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A decision to attend the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) as a Liberal tested James Coan and led to a surprising outcome about unity.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 15:06
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Just a few months after the Sandy Hook massacre, Newtown needed to decide what to do with the old school building. Rich Harwood was called in to help.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 21:13
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Meisha Lerato shares when she decided to confront a group of rowdy boys at a hotel pool, a decision that challenged her views on race and respect.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 17:42
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Preston Brightwell and Madeleine Jones (The Dignity Index) tell us about a heated discussion over the use of one word in their project's tagline.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 15:53
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Richard Craft, host of The Men of the House Podcast, shares how a remark to some of his employees led to a a formal write-up. But how did he respond?

  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 21:15
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As a child in Iran, Shima Baughman—criminal law professor and author—was taught to hate Israel. But then she chose to defend a Hasidic Jew in court.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 22:04
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Lisa Valentine Clark—host of The Lisa Show—had the perfect gift for her friend's 40th birthday. But she couldn't have been farther from the truth.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 21:25
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Parker Kane—beatboxer and motivational speaker—was in the midst of a mental health crisis. But then a call from a close friend changed everything. 

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 18:42
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Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo share stories of survival as refugees fleeing the American War in Vietnam, settling in Wisconsin, and their Hmong he...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 03:04
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The vast majority of people living with dementia receive essential care from their own family and friends. Two caregivers share their experiences s...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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More and more women are breaking up with the expectation that you need a partner to parent. What’s it like raising kids as a single mother by choice?

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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Assumptions about narcissism, loneliness and selfishness in only children are largely that: assumptions. But there are experiences unique to being ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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This episode of Audacious is the second installment about people who have facial differences. In this episode, meet two actors who worked together ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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What's it like being related to someone super famous? Like… Dolly Parton! Singer-songwriter Jada Star talks about shining bright in her aunt Dolly’...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Third culture kids spend their formative years trotting the globe, moving between different cultures and countries. Two third culture families shar...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 2
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Third culture kids spend their formative years trotting the globe, moving between different cultures and countries. Two third culture families shar...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, the second of two parts exploring the incredibly common, yet largely undiscussed, topic of estrangement. Es...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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: Charlie Sampson and his son Daniel Sampson at their StoryCorps interview in Denver, Colorado on May 30, 2023. , Credit: By Tamekia Jackson for StoryCorps.
Growing up in LA’s Watts neighborhood, a visit to a traveling carnival introduced Charlie Sampson to life as a professional cowboy. In 1982 he beca...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Gwen Timbimboo Davis at her StoryCorps interview in Brigham City, Utah on August 9, 2007., Credit:  By Rachel Falcone for StoryCorps.
Gwen Timbimboo Davis tells her daughter, Heather Timbimboo Jorgensen, about visiting the Shoshone Reservation as a kid, and remembers her grandmoth...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption:  Julianne Larsen and Mar Fenix Nauta at their StoryCorps interview in Logan, Utah on May 3, 2023., Credit: By Delilah Righter for StoryCorps.
Julianne Larsen and Mar Fenix Nauta remember the start of their romantic relationship, and how they’ve lifted each other up through the highs and l...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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Holly Hughes and Esther Newton are radical in their fields and a couple for more than 30 years. In this Pride special, they talk with Laura about t...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WNYE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Shannon Gibney talks about her new picture book "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight"

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:04
Caption: Margaret Powell and Folashade Alao at their StoryCorps in Decatur, Georgia on January 31, 2023, Credit: Kevin Alarcon
Folashade Alao remembers when she presented a Bill of Rights to her mother, Margaret Powell, and how it shaped their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Les Harris and Angie Presly at their StoryCorps interview in Springfield, MO on April 22, 2022., Credit: By Sarah Padgett for StoryCorps.
Les Harris and his daughter Angie Presley talk about how the accident that left him paralyzed changed their lives.

Bought by St. Louis Public Radio and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 2