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A mother explains that they had to move because they're out of work. The child understands only that his friend's house is nicer.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
Two brothers sort through the attic after their mother's death, coming into contact with memories through the Christmas wrappings she preserved.
Bought by WKSU
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A suburban couple plan to go out for the evening, but every option is fraught with danger -- they stay home behind locked doors.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A single parent reassures her small child there's no shame in being illegitimate -- but the child is asking something entirely different.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A man teaches his young daughter to hammer a nail, but her failure echoes through life.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
"The first time I knew my parents loved me" ? a woman's memory of "two frantic angels" coming to her rescue.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A son disappoints his dad by deciding to forego college to learn a trade, even though he's clearly "college material."
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A woman tries to tell her uncomprehending doctor that she doesn't have her family medical history because, as an adoptee, she's legally denied acce...
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A man finally meets the son he abandoned 26 years ago; he's prepared to face rage, but not indifference.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A teenager whose parents are divorcing sees that she has become a pawn of negotiation, in competition with the family dog.
Bought by WQJC and East Village Radio
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 2
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
Mom finally allows her child to go out and play in the mud if he promises to keep clean.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
He couldn't be with his dying lover because he wasn't family. "What does it take to be family?"
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A grown daughter rages at the immaturity of the parents who abandoned her but is chastised by the grandmother who raised her.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...
Bought by WQJC
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
Dad proudly teaches his small child to read "walk" and "don't walk", then crosses against the light.
Bought by KISU
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A middle-aged divorcee going out on a date is grilled like a teenager by her elderly father.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...
Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more
- Added: Feb 10, 2004
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 10
Young doctors face challenges, provide total care, and live unconventional lives in rural Nebraska
- Added: Nov 24, 2003
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 4
