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U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-14) and Mississippi Poet Laureate (2012-16) Natasha Trethewey
From: New Letters on the Air
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Guest editor of BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2017, Natasha Trethewey talks about her her first creative non-fiction book, BEYOND KATRINA: A MEDITATION ON T...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Scott Lowery: Poet
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Wordish
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Poet Scott Lowery shares his poem "Shawn" on this weeks segment of Wordish.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:05
StoryCorps: Francine Anderson
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Francine Anderson
Francine Anderson grew up in rural Virginia during the 1950s. It was the Jim Crow South and “Whites Only” signs punctuated the windows of many busi...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Aug 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Tom Sullivan and Terry Sullivan
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Tom and Terry Sullivan holding a photo of their son, Alex
On July 20, 2012, a gunman shot and killed 12 people in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. One of the victims was Alex Sullivan. He was ce...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Emily Addison
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Emily Addison
On June 12, 2016 a lone gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.Among those killed was Deonka Drayton. She was 32. Deon...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: George Rincon and Yolanda Reyes
From: StoryCorps
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At the beginning of the Iraq War, nearly 40,000 members of the United States military were not citizens. Army Private First Class Diego Rincon was ...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Month: Jazz Guitarist Emily Remler: A Musical Remembrance
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A one-hour program focusing on the work of female jazz guitarist Emily Remler. Great for Women's History Month!

Bought by WNMU-FM, WKMS, KMUW, WCPN, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
LGBTQ youth remember the late Gilbert Baker, creator of the rainbow flag
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Caption: Gilbert Baker in our studio, 3/1/17. He died unexpectedly just a month later.
OutCasting youth participant Alex remembers Gilbert Baker, longtime LGBTQ activist and creator of the rainbow flag

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
I Pretend That I Am a Man But I am Just a Young Boy
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Episode 9: Houda introduces you to another resident of Tucson’s Small Syria: her neighbor and classmate, Mohammad.

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:35
170429 The South - New Orleans Removes It's Confederacy Statues
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Chess Records' first release was a disastrous Tibbs Brother song expressing displeasure with the then recently deceased racist Mississippi Governor...

  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:08:20
The Blind Dog and Other Radio Stories: A Conversation With Scott Carrier
From: Missouri Audio Project
Caption: Scott Carrier and Julija Šukys, Credit: Shane Epping
Scott Carrier talks to Julija Šukys about bearing witness, about telling difficult stories, about spinning tales of human oddness, and about the re...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 15:23
These Few Remaining Memories
From: City High Radio
Caption: Mattea, her big sister, Margo, and her dad
Even though Mattea was only six years old when her dad died, the loss still affects her today. In this moving story, Mattea, now 17, sits down to t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Pairing Fine Wine with Cologne?
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Does the mere wearing of cologne overpower a fine wine tasting? The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemistry driven show created for anyone who h...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eyes of Another
From: Terence Mickey
Series: Memory Motel
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Autobiographical memories are the stories we tell ourselves, but they’re also a window into other people’s experiences. They’re one of the best way...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:10
StoryCorps: Kayla Wilson and Wendy Founds
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A story told in two parts: Kayla Wilson came to StoryCorps in 2006 to talk about her mom’s drug addition and incarceration. Ten years later, she re...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
Why doesn't my medical insurance cover this? TCBRADIO investigates
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: Curved Spine, Credit: Nate and his Doctors
You have medical insurance. Each month you submit your rather large premium payments, and when it's time to actually use the insurance for a medica...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
Pregnancy in Prison
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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Our episode focuses on the experience of being pregnant while in prison. We speak with Dr. Alicia Suarez, PhD, who teaches at DePauw University. ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 26:56
The Best And Worst A Country Has To Offer
From: Virginia Lora
Caption: Building of the former Michael Bianco, Inc. Factory, Credit: Photo by Virginia Lora
In 2007, hundreds of undocumented immigrants working illegally in a leather-goods factory in New Bedford, MA, were arrested by Federal Immigration ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 5
An Artistic Memory of a Pet
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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When a cat dies, its owner grieves. Minneapolis glass artist Steve Claypatch is helping pet owners grapple with a pet's death in an unusual way. KF...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
For World AIDS Day Steve Moore: Tears of a Clown, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Steve Moore
Steve Moore is a slight man, drawn somewhat by the disease he lives with. I’d put him at about 140 pounds. But that might be a little much. Steve’s...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 26:08
Episode 3: Lost weekends
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Betty Peters, known as Mama Betty, shuttles jail visitors along the last mile of the journey. , Credit: George Lavender
Thousands of Los Angeles County prisoners are housed in Pitchess Detention center. For visitors, the journey to the jail can take all day. The clos...

Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Mwende Katwiwa at Community Book Center
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: The Poetic City
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Mwende Katwiwa performs a poem about a police killing in New Orleans that occurred on Lundi Gras.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:24
Suicide Prevention Day
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In honor of Suicide Prevention Day, Rock School discusses suicide throughout the music industry.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Border(less)
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
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Refugees navigate Europe's elusive borders

Bought by WRGY and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:01
  • Purchases: 2
Swan Diving
From: Sophia Steinert-Evoy
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How do you process a suicide during adolescence?

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 07:40

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