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Taking Mom to the Movies

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional

After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix

Added: Mar 13, 2012
Length: 10:49
Purchases: 3

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

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

StoryCorps: Betsy Brooks and John Grecsek

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Betsy Brooks tells her boyfriend, John Grecsek, about her father.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW

Added: Jul 15, 2011
Length: 02:17
Purchases: 2

Conrad and Evelyn

From: Aileen LeBlanc

Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.

Added: May 11, 2011
Length: 18:25

Maisha Morales and Jabir Suluki

From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1

Caption: Children playing in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo

Two first-person stories about gentrification and the struggle for home. Maisha Morales and her 10-year-old son Anthony talk about how her successf...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 09, 2011
Length: 08:11
Purchases: 1

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

Helping The Elderly Through Natural Disasters

From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio

Helping the Elderly Through Natural Disasters – and The Favorite Child … this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY

Added: Mar 09, 2010
Length: 59:57
Purchases: 1

Father's Day

From: Paul Currington

"What do you think of when you think of your dad?" People in Seattle share stories about their fathers. Death, divorce, drugs, love, Casey Kasem...

Bought by KSFR, KUT, and KUT

Added: Mar 05, 2010
Length: 14:24
Purchases: 3

Sexual Assault 29 min

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Same as longer version

Added: Apr 13, 2009
Length: 29:00

Sexual Assault

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Three generations discussing the impact sexual assaults have had on each of their generations.

Added: Apr 13, 2009
Length: 01:18:35

From The Heart

From: Bill Slammon

This is a story about dying well. It's my father's story.

Added: Jun 07, 2007
Length: 09:12

Mom's Good Move Special

From: Long Haul Productions

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

Hospice Chronicles

From: Long Haul Productions

Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more

Added: Dec 06, 2006
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 9

The Ground We Lived On

From: Sound Portraits

Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more

Added: Dec 01, 2006
Length: 11:33
Purchases: 12

Dad's Tray

From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet

Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here he tells ...

Added: Jun 19, 2006
Length: 02:09

Keep Me Goin'

From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet

A pair of dresses in a closet symbolize the death of Edna Wofford's son.

Added: Jun 18, 2006
Length: 02:12

Break

From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet

Thoughts about the inevitable losses of old age and the value of a positive perspective in life.

Bought by WBEZ

Added: Jun 18, 2006
Length: 01:46
Purchases: 1

A Condition of the Heart

From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet

Reflecting on aging, the illness and death of his wife, his own decline, then renewed social life by joining a retirement community.

Bought by WBEZ and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Jun 18, 2006
Length: 08:19
Purchases: 2

Esther and Abuelita

From: Radio Rookies

A young woman and senior citizen learn from each other about dealing with loss.

Bought by KVNF and YouthCast

Added: Apr 13, 2006
Length: 10:03
Purchases: 2

Mom's Good Move II

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series

An update of the Long Haul Production's series "Mom's Good Move."

Bought by WBEZ

Added: Jan 09, 2006
Length: 10:52
Purchases: 1

Man in the Bed

From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song

Songwriter Dave Alvin describes his song "Man in the Bed" which tells the story of the last day of his father's life.

Bought by KZYX, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, Hearing Voices and more

Added: Dec 12, 2005
Length: 04:08
Purchases: 8

HEART-to-HEART Pgm I: Beyond Pain

From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying

It is possible for almost everyone to be pain free at the end of their lives

Bought by WDCV, Audible, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Jul 28, 2005
Length: 01:06:33
Purchases: 3

Mom's Good Move

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series

Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio