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Seeking Peace Around Death and Dying (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

Three hospice professionals explore ways for the dying and the survivors to find more peace around the death passage. This compelling hour also inc...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Added: Sep 25, 2012
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

A Necessary Deception

From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte

My Last Dance with Ruth

Added: Jul 27, 2012
Length: 07:50

Tales from the South 090: On the Road #1, Lasting Impacts

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season

The first of our "On the Road" specials where we go on location and feature stories from that area. This week, we are in Saline County, Arkansas, a...

Added: Jul 13, 2012
Length: 29:00

UnFictional : The Angel of Death

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

Two stories about that key life moment many of us spend a lifetime dreading. It's a key life event that none of us live to tell about. The moment. ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 27, 2012
Length: 28:31
Purchases: 3

It becomes more beautiful all the time

From: Anne Hoffman

Caption: The producer and her Grandmother, several years ago

Virginia Mae Snyder lived alone in her house in West Virginia until she was 94. She suffered a drastic fall while gardening; a fall which forced he...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 04, 2012
Length: 05:55
Purchases: 1

Taking Mom to the Movies

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix

Added: Mar 13, 2012
Length: 10:49
Purchases: 3

My Transistor Radio mtr-013

From: Chuck Ayers
Series: My Transistor Radio

Caption: My Transistor Radio, Credit: Web file photo

My Transistor Radio is a retrospective spotlighting “Dance and Romance” teen music from 1950s and 60s A-M Radio. MTR is attempting to examine why ...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio

Added: Dec 11, 2011
Length: 29:40
Purchases: 1

Mucho Car

From: Dick Meister

After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.

Added: Nov 20, 2011
Length: 05:47

Tales from the South 026

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season

Deana Nall's hair has a mind of its own, Jill Duvall witnesses her grandparents' romance outlast death,and a war of fireworks between Jeremy Harper...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio

Added: Jul 05, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Tales from the South 32: Greatest Generation II

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season

The second show featuring stories from the Greatest Generation. Alma Hahn prays for deliverance from a snake-handling church service, a man speaks ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio

Added: May 21, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Tales from the South 014

From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season

Encounter strange characters with Ann Bittick, Mary Beck, and Sheila Keever. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...

Added: Apr 29, 2011
Length: 28:58

This WE Believe - Fear

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

3 Essays from This I Believe on Fear

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Added: Apr 25, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Pretty by Nina Coomes

From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2011

Poet Nina Coomes, 17, is a senior at Northside College Prep; she competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 representing her high school. Her piece, Pret...

Added: Apr 01, 2011
Length: 02:51

MA-188 The Nursing Home

From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac

When I first walked into the nursing home, I saw the residents as "living cadavers." Later I came to love them and celebrate their lives.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 04:59
Purchases: 1

MA-182 Through Other Eyes

From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac

Celebrating the birthday of my 70 year old friend Louise, who is in full bloom.

Added: Jan 21, 2011
Length: 05:41

A Letter, Returning

From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad

Caption: Curley Dog Cafe, Credit: Walter Murch

There is always looking when returning to a place that is loved for memories sake as well as what it means to us today

Bought by KWMR

Added: Jan 13, 2011
Length: 09:14
Purchases: 1

'Til Death: Love, Marriage and Valentine Sweethearts

From: Rosemary Langford

Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...

Bought by KPIK-LP and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Dec 09, 2010
Length: 03:11
Purchases: 2

I Prefer Death By Chocolate

From: The humble Farmer

Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang

In the US your chances of being shot are relatively high.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Nov 26, 2010
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Cranky Old Men

From: The humble Farmer

Do all men get cranky in their old age or is it just me?

Bought by KUT

Added: Oct 01, 2010
Length: 01:41
Purchases: 1

Cyclist Pat Williams' ride up the Mississippi

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology

Cyclist, gardener, and senior citizen Pat Williams of Jacobson, Minnesota tells about the greatest of her journeys, a six-week trek along the Missi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio