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Stop the fountain
From: Andy Raskin
Series: Chill Beefs
Caption: Chill Beefs
My mom complains about some women in her community who are complaining about the fountains

  • Added: Aug 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:54
The Forgotten Mauler
From: Matt Mitchell
Series: The Forgotten Famous
Caption: www.TheForgottenFamous.com
He was the brawny icon of sports' Golden Age, and his singular popularity revolutionized live entertainment forever. So how did this legend get for...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 12:13
The Doctor Is In/ Alaska!/ Sharing is Caring?/ Booze and Botany/ Adam Burke/Veterans Farm
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Dr. Richard Besser /Tell me the truth Doctor Segment 2: Kris Valencia /Alankan Vacation Segment 3: Sally Abrahms /Shared Housing Segment...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bone Health / Having it All? / Face Your Fear / Guide to Grief / Walls Can Speak!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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segment 1: Dr. Lani Simpson/bone health segment 2: Deborah Kahn/moms segment 3: Bill Hoogterp/public speaking segment 4: Jessica Handler/grief a...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Grandpa Talks Seasonal Nightwear
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Are you ever concerned that your pajamas are not seasonally appropriate? Fret no more. Ellery Stritzinger speaks to a professional about staying cu...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:21
Still Kink After All These Years
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ralph Cusack is one of the founding members of The Harbor Masters and has been organizing gay kinksters in Portland, Maine for over 30 years.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
The mysterious roots of a homegrown language
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Wes Smoot (far right), Don Pardini (second from right) and friends socialize at the Redwood Drive-in in Boonville, CA, Credit: Liz Pfeffer
A few hours north of San Francisco is the town of Boonville, nestled in the quaint Anderson Valley of Mendocino County. Like Silicon Valley, this p...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 13:24
Suddenly Solo Premiere!
From: WCWP
Series: Suddenly Solo
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Hal and Marc help you to navigate the world as a single over 50.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 51:15
You Have No Idea
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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What a Bad Introduction Sounds Like

  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:02
Harold and Butch
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Harold and his pal, Butch, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds
Harold Crocker and his friend, Butch can't live without each other. One of them is a ventriloquist.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
Joe Frank 3: Old Man
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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A new program created for UnFictional by radio storyteller Joe Frank.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio Catskill, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Red, White, and Bruised
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Don Floyd looks back on his life of 80 years after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 3
The Man With the Long White Beard
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Crown the King: Red Takes Black
From: Adam Kampe
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One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...

Bought by WABE, KALW, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
Hugh Oliver: Late Bloomer
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
Caption: Hugh Oliver
If you have ever given up on a dream, or think you're too old to start something new, you might think again after hearing this episode of happy...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Mucho Car
From: Dick Meister
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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
The Duties of a Hospice Nurse
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A nurse must be kind and understanding

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: :47
'Til Death: Love, Marriage and Valentine Sweethearts
From: Rosemary Langford
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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
No Turnaround: Old Age, Alzheimer's and Identity
From: Rosemary Langford
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This short, fully produced audio essay – with music and sound effects – is a rumination on growing old, with a nod to the effects of Alzheimer's. I...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
60. A Shocking Discovery
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
Fred Flaxman's tongue-in-cheek memoir, "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry," concludes when the author discovers he's an old man on a subway in Paris.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 03, 2010
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
CryingStore - "Cold Tulips"
From: Merlin Mann
Series: QPR - Quotidian Public Radio
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The moving story of Hans Ten Schermerhorn, as told to his granddaughter, in the back of a large, custom van.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
Car Sex
From: Rachel Bonham Carter
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The secret to feeling young and sensual...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
Sweetheart's Ball
From: Long Haul Productions
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Elderly women at the annual Valentine's day dance in Chicago.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 2
Six Bits of Advice
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Six ideas given shape by one man's unique view of life - includes how to treat others and cooking in moonlight.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: :58
My First Funeral
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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David Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here Gre...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:15