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Rumble Strip Vermont: After the Forgetting
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A show about love, family and dementia, in two parts. First, a documentary, second, a followup interview.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:47
Where do older prisoners go when they get out?
From: KALW
Caption: Frank Williams, SEOP Director
The older we get, the harder it is to think of ourselves as “old.” But as far as the government is concerned – specifically, the federal correction...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 09:45
Our Body Holds Our Life's Truth
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio curious visits with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, a psychotherapist, author and host of Voices in the Family, a weekly public radio program originating f...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Snowbirds In Black and White"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Sharon Shmielarz - "Wonder Woman At 70"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
The Beat: Bill Caldwell - "You Mother"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Bill Caldwell is a nurse, a therapist, and a poet. Much of what he knows about poetry is related to classes at The Loft at the Minnesota Center for...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:13
Social Security
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A comparative generational discussion between the older, middle and younger generations on the issues of Social Security.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps Historias: Ruben Aguilar and Bill Luna
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ruben Aguilar (R) and Bill Luna (L)
Ruben Aguilar tells his friend Bill Luna about his family's deportation as part of the Mexican Repatriation Program in 1933.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "Vernon's White Onions"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
All the Time in the World
From: Traveling 219
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In the shop of Doyle Oliver Kisner, clockmaker.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
Happy New Year
From: The Truth
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You're invited to spend New Year's Eve with Walt Avery.

Bought by WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 5
Culturology: "Elmer Left" - Author Kate Leibfried talks to Heidi Holtan in a Real Good Words interview.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Elmer Left" by Kate Leibfried
Author Kate Leibfried talks to Heidi Holtan about her novel "Elmer Left" in a Real Good Words interview.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 14:18
  • Purchases: 2
Sonic Ghoul
From: Karen Michel
Caption: Mingus RIP, Credit: Robert Vye
For years I've been obsessed with death, asking people about living, dying, killing (www.livediekill.org) but really getting into the dying. For ev...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
The Great Race
From: Emma de Campo
Caption: Pete Stringer, approaching the finish of his 212th marathon. , Credit: Photo-Chambers
Pete Stringer loves to run. Really long distance. Since he began a running log in 1976, he's run over 80,000 miles in competitions and training. Th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Francine Sterle - "Consider Lu Chang"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Culturology: "Elder To Crone" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
My Particular Wishes
From: Patricia McMillen
Caption: Narrator at Matsushima Bay, Japan, Credit: Sam Bader
Meditations on aging, death, and end-of-life health care

  • Added: Nov 10, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
Culturology: Kevin McColley
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Praying To A Laughing God" by Kevin McColley
In this Real Good Words interview Maggie Montgomery and Robert Saxton were joined in the studios of Northern Community Radio by northern Minnesota ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
Our Earliest American Generations-a discussion with Gordon S. Wood
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States - author Gordon S. Wood shares his thoughts on the generations that were at the ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 45:32
UnFictional : The Angel of Death
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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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
Migration
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on the impact of migration

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Grey Areas
From: Dave Pickering
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This piece is called Grey Areas and it's about how close I am to my dad, in a literal sense, it's also a tribute to the the neighbour we buried in ...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
" Did I Ever Tell You About The Time That..." ( A personal and not so brief history of how my perception of tiime is speeding up)...told through narration, music and actuality
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a stand alone episode of the newsical series "what's the frequency, kenneth?" from Paul Fischer, veteran of Pacifica Radio and CBS News.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 55:31
StoryCorps: David Plant and Frank Lilley
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: David Plant (L) with his stepson, Frank Lilley (R)
Frank Lilley interviews his stepfather, David Plant, about approaching the end of his life.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 4
In praise of "Lost Causes"
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
Caption: Mark Goldsmith speaks to former inmates
In this edition of Tiny Spark, we explore what happens when someone refuses to accept the idea of a "lost cause" and instead gets down to the work ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
  • Length: 14:56
  • Purchases: 2