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Boat Drinks (give me five)
From: ken girardey
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A look at friendship and mortality between a guitar player and a horn player.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 23:22
Little Black Train
From: Nora Harrington
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Five Conversations on Death

  • Added: Dec 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:22
This I Believe Pledge Spot - Life's Changes
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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This I Believe essayist Amy Wilson and her mother discuss how their relationship deepened following the death of Amy's father.

Bought by WEZU, WEKU, New England Public Media, and KJZZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 4
The Last Butcher in Little Italy
From: Laura Terruso
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Unlike most Italian Americans, Moe Albanese never left Little Italy. Born on Elizabeth Street in 1925, Moe grew up on this street and helped his p...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2007
  • Length: 15:57
Bookends
From: Maria Howes
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In the beginning, there was light - but there were also baby chickens.

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:30
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
Final Sale
From: Samantha Broun
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After 70 years, Winthrop Sherwin is retiring from the general store where he works. It's the end of an era in Groton, MA.

Bought by PRX Remix, Public Interactive, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 4
The Ground We Lived On
From: Sound Portraits
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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
Muriel's Message
From: mira burt-wintonick
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Radio Portrait of a Grandma

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, Remix Radio, WYBC and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
Midlife Web Diary
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
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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
Rosie
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A reminiscence of loves lost and broken hearts, which ultimately turns optimistic.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:43
Always Present
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A quiet murmur evokes the presence of a departed mother

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:25
Keep Me Goin'
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A pair of dresses in a closet symbolize the death of Edna Wofford's son.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
Two Strokes
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Cornelia Richardson survives the sudden loss of her husband, moving on with life, and then faces recovery from her own stroke.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
Kirk Douglas
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A schoolyard encounter with Kirk Douglas.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:16
Boxcar Poet
From: Adam Allington
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93-year-old Clive Haswell is a poet who spent his youth riding the rails and playing poker

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Marissa's Grandma
From: Youth Radio
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Marissa's ode to her Grandma

Bought by KVNF, WGXC, and PRX


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70
From: Todd Melby
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Does getting older spell the end of sexuality? Not always.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 3
Fran Rehfeld--Almost 100 years old in NYC
From: Mona Iskander
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An extraordinary New Yorker who lives alone as her 100th birthday approaches

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jul 09, 2004
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
GUNSMOKE on Father's Day
From: TL Wagner
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My attempt to get Marshall Matt Dillon's autograph for my Dad

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KISU, and WCOM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
A Cook's Notebook: Chocolate Cake for Stanley
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Baking a cake for my father-in-law who has Alzheimer's

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jan 21, 2004
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 4