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Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Alana Theriault, disability benefits counselor in Berkeley, California and Alice Wong, Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow, Credit: Alice Wong
Whether you’re a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a loved one, the n...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Secret Art of Hair Replacement
From: Ellen Payne Smith
Caption: Women's Wig Display at Richard Theodore's Office
Hair loss is taboo and the measures people take to replace hair are rarely mentioned out loud, but for Richard Theodore on Cape Cod, hair replaceme...

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


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 3
How to See Glass
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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After 20 years of hunting sea glass, Bill and Helen Carney have collected and cataloged 200,000 pieces. But their obsession takes on new meaning as...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 5
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
Red, White, and Bruised
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Don Floyd looks back on his life of 80 years after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 3
The Man With the Long White Beard
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hospice Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9