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Grandfather

From: Sarah Neal
Length: 00:07:23

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. Read the full description.
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Default-piece-image-2 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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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.

Broadcast History

KALX, Berkeley, CA, B-Side Radio, 2002
KQED, San Francisco, CA, Hot Soup, 2003
APRN-FM, Anchorage, Alaska, AK, 2005

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LEAD: IN: "My grandfather, Ebert Whipple..."
OUT: "...and with that in mind I think I'll say good afternoon. Bye now." [with (00:05) music to bridge]

RUNS: (07:23)

HOST LEAD: Have you ever found a message from the past? A note scrawled under wallpaper. An old, unopened, forgotten letter? A time capsule in a wall? Reporter Sarah Neal loves hidden messages, and so did her grandfather, who left some of his own before he passed away.

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