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Interviewing my grandma over the years, I inadvertently documented her withdrawal from consciousness.
Aired 10/06/05 NPR: All Things Considered at 7:30
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4948418
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Interviewing my grandma over the years, I inadvertently documented her withdrawal from consciousness. Aired 10/06/05 NPR: All Things Considered at 7:30 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4948418
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Transcript
B06 Is it on?
JW: This is my Grandma. Alma Kelsey.
E03 “You want me to talk huh? I’ll be glad when I can understand what he says about these darn machines. I don’t hear anything. //// Can’t be 89yo and not do it. I can’t remember what I’m suppose to talk about. I know I’ve had a wonderful life, so many wonderful things happened. I don’t like this bit, I want to talk to somebody, not a machine.
[Music “Claire De Lune” (Grandma on Piano)]
JW: I recorded my grandma on-and-off over the years. This is her playing “Claire De Lune” on the grand piano in her living room at leisure village; she’d been practicing for months. It was my favorite tune.
[Music “Claire De Lune” (Grandma on Piano)]
JW: I just wanted to get a record of my grandma’s stories…before it was too late. Here’s the speakeasy story.
B13 “We went to a speakeasy, they showed me how you go up to the door YK...
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Review of "Eat Your Eggs" Grandma and Alzheimer’s
Producer Jake Warga has created a loving tribute to his grandmother and her decline through the years. With personal commentary and recordings from various times of her life, "Eat Your Eggs" documents their relationship and Jake's reactions to his Grandma with intimate and finely recorded conversations at various points of their lives. Humor laces the piece so it never gets too down but there are times I want Warga's narration and delivery to be more affected by her decline. Yet, this experience is universal and one that is pertinent as baby boomers are have been caring for their elder parents. This piece could be aired by any station at any time and should be.