PRX - Pieces for Topic: Senior

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Top of Mind - Lewy Body Dementia, Saving Pets and People, Undersea World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A disease called Lewy body dementia is the second-most common type of degenerative dementia after Alzheimer's. But it's a lot less well-un...

Bought by KMXT, KSTK, WYAP, KOWS, and KTNA


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind Christmas Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: For people with dementia, reflecting on past events in life is a form of therapy; Topic 2: We associate ghost stories with Halloween, but ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:50
  • Purchases: 9
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Joseph Patton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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81-year-old Navy veteran Joseph Patton remembers his service and the discrimination he faced as a gay man in the 1950s.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Call Your Elders: A Letter to Italy
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: A Better Life
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Two Italian women living in San Francisco compare their experiences during the pandemic.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Storytelling Health, Seniors and Suicide, Prescribing Food as Medicine
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A pediatrician who promotes public health awareness through writing for TV shows. Topic 2: The risk of suicide among seniors is a growing ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 49:32
Episode 20: Gil From London
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Karen Miller met a man named Gil Harper on Facebook. They started flirting. The flirtation grew more serious. Eventually, they planned to meet in r...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 25:13
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Beverly's Story
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
"We had a final discussion early in our marriage. ... He said, 'Are you sure?' I said, 'I am, my dear.' And we've never looked back." -Beverly, 72,...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
StoryCorps: Kevin Lucey and Joyce Lucey
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Kevin Lucey talks to his wife, Joyce Lucey, about their son Jeff who was a...

Bought by WEZU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Storm Reyes and Jeremy Hagquist
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Bay Area connection to the "Human Secret Weapons” of World War II
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Frank and Ginger Masuoka at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Credit: Melanie Young
If you read your history books, you might think that America’s involvement in the war against Japan began with the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decemb...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:12
Seeking Shelter: Building Housing and Community for LGBTQ Elders
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors are much more likely than their straight counterparts to be alone and isolated as they age. Housing ...

Bought by Wild Planet Radio and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Don Fidel
From: American Student Radio
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Don Fidel, an immigrant to the United States, opened a staple restaurant in Chicago, but for his family, it was more than restaurant.

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 16:26
The Tail of A Stone Carver's Dream
From: Lori Ann Brass
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Tim Dibble has waited his whole life to work full-time as a sculptor. Now, at 65, he's finally doing what he wants. In his rustic workshop on Cape ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
Baby Boomers' Changing Lifestyles
From: Marianne Gardner
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A baby boomer couple reevaluate life and make a change

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2