PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family
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In episode 1, "Don't Cut The Cord," you’ll get the lay of the land in the Big Bend— what it feels like to live in a place where getting care has al...
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 53:30
Dark Winter Nights Executive Producer Ryan Peterson tells the wild story of how he found his birth parents.
- Added: Sep 23, 2021
- Length: 29:00
On August 28th, 2000, Danny Stewart got on the subway to meet his boyfriend Pete Mercurio for dinner in New York City. As he was exiting the statio...
- Added: Aug 13, 2021
- Length: 36:50
Three women, two countries, one shared experience: Motherhood. From giving birth to receiving support – our producer Melissa Gerr looks at the role...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 24:46
- Purchases: 3
The summer before her sophomore year of high school, Audrey’s parents filed for a divorce. This momentous change affected her views on family, marr...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 04:04
- Purchases: 1
Julija Šukys talked to photographer Shane Epping about his extraordinary volunteer work and how it relates to the loss of his first daughter.
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 07:16
"I sat my kid down and said 'do you wanna be a girl?' And she said 'no, I am a girl'"
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 23:30
- Purchases: 1
Being a soccer mom is harder than it looks.
- Added: Jul 05, 2015
- Length: 24:26
- Purchases: 2
This piece investigates the particular difficulties of struggling with addiction as a mother.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 08:45
- Purchases: 1
Israel Story's Mother's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching tale you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are now avai...
Bought by WYSO, WVPE, WZEN.org, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WNYC
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
When my sister placed her baby for adoption, she and the adoptive parents developed an unexpected relationship.
- Added: Apr 02, 2014
- Length: 10:06
This is a radio documentary - my first radio project - that I produced in 2011. It tells the story of my grandmother in Ireland, who fostered over ...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
Children's author Luli Gray talks about her new picture book, "Ant and Grasshopper."
- Added: Jun 12, 2011
- Length: 05:00
A man decides to leave his unfaithful ex-girlfriend and their daughter.
- Added: Apr 26, 2011
- Length: 03:33
A mother talks about the decision to put her mentally handicapped daughter in a group home.
- Added: Mar 24, 2011
- Length: 03:29
It is good to have a birth plan. The one problem? The birth of a child can be unpredictable. Radio Producer Katy Sewall brings us the story of on...
- Added: Jul 02, 2010
- Length: 11:56
"The Elephant Who Liked To Smash Small Cars" enthralled me as a kid. As an adult, trying to track down a copy of the book took me across the country.
- Added: Mar 05, 2010
- Length: 15:00
- Purchases: 2
Bradley and Nicole are not allowed to know anything about their birth parents until they turn 18 because they are part of a closed adoption.
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: 05:47
In Fall 2009, as my wife entered the late stage of pregnancy, I asked several friends of mine who are recent or long-time dads for advice on becomi...
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 13:46
- Purchases: 7
What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...
- Added: Mar 05, 2009
- Length: 04:30
Michelle Rhee has the full support of DC Mayor Adrian Fenty in her quest to overhaul the DC Public School System. What do DC parents, community act...
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 16:22
