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Grandfather

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Length 07:23
Licensor Sarah Neal
Producer(s) Sarah Neal
Formats Archival, First-person essay, Soft Feature
Topics Family, Humor, Senior
Produced 2002
Added to PRX June 6, 2008
 

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Summary:

This is a piece about an unexpected recording from the past. My grandfather taped hours of his thoughts for me when I was two - sitting in his self made "recording studio," in his home, in small town Salem, Indiana. He then hid the tapes away to be found after he died. And we found them. And this is what they said.

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Additional Credits and Funding:

B-Side Radio

Timely on:

June: Father's Day

Tones:

Humorous, Inspiring, Sweet

Language:

English

Description:

This piece has had several versions. One won a Golden Reel as part of "The Presence of the Past," a pre-produced local public affairs program and co-production of KQED-FM Hot Soup and the Kitchen Sisters.

A second version was part of a Public Radio News Directors (PRINDI) Award winning show "How We Connect," an AK production for APRN-FM in Alaska.

I attached its first version here, one of my favorites. It was written for B-Side radio in 2002, right after my mother found my grandfather's tapes.

My grandfather was born a farmer, suffered from polio, became a teacher, a husband, a principal, a father, a superintendent and a grandfather. And this radio piece shares some of his advice on money, love and life.

It is as dear to me as he is charming.

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