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The Journey of Caregiving / Eye on the Future / Glamping! / I Dream of Downton / The Maker Movement
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Joan Lunden/caretaking Segment 2: Dr. Julia Haller/macular degeneration Segment 3: Deb Stone/glamping Segment 4: Maggie Lidz/Winterth...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Ronnie Gilbert: A Memorial Tribute with Holly Near
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Ronnie Gilbert memorial, with excepts from her 1996 visit to Radio Curious, and remembrances by Holly Near

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:04
Il Barbiere di Madison
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Freeman “Buzzy” Buzzell has been a barber in Madison, Maine for the past fifty-five years, and he keeps at it because he loves his customers.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
92 year old Park Ranger Remembers Civil Rights Movement
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest US Park Ranger, shares with visitors, and with us babes, the amazing chapters of history she has witnessed, and how ...

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
NEA Jazz Moments with Jazz Advocate and Presenter, Joe Segal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal lives and breathes for jazz and it shows. For nearly 70 years, he's been presenting incredible musicians, many of wh...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
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
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION -- Seymour Bernstein Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sydney Bernstein talks synchronicity, metaphysics, and why the universe may be resonating in b-flat.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
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
Robotic seals comfort dementia patients but raise ethical concerns
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Paro the seal, charging by its electronic pacifier , Credit: Angela Johnston
At the Livermore Veteran’s Hospital, there are a few animals residents can see: wild turkeys that run around the grounds, rattlesnakes that hide ou...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 2
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
StoryCorps: Roy Wilkins and Keith Melick
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Command Sergeant Major Roy Wilkins and Retired Army 1st Sergeant Keith Melick, who first crossed paths at war in 2004, talk about reuniting in a VA...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Maurice Rowland and Miguel Alvarez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Miguel Alvarez (L) and Maurice Rowland (R) remember caring for residents at an assisted living home, where they were a janitor and a cook, when it ...

Bought by WRIR, Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 4
Sammy Hudson Shining Shoes and Singing the Blues.
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
Caption: Sammy with his signature smile and shine
You never know where someone's been…Sammy.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
One Date, A War, One Smooch & A 65 Year Journey of One Class Ring…Reunited.
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
Caption: Don & the 'Ring!', Credit: The Allgood News
It was 1944, Don was about to ship off to war...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:03
StoryCorps: Rita Fischer and Jay Fischer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rita Fischer (90) and Jay Fischer (65) recall the moment that Jay came out as gay.

Bought by WEZU, Public Radio for All, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Author's Corner on Public Radio: "Playing the Cello Later in Life!"
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JULY 2014
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Author Ari Goldman reads from his charming book, "The Late Starters Orchestra." Just one of our daily readings for July. The Author's Corner on Pub...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Multi-Generational Living
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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Where do you turn when you can’t afford to live in the city?

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Quahog Poets
From: Alison Byrne
Caption: The Quahog Poets in 2013
The Falmouth, Massachusetts, Senior Center poetry group hosted a public event to read their work. But it turned out to be less about sharing their ...

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


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 2
Keep Bowling As Long As You Can
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Nellie Kenyon , Credit: Nancy Klingener
Final advice from a bowling teammate has one veteran of a candlepin bowling league reconsidering whether to retire.

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


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 6
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
StoryCorps: Collin Smith and Ernest Greene
From: StoryCorps
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Collin Smith (23), who became quadriplegic after a car accident in high school, talks with Ernest Greene (72) who volunteered to go to college with...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
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
StoryCorps: Dean Smith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dean Smith, who spent 40 years as a stunt double for Hollywood Westerns, talks with his wife, Debby, and son, Finis.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
Stories from my Family: Evelyn
From: Marion Kane
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This chat with my nanny, Evelyn Smail, was recorded at her seniors' home in Morrisburg ON about a year ago. Created by me, it was produced by Ashle...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:14
A Conversation with Composer, Robert Ward
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Toward the end of his life, Robert Ward discussed his remarkable career in music. [29:15]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1