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StoryCorps: Mason Best and Roseann Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mason Best and Roseann Smith at their StoryCorps interview in Queens, New York on March 25, 2023, Credit: By Julia Kirschenbaum for StoryCorps
Mason Best, age 12, came to StoryCorps with his mother Roseann Smith to reflect on their relationship and share some of his philosophies on life.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot and American Pathways: Beau McCall and Julaina Glass
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Julaina Glass and Beau McCall met as neighbors in a Harlem, NY brownstone. They came to StoryCorps nearly 35 years later to remember -- and laugh a...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Short List #8
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative "Short List" poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: :47
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Zoë Waters, Maddy Waters, and Nick Waters
From: StoryCorps
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Ten-year-old triplets Maddy, Zoë, and Nick Waters have spent their entire lives together, sharing everything from a birthday to a bedroom. But desp...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Comedy, Comedians, and Political Correctness: Not a Laughing Matter
From: Lauren Perlowski
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This piece looks at what is and is not acceptable to say on stage from a comedians point of view.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 04:40
Christine's First
From: Caitlin Pierce
Series: Borders
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Christine navigates love and romance as she grows up.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 07:08
For Valentine's Day: Love on the New York Subway
From: Asa Merritt
Caption: It all went down in the 6th Ave tunnel.
A couple who fell in love during Hurricane Sandy shares how their romance blossomed on the platforms of New York City's subway.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:59
#16 MIW Michelle Bandy - Pregnant Teens Social Worker and Super Mom
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Michelle Bandy on Making It Work Radio, Credit: Oddua Productions
Fun and cheap things to do is how social worker and mother of three, Michelle Bandy, enjoys herself here in the Bay. On this episode of Making It W...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 25:15
What was the last thing that made you really happy?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Eating a sandwich? Going on a date? A vacation?

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:37
The Assassin's Bell
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys
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A young Soviet 'Pioneer' (i.e. boy scout) squares off with the CIA -- will he live to tell the tale?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
Is finding love in high school possible?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
L-O-V-E can be pretty tricky.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
I Didn't Know That (Comedy)
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's so much more than telling jokes.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
The power of plastic!
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For some teens, few things can compare with the feeling of getting a drivers license! Once you have it, freedom and endless adventures lie ahead!

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Do you sing in the shower?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We all do it! Well, at least most of us.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 05:08
Short List #2
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 7
Pet Peeves
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What's your big pet peeve? ATMI asked the community to chime in and answer our Google Voice question of the month.

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Teacher Crush Vox
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A vox full of memories of innocent teacher crushes.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 4
Gas Prices are the New Curfew
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
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When gas prices shot past 4 dollars a gallon this year, commentator King Anyi Howell noticed that no longer were parental curfews curtailing his fu...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
Pick Up 101
From: Berkeley J-School
Caption: PRX default Piece image
pick-up artists on how getting lucky isn't about luck

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:31
Who Killed Santa Claus For You?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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How we learned that Santa wasn't real.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRVO Public Media, PRX to iTunes, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 13
Letcher County Legends
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
n eastern Kentucky storytelling is not just a pastime, it?s a way you communicate.

Bought by KRCB Voice of Youth


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Will You Go To Prom With Me?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Asking is the hardest part.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, Vocalo.org, KFAI Minneapolis, KCRW and more


  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 9
Love is Like an Apple
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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Adrian Boyes poses the simple question, "What is Love?"

Bought by KRZA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Littleglobe and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 9
Rock On, Reality!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New reality series induce fear and loathing.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2004
  • Length: 02:06
All Things Remixed: A Youth Radio Spoof
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A brief spoof-advertisement for an apocryphal CD that remixes 1960s classics with hip-hop beats.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KSFR, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 3