PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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Cat in the Attic
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Stoplight
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dad proudly teaches his small child to read "walk" and "don't walk", then crosses against the light.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Out Dancing
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A middle-aged divorcee going out on a date is grilled like a teenager by her elderly father.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Summer Camp
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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From the mouths of kids and the memories of grownups comes a rambunctious portrait of a peculiarly American institution.

Bought by KSUT, KPIK-LP, KGNU Community Radio, KMUZ, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 23
Cathy, 16, Mom
From: Sarah Elzas
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Enter Cathy's world of toddlers, diapers and high school parenting classes...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Vocalo.org, 90.5 WSNC, Littleglobe and more


  • Added: May 21, 2004
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 10
Hard to Say
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ninety year old Ed Werler takes listeners on a sentimental journey exploring love and loss.

Bought by PRX Remix, HowSound, WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 14
Mother's Day Diary
From: Hans Anderson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I forgot Mother's Day, here's a diary of my day

Bought by KUT, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WJAB, WRVO Public Media, WKSU and more


  • Added: May 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 12
The Fair
From: Jason Rayles
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The fair is bright and nice and happy, and then the sun goes down....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, WNIJ, WBEZ, WZBC and more


  • Added: May 04, 2004
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 7
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [long version]
From: Jason Rayles
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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
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [short version]
From: Jason Rayles
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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
Memorial
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Every 100 days, Roberts saves the phone messages of her mom who passed away two years ago as a living memorial.

Bought by WHFR, Prairie Public, Room Tone Selects, WTJU, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 28
Orphan Opossums
From: Worth Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
Crossing the River Lethe
From: Laura Jackson
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Coming to terms with my aging mother's dementia.

Bought by WKSU and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
My Father's Songs
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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Dr. H. is reminded about the songs of his tribe while practicing songs with his grandson.

Bought by WGDR and WCOM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Profile of Sgt. Jim Johnson
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Spencer Scott interviews Sargeant Jim Johnson of the Maine National Guard as he departs for eighteen months in Iraq.

Bought by WXLV-FM, WMPG, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 3
Pre Adopt Mom
From: David Barasoain
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Woman who cares for babies before adoption.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Apr 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
Our Adult Prom
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Former HS geeks -- Muslim, ex-Jehovah, gay/straight and fabulous attend an "adult prom" for an NYC friend who's moving on...,

  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 02:49
Joey's Phone Call Home
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Joey, an incarcerated teen, calls home.

Bought by The Story, Remix Radio, WYBC, YouthCast, Space Gallery and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 6
Area-Code Chic**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:29
Too Curvy and Not Enough Shoulder
From: Julia DeBruicker
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wilma and her son on bicycling

Bought by KUT, KZSC, BSR Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 02, 2004
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 4
For the Blood Is the Life
From: Julia DeBruicker
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Goat killing chronicles homegrown ingenuity in the mountains of Appalachia

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Apr 02, 2004
  • Length: 09:44
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: A Man's Choice - A Look at Male Contraceptives
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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With the advent of the male pill, men will now have the opportunity to become more involved in family planning and society is ready for it

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded (Short Version)
From: Hannah Palin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by KUOW, Wisconsin Public Radio, KPCC, East Village Radio, WUAL and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 6
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded
From: Hannah Palin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, XRAY.fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Way it Looks from Here
From: Kerry Seed
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a time of great economic uncertainty, Mel Clarrage, a legally blind vocational counselor, is looking for work.

Bought by WMPG, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUHB


  • Added: Feb 18, 2004
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 3

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