PRX - Pieces for Tone: Emotional

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Caption: Joe Newman and Anita Sampson, Credit: ABC Action News
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
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On July 17th, 1981 The Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Skywalk fell onto the unsuspecting attendants at one of the hotel’s popular Tea Dances. 114 people w...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 10:26
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It was 1945, Joe Prinster was just hours into his high school diploma when he was told to "pack and be ready to get on the train in the morning...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
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Ringing the Salvation Army bell is boring, cold work during the busy Christmas holiday season. Margaret Agard, author and bell ringing volunteer, ...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KZMU Moab Community Radio, 'The Sea', and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Jane Beard, of Silver Spring, Maryland
Now that her kids are grown up, it's not them keeping Jane up at night—it's her father.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave White
After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.

Bought by WCNY, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 3
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"What do you think of when you think of your dad?" People in Seattle share stories about their fathers. Death, divorce, drugs, love, Casey Kasem...

Bought by KSFR, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 3
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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
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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
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Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 37:09
  • Purchases: 2
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A group of residents of The Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Illinois use tape recorders to document their lives in retirement.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Remix Radio, KGLT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 6