PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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Caption: Peggy and Hugh, then and now.
Peggy grew up on the Canadian prairie listening to big band on the radio. Hugh grew up in Seattle and tried to stay out of trouble from his Welsh ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 17:18
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Robert Hamilton wanted to be known as the world's greatest unknown painter. When he died in 2004, he left behind 600 paintings. Now it is up to his...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Conrad, Evelyn and Buhg
Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 18:25
Caption: Children playing in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about gentrification and the struggle for home. Maisha Morales and her 10-year-old son Anthony talk about how her successf...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
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It's one thing to make it to living in your nineties, and another to get to that age and still live independently at home. Bob and Terry Rohe have ...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Samuel Beckett, Credit: Jane Bown
A glimpse into the world of highly acclaimed photographer Jane Bown. Jane discusses balancing her career with her family, her two identities, Jane ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
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Alice Loesch has lived through a century that has seen some of history’s most sweeping changes in the lives of women.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSFR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 10
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An oral history of Portland, Maine's long-lost Little Italy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
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Sam Eaton has been lobstering for 73 years and has no plans to quit despite his wife's genuine concerns for his safety out on the water.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 2
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Five Conversations on Death

  • Added: Dec 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:22
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An hour-long special about starting over late in life.

Bought by KUNM, WSKG, PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
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Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 12

  • Added: Nov 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
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A young woman and senior citizen learn from each other about dealing with loss.

Bought by KVNF and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
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An update of the Long Haul Production's series "Mom's Good Move."

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
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A portrait of Grandma and Alzheimer’s http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4948418

Bought by PRX Remix, HCC Radio The Dragon, KXOT Public Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 4
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It is possible for almost everyone to be pain free at the end of their lives

Bought by WDCV, Audible, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:06:33
  • Purchases: 3
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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
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
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A man courts his wife in Scotland.

Bought by WKNO


  • Added: Oct 11, 2003
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1