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Broken Hearts
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A series of thoughts about love and other obstacles in life.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:50
Wildest Party
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What starts out as fun between college boys and girls takes a turn to communism then the whole family gets involved.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 04:49
Upper Tiny
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An ambitious woodcarver comes back from the edge with the help of a business dream.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: :36
Vampire
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A stream-of-consciousness recitation of facts from an imagined horror film including Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, with spooky music followed by a ra...

Bought by WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Administrator and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 7
Good Old Mum
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An off-kilter, stream-of-consciousness listing of that are not your usual Halloween goodies.

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: :41
  • Purchases: 1
Tricks or Treat
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grown-up version of Halloween includes winning at Pimlico Racetrack

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
Smoking is a Pleasure
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A chain smoker anticipates his next cigarette.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
Kirk Douglas
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A schoolyard encounter with Kirk Douglas.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:16
Saddle Kate, She Cried
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The recounting of an imagined classic Western movie

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
Eggs
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A march through a dozen ways to enjoy an egg.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
We Need More Teachers Like This
From: David Greenberger
Series: Growing Old In East L.A.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
David Orosco left school after third grade to work supporting his family. Here he recalls the importance of his elementary school teacher.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:44
Growing Old In East L.A.
From: David Greenberger
Series: Growing Old In East L.A.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio version of David Greenberger?s Duplex Planet magazine, Growing Old In East L.A., offers a look into the lives of elderly Mexican-Americans...

Bought by KGLT, KPFA, KGLT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Ruth Kamps
From: This I Believe
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Listener Ruth Kamps now finds her beliefs to be as firmly rooted as the pine tree that gives her inspiration.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
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
Portraits of our Elders
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of growing old with grace.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Crossword Puzzle Masters: Will Shortz and Stanley Newman
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz joins the world?s fastest crossword solver Stanley Newman in a meeting of the puzzle masters. Then, sma...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: May 16, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Aging Eye
From: Ron Kauffman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Marc Winnick, MD talks about the recent medical advances in senior eye care

  • Added: Apr 30, 2006
  • Length: 39:36
Boxcar Poet
From: Adam Allington
Caption: PRX default Piece image
93-year-old Clive Haswell is a poet who spent his youth riding the rails and playing poker

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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
Esther and Abuelita
From: Radio Rookies
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A young woman and senior citizen learn from each other about dealing with loss.

Bought by KVNF and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
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
Easy Does It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Welcome Good Time Lanes. Grab a ball, some shoes, and some friends. Let's bowl!

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:26
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
Marissa's Grandma
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Marissa's ode to her Grandma

Bought by KVNF, WGXC, and PRX


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3

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