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Feeling Younger, Living Longer
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: How old do you feel?, Credit: Helen M Bushe: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mistyblue17/14398632876
People who feel younger than their chronological age are also less likely to die.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Senescent Cells
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Researchers make new inroads into preventing age-related diseases.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
My Mystery Magnum of Wine
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Wine expert Narsi David, Credit: Reese Erlich 2014 (c)
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Author Sister Madonna Buder a.k.a. the Iron Nun
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A Roman Catholic Sister in her 80s who wrote “The Grace to Race, “ she’s the oldest person ever (man or woman) to finish an Ironman Triathlon. This...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
15: Music and Memory (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
The mysterious roots of a homegrown language
From: Liz Pfeffer
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Boontling is a dialect spoken in the tiny town of Boonville, Calif. While every word of the homegrown language tells a story, how and why it emerge...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 12:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Privatization of Death Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the rights of families to care for their dead and the funeral industry in this two-part interview with Lisa Carlson and Jos...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
Grapefruit & Medications
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Grapefruit and some medications don't mix., Credit: Wikipedia
Grapefruit can interact in potentially dangerous ways with a variety of prescription medications.

Bought by WXDU and KREV-LP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Quick Queue: Looking Past You
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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In modern society, women in their 70's and 80's are often pushed aside and ignored in the hustle and bustle of daily life. Miriam is 85, widowed, a...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
Six Feet Above
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Chuck Lakin has a unique hobby. He builds coffins. For living people.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
15: Music and Memory
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:46
Untitled (January 12, 2013)
From: KSRQ
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Inez Mosture creates whimsical characters from Norwegian folklore.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 23:09
Culturology: "Elder To Crone" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: "All My Elders Are Gone: Fabulous Crone" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
How to Turn on Genes and Reconstruct Your Brain
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses psychosocial and cultural genomics-a healing process that connects the mind-body to emotional and physical recovery by acti...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Groundhog and Mirror
From: Ronan Kelly
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Jane O'Connor is a young woman from Dublin whose mother was a big fan of the film Groundhog day. The irony of her beloved film choice was that when...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 5
Clever Apes: The March of Time
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Alexander Karczmar, at 93, is an authority on the brain and a student of the self.
How our brains age, and why some people manage to cheat death and stay sharp.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
Walter Breuning: World's Oldest Man
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Walter Breuning just days before his 114th birthday, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Walter Breuning is believed to be the world's oldest man. He was born in 1896...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:56
Clever Apes: The Shakedown
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: La Chaire Trepidante: the 19th century vibrating chair invented to relieve Parkinsons's symptoms., Credit: Christopher Goetz
Treating Parkinson's with a vibrating chair; reading the rumblings of the earth; and a hip-hop battle of cosmic proportions.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Going Local: The Ins And Outs Of "Washingtonian-ness"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:04
Wandering the Psychedelic Galaxy with Gong
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Daevid Allen of Gong
It's been 40 years since Daevid Allen convened his space gypsy rock band Gong which influenced everyone from Ozric Tentacles to Steve Roach. Allen...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Shopping - 2003 rebroadcast
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rebroadcast of our 2003 program on Christmas Shopping

  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Secrets To Living To 100
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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How can you reach 100 years leading a healthy and fulfilling life? Lillian Brown Vogel Phd. reached 100 in September 2009 and has just published he...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 27:16
Femininity
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Great discussion between the generations on Femininity!

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 59:52
Lyal Corliss: 81 and still shoeing horses
From: Japhet Weeks
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20