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A young couple seeks community through joining a church.
Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jun 11, 2004
- Length: 02:43
- Purchases: 2
A young mother weighs the costs of buying health insurance against the risks of living without it.
Bought by KXOT Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jun 11, 2004
- Length: 02:19
- Purchases: 4
Two men talk of a couple whose bizarre lifestyle has nevertheless supported a love and commitment stronger than what the men have experienced in th...
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A young bride-to-be in an interracial marriage tries to get reassurance from a hesitant sister who doesn't want to "take sides."
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:38
On a bus, a woman describes the diversity of her family, coming together in a tense but sustaining unity at Passover.
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
A married man tells a woman with whom he's having an affair of the time in his childhood: when he felt unconditional love.
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
An elderly woman has been notified that her ex-husband has died. Her friend makes the mistake of extending sympathy.
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Sister and brother clean up the aftermath of a bloody parental fight, wondering if this is just what moms and dads do. As adults they wonder if it...
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A mother dreams of impulsively dropping everything and treating herself to an afternoon of roller skating -- but it's a dream.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A couple celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with simple love and humor.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 2
A mother berates that her teenage daughter to learn from the mistakes the mother made as a teen. Problem is, Mom won't say what mistakes.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Faye, who has tried marriage four times, now sees her favorite bar as her family: It's happier and safer.
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A man and a woman communicate through the medium of a board game, briefly wondering, "Is there more to life than this?"
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A mother reveals to her daughter that, faced with a likelihood of birth defects, she decided against abortion, and was lucky. "What would you have...
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
The wife wants another baby. The man, expressing great enthusiasm, procrastinates.
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A child wonders why his grandfather has been made to live alone in a converted chicken house. Dad: It's not a chicken house!
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
An elderly woman, on her deathbed, reminisces with her daughter-in-law about their first big quarrel: the moment that first brought them closer.
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
On the verge of love-making, a couple quarrel about taking out the garbage. The only solution: divorce.
- Added: Jun 04, 2004
- Length: 01:38
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