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A grandmother-to-be is departing to visit her daughter who is having her first baby. Her husband assures her, yes, he can take care of himself.
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A mother explodes at the dinner table. But she's in a surreal world where her explosion means nothing: "It's ok, Mom, you're not nearly as crazy ...
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
Are the frustrations in their late-in-life marriage outweighed by their real commitment? Her advice: "Get everything in writing."
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 14, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
On a bus, a woman describes the diversity of her family, coming together in a tense but sustaining unity at Passover.
Bought by KRCB-FM
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
An elderly woman has been notified that her ex-husband has died. Her friend makes the mistake of extending sympathy.
- Added: Jun 09, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A mother dreams of impulsively dropping everything and treating herself to an afternoon of roller skating -- but it's a dream.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A couple celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with simple love and humor.
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 2
Faye, who has tried marriage four times, now sees her favorite bar as her family: It's happier and safer.
Bought by WQJC
- Added: Jun 08, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A man and a woman communicate through the medium of a board game, briefly wondering, "Is there more to life than this?"
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Added: Jun 05, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
On the verge of love-making, a couple quarrel about taking out the garbage. The only solution: divorce.
- Added: Jun 04, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A mother and daughter offer individual visions of who is "family." To Mom, it's only her daughter; to her daughter, it's the world.
- Added: Jun 04, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Two devoted criminals attribute the longevity of their marriage to teamwork and strong family values.
Bought by WMPG
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
"How many couples could say on their first anniversary that they've solved all their significant problems?"
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:38
From: Sedge Thomson
The late, great monologist in retro-talkfest about his art, life, laughs, and hopes for the future.
Bought by WZBC
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 50:05
- Purchases: 1
A daughter rebels against the bland life her mother has led, while the mother sees it from a very different perspective.
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A man calls his mother to tell her he can't bring his family home for the holidays, but ends up talking himself into it.
- Added: Jun 03, 2004
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 3
Two brothers sort through the attic after their mother's death, coming into contact with memories through the Christmas wrappings she preserved.
Bought by WKSU
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A suburban couple plan to go out for the evening, but every option is fraught with danger -- they stay home behind locked doors.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A single parent reassures her small child there's no shame in being illegitimate -- but the child is asking something entirely different.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Mom finally allows her child to go out and play in the mud if he promises to keep clean.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A grown daughter rages at the immaturity of the parents who abandoned her but is chastised by the grandmother who raised her.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...
Bought by WQJC
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
