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StoryCorps Historias: Chhaya Chhoum and Eddie Rivera
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Chhaya Chhoum came to StoryCorps with her husband Eddie Rivera to talk about how they first met and the twists and turns of their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Sydia Bell and Danny Bell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sydia, Danny, and Maritza Bell with their dog (not Roxanna) in 2016
Danny Bell tells his daughter Sydia about trying to teach her mother to drive.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jason, the Veterinarian & the Book-eating Jaguar
From: Page Flippers
Series: Page Flippers Take on the World
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Meet Jason, a seven-year-old kid who loves reading and playing with his dogs. When a jaguar enters the library after the Page Flipper meeting and s...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 21:23
StoryCorps: Hunny Reiken and Elliot Reiken
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hunny and Elliot Reiken at StoryCorps in New York City., Credit: StoryCorps
At StoryCorps, Hunny and Elliot Reiken remember when Hunny and her identical twin sister met Elliot and his twin brother, Danny, in the Catskills.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:17
EE 21-47: Cooking lessons can come from the strangest places, 11/19/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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When was the last time your congressman sent you a cookbook in the mail?

  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
StoryCorps: Peter Bianco and Joe Bianco
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Joe Bianco speaks with his son Peter Bianco about working together and carrying on the family business of tool sharpening in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
The Lisa Show's Halloween Special 2020
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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In this special Halloween episode, learn about fall flowers, the obsession with zombies, and ideas for sharing candy during the pandemic.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 54:53
National Writers Series: Garth Stein
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Garth Stein talks with Sarah Bearup-Neal.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
S1 E3 Out Of The Way
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Hospitalist Ann Knapp navigates her own doubts and assumptions when her patient, a ninety-year-old man, states he wants to die -- today.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:25
The Big Pond #27: Welcome to Motherland
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Three women, two countries, one shared experience: Motherhood. From giving birth to receiving support – our producer Melissa Gerr looks at the role...

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


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Patrick Kraemer and Tracia Kraemer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Tracia and Patrick Kraemer met and fell in love at a resort just outside of New Orleans. The big difference in this love story? They met naked...at...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
How My Grandparents Fell in Love
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lucy DeVito
In 1933, a young Jewish immigrant returns to his Polish hometown in search of a wife and sets his sights on Chava, a savvy shopgirl. Written by Car...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KUER


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 18:21
  • Purchases: 3
New York Story by Mike Reiss
From: Playing on Air
Caption: Mike Reiss
In NEW YORK STORY by Mike Reiss (“The Simpsons”), Ed Asner is a master of the one-liner to his public, a pain-in-the-neck to his son (Peter Jacobso...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 31:31
Tiberio Simone: Cucumber Slices On Naked Bodies, So Yes, I’ll Eat My Vegetables
From: The Art of Risk
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Former Italian Special Forces paratrooper and James Beard Award-winning chef Tiberio Simone made the risky decision to move to Seattle for love. Th...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 39:21
StoryCorps: Frank Mutz and Phil Mutz
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Frank Mutz (left) and Phil Mutz (right)
A father and son talk about working together in an air conditioner repair business that has been in their family for more than half a century.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
Father/Daughter Poets, Willis and Aliki Barnstone
From: New Letters on the Air
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Father and daughter poets Willis and Aliki Barnstone share their work, talk about how they influence each other, and read from poems old and new.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Jeanne Abel and Alan Abel
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jeanne Abel and Alan Abel in their home in Southbury, Conn., Credit: Alletta Cooper
In 1964, Yetta Bronstein, a woman who never existed, ran for President of the United States. Her creators tell the story behind the fake candidate.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
Easy, Cheap, and Fast to Make: How to make Spaghetti by Nicolas Pena
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
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Nicolas interviews his dad while making spaghetti, who emphasizes how important it is to know how to cook-especially when you are single, and/or wh...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
Liliana & Jacob's "Why Hunt?"
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
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Cousins Juliana & Jacob explore hunting in this piece. Hunting seems to be a family tradition-stemming from their granddad who killed goats on his ...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
StoryCorps: Joanna and Bob Ebenstein
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joanna Ebenstein holding a taxidermy two-headed duckling at the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Joanna Ebenstein, founder of the Morbid Anatomy Museum, tells her father, Bob, about the childhood...

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 3
It's That One Moment of the Day
From: Amy Gastelum
Caption: Mother: A Podcast, Credit: logo created by Justin Schnarr
Fifteen year old Delia Hernandez tells her nurse why she breastfeeds.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
StoryCorps: Rita Fischer and Jay Fischer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rita Fischer (90) and Jay Fischer (65) recall the moment that Jay came out as gay.

Bought by WEZU, Public Radio for All, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
Author Garrison Keillor, citizen of Lake Wobegon
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Maybe you know this place. Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average. Perhaps best know...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Dawn and Don Burke
From: StoryCorps
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Dawn Burke talks to her husband, Don, about the rat sanctuary they’ve run out of their home for the past five years.

Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 104 - "How to Train Your Camel"
From: Dot Cannon
Series: Over Coffee™
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Gil Riegler, of the Oasis Camel Dairy, discusses training his camels for milking and public appearances

  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 05:45