PRX - Pieces for Tone: Surprising
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- Added: Sep 12, 2006
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 12, 2006
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 2
A woman reveals her terror when her recently-retired husband is suddenly in poor health.
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:37
The adult daughter hasn't called; the parents are desperate; but at least there's a message on the machine.
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:37
An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.
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- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A sister reminds her accusing brother who held the household together when the mother was abusive and alcoholic in their growing-up years. The sco...
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:38
An elderly man prepares to take his senile wife to the nursing home, trying inarticulately to express his love.
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- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
A woman questions her 15 year old daughter about going out with an older man and being busted. "The grass was Chuck's."
- Added: Jun 15, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.
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- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A mother explodes at the dinner table. But she's in a surreal world where her explosion means nothing: "It's ok, Mom, you're not nearly as crazy ...
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- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A man describes to his lover the experience of consoling a friend who had just learned of the death of her father. A module from "Family Snapshots...
- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A man is furious at his siblings making a public show of love for their deceased mother: they never showed their love while she was alive.
- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:38
An elderly woman phones her older brother to let him know she's having a risky, life-saving operation. She ends up comforting him.
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- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."
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- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
Two men talk of a couple whose bizarre lifestyle has nevertheless supported a love and commitment stronger than what the men have experienced in th...
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A married man tells a woman with whom he's having an affair of the time in his childhood: when he felt unconditional love.
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- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
An elderly woman has been notified that her ex-husband has died. Her friend makes the mistake of extending sympathy.
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Sister and brother clean up the aftermath of a bloody parental fight, wondering if this is just what moms and dads do. As adults they wonder if it...
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- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A mother dreams of impulsively dropping everything and treating herself to an afternoon of roller skating -- but it's a dream.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A couple celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with simple love and humor.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 2
A mother berates that her teenage daughter to learn from the mistakes the mother made as a teen. Problem is, Mom won't say what mistakes.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Faye, who has tried marriage four times, now sees her favorite bar as her family: It's happier and safer.
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- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A man and a woman communicate through the medium of a board game, briefly wondering, "Is there more to life than this?"
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
