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StoryCorps: Gwen Timbimboo Davis
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Gwen Timbimboo Davis at her StoryCorps interview in Brigham City, Utah on August 9, 2007., Credit: By Rachel Falcone for StoryCorps.
Gwen Timbimboo Davis tells her daughter, Heather Timbimboo Jorgensen, about visiting the Shoshone Reservation as a kid, and remembers her grandmoth...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Dierdre Wolownick is much more than Alex Honnold's mom
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today's guest is Dierdre Wolownick. What first captures many people’s attention is the fact that Dierdre is mother to world-renowned climber, Alex ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3
GN_3.37_Socks By Bob
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks! 88-year-old Bob Rutherford starts his own business to help those in need.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
National Writers Series: Diane Rehm
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Cynthia Canty talks with Diane Rehm about her book "When My Time Comes."

Bought by WKAR, Michigan Radio, WKAR, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
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
Call Your Elders: Cooking with Philip and Niki
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: A Better Life
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In Philip Zias’ words, “I never thought I can cook.” Hear how the pandemic changed that for the 82-year-old Greek immigrant.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 10:54
  • Purchases: 1
Call Your Elders: Meet the Barraus
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: A Better Life
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In our first Call Your Elders conversation, Haitian-American producer Florence Barrau-Adams checks in on her parents, Monique and Eric, to see how ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 14:18
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Keep on rollin'
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his grandson Sam sing old favorites together while daughter Erika explores her father’s influence on Sam.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: 10:03
Series Trailer
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Introducing "Keeping Dad Alive," a podcast that captures the voice of a father living under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, and his five ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: :30
Let's Reminisce #1 - Jeff & Andrea
From: Rick Brewer
Series: Let's Reminisce
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Host Rick Brewer learns the details of a family secret. The story of how his parents met.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 17:28
Episode 2: On pulsars, wavelengths, and beating hearts
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his daughter Johanna explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes of our existence while exercising on Zoom.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 08:47
StoryCorps: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes after their StoryCorps interview in Arvada, Colorado in July 2020., Credit: Kenneth Felts and Rebecca Mayes for StoryCorps.
In the late 1950s, Kenneth Felts met the love of his life, Phillip. But he kept their relationship a secret for more than 60 years. It wasn’t until...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Lillian Bloodworth and John Bloodworth
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lillian Bloodworth and her husband, John Bloodworth, at their home in Gulf Breeze, FL, on Thanksgiving Day, 2016., Credit: the Bloodworth family.
Lillian Bloodworth speaks with her husband, John Bloodworth, about why she spent nearly half her life donating blood.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
Centenarians in Lockdown
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Hunker Down Diaries
Caption: Joe Newman and Anita Sampson, Credit: ABC Action News
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
My Grandfather Who Worked on the Biggest Warship in the World
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: I Sat Down With...
Caption: An artist's rendition of Jack Roderick and the world's fastest plane, Credit: artist: Nick Ladas
Hunter White talked with his grandfather, Jack Roderick, a veteran of both the U.S. Navy and Air Force who helmed the USS Saratoga as a 20-year-old...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 03:10
Over My Dead Body!
From: Israel Story
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Shlomo Avni devoted the last few years of his life to a fight to be buried the way he wanted. Although, buried isn't quite the word - he wanted his...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 1
273: The Third Act / 274: Making A Home, 5/19/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Third Act" - If you think of life as a play in three acts, the final act is often the best. HOUR TWO: "Making A Home" - This hour,...

  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Place and Privilege
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here
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Sacramento is considered one of the most integrated and diverse cities in America. But neighborhoods in California's capital are changing, in part,...

Bought by KZYX, KUAF Public Radio, KVCR, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Oct 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Father's Day
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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Driving with my Dad one summer evening, through his voice comes his his love for family, his influence on my life, and his radio career.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
3 Weeks: Dying a Good Death
From: Julia Caulfield
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In February 2017, Claire Woodward died at home with the support of her family and hospice care. This is a documentary about the final three weeks o...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps OutLoud: Leslye Huff and Mary Ostendorf
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Leslye Huff (left) and Mary Ostendorf (right)
When they met in 1983, Leslye was open about her sexuality while Mary kept hers private. With a family Thanksgiving approaching, that all changed.

Bought by KRVS, Radio Catskill, WMUU-LP, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 4
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Auntie
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip's Aunt
A heartfelt goodbye to a favorite Aunt.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
StoryCorps: Chloe Longfellow
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Chloe Longfellow
Chloe Longfellow came to StoryCorps to remember some of the life lessons she learned as a kid, while spending time in her grandmother’s kitchen.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 9
Michael and Leah
From: Israel Story
Caption: Michael and Leah.
Michael and Leah have been together for 37 years, living in a counter-cultural religious community that follows the teachings of “The Singing Rabbi...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 06:21