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Do you love someone who is getting a little old? Do you wonder how to care for them better?

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Bernadette King, Hula Hoop Queen, Credit: Stephanie Harbin
Once Bernadette King discovered hula-hooping, she wanted only to share the joy of her new pursuit, a joy she's struggling to recapture.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Paula Degree, Credit: Kayla Lattimore
Going through puberty is rough. It’s a time most of us would give anything to forget. Well, Paula Degree chose to do it all over again at 72.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Julian chooses his first official essay to read from the submissions choosing an essay that focuses on family. More specifically, mothers and their...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 10:29
Caption: Alana Theriault, disability benefits counselor in Berkeley, California and Alice Wong, Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow, Credit: Alice Wong
Whether you’re a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a loved one, the n...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Segment 1: Diana Henriques/Bernie Madoff scandal Segment 2&3: Susie Deal/disabled son Segment 4: Bob Morris/Doggy Daycare Segment 5: James MacDonal...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Segment 1: Holly and Paul Fine/documentarians Segment 2: Ron Kessler/Secret Service Segment 3: Deb Stone/Antarctica travel Segment 4: Su Meck/brain...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Segment 1: Cash Nickerson/Boomerangs Segment 2: Shaun Usher/Letters Segment 3: Dr. Jackie Campbell/MyPlan App Segment 4: Rabbi Boteach/Kosher Lust...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Segment 1: Carlotta Walls Lanier Segment 2: Dr. Patton Segment 3: Roman Krznaric Segment 4: Margaret Klaw Segment 5: Melanie Wagner

  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 52:26
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Segment 1: Eileen Rockefeller/family story Segment 2: Zac Bissonnette/Good Advice-Bad People Segment 3: Mary Hartsock/Caregiver Segment 4: Susan...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Segment 1: Doreen Welsh/Flight 1549 Segment 2: Amy Newark/Multitasking Moms Segment 3: Jack Fox/voiceover artist Segment 4: Jennifer Senior/parenti...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Mel and Judy / Ellen Proxmire-Patricia Stewart / Chris and Stacy-Tom and Mary / Patti Hoffman-Dr Karlawish

  • Added: Jun 28, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Both Kathy Gruel and Karen O’Conner had a strong desire to learn the piano. But for years, decades even, they let their own insecurities get in th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Summer is almost upon us, which means camping season is revving into high gear. There's a new rage gathering steam called "glamping" which adds som...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
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Karen Miller met a man named Gil Harper on Facebook. They started flirting. The flirtation grew more serious. Eventually, they planned to meet in r...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 25:13
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: Frances Hilary McGuigan, Credit: Doug Dobery
This journey begins in the deepest recesses of the human brain--the hippocampus, and ends in the memory support unit of a retirement community. It'...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia.  Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
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Life is long and love is complicated.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Conrad, Evelyn and Buhg
Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 18:25
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Author Diane Champe' discusses her latest book, Conquoring Incest

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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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