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Around 2015, a young man who called himself Stephen showed up in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals noticed him sitting on the same park bench day ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 20:54
The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmother’s house had been burglarized. So, 12-year-old Jessica g...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 30:54
A SUDDEN LOSS - A Memorial To Lives Lost To COVID-19 (59:00 / 54:00 / 29:00/ plus optional 2nd hour)
From: Paul Ingles
Popular public radio hosts, past and present, read short eulogies to just some of the tens of thousands lost to the coronavirus pandemic in the las...
Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, MPR News Stations, KAAD-LP, Boise State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more
- Added: May 20, 2020
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 42
We investigate the dangers of vaping, while listening to the voices of high school administrators, health professionals and students. One thing is ...
Bought by KOSU, WHYY, Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media and more
- Added: Dec 03, 2019
- Length: 01:05:51
- Purchases: 12
For Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 30:30
A life lost, a life saved. The main character of this episode isn’t a person. It’s a nasal spray. Naloxone (aka Narcan) saves lives from opioid ove...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 23:51
- Purchases: 1
The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 29:58
Professional criminal...
- Added: Jun 04, 2018
- Length: 02:25:04
As many as 5,000 Nepali people have made their way to Akron during the last decade. It’s been a dramatic change for people who had held onto their ...
- Added: Nov 01, 2017
- Length: 28:59
Two generations of law enforcement recount the rewards and hardships of living in uniform.
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 14:11
In 2005, Teri Knight drove 650 miles on midwestern roads through Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois, pleading with the public to help her do what law...
Bought by ABC
- Added: Mar 05, 2017
- Length: 19:39
- Purchases: 1
Since 1965, there’s been an unsolved murder in Houston, Texas. The main suspect managed to disappear and police were never able to find him. The ca...
- Added: Apr 17, 2016
- Length: 23:29
What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?
- Added: Dec 12, 2014
- Length: 11:00
What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?
- Added: Dec 12, 2014
- Length: 21:09
How long would your relationship last without a kiss or more than a kiss In America, only three states allow prisoners and their spouses or domesti...
- Added: Dec 12, 2014
- Length: 17:48
- Purchases: 2
A proposed east-west highway across the state of Maine has been on the minds of legislators since it was included in the original proposal for the ...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 07:41
Dick Moreau has hung over 50,000 posters of his daughter around the area of Jay, Maine. This is the story of one family's 26-year quest for answers.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 01, 2013
- Length: 07:27
- Purchases: 3
It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 13:36
A recent college grad discusses her new start -- the one she was supposed to have post-school and that she looks forward to after she moves out of ...
Bought by KISU
- Added: Nov 29, 2009
- Length: 03:14
- Purchases: 1
In a special collaboration between “Feet in Two Worlds,” we hear the story of an immigrant family torn apart after an immigration raid in Phoenix, ...
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Oct 13, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
Paul Vallas talks to John Merrow about his successes, challenges and strategies for making change in the New Orleans Recovery School District.
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 18:58
A new inquiry into a notorious murder case that asks: Were the wrong men convicted of this crime?
Bought by Audible and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 24, 2005
- Length: 59:26
- Purchases: 2
