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A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother

From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials

Caption: Samantha Broun with Ernest Preate , Credit: Associated Press

This is a story about a terrible crime and everything that followed. It’s an intensely personal documentary, but it extends into public life and in...

Bought by HowSound, WGBH Radio Boston, KTSW 89.9, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WHYY and more

Added: Mar 01, 2016
Length: 58:00
Purchases: 19

203: Do not drink: The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, 1/23/2016

From: Reveal
Series: Reveal Weekly

The economically depressed city of Flint, Michigan, is making headlines across the country because there’s something in its water that shouldn’t be...

Added: Jan 22, 2016
Length: 58:58

Teenage Diaries Revisited: Melissa

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited

Caption: Melissa in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR

As an 18-year-old raised in the foster care system, Melissa took NPR listeners along when she gave birth to her son Isaaiah. Over the past 16 years...

Bought by HowSound

Added: Jun 12, 2013
Length: 19:36
Purchases: 1

Here I Am and Here Be Danger (Censored)

From: Annie McEwen

An experiment in heartbreak, this piece was selected for PRX's first ever Second Ear.

Bought by KALW, HowSound, XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: May 12, 2014
Length: 11:45
Purchases: 6

The Hospital Always Wins

From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Four

In this special hour from State of the Re:Union, we take listeners to a place that exists in every American city… but most of us have never seen th...

Bought by WRGY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, Radio Catskill, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more

Added: Sep 26, 2013
Length: 53:56
Purchases: 37

Leaving A Mark (Censored)

From: Emily Hsiao

Caption: Bruce's tattoo, Credit: Emily Hsiao

Emily Hsiao finds a man on Craigslist who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes and meets him. **This is the clean version of th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KCRW

Added: Dec 06, 2012
Length: 13:13
Purchases: 5

Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival

Caption: Third Coast winners receive this hand-crafted award, Credit: <a href="http://blog.prx.org/2014/02/criminal/">Kate Joyce</a>

Each year The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special t...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WRPI, WNIJ, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KHNS and more

Added: Nov 04, 2013
Length: 01:58:00
Purchases: 72

Remembering Andrew

From: WLRN

20 years ago today (August 24th) Hurricane Andrew turned South Florida upside down. In this hour-long documentary, WLRN uses home videos, archival ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 'The Sea', KUER, WOMR, WRGY and more

Added: Aug 24, 2012
Length: 58:31
Purchases: 10

Parts of Speech

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Doug Harlow isn't afraid to use his voice. He works as reporter in Maine and churns out seven, sometimes eight, articles a week. Doug is a born com...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Oct 28, 2013
Length: 07:28
Purchases: 4

Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival

The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour pr...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KMXT, WEKU, KZYX, WRIR and more

Added: Oct 31, 2012
Length: 01:58:00
Purchases: 63

Living Nine Eleven

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC 9/11 Anniversary Programming

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, as part of WNYC's "Decade: 9/11" coverage, this special explores people's most visceral a...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUAF Public Radio, WRGY, KVMR and more

Added: Aug 23, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 51

Teen Contender

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries

Caption: Claressa Shields, Credit: Sue Jaye Johnson

Boxing has been an Olympic sport since the time of the ancient Greeks. But only men have taken part. This year, that changes. For the first time ev...

Bought by WXDU, KUOW, PRX Remix, KGOU, KUT and more

Added: Jul 19, 2012
Length: 15:53
Purchases: 7

She Sees Your Every Move

From: Jonathan Mitchell

Michele Iversen photographs people through the windows of their homes at night without their knowledge.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, HowSound, and PRX Remix

Added: Aug 15, 2012
Length: 06:56
Purchases: 5

Best of the Best: The 2011 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival

The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour pr...

Bought by Prairie Public, KERA, WEZU, KOSU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

Added: Nov 03, 2011
Length: 01:58:00
Purchases: 58

Kohn

From: Andy Mills

A radio story about the peculiar life and voice of Kohn Ashmore, told by Andy Mills with the sounds of Hudson Branch.

Bought by KCUR, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT, KUOW, HowSound and more

Added: Jun 21, 2011
Length: 08:05
Purchases: 6

Best of the Best: The 2010 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and promo

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival

The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour pr...

Bought by KMXT, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KBIA, WVPE, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more

Added: Nov 09, 2010
Length: 01:57:58
Purchases: 64

Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair: A Granddaughter's Search for the Truth

From: Radio Diaries

Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather, Credit: Teri Havens

In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUT, WRPI, KUOW and more

Added: Oct 12, 2010
Length: 22:59
Purchases: 8

American Dreamer: Sam's Story

From: Long Haul Productions

Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio, Baltimore Public Media, WRGY, WKSU and more

Added: Mar 30, 2010
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 41

The Sleeping Fool

From: Sofia Saldanha

Art museum security guards spend their days in uniform, speaking quietly or not at all, surrounded by works of irreplaceable art. It may look easy...

Bought by PRX Remix, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, KUOW and more

Added: Nov 02, 2010
Length: 10:22
Purchases: 6

This can go on forever

From: Big Shed Audio

Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.

When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by American Voices, KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, PRX Remix and more

Added: Dec 15, 2009
Length: 10:25
Purchases: 8

2009 Third Coast Broadcast (Hours 1 and 2)

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival

Hear the best and most illuminating radio stories of the year! The ninth annual Third Coast Broadcast, hosted by longtime public radio producer Gwe...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KGOU, Marfa Public Radio, KUNM and more

Added: Nov 20, 2009
Length: 01:59:03
Purchases: 14

Miner

From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING

Caption: Fidele Musafiri, DR Congo, Credit: Thomas Rippe

Gregory Warner profiles a freelance miner in the lawless eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bought by WRPI, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis and more

Added: May 27, 2009
Length: 07:51
Purchases: 6

Dr. Phil

From: starlee kine

I learned how to write a break-up song to get over my break-up

Bought by WHRV, WHRV, WBUR's Listen Up, KMXT, KVNF and more

Added: Oct 15, 2008
Length: 29:11
Purchases: 14

Growing Up in The System

From: Radio Rookies

WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avo...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, PRX Remix, KUOW, YouthCast and more

Added: Oct 01, 2008
Length: 11:42
Purchases: 8

Searching For Farming's Future in its Past

From: Rachel Leventhal

Searching For Farming's Future in its Past is part of a series produced by Rachel Leventhal for the NRDC about the impact individuals can make on t...

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Oct 07, 2008
Length: 09:41
Purchases: 3

Grandpa

From: Lu Olkowski

A father and son have a contest to take the best pictures of their dying grandpa, the result is an up-close portrait of death.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more

Added: Oct 31, 2007
Length: 08:47
Purchases: 6

Thembi's AIDS Diary

From: Radio Diaries

A year in the life of a South African teenager.

Bought by WUTC, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, WRNC-LP, KPFA and more

Added: May 30, 2006
Length: 27:09
Purchases: 17

Honoring the Body: Taharah

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The End As Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death

Leaving the world as we entered it... but with a twist.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, Iowa Public Radio, and Audible

Added: Nov 27, 2006
Length: 15:45
Purchases: 5

Between Friends

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

A secret shared between 10 year-old girls becomes evidence in a court case 20 years later. Jody Porter knows how important it was to share the burd...

Bought by Vocalo.org, KXOT Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Dec 22, 2005
Length: 13:05
Purchases: 3

Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu

From: Song and Memory

The exhiled son of Ghana's former emir, king of the Muslim people, remembers the song his father listened to as he carried the burden of leading Gh...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, KCUR, and KZYX

Added: May 15, 2006
Length: 05:16
Purchases: 4

Dear Birth Mother

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom

After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KMXT, HowSound, 90.5 WSNC and more

Added: Jun 14, 2005
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 16

From Prison to President

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Mandela: An Audio History

Four years after Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he became president of South Africa. And yet, those 4 years were among the bloodiest and ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WDBM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KHSU and more