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Episode 5: Lockdown blues
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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When Richard stops answering the phone and getting out of bed for Zoom meetings, daughter Kerry finds a new way to reach dad—just in time for new r...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 10:35
Father's Day
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Claudia Dewane and Bill Dewane
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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When Bill and Claudia met in 1973 Bill had recently suffered a spinal cord injury that left him partially paralyzed. They came to StoryCorps to tal...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:37
StoryCorps: James Kennicott and Kara Masteller
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: James Kennicott (L) and Kara Masteller (R)
Recorded using the StoryCorps app, a granddaughter learns about a difficult upbringing, loved ones lost, and gets advice on growing older.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Rita Fischer and Jay Fischer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rita Fischer (90) and Jay Fischer (65) recall the moment that Jay came out as gay.

Bought by WEZU, Public Radio for All, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Patrick Haggerty and Robin Bolland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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70-year-old Patrick Haggerty tells his daughter, Robin, about the day he first had a conversation with his father about being gay.

Bought by KRVS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCQS, WEZU, KMUD and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 6
My Mystery Magnum of Wine
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Wine expert Narsi David, Credit: Reese Erlich 2014 (c)
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Alzheimer's: Slipping Away
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Frances Hilary McGuigan, Credit: Doug Dobery
This journey begins in the deepest recesses of the human brain--the hippocampus, and ends in the memory support unit of a retirement community. It'...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
Taking Mom to the Movies
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Dave White
After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 3
Grandfather
From: Sarah Neal (Neal-Estes)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a piece about an unexpected recording from the past. My grandfather taped hours of his thoughts for me when I was two - sitting in his sel...

Bought by KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WSLR, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 6
GUNSMOKE on Father's Day
From: TL Wagner
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My attempt to get Marshall Matt Dillon's autograph for my Dad

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KISU, and WCOM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
Singing in St. Andrews
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A man courts his wife in Scotland.

Bought by WKNO


  • Added: Oct 11, 2003
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1