PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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What's a Bastard?
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A single parent reassures her small child there's no shame in being illegitimate -- but the child is asking something entirely different.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Hammering
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man teaches his young daughter to hammer a nail, but her failure echoes through life.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Falling Out the Car
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"The first time I knew my parents loved me" ? a woman's memory of "two frantic angels" coming to her rescue.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Fixing Cars
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A son disappoints his dad by deciding to forego college to learn a trade, even though he's clearly "college material."

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Medical History
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman tries to tell her uncomprehending doctor that she doesn't have her family medical history because, as an adoptee, she's legally denied acce...

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Runaway Dad
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man finally meets the son he abandoned 26 years ago; he's prepared to face rage, but not indifference.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Dog & Kid
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenager whose parents are divorcing sees that she has become a pawn of negotiation, in competition with the family dog.

Bought by WQJC and East Village Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
Sam's Pizza
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A suicidal youth dials the wrong number for the crisis help-line and gets Sam.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Playing in Mud
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mom finally allows her child to go out and play in the mud if he promises to keep clean.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
What Does It Take?
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
He couldn't be with his dying lover because he wasn't family. "What does it take to be family?"

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
It's Locked
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Jackie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grown daughter rages at the immaturity of the parents who abandoned her but is chastised by the grandmother who raised her.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Thank-You Note
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Cat in the Attic
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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

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