PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family
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A cleaning lady tells her baffled employer that she has disowned her own son for going against the tenets of their church.
- Added: Jun 04, 2004
- Length: 01:38
They're in their sixties, dating, and he pops the question. She's reluctant, fearing a repeat of her previous marital disasters.
- Added: Jun 04, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A young working-class couple proclaim their firm commitment to their marriage, and, in the next breath, separate.
- Added: Jun 04, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A mother and daughter offer individual visions of who is "family." To Mom, it's only her daughter; to her daughter, it's the world.
- Added: Jun 04, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A young couple worry over their feverish infant, debating the cost of going to the emergency room.
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:37
Two devoted criminals attribute the longevity of their marriage to teamwork and strong family values.
Bought by WMPG
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
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
A divorce lawyer is deeply disturbed when his own client wins.
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A daughter rebels against the bland life her mother has led, while the mother sees it from a very different perspective.
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A man calls his mother to tell her he can't bring his family home for the holidays, but ends up talking himself into it.
Bought by KMXT, WEZU, WRVO Public Media, WQJC, WKSU and more
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 6
A college student working a summer job shares a break with a woman whose burdens seem unimaginable to her.
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:37
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
A mother explains that they had to move because they're out of work. The child understands only that his friend's house is nicer.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
Two brothers sort through the attic after their mother's death, coming into contact with memories through the Christmas wrappings she preserved.
Bought by WKSU
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A suburban couple plan to go out for the evening, but every option is fraught with danger -- they stay home behind locked doors.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A single parent reassures her small child there's no shame in being illegitimate -- but the child is asking something entirely different.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A man teaches his young daughter to hammer a nail, but her failure echoes through life.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
"The first time I knew my parents loved me" ? a woman's memory of "two frantic angels" coming to her rescue.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A son disappoints his dad by deciding to forego college to learn a trade, even though he's clearly "college material."
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A woman tries to tell her uncomprehending doctor that she doesn't have her family medical history because, as an adoptee, she's legally denied acce...
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A man finally meets the son he abandoned 26 years ago; he's prepared to face rage, but not indifference.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
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
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
He couldn't be with his dying lover because he wasn't family. "What does it take to be family?"
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37