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Forgotten Foods of NYC: Missing Hong Kong Handmade Noodles & Winter Melon Soup in NYC
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Photograph from The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.
Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Learning to Cook and Eat in America
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Photograph from The Rice Bowl, NYC, 1950. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Marcella Dear, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.
Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 2
Forgotten Foods of NYC: Automat Baked Beans and Childs' Chocolate Syrup
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Series: Forgotten Foods of NYC
Caption: Hilda Baumol., Credit: Photo by Emon Hassan, courtesy of Narratively.
Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "Grandma Walked Wide"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
New York
From: Emma Miller
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City living proves less glamorous than anticipated to one wide-eyed newcomer -- but there are lessons about family to be learned.

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 1
Red, White, and Bruised
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Don Floyd looks back on his life of 80 years after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 3
The Man With the Long White Beard
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Freddie and Wilma Sue Wood
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 090: On the Road #1, Lasting Impacts
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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The first of our "On the Road" specials where we go on location and feature stories from that area. This week, we are in Saline County, Arkansas, a...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Crown the King: Red Takes Black
From: Adam Kampe
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One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...

Bought by WABE, KALW, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Van and Shirley Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Van Harris and his wife, Shirley, remember being young in Brooklyn during the 1940s.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2
Hugh Oliver: Late Bloomer
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
Caption: Hugh Oliver
If you have ever given up on a dream, or think you're too old to start something new, you might think again after hearing this episode of happy...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Sepia Elsie
From: Bishop Sand
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90 year old Elsie remembers her dancing days before she met her husband 63 years ago.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Tiny Dancers
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Tiny Dancer
Join us at the 'Irish In Birmingham Activity Centre' in England as we grab an insight into how one group of 'Yeehaa Grandmas' plan to cause a stir ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:16
My Transistor Radio mtr-013
From: Chuck Ayers
Series: My Transistor Radio
Caption: My Transistor Radio, Credit: Web file photo
My Transistor Radio is a retrospective spotlighting “Dance and Romance” teen music from 1950s and 60s A-M Radio. MTR is attempting to examine why ...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Suspenders Juggling Troupe
From: Whitney Jones
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Snappy, Stretcho, and Criss-Cross are like brothers. Together they are The Suspenders Juggling Troupe from Falmouth, Massachusetts. The Suspenders ...

Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 2
Mucho Car
From: Dick Meister
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After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:47
Martina Was Tiny
From: Benjamin Diego
Series: The Stories Project
Caption: Martina at home.
The following is an excerpt from my interview with the late, great Martina Watkins.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:50
Last Word on Time
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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It's Crunch Time this week; sharing stories of the times you were late or just barely made it as we get through the Crunch Time of our summer fundr...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 03:53
"Never Too Late: A 90 year-old's Pursuit of A Whirlwind Life"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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JOURNALIST ROY ROWAN, HAS WRITTEN A NEW BOOK “NEVER TOO LATE: A 90-YEAR OLD’S PURSUIT OF A WHIRLWIND LIFE”. IN WHICH HE SHARES HIS VIEWS OF THE PL...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:34
Restful, Shady Places
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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The authors of "Trailer Ahoy!" and "Trees as Good Citizens" enjoy a written correspondence relating to their books' proximity in the library.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Duties of a Hospice Nurse
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A nurse must be kind and understanding

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: :47
'Til Death: Love, Marriage and Valentine Sweethearts
From: Rosemary Langford
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Is marriage forever? Sometimes it can seem like it. This short, fully-produced audio essay describes the tension between loving and LIVING WITH tho...

Bought by KPIK-LP and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 2
No Turnaround: Old Age, Alzheimer's and Identity
From: Rosemary Langford
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This short, fully produced audio essay – with music and sound effects – is a rumination on growing old, with a nod to the effects of Alzheimer's. I...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
Coming Home
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Go Fish, Credit: Walter Murch
At home after surgery is where the hard work of healing begins.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 09:18

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