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  • Added: Jan 29, 2017
  • Length: 26:09
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This timely generational discussion on the value of exercise features a very active 83 year old mother of 9, the perspective of a well respected ph...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 51:56
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Segment 1: Dr. Joe Coughlin/AgeLab Segment 2: Edward Chamberlin/Islands Segment 3: Erin Murphy/Tabatha Segment 4: Dr. Osama Hamdy/diabetes Segme...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Herman (L) and John Heyn
Herman Heyn tells his nephew, John, about spending almost three decades as a street corner astronomer, giving passers-by the chance to look through...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTJU, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
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In this sit down interview Producer Kenneth Flowe sits down with Henry Prescott; a physical trainer determined to ride his bi-cycle from Seattle Wa...

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:37
Caption: Ashley Flores (left) and her mother, Juana Flores, Credit: Dianna Douglas
High school seniors are told early and often to fill out a free application for federal student aid - typically called a FAFSA - to help them pay f...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:21
Caption: Peter Richardson lecturing about the legacy of the Grateful Dead., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Peter Richardson, a lecturer at San Francisco State, was teaching a course on the Grateful Dead at a school for adults over 50. A cultural history ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Baby Boomers Sometimes Pee in Their Paints. How to deal with incontinence

  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 15:29

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 21:57
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Collin Smith (23), who became quadriplegic after a car accident in high school, talks with Ernest Greene (72) who volunteered to go to college with...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Learning a new language isn't easy. It's even harder if you haven't been to school in decades. That hasn't stopped 85-year-old Pablo Valverde, who ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
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Not long ago there was a food fight at Ralph Bunche High School. And Angel Hernandez is in trouble. He’s 18, a senior, and he’s not admitting anyth...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:23
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Radio Curious discusses the rights of families to care for their dead and the funeral industry in this two-part interview with Lisa Carlson and Jos...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
Caption: "Nerd Herd" at Invent Iowa Holding Scholarships.
Nine middle-school girls from Council Bluffs, IA, the "Nerd Herd," invented an award-winning walker-wheelchair combination. Each won a $500 engine...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 09:25
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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
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The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States - author Gordon S. Wood shares his thoughts on the generations that were at the ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 45:32
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Doug Shadel and Jonathan Peterson, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mom Mike and Chuck
Are you beginning to recognize that your parents are no longer able to live independently. Are they struggling with remembering people, events, dat...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2011
  • Length: 45:10
Caption: Juanita Nelson, Credit: Paul Franz
Conversations with two octogenarian peace advocates, Juanita Nelson and Ruth Imber, who have each found ways to stay active, working for peace well...

Bought by WOMR, Radio Catskill, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and WGDR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Ruth Imber
Conversations with three octogenarian peace advocates who each found ways to stay active, working for peace well into their eighties. Juanita Nels...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 6

  • Added: Aug 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Senior poets discuss their art.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 21:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Pro-active approaches to mental well being

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPVL, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 3
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An Hourlong Radio Documentary examining the Alzheimer's Poetry Project

Bought by KRZA, KSJD, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 7
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Her daughter is named after the area school district.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:22