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Again
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
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A Radio Play with Music By, For, and About Seniors

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUNM, KUNM, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 01:55:44
  • Purchases: 4
Grandfather
From: Sarah Neal (Neal-Estes)
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This is a piece about an unexpected recording from the past. My grandfather taped hours of his thoughts for me when I was two - sitting in his sel...

Bought by KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WSLR, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 6
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
This I Believe Pledge Spot - Life's Changes
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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This I Believe essayist Amy Wilson and her mother discuss how their relationship deepened following the death of Amy's father.

Bought by WEZU, WEKU, New England Public Media, and KJZZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 4
Interstice
From: Maria Howes
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If blooper tape could talk...

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
This I Believe - David Greenberger
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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David Greenberger believes the elderly people he's met during his life will enrich his own older years.

Bought by WEZU and KJZZ


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Final Sale
From: Samantha Broun
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After 70 years, Winthrop Sherwin is retiring from the general store where he works. It's the end of an era in Groton, MA.

Bought by PRX Remix, Public Interactive, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 4
Sweetheart's Ball
From: Long Haul Productions
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Elderly women at the annual Valentine's day dance in Chicago.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 2
Dad's Tray
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Greenberger's monologue introduces his work with the Duplex Planet, interviews with the elderly that began at a Boston nursing home. Here he tells ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:09
Daphne's New York City
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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An endearing story of a trip to New York City includes Radio City Music Hall, Times Square and Madison Square Garden.

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Chicago
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A recollection of the city of superlatives.

Bought by KACU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
Bruno
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A tender reminiscence of a beloved dog.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:39
Secret to a Happy Retirement
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Lessons to help a husband be more independent in retirement, including how to use a George Foreman grill.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
All Right in the Bleachers
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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The simple pleasures of reflecting on the passage of the day.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:10
Fine Print
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A healthy life philosophy can see you through hard times and good.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:42
Thank You
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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The importance of rain and international good manners.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:36
"Eat Your Eggs" Grandma and Alzheimer’s
From: Jake Warga
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A portrait of Grandma and Alzheimer’s http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4948418

Bought by PRX Remix, HCC Radio The Dragon, KXOT Public Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 4
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