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The Life and Times of Bud Shank
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Flutist and saxophonist Bud Shank helped create the West Coast Jazz sound and fuse jazz with Brazilian music. He passed away Feb. 2, 2009.

Bought by WEKU and KCUR


  • Added: Apr 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
I'm Relatively Human
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Marty Hagglund had it all. He had a loving wife, a beautiful home, and a great job. Then, Marty threw it all to the wind to realize a deep-seated, ...

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, and KFAI


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 3
Flea Market Moxie
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a flea market vendor in Maine.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:32
StoryCorps: Walter and Babette Sonneborn
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Walter Sonneborn and Babette, his wife of 67 years, remember the summer they first met.

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 01:12
  • Purchases: 1
Elderly Rural Doctor Works for Free
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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A rural Wyoming doctor still uses lessons learned in Africa decades ago

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 05:09
StoryCorps: Lyle Link and Carly Dreher
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Carly Dreher (DRAY-er) interviews her grandfather Lyle Link, who is 90, about growing up on his family's farm.

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: May 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Boat Drinks (give me five)
From: ken girardey
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A look at friendship and mortality between a guitar player and a horn player.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 23:22
StoryCorps: Ron Kroenke
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Piano tuner Ron Kroenke tells his friend Shannon O'Donnell about tuning a piano at a nursing home.

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Dec 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Little Black Train
From: Nora Harrington
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Five Conversations on Death

  • Added: Dec 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:22
This I Believe Pledge Spot - Life's Changes
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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This I Believe essayist Amy Wilson and her mother discuss how their relationship deepened following the death of Amy's father.

Bought by WEKU, WFCR, and KJZZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Last Butcher in Little Italy
From: Laura Terruso
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Unlike most Italian Americans, Moe Albanese never left Little Italy. Born on Elizabeth Street in 1925, Moe grew up on this street and helped his p...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2007
  • Length: 15:57
StoryCorps: Otis Wade
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Otis Wade remembers Mandred Henry, in an interview with Mandred's granddaughter, Beatrice Perron.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KFOK-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2007
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Bookends
From: Maria Howes
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In the beginning, there was light - but there were also baby chickens.

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:30
Mom's Good Move Special
From: Long Haul Productions
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An hour-long special about starting over late in life.

Bought by KUNM, WSKG, Public Radio Remix, Marfa Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Final Sale
From: Samantha Broun
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After 70 years, Winthrop Sherwin is retiring from the general store where he works. It's the end of an era in Groton, MA.

Bought by Public Radio Remix, Public Interactive, WCAI / WNAN, and WAMC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps MLI: Jo Ann Chew
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Jo Ann Chew talks about having Alzheimer's disease with her husband, Bob.

Bought by KFOK-LP, WMNF, and KUER


  • Added: Feb 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
The Ground We Lived On
From: Sound Portraits
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by The Story, Public Radio Remix, KUT, KRUA, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 10
StoryCorps MLI: Ken Morganstern
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Priya Morganstern and Bhavani Jaroff interview their father, Ken Morganstern, who has Alzheimer?s Disease.

Bought by WDET, Detroit Public Radio, KFOK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCBU, and WNPR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 5
Muriel's Message
From: mira burt-wintonick
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Radio Portrait of a Grandma

Bought by WNPR, KFAI, PRX to iTunes, Remix Radio, WYBC and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Nora Percival and Emily Wynns
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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91-year-old Nora Percival talks about her late husband with her granddaughter Emily Wynns.

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
Midlife Web Diary
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Middle-aged corporate malcontent goes online, to be found by mom

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KFAI


  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2
Rosie
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A reminiscence of loves lost and broken hearts, which ultimately turns optimistic.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:43
Always Present
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A quiet murmur evokes the presence of a departed mother

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:25
Keep Me Goin'
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A pair of dresses in a closet symbolize the death of Edna Wofford's son.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:12
Two Strokes
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Cornelia Richardson survives the sudden loss of her husband, moving on with life, and then faces recovery from her own stroke.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:15