PRX - Pieces for Topic: Senior

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

37 results


Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ambassador Madeleine Kunin
The hardest book to write is the one about you. I’ve heard that story from so many authors. You want to be honest, yet there are times that can fee...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Father's Day
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
Piece image
Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
Lonely Planet Founders: Authors Tony & Maureen Wheeler
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
Piece image
This European-born couple who have called Australia home for many decades created the first in the Lonely Planet series of guide books more than 40...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Jack and Rose
From: Emma Miller
Caption: Gloria and Rose
Sassy and sagacious Gloria, 85, shares stories of being in both a conventional heterosexual marriage and a long-time same-sex relationship.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
March 10, 1945
From: Will Rogers
Caption: Bob Quin in leather jacket
I brought a microphone when I visited my grandfather, and he told stories I'd never heard. This is one of those stories, with original music and so...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
M4M
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maine, Barton Girdwood got to wondering, what about all the gay men in Maine who never found love? S...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Once a Marine
From: Gretta Herzog
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bill recalls his time spent in the U.S. Marine Corps.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:51
Jane Bown - a portrait
From: Jack King
Caption: Samuel Beckett, Credit: Jane Bown
A glimpse into the world of highly acclaimed photographer Jane Bown. Jane discusses balancing her career with her family, her two identities, Jane ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
Coming Home
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Go Fish, Credit: Walter Murch
At home after surgery is where the hard work of healing begins.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 09:18
The other side of the bed
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Titanium Knee Xray, Credit: Walter Murch
Doctors and nurses make notoriously different patients. This old RN finds a new perspective from The Other Side of the Bed

  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 09:42
Lou, the Crossing Guide
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Lou takes a break., Credit: photograph by David Foster
Portrait of Lou Alexander, a crossing guide in Portland, Maine

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:56
It's Right For Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
Alice Loesch has lived through a century that has seen some of history’s most sweeping changes in the lives of women.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSFR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 10
Flea Market Moxie
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a flea market vendor in Maine.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:32
Boat Drinks (give me five)
From: ken girardey
Piece image
A look at friendship and mortality between a guitar player and a horn player.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 23:22
As we boomers age ...
From: Laura Friedman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A boomer youngster finds inspiration about aging - from people her own age.

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
From The Heart
From: Bill Slammon
Piece image
This is a story about dying well. It's my father's story.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:12
Voler
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Myonne Lee has wanted to fly since she was a child. Some eighty years later, she?s finally learning.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 2
Midlife Web Diary
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Piece image
Middle-aged corporate malcontent goes online, to be found by mom

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2
Fortunate Decision
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There is more to life than work.

Bought by Hearing Voices and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Walk Three Times
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Relearning how to walk can be the hardest thing to do as an adult.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:04
Swiss Army Name Pact
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two soldiers make a lasting agreement of friendship.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :57
Snake in Pocket
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A gentle snake charmer always has one on hand to show.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :58
Make It Up
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Learning through life?s experiences including the hurdles of recovering from a stroke.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :54
Hammond
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When you pare down a household to move to smaller quarters sometimes you give up things you love.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :37
Four Funerals
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Four in One Year

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:28