PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring

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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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Bill recalls his time spent in the U.S. Marine Corps.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:51
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: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Women have been playing competitive basketball for over a century. Although before 1971, women played by modified rules that allowed play in only h...

Bought by KPVL, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 3
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
Caption: Anna Halprin explaining the Planetary Dance, Credit: Photo by photo by John Kokoska
Anna Halprin has influenced generations of dancers and artists with her unique integration of dance and healing work, as well as her use of perform...

  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:42
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Ruth Antine began piano lessons when she was 7 years old, and has hardly missed a day since. Now, 92 years later, she tells the story of her days a...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
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Tim Dibble has waited his whole life to work full-time as a sculptor. Now, at 65, he's finally doing what he wants. In his rustic workshop on Cape ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
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Snappy, Stretcho, and Criss-Cross are like brothers. Together they are The Suspenders Juggling Troupe from Falmouth, Massachusetts. The Suspenders ...

Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 2
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For years her husband abused her; now that he's had a stroke, she's getting her revenge. A wife who can't properly care for her invalid husband, o...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 12:16
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A man steals his elderly alcoholic father's money and bank cards. Another man neglects his mother's spiritual well-being, forcing confinement and ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 08:16
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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
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Life is long and love is complicated.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 3
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JOURNALIST ROY ROWAN, HAS WRITTEN A NEW BOOK “NEVER TOO LATE: A 90-YEAR OLD’S PURSUIT OF A WHIRLWIND LIFE”. IN WHICH HE SHARES HIS VIEWS OF THE PL...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:34
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect pos...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 08:54
Caption: Alexander Karczmar, at 93, is an authority on the brain and a student of the self.
How our brains age, and why some people manage to cheat death and stay sharp.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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


  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
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How does the Baby Boomer generation impart the knowledge they possess to the wired generation? AND..How do they encourage a desire to learn?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
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A group of senior citizens provide a surprising twist on a kids competition

  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:36
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For a group of retired women in Maine, a garden grows more than just plants.

Bought by KZYX and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 2
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Twelve years ago, tragedy struck the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.

Bought by KUOW, Interfaith Voices, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 3
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
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We climb the stairs to old age with two women & one man

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:54
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As Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President of the United States, he said that "Change...cannot happen without a new spirit of service, a...

Bought by Prairie Public, KLCC, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
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Irish folksinger gives concert and tour of blacksmith shop

  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 05:52