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Building Community One (Dance) Step at a Time

From: David Condos

Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Father's Day

From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism

Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida

Nonagenarian Duo Shows Rushing To Marry Not Always A Bad Idea

From: Rebecca Sheir

Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy is 93. Girl is 90. True story.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and PRX Remix

Collaborating with the Mystery

From: Mary Quintas

Caption: Bud Brown with his trumpazoo and washboard, Credit: Mary Quintas

Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Romance, Intrigue and Senior Citizens

From: Nancy Klingener

Caption: Marilyn Colburn of Provincetown, Mass., author of "Maudie & Sophie," the first novel published by the Provincetown Public Press, Credit: Nancy Klingener

The Provincetown Public Library, a tiny library at the end of Cape Cod, has become the first public library in the country to create its own digita...

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

These Foolish Things

From: Roo Kidd

Caption: Pete and Nan Hodge, Elloughton Church, East Yorkshire, October 12th 1940

An East Yorkshire woman recalls her wartime wedding. Audio messages recorded on vinyl and mailed across war-torn Europe provide a snapshot of the e...

Tiny Dancers

From: Christopher Williams

Join us at the 'Irish In Birmingham Activity Centre' in England as we grab an insight into how one group of 'Yeehaa Grandmas' plan to cause a stir ...

The Nest

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

It's one thing to make it to living in your nineties, and another to get to that age and still live independently at home. Bob and Terry Rohe have ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Van Choc Straw by Mark Dunn

From: Camino Real Productions, LLC

Van Choc Straw, a radio play by Mark Dunn

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUNM, KUNM, and KUNM

Happy One hundredth Birthday

From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad

Caption: Arthur and Aggie, Credit: Walter Murch

The Santa Monica Pier and Arthur Lessac turned 100 years old on September 9th

Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Again

From: Camino Real Productions, LLC

A Radio Play with Music By, For, and About Seniors

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUNM, KUNM, and KUNM

Joe Jennings' Farm

From: Warren Black

"I'm going to my J-O-Y, not my J-O-B."

Final Sale

From: Samantha Broun

After 70 years, Winthrop Sherwin is retiring from the general store where he works. It's the end of an era in Groton, MA.

Bought by PRX Remix, Public Interactive, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Dad's Tray

From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet

Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here he tells ...