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The Local Option - Mother's Day Special

Series: WMPG's The Local Option - Sample Shows
From: WMPG
Length: 00:33:23

An episode of The Local Option co-hosted live with... my mother. Read the full description.

Littlemomcake_small My mom, Colleen Seed, co-hosted this special Mother's Day Edition of The Local Option, live via phone. The show features three PRX pieces by Julia DeBruicker, Omar Macias, Jonathan Menjivar, and D'mae Roberts. License those pieces here: Letter from Chicago: http://www.prx.org/pieces/638 Dear Mom, I Joioned the Marines: http://www.prx.org/pieces/5206 Too Curvy, Not Enough Shoulder: http://www.prx.org/pieces/1031 Memorial: http://www.prx.org/pieces/1171 This show is for *SAMPLE ONLY*.

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Piece Description

My mom, Colleen Seed, co-hosted this special Mother's Day Edition of The Local Option, live via phone. The show features three PRX pieces by Julia DeBruicker, Omar Macias, Jonathan Menjivar, and D'mae Roberts. License those pieces here: Letter from Chicago: http://www.prx.org/pieces/638 Dear Mom, I Joioned the Marines: http://www.prx.org/pieces/5206 Too Curvy, Not Enough Shoulder: http://www.prx.org/pieces/1031 Memorial: http://www.prx.org/pieces/1171 This show is for *SAMPLE ONLY*.

Broadcast History

The Local Option originates at WMPG in Portland, Maine.

Related Website

http://www.localoption.org