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Wrappings
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two brothers sort through the attic after their mother's death, coming into contact with memories through the Christmas wrappings she preserved.

Bought by WKSU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Going Out
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A suburban couple plan to go out for the evening, but every option is fraught with danger -- they stay home behind locked doors.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
What's a Bastard?
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A single parent reassures her small child there's no shame in being illegitimate -- but the child is asking something entirely different.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Hammering
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man teaches his young daughter to hammer a nail, but her failure echoes through life.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Falling Out the Car
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"The first time I knew my parents loved me" ? a woman's memory of "two frantic angels" coming to her rescue.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Fixing Cars
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son disappoints his dad by deciding to forego college to learn a trade, even though he's clearly "college material."

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Medical History
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman tries to tell her uncomprehending doctor that she doesn't have her family medical history because, as an adoptee, she's legally denied acce...

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Runaway Dad
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man finally meets the son he abandoned 26 years ago; he's prepared to face rage, but not indifference.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Dog & Kid
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenager whose parents are divorcing sees that she has become a pawn of negotiation, in competition with the family dog.

Bought by WQJC and East Village Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
Sam's Pizza
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A suicidal youth dials the wrong number for the crisis help-line and gets Sam.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
What Does It Take?
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
He couldn't be with his dying lover because he wasn't family. "What does it take to be family?"

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
It's Locked
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Thank-You Note
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Cat in the Attic
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Stoplight
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dad proudly teaches his small child to read "walk" and "don't walk", then crosses against the light.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Out Dancing
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A middle-aged divorcee going out on a date is grilled like a teenager by her elderly father.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Summer Camp
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From the mouths of kids and the memories of grownups comes a rambunctious portrait of a peculiarly American institution.

Bought by KSUT, KPIK-LP, KGNU Community Radio, KMUZ, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 23
Heartland Medicine
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Young doctors face challenges, provide total care, and live unconventional lives in rural Nebraska

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRPI, Audible, and WCQS


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Life Stories - Friendship
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Five stories of friends

Bought by KUER, WFAE, KPVL, KUT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 15
Life Stories - Memory
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Five stories linked to memory

Bought by KUER, WFAE, HowSound, WFAE, KOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 16
Life Stories - Families: Fathers, Sons & Brothers
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Four stories of men and family

Bought by KGOU, WRVO Public Media, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KAAD-LP, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2003
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 63
Life Stories - Families: Women and Children
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Three stories of young women - Concerning Breakfast, The Trapeze Artist, Alone Like a Stone. One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portra...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUER, WFAE, HowSound, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 18
Letter from the Dead
From: Holly Kernan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary: a letter from a father, five years after his death

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KISU, KUT, and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 06, 2003
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 4

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