One year between 1950 and 1985, rebuilt, so you finally understand who your parent was before you.
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Lived a Full Life
Obituaries say "she lived a full life" and stop there. Each week two hosts take one ordinary person, like a school-bus driver, a switchboard operator or a small-town hairdresser, read their short obituary aloud, then dig through newspaper archives, yearbooks, oral histories and family memories to find out exactly how full that life was. Expect warmth, surprises and real laughs, and one detail even the family never knew. Researched from real reporting, sources in every episode's notes.
Hosted by Rosa and Walt. Researched from real reporting; sources are in every episode's notes.
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Episodes
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Occupation: Homemaker
Why a woman's paid working life so often drops out of her obituary, who has held the pen over the years, and the one person nobody thought to ask.
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