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Teen mental health in America is getting worse. What role do medication, sleep and social media play?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RadioStPete Florida, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a trio of escape room-loving kids as they challenge their biggest challenge yet in The Mystery of Loc...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
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Before he became an acclaimed children's writer, Douglas Wood often felt like a failure. A letter from a famous wilderness guru changed all that.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
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
Caption: Young People's Chorus of New York City members
Music written for children -- to sing, to play, to enjoy -- by Cuban-born Paquito D'Rivera and Emilio Aragón, Catalan Xavier Montsalvatge, and Teru...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSJE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KVNO and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 31
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Rebuilding a life after your family plans are disrupted.

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Caption: Arshe Ahmed, Radiyya, and Sohaib Sultan at Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey on August 30, 2020, Credit: Courtesy of Arshe Ahmed
Imam Sohaib Sultan and his wife, Arshe Ahmed, came to StoryCorps to talk about becoming parents, and what it means to live “a blessed life.”

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Robert Robinson and Dr. John Fortunato at their StoryCorps interview in Chicago, Illinois on October 30, 2023, Credit: Jeb Backe for StoryCorps
After Dr. John Fortunato diagnosed Robert Robinson’s daughter, Angel, with a rare kind of cancer, the father and doctor forged a lasting bond.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:20
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An anthropology professor makes unexpected discoveries about his profession and himself when his second child is born with Down Syndrome.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:48
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How to talk about abortion - and why it's crucial that we do, even if there's no chance we'll change our minds

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a group of code-busting kids on an amusement park adventure in A Disappearance in Magicland, the seve...

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Lisa figures out how to get out of a rut and back on our feet.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
Caption: Louise Fraser, Credit: Fraser School
Minnesota children with disabilities didn’t go to public school in the early 1900s. They were often sent away to institutions where they lived in h...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 07:02
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Looking down the barrel at 2024, from our perch in the High Desert. Mojave thunderstorms, the strange maxims of the ancient temples, Christmas-tree...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on an all-important mission with a clever middle-schooler in Finney and the Secret Tunnel, the first b...

Bought by WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU, WUTC, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Realizing she is nearing the end of life, Scott Miller sits down with his mom, Jackie Miller, for one last interview.

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:37
  • 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
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Eugenio Derbez talks capturing essence, forging bonds, and showing the other side of Mexico.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2023
  • Length: 10:33
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Two siblings named Ruby and Hart die in a car crash. The surviving parents, Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell, generously share with us their grief an...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 2
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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Public education in America is in crisis. Are elected school boards the problem – or the key to a solution?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, RADIOLEX, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
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Many people feel they have to be perfect in every aspect of caregiving. We can find ourselves in situations where we have very little compassion fo...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Figuring out who you really are while giving so much to others

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1