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Lahaina, Maui has experienced the deadliest wildfire the country has seen in the last century. Reporter Emily Tom spoke with a survivor about the c...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KLCC


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 3
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A local aid agency is racing to get medical supplies into Ukraine and bringing refugees into the Bay Area. "Civic" We spoke with those who are angr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
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Ajmal Achekzai reflects on escaping Afghanistan as a child, returning as a U.S. Marine, and his fears and hope for the future of its people.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Beenish Ahmed’s journey from NYC to her Pakistani immigrant parents’ home in Ohio brings up questions of belonging and the meaning of family.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 26:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Normally, Rachel Gemara is an oncology nurse at Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. But back in March, she was one of a handful of nurses tr...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 06:35
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NOT FOR BROADCAST: On this page is a programmers' audition sample of the program A SUDDEN LOSS which will be released for download on Wednesday, M...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KSJE, 90.5 WESA, WHRV, KWGS and more


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 15:13
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Joe Newman and Anita Sampson, Credit: ABC Action News
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
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Marina is a pediatric nurse from Austin and the Rio Grande Valley who deeply opposes the detention centers for children crossing the Texas-Mexico b...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 26:01
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Spectrum: The dogged, interminable struggle with diabetes - This week on the show, DW reports from a special conference in Bochum, where experts ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Justin poses with the tattoo that you got for his twentieth birthday, representing the cross country bib that was taken away from him in 2010., Credit: (c) Janel Semonasky, 2017
Justin Bachman has spent his whole life being different. After being diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, Bachman chose to teach others about tolera...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAER Syracuse, NY, and WNYO


  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Mace , Credit: npr.org
A conversation with Simone Senogles and Noreen Hautala about the state of affairs in Standing Rock. This segment aired October 28, 2016.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 15:57
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Nashua, NH Police Sergeant, Lakeisha Phelps is one of two black police officers on a force with 176 police officers, in one of New Hampshire’s most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Students at Syracuse University march around campus holding signs and chanting.
A piece about college students standing for change and ending rape culture.

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: Depression On The Color Wheel, Credit: Stephanie Mooney 2016
Recent studies show that Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, may not be a real disorder after all.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
Caption: Peyton Sefick plays weekly on the local CNY United Power Soccer Team for extra practice for the 2017 World Cup, Credit: © 2015 Elissa Candiotti
One young man in Syracuse is preparing to embark on a journey across the world all for the love of a game. In 2017, Peyton Sefick will compete in t...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:54
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Nicholas Heyward Sr. remembers his son, Nicholas Jr., a 13-year-old who was playing with a toy gun when he was killed by a police officer in Brookl...

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:40
Caption: Anthony Perez and his son Gage., Credit: Ben Allen/WITF
Heroin addiction has touched towns and cities across the Northeast. In this piece, WITF's Ben Allen goes beyond the numbers to talk to a family who...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:07
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 11:00
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 21:09
Caption: Suzette Jordan, Credit: Sandip Roy
Recently the Park Street rape victim did something almost unthinkable in India. She revealed her identity.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
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There's a battle going on for the soul of Kensington Market in downtown Toronto...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 22:00
Caption: Luis Lopez, Credit: Craig Santoro
For Luis Lopez, violence arrived unexpectedly at his own front door. The seventeen-year-old sophomore starts his story in a classroom.

Bought by WHYY and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 2
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From "Warrior Writers" 8/20/2010: War News Radio reports on the Warrior Writers program, which helps US veterans channel their feelings and experie...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
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Youth Radio's Luis Sierra describes his father's decision to return to Mexico after decades in the United States because of the economic crisis.

Bought by Vocalo.org and WMNF


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2