PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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Home Planet:A Naked Thanksgiving by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Talking turkey about the birds and the bees.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KRZA, Delta College Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 20
Oh! Danny Boy
From: Merle Kessler
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The reality series about Danny Bonaduce reaches new heights of creepiness.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 01:58
Web animation: a new genre of family entertainment
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Web animators whose art lands in the intersection of cute and ironic are drawing unbelievable numbers of fans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
"The Thing About Being A Teenage Mother...Is That I'm Young"
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Two teen moms talk honestly with high school interviewers about what happened when they found out they were pregnant, how they told their boyfriend...

Bought by YouthCast, WXLV-FM, KVNF, KOOP, WFUV and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2005
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 6
All in the Family
From: Scott Gurian
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A family reunion turns out to be not so bad after all

Bought by KUOW, KBBI Alaska, Public Interactive, KUER, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
Ovaltine: USA versus Canada
From: Shana Sheehy
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Old-time Ovaltine lovers, never fear! The Canadian variety is here... Just over the border, anyway

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Heir Apparent
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Fourteen-year-old Giannine is trapped in a virtual reality game; to escape she must successfully complete the game.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 1
Mother's Day outLoud
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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A joyous, quirky celebration of motherhood, hosted by a teenager and his mom.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 13
Popping the Question
From: Annie Wu
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A vox pop collage of "Will You Marry Me" tales.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
The eX Files
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2004
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The eX Files ? stories of gay divorce.

Bought by WCPN, KUT-HD, KQED, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
Babyquest
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Becoming a Mom
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Babyquest is the story of a single woman in her mid-40s that has been trying for two years to get pregnant using a variety of methods. Team Long Ha...

Bought by PRX Remix and WFUV


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 13:08
  • Purchases: 2
Singing Sanitation Worker
From: WFUV
Series: On the Night Shift
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On this Labor Day, WFUV catches up with New York City's night shift workers. In this segment, a sanitation worker sings his way through a very lat...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, PRX Remix, WEKU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 21
Jazz
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.

Bought by WQJC and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Twins
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Entrepreneur
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Born Smiling
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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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
Burke & May
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Damn Families
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."

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
Passover
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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On a bus, a woman describes the diversity of her family, coming together in a tense but sustaining unity at Passover.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Mag & Moo
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An elderly woman has been notified that her ex-husband has died. Her friend makes the mistake of extending sympathy.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Roller Skating
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A mother dreams of impulsively dropping everything and treating herself to an afternoon of roller skating -- but it's a dream.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Valentine
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A couple celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with simple love and humor.

Bought by KZYX and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Learn from My Mistakes
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A mother berates that her teenage daughter to learn from the mistakes the mother made as a teen. Problem is, Mom won't say what mistakes.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Faye
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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Faye, who has tried marriage four times, now sees her favorite bar as her family: It's happier and safer.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1

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