radio has been exploring the torchbearers of gender fluidity -- ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
The U.N. of Native American Fellowship
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Group photo in front of the meeting hall mural, Credit: Intertribal Friendship House, Oakland
The words “Native American Reservation” might conjure an image of an expansive Southwestern landscape, or maybe a Casino. But for the 45,000 Native...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:46
An Ethiopian coffee ceremony right here in the Twin Cities
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Ethiopia is said to be the birthplace of coffee, and this aromatic elixir continues to be an important part its culture. KFAI’s Allison Herrera met...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:29
Bay Area Beats: Rapping assistant principal uses music to connect with students
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Some of all Parts, is a San Francisco rap group made up of old high school buddies Carlos Teasdale, Daniel Velarde, and Joe Truss. Truss is Assista...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Outdoor Afro explores Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. And yet for people of color who enjoy the outdoors, exploring Minnesota's wilderness spaces can be ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:16
San Francisco's "Field of Greens" at AT&T Park
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The Edible Garden at AT&T Park , Credit: San Francisco Giants
Behind a wall in a park in San Francisco, there’s a large and thriving vegetable garden. That might not seem like such a big deal. But the park is ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:22
Meet Golden Gate Park’s hairiest denizens
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The bison of Golden Gate Park., Credit: Laura Klivans
Betsy. Buttercup. Bambi. Those are not Disney characters but three of the eight female bison that live at the bison paddock in Golden Gate Park. Sa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
With New Focus, Episcopal Church Of Louisiana Addressing A History Of Racism
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Caption: Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church., Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
AFTER TILLER -- Martha Shane & Lana Wilson Phone Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Martha Shane and Lana Wilson talk fear, safety, and putting people before politics.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:41
The only ghost town in the Bay Area, Drawbridge
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Gunning skiff, Collection of San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, Credit: Oakland Museum of California
Think of a ghost town, and San Francisco Bay is not likely to come to mind. Yet the remnants of such a place are currently sinking into the marshes...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
Oakland Black Cowboy Association rides again
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: An Oakland Black Cowboy at the Oakland City Stables, Credit: Julie Caine
For close to 40 years, the first weekend of October has brought something unusual to the urban byways of West Oakland: cowboys, on horseback, ridin...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
Predators of the Heart: Where Wild Animals Meet God
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Predators of the Heart, a traveling wildlife exhibit and reptile show from Anacortes, Wash., displays animals from around the world to the Christian Assembly Foursquare Church in Missoula, MT., Credit: Samuel Wilson
Most know the old stories about Noah's Ark and how Eve was tempted by a snake, but now God’s creatures are uncaged and in church. Producer Ruth Edd...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:32
Mapping the War
From: War News Radio
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The four Iraqis you’re about to hear tell a story of a remembered landscape. It’s a story about how war blackened the city of Baghdad, split its ne...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Taxidermy Boot Camp
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Students at the Second Nature School of Taxidermy, Credit: Bill Dishman
Who signs up to spend five weeks with dead critters during a Montana Winter? Producer Jessica Murri answers that question from the Second Nature Sc...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound of Blindness
From: Radio K
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Without sight, the blind must rely on the soundscapes around them to navigate through a world of audio overload. To truly experience this world, Pr...

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


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
In praise of "Lost Causes"
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
Caption: Mark Goldsmith speaks to former inmates
In this edition of Tiny Spark, we explore what happens when someone refuses to accept the idea of a "lost cause" and instead gets down to the work ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
  • Length: 14:56
  • Purchases: 2
Salty Lou’s Local Lobster
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Rob Martin, Cape Cod lobsterman, Credit: JP Davidson
A lobsterman and his girlfriend try to build the market for locally caught and processed lobster, in an increasingly global industry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 5