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Helping The Elderly Through Natural Disasters
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Helping the Elderly Through Natural Disasters – and The Favorite Child … this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
Late Onset Fatherhood
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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Rand Cooper discusses the challenges of becoming a new dad at a time when friends are sending their children off to college.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:45
Family Jewels Episode 1: Thanks. Giving.
From: Family Jewels
Caption: Family Jewels, whose got 'em?
Apryl and Eve explore some of the own families' Turkey Day memories, and consult some experts on topics from "Turkley Dumping" to What Not to Wear ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 21:32
Father Returns To Mexico; Should Son Follow?
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio's Luis Sierra describes his father's decision to return to Mexico after decades in the United States because of the economic crisis.

Bought by Vocalo.org and WMNF


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -6: Rosewood Reborn (1923 --
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Rosewood survivor Minnie Lee Langley
It began on New Years Day 1923, when a white woman in a small Florida (saw-)milltown claimed that a black man had attacked her. By the week's end, ...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
Something To Fight For
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father and his military son reflect on their anti-war activities.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Veterans and the Economic Downturn
From: KLCC
Caption: Veteran Larry Severs and his wife Pam.
This story looks at the plight of veterans during the economic downturn through the experience of an Oregon family.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Autism Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Autism Chronicles is an hour-long special profiling three families living and coping with autism.

Bought by PRX Remix, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WVPE, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 4
Rock My Foundation
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A love song to one's hometown

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 13: The New York African Burial Ground
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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The Battle to Preserve and Honor the New York African Burial Ground

Bought by WJAB, WDSE, and WNYC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Remembering My Father
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son's rememberance of and tribute to his dad

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Pictures
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Vietnamese adoptees from Operation Babylift tell their stories.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
Class of 2006: Part 1
From: KUOW
Series: Stories From the Class of 2006
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The graduation story of student Moriah Williams.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
And One Day Your Grandma Will Forgive You...
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lena was born and lived to tell the tale...barely.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Coming Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jennifer Van Evra and Eric Denison discover together what make a house a home.

Bought by KUOW, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 3
Stone Fox
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Willy's plan is to win the National Dogsled Race and use the cash prize to save the family farm - but first he'll have to beat Stone Fox, who's nev...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Understanding Death
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio’s Kacey Ward continues to try to find ways of learning to cope with the many deaths in her family.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
Papa's Place
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A piece about a boy and his grandfather--and a life's work

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
Family Sentence
From: Jeanine Cornillot
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A father and daughter reunite after 23 years of Prison

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WYSO, KUT, WKSU, WCFM and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 9
Three Women
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast cancer.

Bought by KUER, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUCB


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 3
That's My Song: Under Pressure
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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One boy's bittersweet association with a David Bowie song.

Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 8
Born Smiling
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An adult daughter, bringing flowers to her mother's grave, imagines what her mother would say to her, both condemning and loving.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Aneurysm
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman phones her older brother to let him know she's having a risky, life-saving operation. She ends up comforting him.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
One Heart for Kids
From: Don Fass
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A yearly 60-minute special on the unmet needs of youth here and around the world

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 59:00