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Go Tell It On The Mountain
From: The humble Farmer
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What happens when an old man is asked to fast?

  • Added: Jul 06, 2008
  • Length: 01:26
Peanut Butter
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Another True Life/Near Death Experience

  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: :47
Elderly Rural Doctor Works for Free
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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A rural Wyoming doctor still uses lessons learned in Africa decades ago

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 05:09
Wii and Wheelchairs
From: Berkeley J-School
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Jessica Meyers reports on a group of nursing home residents who play the same video games as their grandchildren. Only better.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 3
Boat Drinks (give me five)
From: ken girardey
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A look at friendship and mortality between a guitar player and a horn player.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 23:22
Elderly and gambling
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Retirees move to Las Vegas and become addicted to gambling

  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 05:15
Assisted Living 101
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Assisted living options and how to determine if an assisted living facility is also an Eden Alternative facility...this week on Prime Time Radio.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 59:55
From The Heart
From: Bill Slammon
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This is a story about dying well. It's my father's story.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:12
Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
From: KLCC
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Veterans and PTSD

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Mental Well Being
From: KLCC
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Pro-active approaches to mental well being

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPVL, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 3
Mom's Good Move Special
From: Long Haul Productions
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An hour-long special about starting over late in life.

Bought by KUNM, WSKG, PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Modern Day Miracles
From: Voices of Our World
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Lay Missioner, Joe Rigotti, whom doctors had fully been expected to die several years ago from terminal brain cancer, has just received the results...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Hospice Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Ground We Lived On
From: Sound Portraits
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 12
Heart Surgery Dangers
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Non-invasive cardiologist Howard Wayne, MD discusses the dangers of angioplasty, bypass surgery, and stents to treat heart disease.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
Walk Three Times
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Relearning how to walk can be the hardest thing to do as an adult.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:04
Two Strokes
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Cornelia Richardson survives the sudden loss of her husband, moving on with life, and then faces recovery from her own stroke.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
Smoking is a Pleasure
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A chain smoker anticipates his next cigarette.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
After the Dumpster
From: Elizabeth Chur
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Drowning in stuff, a hoarder discovers how to let go of some objects.

Bought by KVMR, WDBM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 7
The Aging Eye
From: Ron Kauffman
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Marc Winnick, MD talks about the recent medical advances in senior eye care

  • Added: Apr 30, 2006
  • Length: 39:36
Success and Shortcomings of the new Prescription Drug Plan - Medicare Part D
From: Ron Kauffman
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This piece is an interview with Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security about the new Medicare Part D prescription drug plan

  • Added: Apr 26, 2006
  • Length: 16:10
Rosalynn Carter on Caregiving // John Feinstein on the Big Dance
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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The former first lady talks about life after the White House and her decades-long commitment to helping those who help others. Then, sportswriter J...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 14, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:06
  • Purchases: 1
Long Term Care, the Aussie Way
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Dr. Bill Thomas talks about innovative long term care communities he visited in Australia. Then, after three decades, Ruth Sacks Caplin?s screenpla...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:08
  • Purchases: 1
Mom's Good Move II
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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An update of the Long Haul Production's series "Mom's Good Move."

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
HEART-to-HEART Pgm I: Beyond Pain
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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It is possible for almost everyone to be pain free at the end of their lives

Bought by WDCV, Audible, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:06:33
  • Purchases: 3