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Anna on the Homefront
From: Whit Richardson
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An intimate look at a wife of a National Guard member deployed to Iraq

Bought by KHNS, KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The PRX Podcast, KTUH and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 11
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
Goodbye, Ma
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Saying Goodbye

  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:11
The Healing Blessing
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the healer becomes the healed.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
My Criminal Life
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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This dreamy feature puts listeners in the mind of Mark, a young man who feels hopeless against the cycles of drugs and violence in his life.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX


  • Added: Oct 11, 2004
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 4
The Problem with Thomas
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two young parents discover that their first child is autistic.

Bought by Audible and WUAL


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 12:26
  • Purchases: 2
Outside the Dying
From: Conrad Bishop
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Dramatization of a journal of a woman whose husband is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), and the aftermath.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 21:23
  • Purchases: 1
Mom's Good Move
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 37:09
  • Purchases: 2
The Parents of PFC Nick Spry
From: Zachary Barr
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Beverly Fabri and Irving Spry eulogize their son, Nicholas Spry, who was killed in Iraq on Febuary 15, 2004. Nick was 19 years old.

Bought by WMPG and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Sorrow & Joy Cake
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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A letter to my cousin who I never knew I had.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
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
Warren Upstairs
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman reveals her terror when her recently-retired husband is suddenly in poor health.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Phone Message
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The adult daughter hasn't called; the parents are desperate; but at least there's a message on the machine.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
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
Joellen & Willie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman questions her 15 year old daughter about going out with an older man and being busted. "The grass was Chuck's."

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
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
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
1000 Postcards
From: Rene Gutel
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a bus driver writes his daughter every day for 1000 days

Bought by KTNA, KPFA, and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 10, 2004
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 3
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
Reserved for Father
From: Elizabeth Dribben
Caption: PRX default Piece image
That's what the ads always say about the third Sunday in June. Father's Day. Reserved for Father.

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Kenny's Birthday
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother visits her comatose son to celebrate his birthday, while her daughter is deeply frustrated with her mother's "denial."

  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Twenty-five Years
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man wants his wife of 25 years to renew their lapsed intimacy, but she resists opening the wounds.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Dog & Kid
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Sam's Pizza
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A suicidal youth dials the wrong number for the crisis help-line and gets Sam.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1

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