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The Power of Perseverance / Midlife Gap Year? / Savvy Social Skills / Encyclopedia of Lady Things! / Namaste
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Amanda Lindhout/kidnap victim Segment 2: Jaye Smith/ gap year Segment 3: Susan Roane/ social skills Segment 4: Anna Holmes/ Jezebel Seg...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 52:30
#32 MIW Bekka Fink - Rockstar Organizer and Performing Artist
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Bekka Fink on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
Rockstar Organizer, Bekka Fink, shares her journey of decluttering spaces for her clients on this episode of Making it Work.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 24:18
Into the Woods
From: Marita Murphy
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It’s not everyday that family pets and enthusiastic retirees get together to find dead bodies—unless you belong to Maine Search and Rescue Dogs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
Into the Woods
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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It’s not everyday that family pets and enthusiastic retirees get together to find dead bodies—unless you belong to Maine Search and Rescue Dogs.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
Mobiles, Mountains, & Molecules
From: Meisa Salaita
Series: Small Matters
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Scientists are our modern day explorers… they populate lab benches, fume hoods, and field sites all over the world. And many times, their curiosit...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 05:20
StoryCorps: Roy Wilkins and Keith Melick
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Command Sergeant Major Roy Wilkins and Retired Army 1st Sergeant Keith Melick, who first crossed paths at war in 2004, talk about reuniting in a VA...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Maurice Rowland and Miguel Alvarez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Miguel Alvarez (L) and Maurice Rowland (R) remember caring for residents at an assisted living home, where they were a janitor and a cook, when it ...

Bought by WRIR, Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 4
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1446 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/16/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Blues from alternate spaces provide opportunities for technical prowess, yet melodic & lyrical in touch. Never losing the idea of blues as a feelin...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 1
Love in the Workplace (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A new study finds that an affectionate work environment boosts teamwork and job satisfaction and leads to less burnout and absenteeism. And more...

Bought by WCNY, CHSR-FM 97.9, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Storm Reyes and Jeremy Hagquist
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Alton Yates and Toni Yates
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Alton Yates tells his daughter, Toni, about being part of a small group of Air...

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEZU, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 5
Caregiving in Colorado
From: Vero Balderas Iglesias
Caption: For six years, Marisa Raygoza took care of her mother Isabel Garcia Beltran, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Isabel passed away on June 25, 2014. Marisa warns of the challenges caregivers often face and advises other caregivers to plan ahead and re
According to official estimates, there are currently over 50 thousand older adults in Boulder County that are at least 60 years old. 13,000 are at ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
88 Years of Harmonica-izing
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Jack Hopkins, left, and Frank Jamison, right, jam together at weekly meetings of the Capital Harmonica Club, which Jack founded in 1991., Credit: Eric Shimelonis
Jack Hopkins got his first harmonica at age 7, and nearly 90 years later, he is still going strong.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Collin Smith and Ernest Greene
From: StoryCorps
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Collin Smith (23), who became quadriplegic after a car accident in high school, talks with Ernest Greene (72) who volunteered to go to college with...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Composer, Robert Ward
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Toward the end of his life, Robert Ward discussed his remarkable career in music. [29:15]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Running Marathons Late in Life (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Already a few weeks into the year, it might feel too late to make (or keep) resolutions—eat less sugar, watch less TV, or maybe, start running. Rep...

Bought by KENW, KSKA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 3
Serving up fewer suspensions and more interaction
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Not long ago there was a food fight at Ralph Bunche High School. And Angel Hernandez is in trouble. He’s 18, a senior, and he’s not admitting anyth...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:23
Sights & Sounds of Bayview: Dancing with the ladies in line
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview
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On a wide street full of work spaces, lined with cars and no trees in sight is the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center. It’s the one building on the ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
Keeping memories of Chinatown alive – and kicking!
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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From the 1940s until the 1960s, San Francisco’s Chinatown was home to a thriving Chinese American nightclub scene. The scene died out in the 60s, a...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
Tribute to Dr. Cal Ledbetter and his wife Brownie
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Dr. Cal Ledbetter and his wife Brownie are heard here in the rebroadcast of their program appearances prior to their passing away.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Making Do
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producers spoke to senior citizens about self-sufficiency and "making do" in tough times. These folks had lots of wisdom to share o...

Bought by KVNF and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
Old School DIY
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Before it was called DIY or even “do it yourself,” self-sufficiency had value. Our parents and grandparents called it “making do.” This episode exp...

Bought by WYSO, XRAY.fm, KUT, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
Six Feet Above
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chuck Lakin has a unique hobby. He builds coffins. For living people.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
Maggie Kuhn
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Maggie Kuhn left no stone unturned to leave the world in a better state than she found it. No topic was off limits. In fact, she even talked about ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 2

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