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013: Cared: The relationships and communities that sustain the last decades of our lives, 12/8/2023
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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For older Americans, social isolation is a public health crisis. As we age, our relationships evolve and our communities change — how do we accept ...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
The Lisa Show - Making Friends as an Adult
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Making real connections despite life's busyness.

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
StoryCorps: Gwen Timbimboo Davis
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Gwen Timbimboo Davis at her StoryCorps interview in Brigham City, Utah on August 9, 2007., Credit: By Rachel Falcone for StoryCorps.
Gwen Timbimboo Davis tells her daughter, Heather Timbimboo Jorgensen, about visiting the Shoshone Reservation as a kid, and remembers her grandmoth...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Myrtle Johnson Clark's Memoirs of a Farm Girl
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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As time goes on, the younger generations forget what it's like to live in moments of the past. Each of these moments in time are experienced and r...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 22:56
Dierdre Wolownick is much more than Alex Honnold's mom
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today's guest is Dierdre Wolownick. What first captures many people’s attention is the fact that Dierdre is mother to world-renowned climber, Alex ...

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


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3
National Writers Series: Diane Rehm
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Cynthia Canty talks with Diane Rehm about her book "When My Time Comes."

Bought by WKAR, Michigan Radio, WKAR, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
The Big Pond #10: Faith, and a Side of Sour Beef
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Within the historic walls of Zion Lutheran Church in Baltimore, Maryland, you’re just as likely to hear a rousing polka band as sacred organ music....

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 11, 2019
  • Length: 23:04
  • Purchases: 1
LIVES WELL LIVED -- Sky Bergman Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sky Bergman talks wise words, forgotten history, and living life to the limit.

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 17:42
At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Dr. Samuel Harrington, MD, is the author of At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life. He argues the case for taking a clear-eyed yet compa...

Bought by WETS and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
David Wynn and Carolyn Lyon
From: StoryCorps
Caption: David Wynn (left) and Carolyn Lyon (right)
The scene could be a bleak one — a hospital room, a patient near death, and no family or loved ones present during their final moments. But David W...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Teresa Valko
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Teresa Valko remembers what it was like to see her mother’s memory deteriorate from Alzheimer’s, and to undergo her own genetic testing.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 4
Good Death
From: Kathryn Banakis
Series: Holy Holy Podcast
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Rev. Banakis hosts a show with a palliative care doctor and faith leaders about what we might hope for at the end of life.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 36:59
Richard Geary: Ranching in Montana is Not Romantic
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Newspaper columnist and Montana rancher, Richard Geary, talks about rural culture then and now, and reads some of his essays.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WCWP, KSJD, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dysfunctional Families
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Older, middle and younger generation guests discuss dysfunctional families

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Death With Dignity
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Julie Sabatier interviews Dr. Peter Goodwin, who was instrumental in creating Oregon's "Death with Dignity" law (sometimes referred to as "assisted...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Lynne and Jack Bruschetti
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lynne Bruschetti tells her son, Jack, about her father, Leonard Carpenter.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Rumble Strip Vermont: After the Forgetting
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A show about love, family and dementia, in two parts. First, a documentary, second, a followup interview.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:47
Quadriplegia: A Struggle to Live
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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As a follow up to last week's program, Radio Curious revisits a 2006 conversation with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, psychologist, quadriplegic and author of “...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Family Owned Businesses
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion about family owned businesses

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Chatting with Bill
From: Mary Beth Holland
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Bill Dewberry shares some stories from his Marine boot camp experience in 1954.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:51
Seeking Peace Around Death and Dying (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three hospice professionals explore ways for the dying and the survivors to find more peace around the death passage. This compelling hour also inc...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Wisdom of Age
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How a documentary project is challenging ageist stereotypes.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Edith Green and her granddaughter, Chaya
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Edith Green tells her granddaughter, Chaya, about being a survivor of gun violence.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Loyalty - Generational Perspectives
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Older, middle and younger generations discuss loyalty

  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Leisure
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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3 Generations comparing Leisure from the 30's to the present

Bought by WVPE


  • Added: May 23, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1