Prime Time Postscript - AARP
By AARP
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Podcast Description
Prime Time Postscript is a five-minute weekly feature showcasing the best work of radio producers from across the country, and around the world.
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Anti-Mafia Tourism | Many Americans tourists select Italy as their vacation destination. However, few realize that the money they are spending could be lining the pockets of mobsters. Nancy Greenleese reports on the burgeoning anti-Mafia tourism movement | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Trees | Here's a question. Have you ever stopped and really looked at a tree? Or thought about the life cycle of the paper we write and print on? If not, maybe you should! Independent producer Judy Silber takes us to the Do Not Destroy exhibit at the Jewish Museum in San Francisco to help us remember and appreciate the trees we bypass day-in and day-out! | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hospice Care - Part II | The purpose of hospice care is to make people as comfortable as possible at the end of their lives, to raise the quality of life and not provide aggressive treatments. Patients know this, they choose hospice, but in general the approach is widely unknown. It is also often misunderstood, even in the medical community. Rachel James presents the second half of this two part series: exploring the intimate world of hospice care. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hospice Care | Scholars have been studying the art of dying for centuries, yet death is something many of us are not comfortable contemplating, at least, not everyday, not the way those who work in the palliative care field do. Rachel James brings presents a two part series exploring the intimate world of hospice care. Alison Milne says people come to work in hospice for a reason. She began her career as a nurse in one of the first infant emergency wards in the United States. Now, over 30 years later, Milne helps her patients and their families as they struggle to find peace at the end of life. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Choosing Wisely | Over testing and prescribing can sometimes do more harm than good; Alyne talks with Dr. Christine Cassel, the head of The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, about a just released list of medical tests and interventions that may not be immediately necessary. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Distance Running | There’s a long history of distance running among the native Americans of the southwest, but the traditional sports of the pacific northwest are generally water sports, like canoeing and kayaking. Nonetheless, as Eilís O’neill reports, a handful of northwest natives have adopted running as a way to focus their energy and set long-term goal | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Consumer Electronics Show | More than 150 thousand people turned up at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And while many of them were looking for the hottest tablet computers and big screen t.v.'s, producer Gary Kaye was on the lookout for gadgets aimed at boomers and seniors | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mass Translation | Catholics all over the English-speaking world are dealing with a huge change: a new translation of the mass. The prayers, the responses, and even, in some cases, the music of their church services are different. Eilís O’Neill set out to discover what Seattle Catholics thinks of the new translation | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lifetuner | Many young adults don’t understand finance. On lifetuner.org there’s lots of information to read and think about. You can also access the site’s team of experts, and get your questions answered by using your own or a friend or relative’s AARP membership number | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Competitive Eating | You’re probably familiar with competitive eating contests of hotdogs and pies, you may not realize there are also contests for tamales, cannolis, and crab cakes. In fact, there’s a whole industry built around these competitions sponsored by well-known companies such as Nathan’s Hot Dogs and Alka-Seltzer. Tim Janus is now ranked 3rd in the world by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Known to the competitive eating community as “Eater-X”, the native New Yorker once worked on Wall St, but now makes a living eating. Many others have made successful careers out of the unusual ability to eat massive amounts of food very quickly. Producer Britta Conroy-Randall caught up with Tim Janus to find out more about this unusual sport | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Maritime National Historical Park | San Francisco's Maritime National Historical Park is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of life on the high seas. Located on the city’s waterfront, this unique park features a museum, research library, fleet of old sailing ships … and monthly community sing-alongs of sea chanteys | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Not Too Late Basketball Camp | Women have been playing competitive basketball for over a century. Although before 1971, women played by modified rules that allowed play in only half the court. Title 9 changed the modified rules to allow women to play the entire court just like the men. The Not Too Late Basketball Camp in Southern Maine is a one-of-a kind training program geared for women over 50 who still love playing any version of the game. The three-day training program offers an opportunity for women to train with experienced coaches and athletes and hone their shooting, passing and dribbling. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Switch: 30 Lessons for Living | We’re about to lose a great resource: the seniors who lived through the Great Depression and World War II. They’ve got a lot to tell us about how to live a fulfilling life in spite of hardships most of us haven’t experienced. Now a gerontologist is collecting their advice. Alyne Ellis reports | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Akwesasne Freedom School | The Akwesasne Mohawk reservation sits across the Canadian Border, on the St. Lawrence River in Northern New York and Southern Ontario. On the New York side is the Akwesasne Freedom School…where kids spend their whole day, including recess, completely immersed in the Mohawk language. North Country Public Radio’s Nora Flaherty has this story | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Love Story | Real life love stories are complicated. There are twists and turns and tons of compromise. When she was young, Anne Skolas thought she knew what love is. But at 68 years old, she's seen so many versions of it, she's not sure she knows anymore. With Anne's story, here's Sharon Mashihi | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Letterboxing | Although they are not wearing eye patches or brandishing swords, many American families are searching for hidden treasure. The items are stowed in waterproof containers called letterboxes and hidden all over the country. Nancy Greenleese reports on a pastime that bridges generations | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Letterboxing | Although they are not wearing eye patches or brandishing swords, many American families are searching for hidden treasure. The items are stowed in waterproof containers called letterboxes and hidden all over the country. Nancy Greenleese reports on a pastime that bridges generations | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wood Turning | After a number of recent storms in the Northeast, thousands of trees have come down -- and left a dramatic trail of fallen limbs and branches. Many people see that as a mass of natural debris. But one group of artisans sees bowls, pepper mills, and vases. Karen Brown reports | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Recycling | California -- and the Bay Area, especially -- likes to think its ahead of the curve when it comes to environmental consciousness. In the Bay Area, there are nonprofits working to save land, water, fish, birds, you name it. Californians divert more than 60 percent of their waste away from landfills. The other 40% Well, Arthur Boone says to get rid of that, we have a ways to go. | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Italian Cowboys | We’re all familiar with the American cowboy, an occupation that endures today. Called ‘butteri’, Italian cowboys have roamed the Maremma region in western Italy for centuries, herding the wild cattle of the marshes. But unlike the American cowboy, the ‘butteri’ are disappearing and only a few remain. Jean Di Marino visited the region to see what has happened to the wild men of the Maremma | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
