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Holding on to the Man in the Mirror
From: Zach Dyer
Caption: “Stranger in the Mirror.” Marlborough, MA. November 2003. , Credit: Stephen DiRado
Family has always been an important theme for photographer Stephen DiRado’s work. So when tragedy struck, it wasn’t a surprise that Stephen turned ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Idella Hansen and Sandi Talbott
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Idella Hansen (left) and Sandi Talbott (right)
Two big rig truckers with more than 9 million miles in the driver’s seat between them discuss friendship, adventures, and why they’ll never retire.

Bought by PRX Remix, WMUU-LP, WGUC/ WVXU, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 4
A Lifetime of Caregiving: Mom and Uncle Harold
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mom and Uncle Harodl, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
Most often family members are the ones that step up and provide care when a parent or loved one needs it. According to the Family Caregiver Allianc...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:39
Wedding Etiquette / Say Cheese! / Music to Our Ears / Connecting Beyond this Life / The Cannabis Craze
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Lizzie Post/wedding etiquette Segment 2: Cameron Smith/cheese whiz Segment 3: Catherine Cho/musician Segment 4: Janet Mayer/medium S...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Nonagenarian Duo Shows Rushing To Marry Not Always A Bad Idea
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy is 93. Girl is 90. True story.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 3
Love Advice for the Young: Take Care of Your Teeth
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Bob Athearn
Bob Athearn's a cat who's played a lot of joints -- joints you wouldn't take your best girl to. But the best of what this journeyman musician has t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 13: The Big Sleep
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Raymond Chandler is often called the greatest American crime novelist. But something very important to Chandler had gotten lost. No one noticed u...

Bought by KALH and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:08
  • Purchases: 2
Caregiving in Colorado
From: Vero Balderas Iglesias
Caption: For six years, Marisa Raygoza took care of her mother Isabel Garcia Beltran, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Isabel passed away on June 25, 2014. Marisa warns of the challenges caregivers often face and advises other caregivers to plan ahead and re
According to official estimates, there are currently over 50 thousand older adults in Boulder County that are at least 60 years old. 13,000 are at ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Winter - "November's Embrace, March's Imbalance."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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
Essen, My Sweet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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A visit to a Jewish assisted living facility to record memories of what people hunger for over the courses of their lives.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Recreational Therapy
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Recreation Therapy is a program offered to patients to either increase or maintain their physical, psychosocial as well as mood states. Recreation ...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
The Laughing Table
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Everyone loves a good happy hour - a chance to socialize and sip spirits. But what about happy hour in an assisted living facility?

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
Harold and Butch
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Harold and his pal, Butch, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds
Harold Crocker and his friend, Butch can't live without each other. One of them is a ventriloquist.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Snowbirds In Black and White"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
A Little Bit of Hartford History
From: Catie Talarski
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Reminiscing on Hartford's past.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 04:40
These Foolish Things
From: Roo Kidd
Caption: Pete and Nan Hodge, Elloughton Church, East Yorkshire, October 12th 1940
An East Yorkshire woman recalls her wartime wedding. Audio messages recorded on vinyl and mailed across war-torn Europe provide a snapshot of the e...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
Forgotten Foods of NYC: "I Guess Dessert Has Been My Upbringing"
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Debra Klaber (right) and Paul J. Hintersteiner (left). , Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Debra Klaber, 60, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, recalls her mother's Eastern European baking traditions -- which she has passed down to her dau...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Cooking Puerto Rican Comida on the Lower East Side
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Olga Colon., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Olga Colon, 86, of Manhattan's Lower East Side, arrived in New York City -- from Puerto Rico -- when she was 18 years old. Over the years Colon ma...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
New York
From: Emma Miller
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
Bea is 85.
From: Jaime Bedrin
Caption: Great Grandma Bea with Henry and Juliet, Credit: Jeff Slater
We recently celebrated my grandmother's 85th birthday. Her reflections here.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: :54
Grey Areas
From: Dave Pickering
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This piece is called Grey Areas and it's about how close I am to my dad, in a literal sense, it's also a tribute to the the neighbour we buried in ...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Anna Halprin and the Planetary Dance
From: KALW
Caption: Anna Halprin explaining the Planetary Dance, Credit: Photo by photo by John Kokoska
Anna Halprin has influenced generations of dancers and artists with her unique integration of dance and healing work, as well as her use of perform...

  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:42
Peggy and Hugh: An Oral History
From: Laura Herberg
Caption: Peggy and Hugh, then and now.
Peggy grew up on the Canadian prairie listening to big band on the radio. Hugh grew up in Seattle and tried to stay out of trouble from his Welsh ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 17:18
More Than Mail - Rural Postal Service Threatened
From: WMMT
Caption: Blake White, outside the Burdine Post Office in Letcher County, KY, Credit: Mimi Pickering
As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial crisis, Central Appalachia and much of rural America may be hard hit by pending closures of post offices...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 21:19