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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
Maxine Hayes
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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The harder you have to work for something, the better you appreciate it. And everybody had to work together. Neighbors, that’s what we were.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Challenge of ALS
From: Avery Hall
Caption: In eye-popping plaid pants and a pea-green jacket, Dr. Bedlack wears positivity into his office at the Duke ALS clinic., Credit: Avery Hall
ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Sol (Remembering The Hyatt Disaster)
From: Matt Hodapp
Series: Paris of the Plains Podcast
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On July 17th, 1981 The Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Skywalk fell onto the unsuspecting attendants at one of the hotel’s popular Tea Dances. 114 people w...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 10:26
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
Who Cares
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here
Caption: Rick Rayburn cares for his wife Marianne who has dementia., Credit: Andrew Nixon | Capital Public Radio
If you're not a caregiver now there's a good chance you'll become one, joining an estimated 66 million adults who make up the "backbone" of America...

Bought by KUER, KALW, KOSU, KQED, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 20
Sicilian Grandmother Takes on The Godfather
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia. Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
The Emotion Roadmap: How to deal with the emotional challenges of aging parents
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Mom Mike and Chuck
Are you beginning to recognize that your parents are no longer able to live independently. Are they struggling with remembering people, events, dat...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2011
  • Length: 45:10
Mom's Good Move Special
From: Long Haul Productions
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An hour-long special about starting over late in life.

Bought by KUNM, WSKG, PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
The Last Place: Diary of a Retirement Home
From: Radio Diaries
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A group of residents of The Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Illinois use tape recorders to document their lives in retirement.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Remix Radio, KGLT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 6