PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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The life of mushing
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Jim guides us through his personel journey, into a world few of us will ever know.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:09
Alaskan Native Culture
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Raymomd claims his birthright and shares his personal journey and native history.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:40
A Cook's Notebook: The Holy Basil
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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finding her roots in hydroponic basil plant

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 27, 2004
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Sorrow & Joy Cake
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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A letter to my cousin who I never knew I had.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
My Family, Your Family, Our Family
From: Robynn Takayama
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My Family, Your Family, Our Family, a new coloring book by Libby Black and Jennifer Lovvorn, features families with parents who identify as lesbian...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:37
Charley the Spelling Whiz
From: Rene Gutel
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a profile of a speller who competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2004

Bought by PRX Remix and WHQR


  • Added: Jun 22, 2004
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 2
That's My Song: Under Pressure
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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One boy's bittersweet association with a David Bowie song.

Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 8
Father's Day Tribute: Fix'er Up, Dad.
From: Joshua Kilpatrick
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A Father's Day Tribute to a Dad who love to fix things.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, XRAY.fm, KPIK-LP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 15
Jazz
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A family operates on the same principle as a jazz combo: improvisation on a theme.

Bought by WQJC and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 2
Warren Upstairs
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman reveals her terror when her recently-retired husband is suddenly in poor health.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Phone Message
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The adult daughter hasn't called; the parents are desperate; but at least there's a message on the machine.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Twins
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Twin sisters are torn between the fear of losing each other and wanting to break away from each other now that one of them is getting married.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Entrepreneur
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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An ingenuous young taxi driver applies for a bank loan, inspired by his father's vision of American opportunity, to start a steel mill.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Born Smiling
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An adult daughter, bringing flowers to her mother's grave, imagines what her mother would say to her, both condemning and loving.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Arrangements
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sister reminds her accusing brother who held the household together when the mother was abusive and alcoholic in their growing-up years. The sco...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Armsted
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly man prepares to take his senile wife to the nursing home, trying inarticulately to express his love.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Joellen & Willie
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman questions her 15 year old daughter about going out with an older man and being busted. "The grass was Chuck's."

  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Burke & May
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Blizzard
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mother explodes at the dinner table. But she's in a surreal world where her explosion means nothing: "It's ok, Mom, you're not nearly as crazy ...

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sleeves to Turkey
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man describes to his lover the experience of consoling a friend who had just learned of the death of her father. A module from "Family Snapshots...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Funeral Notice
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man is furious at his siblings making a public show of love for their deceased mother: they never showed their love while she was alive.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Aneurysm
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elderly woman phones her older brother to let him know she's having a risky, life-saving operation. She ends up comforting him.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
Damn Families
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
GUNSMOKE on Father's Day
From: TL Wagner
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My attempt to get Marshall Matt Dillon's autograph for my Dad

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KISU, and WCOM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
Dads
From: Sue Mell
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People talking about their dads.

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


  • Added: Jun 12, 2004
  • Length: 08:46
  • Purchases: 4

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