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Radio curious visits with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, a psychotherapist, author and host of Voices in the Family, a weekly public radio program originating f...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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First, every year, about 450,000 Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The most helpful resource is experienced caregivers who have already...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors are much more likely than their straight counterparts to be alone and isolated as they age. Housing ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Pearl Hardaway Reese, 1939
Pearl Hardaway Reese defied stereotypes, loss, addiction - pretty much everything, including a world that changed dramatically in her lifetime. In...

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  • Length: 05:40
Caption: Canadian couple Cécile Bastin and Sylvain Coté, stand with their realtor, Arnold Porter (left), as they shop for real estate in Phoenix., Credit: Jude Joffe-Block
A provision in the immigration reform proposal would allow wealthy retirees to stay longer in this country without a visa. This could be a boon to ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:51
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Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:57
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The Beat daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day. Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and wal...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
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At a time when singer Amy Grant was emotionally struggling with her parents dementia, she had temporarily stopped touring to take care of her ill f...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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In this short documentary, longtime New Yorkers recall family cooking traditions and foods from home lost to immigration.

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
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Longtime New Yorkers recall a bygone era of NYC when eating out was a rare luxury, and eateries that vanished long ago -- automats, Nedick's (hot d...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
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Longtime New Yorkers recall cooking and food shopping in NYC's bygone era of milk and ice delivery men, ice boxes, horse-drawn fruit and vegetable ...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:18
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Margot Karp, 86, moved with her family to Washington Heights, Manhattan, in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. Karp has fond memories of her mother's str...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
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First, the notorious gangster James Whitey Bulger was the most wanted fugitive of his generation. In a probing new biography, Kevin Cullen and Shel...

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  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Scientists have identified an enzyme that could be responsible for one of the rarest childhood diseases of all.

  • Added: May 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Our eyes’ ability to detect color deteriorates with age, but our brains compensate.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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A new program created for UnFictional by radio storyteller Joe Frank.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
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First, Rick Atkinson gives the details of the epic story of D-Day and the 700 mile offensive that led to the triumphant liberation of Europe in, "T...

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  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Don Fidel, an immigrant to the United States, opened a staple restaurant in Chicago, but for his family, it was more than restaurant.

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 16:26
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Mark Miller, MD and Charles Reynolds, MD discuss ways to identify and treat depression and anxiety in older Americans. Then, Jeff Yeager, the Ameri...

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  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Author David Nasaw gives and overview of the patriarch of the infamous Kennedy family, Joseph P. Kennedy. He discusses little known facts and the r...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Older, Middle and Younger generation guests discuss Marijuana...then, now and in the future

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
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Bill Caldwell is a nurse, a therapist, and a poet. Much of what he knows about poetry is related to classes at The Loft at the Minnesota Center for...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:13
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A comparative generational discussion between the older, middle and younger generations on the issues of Social Security.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:00