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The Puerto Rican Skier
From: Fritzi Bodenheimer
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Jennifer Bentley is 67 years old, has lived in Puerto Rico for more than 40 years, and hates the cold. So how did she end up skiing down a Maine m...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
The National Senior Games and Athletes Ages 50 to 101
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, we discuss the National Senior Games, which are dedicated to promoting healthy and active lifestyles for athletes age 50 and over. Rich Brow...

Bought by 'The Sea', WCNY, and WCWP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 3
The Great Race
From: Emma de Campo
Caption: Pete Stringer, approaching the finish of his 212th marathon. , Credit: Photo-Chambers
Pete Stringer loves to run. Really long distance. Since he began a running log in 1976, he's run over 80,000 miles in competitions and training. Th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Billie Jean King’s Life in Tennis
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, tennis great Billie Jean King discusses her sports career. Then, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot discusses the art of gracefully exiting any life si...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Not Too Late Basketball Camp
From: jessica lockhart
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Women have been playing competitive basketball for over a century. Although before 1971, women played by modified rules that allowed play in only h...

Bought by KPVL, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 3
Up the Uts
From: Kieron Yates
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A short feature exploring the social world of a British cycling club as it faces the challenge of a declining and aging membership.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 10:00
The Big Fight of Sugar Ray Leonard
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Sugar Ray Leonard and Dr. Loren Olson, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Pigeon Race
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pigeon racers across New England get out their lawn chairs and wait for their birds. The flocks are released 150 miles away from home. The pigeons ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
Jack Dunn (Discovered Babe Ruth), October 22, 1928
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His was a life that nearly didn't happen. He fell under a boxcar, his left arm mangled as a child, yet went on to own and manage one of the greates...

  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Declining Fish Stocks
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Three-quarters of the world's fish stocks are in distress and many fisheries could collapse by midcentury. Should we ban industrial fishing or regu...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Tiger Woods Press Conference
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Why the press hounds Tiger Woods

  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: :31
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
You May Approach The Bench Press
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
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Former state Supreme Court Justice Faith Ireland started lifting weights to help with chronic back pain. She was drawn to the power-lifters at he...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 09:07
The Ninth Inning
From: Philip Graitcer
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Baseball brings about a chance discovery of life and death

Bought by KUER and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
A New Kind of Boxing
From: Charles Lane
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Boxing has attracted a new type of pugilist: seniors, women, and cancer patients. A sound rich feature exploring the world of the non-traditional ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 2
From Mexico to the Dodgers
From: David Greenberger
Series: Growing Old In East L.A.
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Nelly Castillo tells the story of her son?s dream of becoming a major league pitcher.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
Tricks or Treat
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A grown-up version of Halloween includes winning at Pimlico Racetrack

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
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
Easy Does It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Welcome Good Time Lanes. Grab a ball, some shoes, and some friends. Let's bowl!

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:26
Russian: Alona on Archie Moore
From: Alona Suvórova
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Alona on this famous boxer

  • Added: Dec 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:56