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In North Nashville, Line Dancing Becomes A Lifeline Out Of Isolation For Senior Citizens
From: David Condos
Caption: The Hadley Park Line Dancers in action, Credit: David Condos
Before the pandemic, a group of older Nashvillians founded a free line dancing class at the Hadley Park Community Center. The bonds they’ve formed ...

Bought by iPondr


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Hadley Park Line Dancers
From: David Condos
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Meet Joann Jones. She's 79 years old, and she loves to dance. So, she helped start a line dancing class for senior citizens at the Hadley Park Comm...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 1
Building Community One (Dance) Step at a Time
From: David Condos
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Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Lee Plaza, Caregiver
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
Caption: Lee Plaza at one of her organizing meetings, Credit: Photo by Rebecca Ressler
Like many low-wage immigrant workers in Los Angeles, Aleja "Lee" Plaza spends her days taking care of the elderly — emptying bedpans, giving sponge...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2019
  • Length: 07:35
The Forgotten Superstar
From: Matt Mitchell
Series: The Forgotten Famous
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In a time when women couldn't even vote, she wielded incredible power, blazing her own trail to unrivaled fame and fortune. So why don't we remembe...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 14:33
A Lifetime of Caregiving: Mom and Uncle Harold
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mom and Uncle Harodl, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
Most often family members are the ones that step up and provide care when a parent or loved one needs it. According to the Family Caregiver Allianc...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:39
Caring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Alana Theriault, disability benefits counselor in Berkeley, California and Alice Wong, Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow, Credit: Alice Wong
Whether you’re a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a loved one, the n...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Affordable by design: the fight to save one of Silicon Valley’s last mobile home parks
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Erika Escalante stands in front of her home at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, Credit: Angela Johnston
Buena Vista is a diverse community, made up of seniors, families, people with disabilities. The majority of residents are low income, and Latino. P...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:08
What Minnie Mouse Knows
From: Katie Klocksin
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Debby Wurster is having a ball at her new home in a retirement community. She's got a full calendar of activities, she's making new friends, and......

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Next Year, Once Again
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The widows of Vrindavan
Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga. Something many of them ha...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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
Community Caring
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Sunday Father's Day Supper, Credit: Walter Murch
How do women share and care for each other through their ages.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:43
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues
Caption: Louisiana blues diva Carol Fran performs at her 76th birthday party., Credit: Photo by Barry Yeoman
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana features musicians in New Orleans and South Louisiana who continue to perform the blues—of...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 11, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 25
Raging Grannies
From: Catherine Girardeau
Caption: Raging Grannies Show Their Stuff, Credit: Ruth Robertson
This story highlights the women who inspired documentary filmmaker Pam Walton's latest film, "Raging Grannies: The Action League." Interviews with ...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 7
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
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