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Building Community One (Dance) Step at a Time
From: David Condos
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Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
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
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
Collaborating with the Mystery
From: Mary Quintas
Caption: Bud Brown with his trumpazoo and washboard, Credit: Mary Quintas
Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 4
Romance, Intrigue and Senior Citizens
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Marilyn Colburn of Provincetown, Mass., author of "Maudie & Sophie," the first novel published by the Provincetown Public Press, Credit: Nancy Klingener
The Provincetown Public Library, a tiny library at the end of Cape Cod, has become the first public library in the country to create its own digita...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 2
Happy One hundredth Birthday
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Arthur and Aggie, Credit: Walter Murch
The Santa Monica Pier and Arthur Lessac turned 100 years old on September 9th

  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:20
Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
Joe Jennings' Farm
From: Warren Black
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"I'm going to my J-O-Y, not my J-O-B."

  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
Music If You Want It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Yvonne Adams soothes hospital patients with her violin.

Bought by KUOW, Iowa Public Radio, Here and Now, and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 4
Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [short version]
From: Jason Rayles
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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1