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Leisure
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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3 Generations comparing Leisure from the 30's to the present

Bought by WVPE


  • Added: May 23, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stimulus Checks, Fort Sumner
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Federal stimulus checks are arriving for retired railroad workers, veterans and people on Social Security Disability and SSI. Rogi Riverstone inte...

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:23
HV008- About Aging
From: Hearing Voices
Series: Hearing Voices
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I Thought You'd Never Ask

Bought by WNIJ, KSUT, KGOU, PRX Remix, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Times of Triumph: Voices from the Great Depression
From: Cynthia Berger
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Central Pennsylvania residents who lived during the Great Depression share their stories.

Bought by KVSC and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 2
Tools
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Roy Underhill - host of PBS's Woodwrights Shop along with Steve Johnson of www.tooltimer.com discuss older and middle generation perspectives on to...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Sexual Assault 29 min
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Same as longer version

  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Sexual Assault
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Three generations discussing the impact sexual assaults have had on each of their generations.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:18:35
Getting Old is Hell
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
The world through 94-year old eyes

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Life and Times of Bud Shank
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Flutist and saxophonist Bud Shank helped create the West Coast Jazz sound and fuse jazz with Brazilian music. He passed away Feb. 2, 2009.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, and KCUR


  • Added: Apr 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Home Remedies
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion on various aspects of Home Remedies

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Senior Citizens Barber Shop
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a barbershop in Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
No Praise, No Blame, Just So.
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Twelve years ago, tragedy struck the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.

Bought by KUOW, Interfaith Voices, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 3
CryingStore - "Cold Tulips"
From: Merlin Mann
Series: QPR - Quotidian Public Radio
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The moving story of Hans Ten Schermerhorn, as told to his granddaughter, in the back of a large, custom van.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
Brother Purham: A Steelworker's Story
From: Ayana Contreras
Caption: the Arcelor Mittal Steel Mill, East Chicago, IN. Formerly Inland Steel, Credit: Ayana Contreras
Recorded by fellow retired steelworker Joe Gutierrez, and produced by Ayana Contreras, this piece was created for Vocalo.org in conjunction with Th...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 10:00
Peace Talks Radio: Peace Elders Part 2 / Dr. Bernard Lown (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Dr. Bernard Lown
A conversation with 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Bernard Lown about his book "Prescription For Survival: A Doctor’s Journey to End Nuclear Mad...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
Peace Talks Radio: Peace Elders Part 1 / Juanita Nelson + Ruth Imber (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Juanita Nelson, Credit: Paul Franz
Conversations with two octogenarian peace advocates, Juanita Nelson and Ruth Imber, who have each found ways to stay active, working for peace well...

Bought by WOMR, Radio Catskill, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and WGDR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Talks Radio: Peacemaking Elders (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Ruth Imber
Conversations with three octogenarian peace advocates who each found ways to stay active, working for peace well into their eighties. Juanita Nels...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 6
Bovinian Compadres
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tribute to Old Time Radio's sketch about two 'bovinian compadres" (cow-folk) who plainly forgot how to dismount from their horses. Struggling to r...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:51
I'm Relatively Human
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Marty Hagglund had it all. He had a loving wife, a beautiful home, and a great job. Then, Marty threw it all to the wind to realize a deep-seated, ...

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 3
Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Story About Montana's Judith Basin
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Pioneers had to irrigate their land

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: :50
  • Purchases: 1
Flea Market Moxie
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a flea market vendor in Maine.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:32
What We Talk About When We Talk About Little Italy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An oral history of Portland, Maine's long-lost Little Italy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
Caffeine, America's Most Popular Drug
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you don't ask, you won't get it

  • Added: Dec 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:28
Golf
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A man who is 107 plays golf every day

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: :35
  • Purchases: 2

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