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Caption: John LaFratta, Credit: Charles McGuigan
John LaFratta didn’t start practicing law until he was in his thirties. He had studied business and English literature as an undergraduate, and wor...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 27:06
Caption: John LaFratta, Credit: Charles McGuigan
John LaFratta is a defense attorney in both civil and criminal cases. Over the years he has represented clients charged with every conceivable crim...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 27:47
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Tonight’s episode comes to you live from Los Angeles, where Desert Oracle Radio opened the show for “Seattle’s Slowest,” the legendary group EARTH ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The House, Credit: Catherine Rose McGuigan
Kimberly had talked about her house as if it was a person, her best friend as she put it. Stephanie saw her house as a metaphor for her life, falli...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 24:53
Caption: The Houlihans, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
This week we encounter the supernatural with Beth and Chris Houlihan.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 26:58
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This time on The Children's Hour we explore how reading to dogs can help kids feeling confident and excited about reading. Read To The Dogs program...

Bought by KECG, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRSC and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This time on The Children's Hour we explore how reading to dogs can help kids feeling confident and excited about reading. Read To The Dogs program...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply person...

Bought by WUAL, WILL, WJCT, and WVXU


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Terry Menefee Gau, Kathi Shiff, Didi Tremblay, Mary Carpenter and Melissa Gray. , Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
We continue with the stories of five brave women—Terry Menefee Gau, Melissa Gray, Kathi Shiff, Mary Carpenter and Didi Tremblay—who like so many ot...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 27:31
Caption: Melissa Gray, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
This is part 3 of a series called #metoo. We continue with the stories of five remarkable women—Terry Menefee Gau, Melissa Gray, Kathi Shiff, Mary ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 27:53
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Many rites of passage are a source of much joy and anticipation, but some – such as the one Tanya Huyard observed at Jerusalem’s “pacifier tree” –...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 08:14
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Mishy joins his 18-month-old niece, Sol, for dinner. He tries, with partial success, to find out what her favorite food is.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 02:02
Caption: Scratch & Sniff Logo, Credit: Walker Raigh
A special Mother’s Day episode where Walker reads a letter she sent to her mom years ago to tell her why her desire to never have children does not...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 05:14
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Bob Shea has written and illustrated over a dozen children's picture books. His newest is the award-winning “CHEZ BOB,” a story about a lazy yellow...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 09:55
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Dark Winter Nights Executive Producer Ryan Peterson tells the wild story of how he found his birth parents.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
As economic gaps rise, students are often the most affected. In Utah, one school is finally taking a stand for less fortunate students.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Night Noises graphic illustration, Credit: Catherine McGuigan
“Everything can change just like that.” That’s what Jane says. But there is no snap of fingers. This is the preamble to a story she’s retold a hun...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2021
  • Length: 27:43
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Katie Davis tells the story of an inadvertent provocation between two boys at a teen center in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the conflict that...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Today's episode is full of stories about horses and the remarkable history that revolves around these animals.

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
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A child's arrest is the first official step into the juvenile justice system, but law enforcement practices push kids out of other systems that are...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:24
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Host Rick Brewer learns the details of a family secret. The story of how his parents met.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 17:28
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In this hour we hear two stories interrogating two myths about our criminal legal system. First up is The Myth of The Super Predator, an idea firs...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 1
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An audio documentary about the parent-led fight to reform New York City's child welfare system.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 39:13
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When Wendy Hellowell’s son Oliver was born, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome. She realized the two of them would face enormous challenges. But t...

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 16:37
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Chris Gough, scientist and professor at VCU.
It is the most expansive war in human history, and it is occurring on every continent. Unlike all previous wars, this one is truly a world war beca...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 27:37