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Let's Reminisce #1 - Jeff & Andrea
From: Rick Brewer
Series: Let's Reminisce
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Host Rick Brewer learns the details of a family secret. The story of how his parents met.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 17:28
Are You There God? It's me, Paula.
From: KAYLA LATTIMORE
Caption: Paula Degree, Credit: Kayla Lattimore
Going through puberty is rough. It’s a time most of us would give anything to forget. Well, Paula Degree chose to do it all over again at 72.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
Across the Reference Desk
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Online search engines are basically universal, so questions at the library reference desk are changing. We follow the story of one question, “I wan...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 1
Aging Isn't a Problem, Ageism Is
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an economy around our future selve...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Place and Privilege
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here
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Sacramento is considered one of the most integrated and diverse cities in America. But neighborhoods in California's capital are changing, in part,...

Bought by KZYX, KUAF Public Radio, KVCR, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Oct 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
3 Weeks: Dying a Good Death
From: Julia Caulfield
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In February 2017, Claire Woodward died at home with the support of her family and hospice care. This is a documentary about the final three weeks o...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Staying Alive: The Art and Science of Living to 100
From: Karen Brown
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An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:26
Michael and Leah
From: Israel Story
Caption: Michael and Leah.
Michael and Leah have been together for 37 years, living in a counter-cultural religious community that follows the teachings of “The Singing Rabbi...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 06:21
Jack and Rose
From: Emma Miller
Caption: Gloria and Rose
Sassy and sagacious Gloria, 85, shares stories of being in both a conventional heterosexual marriage and a long-time same-sex relationship.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
Multi-Generational Living
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Where do you turn when you can’t afford to live in the city?

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
15: Music and Memory (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
March 10, 1945
From: Will Rogers
Caption: Bob Quin in leather jacket
I brought a microphone when I visited my grandfather, and he told stories I'd never heard. This is one of those stories, with original music and so...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Appetite for Home -- Bitter-Sweet Memories of Learning to Cook & Eat in America
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Olga Colon., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
In this short documentary, longtime New Yorkers recall family cooking traditions and foods from home lost to immigration.

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Cooking In" in Old New York
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Paul J. Hintersteiner (left) and Debra Klaber (right)., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Longtime New Yorkers recall cooking and food shopping in NYC's bygone era of milk and ice delivery men, ice boxes, horse-drawn fruit and vegetable ...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:18
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Learning to Like Roast Turkey and Other Memories of a Jewish Refugee Childhood
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Margot Karp., Credit: Photo courtesy of Margot Karp.
Margot Karp, 86, moved with her family to Washington Heights, Manhattan, in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. Karp has fond memories of her mother's str...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
M4M
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine, Barton Girdwood got to wondering, what about all the gay men in Maine who never found love? S...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: "Well Yes We Have No Bananas Today!" -- Food Shopping in Old New York
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Paul J. Hintersteiner. , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Paul J. Hintersteiner, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, describes food shopping and home cooking during his childhood in Yorkville's large German ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:14
15: Music and Memory
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:46
Chapter 1 - The Making of a Political Consciousness
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard receives an early political education from his Socialist cigar maker grandfather, by hearing over-the-counter conversations at the butcher ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 24:25
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Soda Fountain Memories
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Monte Malach. , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Monte Malach, 85, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, remembers a time when soda fountains occupied any busy street corner in New York City.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
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
Where We Gonna Go?
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
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Two first-person stories from seniors about their struggle for home. A senior citizen, who wishes to remain anonymous, grapples with living in New ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 2
Maisha Morales and Jabir Suluki
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Children playing in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about gentrification and the struggle for home. Maisha Morales and her 10-year-old son Anthony talk about how her successf...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
Jane Bown - a portrait
From: Jack King
Caption: Samuel Beckett, Credit: Jane Bown
A glimpse into the world of highly acclaimed photographer Jane Bown. Jane discusses balancing her career with her family, her two identities, Jane ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:46