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LIVING IN AN AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMP
From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy
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Mary Tamaki Murakami talks about life in an internment camp during World War II and why she sees parallels in today’s treatment of Muslim-Americans.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 4
The Crash, The Rock, It Sings
From: WPLN - Nashville Public Radio
Series: Versify (shorts)
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A city councilwoman shares how her path to public service began with an act of intimidation.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Zoe Courville and Lora Koenig
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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When Dr. Lora Koenig and Dr. Zoe Courville met in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet while doing climate research, their friendship helped them ...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WEZU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 4
Crowds and Solitude
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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On Stay Human thoughts are shared on being alone and being in a festival crowd, and how we need both.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:10
Winter Games by Rachel Bonds
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Rachel Bonds
As stray cats prowl and dough rises, two sardonic twenty-somethings flirt with dreams of Olympic glory - or maybe just escape from the small town b...

Bought by KZYX and KUER


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 2
Tucson is Our Home, an Interview with Mayor Rothschild
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Houda recently had an opportunity to sit down and talk with Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:56
Garland
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Painting, landscaping, demo work, dish washer... I'm available.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Daniel Ellsberg, The Pentagon Papers and The Post
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a 1997 conversation with whistle blower Daniel Ellsberg who released “The Pentagon Papers” in 1971.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
In Safe Hands
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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When we began Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship 20 episodes ago, Houda was focused on studying journalism and political science. But over the p...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:23
Luke Erickson - Long Way Home
From: Andy Sewell
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Small town boy heads to make it big in Nashville.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
The Impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. on One Man
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Orell Massey, Mendocino County's first and only black sheriff, who reflects on race and the impact of Dr. Martin Luther K...

Bought by WHFR and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
OutCasting Overtime - January 2018 - Is being bisexual queer enough for the LGBTQ community?
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: Samantha, a youth participant at OutCasting's bureau at Michigan State University
In this piece, OutCasting youth participant Samantha, a participant in our bureau at Michigan State University, ponders on what it means to be bise...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
What's At Stake With Steak
From: Renata Anuhea Sebstad
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"What's At Steak With Steak" gets us to look at our dinner plate differently and leave us with deeper questions about how we relate to meat.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 31:02
StoryCorps: Johnny Holmes and Christian Picciolini
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Johnny Holmes (left) and Christian Picciolini (right)
In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of security at a high school in Blue Island, Illinois, located just outside of Chicago, where he met Christian...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:19
Transgender military ban
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Max
On July 26th, the president tweeted his intentions to ban transgender individuals from serving in the US military without prior consultation with a...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:35
Language Is Life, Land is Sacred
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellows Vincent Medina and Isabella Zizi share deep and personal stories on Native American Organizing and ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KQED, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
I checked the 'Hispanic' box, but I feel like a fraud
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
This is what a concussion sounds like
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
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When you hear about concussions in the news, it's often about a football player. But kids get concussions too. In one recent year, nearly a quarter...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
How a terrible teacher inspired a boy who became the wonderful Mr. Little
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Mr. Drego Little teaches a class at Rainier Scholars., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/FEVEN MEKONENN
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
106: Let's Start a Band! (w/ Sylvan Esso)
From: The Mortified Podcast
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From Punk to Metal to Debbie Gibson... an ode to teens who scribbled lyrics in notebooks, learned the guitar and asked their friends to join their ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2017
  • Length: 26:32
Untitled (July 28, 2017)
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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In Episode 12: The teenagers of Small Syria are learning a lot these days. They’ve been studying English and math and American history. And they ar...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
101 Bren: My Best Friends are Movies of the Week
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The story of girl who copes with feeling like a misfit by inventing imaginary pen pal relationships with Movie of the Week characters. The Mortifie...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2017
  • Length: 24:06
Dia de los Muertos
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Martin Middle School 2016-17 Stories
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Kids at Martin Middle School discuss what Dia de los Muertos means to them.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Sarah Churchill and Yomi Wrong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sarah Churchill tells her daughter Yomi Wrong -- who has a genetic disorder that causes her bones to break easily -- about the night Yomi was born.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 4
The Therapist
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: The Meth Effect
Caption: Jessica Hofer, Credit: courtesy Rocky Mountain Treatment Center
Before she started running the horse therapy program at Rocky Mountain Treatment Center in Great Falls, MT, Jessica Hofer was an addict. For her, s...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1

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