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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
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
Spare Time
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
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Sam Eaton has been lobstering for 73 years and has no plans to quit despite his wife's genuine concerns for his safety out on the water.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 2
A Letter from the Seventies
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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A retrospective museum exhibit take us back to the seventies

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:28
Again
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
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A Radio Play with Music By, For, and About Seniors

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUNM, KUNM, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 01:55:44
  • Purchases: 4
A San Telmo Day
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Following twenty-four hours in one street of San Telmo, Buenos Aries

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Aug 16, 2008
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 1
After the Weekend
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Past post mistress Anne Crotts sings at the 4th July. Postal workers in Ghana make music to make their work go smoother

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 09:57
Peanut Butter
From: ANITA PALLADINO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Another True Life/Near Death Experience

  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: :47
In Sickness & In Health
From: ANITA PALLADINO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Humor, family

  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:27
Remembering Dr. King's Assassination
From: Philip Graitcer
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Seniors in Atlanta Remember Where They Were When King Died

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 4
Remembering...The D-Day Spirit
From: Ted Magnuson
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Patriotic recollections

  • Added: Nov 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:49
Patriots
From: Laura Spero
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In May 2002, seniors compare the post 9/11 world to Pearl Harbor and World War II.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 26:44
  • Purchases: 1
A WWII Vet Remembers His German Friend
From: Andrew Witmer
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WWII veteran Ed Goshorn talks about befriending a young German pilot who had earlier tried to kill him.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Poetry: The Alzheimer's Poetry Project
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Hourlong Radio Documentary examining the Alzheimer's Poetry Project

Bought by KRZA, KSJD, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 7
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.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nelly Castillo tells the story of her son?s dream of becoming a major league pitcher.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
Music In East L.A.
From: David Greenberger
Series: Growing Old In East L.A.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A mix of voices from senior centers in East L.A talking about their preferences for music from Mexican music to rock and roll.

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 1
How Records Are Made
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A pop song in the classic sense with a quirky monologue of implausible facts about how records are made.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:29
Secret to a Happy Retirement
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lessons to help a husband be more independent in retirement, including how to use a George Foreman grill.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
Perpetual Motion
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A centenarian painter reflects on art and the most important forms of nourishment in life.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
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

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