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Seeking Peace Around Death and Dying (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three hospice professionals explore ways for the dying and the survivors to find more peace around the death passage. This compelling hour also inc...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Early Memory Loss
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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People born at the leading edge of the Baby Boom turned 65 last year, with more and more Americans entering what experts call “young old age.” One ...

Bought by KENW, WXDU, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 4
The Wisdom of Age
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How a documentary project is challenging ageist stereotypes.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • 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
Bea is 85.
From: Jaime Bedrin
Caption: Great Grandma Bea with Henry and Juliet, Credit: Jeff Slater
We recently celebrated my grandmother's 85th birthday. Her reflections here.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: :54
StoryCorps: Freddie and Wilma Sue Wood
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 090: On the Road #1, Lasting Impacts
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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The first of our "On the Road" specials where we go on location and feature stories from that area. This week, we are in Saline County, Arkansas, a...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Up All Night with an Elderly Parent
From: Emily Berman
Caption: Jane Beard, of Silver Spring, Maryland
Now that her kids are grown up, it's not them keeping Jane up at night—it's her father.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Grey Areas
From: Dave Pickering
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This piece is called Grey Areas and it's about how close I am to my dad, in a literal sense, it's also a tribute to the the neighbour we buried in ...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
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: David Plant and Frank Lilley
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: David Plant (L) with his stepson, Frank Lilley (R)
Frank Lilley interviews his stepfather, David Plant, about approaching the end of his life.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 4
Tiny Dancers
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Tiny Dancer
Join us at the 'Irish In Birmingham Activity Centre' in England as we grab an insight into how one group of 'Yeehaa Grandmas' plan to cause a stir ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:16
Taking Mom to the Movies
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Dave White
After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 3
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
Peggy and Hugh: An Oral History
From: Laura Herberg
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
Legacy of an Unknown Artist
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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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
The Emotion Roadmap: How to deal with the emotional challenges of aging parents
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Mom Mike and Chuck
Are you beginning to recognize that your parents are no longer able to live independently. Are they struggling with remembering people, events, dat...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2011
  • Length: 45:10
Saying Goodbye: How Families Can Find Renewal through Loss
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Barbara Okun, Joseph Nowinski, and Nancy Rappaport, this week on Prime Time Radio

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
AN EASY TIME TO LIVE
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
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A retired history professor from Montana reflects on a childhood during the Depression, and on the nature of poverty...and happiness.

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


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
"Wrinkles" Episode Two "The Golden Roof"
From: Joan Chandler
Series: Mishoo miinwaa Noki ~ You, Me and Wrinkles
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Scams: A widow is cheated through a scam and no one can give her recompense or guidance.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 11:42
StoryCorps: Julian Walker and Julia Walker Jewell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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75-year-old Julian Walker tells his daughter, Julia Walker Jewell, about an accident his father had as a young boy.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Betsy Brooks and John Grecsek
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Betsy Brooks tells her boyfriend, John Grecsek, about her father.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2
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
Maisha Morales and Jabir Suluki
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
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
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

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