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Making Noise to Prevent More Noise
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Like a lot of kids with Tourette's, Finn also has severe ADHD. The flip side of that, Amanda says, is that his high energy makes him a ton of fun., Credit: Amanda Morgan
A toddler sniffs all of his Christmas presents before opening them and his mom realizes something is really wrong. What Tourette’s, OCD, and ADHD l...

Bought by PRX Remix and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 2
Child Brides & Drug Lords
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Opium, child brides, drug lords and their effect on current life in Afghanistan is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious when we visit with Afghan...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Lora and Neil Johnson talk about The Night I Met Santa and Resorts of Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Lora and Neil join Heidi from their car and driveway, for a conversation about each of their new books.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 18:31
  • Purchases: 1
One Love and Sweet Judy Blue Eyes
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Cedella Marley and Judy Collins, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 59:50
  • Purchases: 1
The New Girl Scouts
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Just shy of their 100th birthday, the Girl Scouts are working to shed their cookie and campfire image with new badges that focus on skills like rob...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
Girl Scouts: Beyond Campfires and Cookies
From: With Good Reason
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The Girl Scouts of the United States of America have recently revamped their image and program with new badges focusing on skills like robotics and...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Podcast #47: Summit participants join efforts to educate and empower girls
From: UNICEF
Series: Beyond School Books
Caption: Martha Adams, producer of the film '10x10', with nine-year-old Marie-Angeline at the Center for Actions and Development in Haiti., Credit: 10x10/2011
Representatives from United Nations agencies, governments, the private sector and civil society recently gathered at the Women & Girls Education Su...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
I've Got News
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Tom and his daughter, Ellen, in his Navy hat, Credit: Heidi Kecskemethy
A newly married guy finds out his wife is pregnant while he’s at sea and just a few years later, to his surprise, becomes a stay-at-home dad.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:01
  • Purchases: 1
Handclapping Games
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Representing Yourself in Court
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A mother struggles to represent herself in a custody dispute when she runs out of money to pay her lawyer.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Nap Boot Camp
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Kate at her "battle station," with Adelle at 4 months, Credit: Kate Bowman-Johnston
An exasperated mom decides that her daughter WILL nap in her crib by the end of the week.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 027
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Annual Mothers Show: Amy Manning Burns is in the very first stages of becoming a mother, Ardee Eichelmann's newborn son cries in pain as the pain o...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Drought crisis in eastern Africa
From: UNICEF
Caption: UNICEF Kenya Child Protection Specialist Zeinab Ahmed (right) speaks with Somali refugees in a camp in Dadaab, north-eastern Kenya., Credit: © UNICEF Kenya/2011/Holt
UNICEF responds as Somali refugees crowd camps in eastern Kenya amidst severe regional drought.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
What Was Left Behind
From: Eric Winick
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Arriving at her family's storage space in Syracuse, NY, a Brooklyn-based writer and mom is surprised to find the contents far more plentiful and si...

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 15:20
  • Purchases: 3
UNICEF provides thousands of people displaced by Sudanese fighting with life-saving services
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
UNICEF correspondent Anja Baron speaks with Chief of UNICEF’s Kadugli Field Office, Soledad Herrero, about the situation in the Sudanese region 10 ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:13
The Emperor's New Onesie
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: For many months, this is the only dress Violet would wear. Joyce washed it every night in the sink., Credit: Joyce Slaton
A woman spends a month at home with her naked two-year-old daughter, trying to figure out why she won't wear clothes.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 14:16
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 011
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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This week's show concerns identity: Amy Gray Light takes a roadtrip to Ft. Worth she'd just as well forget, Amy Manning Burns finds a memory, and a...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 003
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Marcia Camp parks her unique ride, Joanna Siebert searches for a bird and a connection, Bob Donaldson witnesses the birth of rock and roll, and Ken...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Improving Maternal-Child Health
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Alan Fleischman, medical director of the March of Dimes Foundation, joins us today.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 25:33
Nurse, Get the Handcuffs
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: One of the photos my dad snapped with his contraband camera, Credit: Richard Frank
A mother unexpectedly breaks down and apologizes to her 34-year-old daughter for not being able to breastfeed her.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 1
Child Abuse & Neglect
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Author Diane Champe' discusses her latest book, Conquoring Incest

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com, Credit: Shannon Heffernan
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next g...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Endangered Sea Turtle, Yum
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Max, back in his grunting days
A vegetarian of 22 years decides that the way to fix her son’s constant discomfort is to start eating meat.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:33
Kittens Can Do it, So Why Can't We?
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
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A mom who finds breastfeeding stressful discovers that a machine helps her feel closer to her son.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 11:53
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Make Me Be Your Miracle
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Owen, the miracle baby, with colic and reflux
After having her first child, a woman experiences heart failure and is told she has less than a 50 percent chance of surviving another pregnancy. T...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 2

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