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Uncovering Your Family's Legacy: Genealogy and Newspapers.com
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Caption: The Not Old Better Show
According to the Center for Disease Control, only one-third of Americans have gathered their family health history, although 96% of them believe th...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 30:40
StoryCorps: Hunny Reiken and Elliot Reiken
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hunny and Elliot Reiken at StoryCorps in New York City., Credit: StoryCorps
At StoryCorps, Hunny and Elliot Reiken remember when Hunny and her identical twin sister met Elliot and his twin brother, Danny, in the Catskills.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:17
Dierdre Wolownick is much more than Alex Honnold's mom
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today's guest is Dierdre Wolownick. What first captures many people’s attention is the fact that Dierdre is mother to world-renowned climber, Alex ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3
11262020: Elder Wisdom: Sage Insights on Growing Old through Passionate Living with Elizabeth Marshall Thomas & Elaine Mays, 11/26/2020
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on Elder Wisdom: Sa...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 55:55
Linda Kiley MD Urogynecologist on Pelvic Health, Incontinence, Prolapse, Cannabis for Pain and More
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Linda Kiley MD Urogynecologist on Pelvic Health, Incontinence, Prolapse, Cannabis for Pain and More

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: May 27, 2019
  • Length: 27:26
  • Purchases: 1
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Slipping Away: An Alzheimer's Story, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Triptych photo illustration, Credit: Doug Dobey.
For the longest while I would think of my mother as a husk like the shell left behind by a cicada, all the internal meat gone, just a crisp skin re...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
Heiress Huguette Clark / The Dog Park / College! / Women's Sexual Health / House Hunters!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Meryl Gordon/Huguette Clark Segment 2:Matthew Gilbert/dog parks Segment 3:Sandy Block/college towns Segment 4:Dr. Susan Kellogg-Spadt...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Episode 20: Gil From London
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Karen Miller met a man named Gil Harper on Facebook. They started flirting. The flirtation grew more serious. Eventually, they planned to meet in r...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 25:13
  • Purchases: 1
Nonagenarian Duo Shows Rushing To Marry Not Always A Bad Idea
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy is 93. Girl is 90. True story.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 3
Boomers Dealing With Drugs in the Family [Boomerology Revealed TV #.9]
From: Shahar Boyayan
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Boomers Dealing With Drugs in the Family

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 32:57
  • Purchases: 1
Strength Training for Regimens for Women
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, strength training sculpts the body by building lean body mass and increases metabolism. Joan Pagano explains simple ways to add strength tra...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCWP


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Stories from my Family: Evelyn
From: Marion Kane
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This chat with my nanny, Evelyn Smail, was recorded at her seniors' home in Morrisburg ON about a year ago. Created by me, it was produced by Ashle...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:14
Alzheimer's: Slipping Away
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Frances Hilary McGuigan, Credit: Doug Dobery
This journey begins in the deepest recesses of the human brain--the hippocampus, and ends in the memory support unit of a retirement community. It'...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
The Laughing Table
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Everyone loves a good happy hour - a chance to socialize and sip spirits. But what about happy hour in an assisted living facility?

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Julia Klatt-Singer - "The Fall After"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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The Beat daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day. Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and wal...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Normal Bar: What is a Normal Relationship?
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, AARP’s Love and Relationship expert, Pepper Schwartz, gives the details of a survey, titled “The Normal Bar,” that uncovered the surprising ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "Grandma Walked Wide"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
New York
From: Emma Miller
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Edith Green and her granddaughter, Chaya
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Edith Green tells her granddaughter, Chaya, about being a survivor of gun violence.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
It becomes more beautiful all the time
From: Anne Hoffman
Caption: The producer and her Grandmother, several years ago
Virginia Mae Snyder lived alone in her house in West Virginia until she was 94. She suffered a drastic fall while gardening; a fall which forced he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: René and Michelle Foreman
From: StoryCorps
Caption: René Foreman (R) and her daughter Michelle (L)
René Foreman, who survived cancer of the esophagus, tells her daughter Michelle about speaking through an electrolarynx.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Conrad and Evelyn
From: Aileen LeBlanc
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
Groundhog and Mirror
From: Ronan Kelly
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Jane O'Connor is a young woman from Dublin whose mother was a big fan of the film Groundhog day. The irony of her beloved film choice was that when...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 5
Community Caring
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Sunday Father's Day Supper, Credit: Walter Murch
How do women share and care for each other through their ages.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:43