NPR Driveway Moments Moms: Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go
Produced by NPR
Hosted by Peter Sagal
Performed by a full cast
The NPR Driveway Moments Series
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1 Format: Digital Download
Stories from the National Public Radio archives celebrate moms and motherhood. Stories so compelling you’ll stay in your car to hear them through—even if you’re sitting in your own driveway. Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal captures your attention with colorful tales for and about moms. Heard on All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, News & Notes, and other NPR programs, these stories and more are for moms, moms-to-be, and anyone who has ever known or had a mother. What is a Driveway MomentSM? Maybe it’s happened to you as it has to countless others. . . . You’re driving home, listening to a story on NPR. Suddenly, you find yourself in your driveway (or parking space or parking garage). Rather than turn the radio off, you stay in your car to hear the piece to the end. It’s a Driveway Moment. The NPR Driveway Moments Series collects these “best of” stories so that you are never more than a “play” away from a Driveway Moment. Contents: Introduction by Peter Sagal More Messages from Amy’s Answering Machine Solving the Mystery of Mother-Daughter Speak Mommy as a Role Model? Get Real Bad Mommy Just Mom and Me and Chuck E. Cheese Surprised by Mom Knitting for Life, and for Life’s Milestones Legislator Offers First-Person View of Welfare StoryCorps: Mother’s Magic, Stretching a Christmas Dollar Tamale Recipe Proves Hard to Keep Secret ‘Chickenbutt’ and Other Lessons from Grandma Who is Singing Me Lullabies? Mementoes Honor Sons Lost to War In Memoir, Allende Reveals Life to Late Daughter I Love My Kids—But Give Me a Break Mother’s Day vs. Fishing Season Opener Hidden Kitchen Mama Mother’s Day Recipes StoryCorps: Special Memories of a Final Thanksgiving Meal Young, Single and Raising a Child Rocket Science Mom Remembers Her Olympic Past Turning Into Your Mother Isn’t So Bad After All A Partially Empty Nest, with Mixed Feelings Grandmother: A Story of Aging, Decline and Love This I Believe: The Power of Love to Transform and to Heal
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Summary
Summary
Stories from the National Public Radio archives celebrate moms and motherhood.
Stories so compelling you’ll stay in your car to hear them through—even if you’re sitting in your own driveway. Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal captures your attention with
colorful tales for and about moms.
Heard on All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, News & Notes, and other NPR programs, these stories and more are for moms, moms-to-be, and anyone who has ever known or had a
mother.
What is a Driveway MomentSM? Maybe it’s happened to you as it has to countless others. . . . You’re driving home, listening to a story on NPR. Suddenly, you find yourself in your
driveway (or parking space or parking garage). Rather than turn the radio off, you stay in your car to hear the piece to the end. It’s a Driveway Moment.
The NPR Driveway Moments Series collects these “best of” stories so that you are never more than a “play” away from a Driveway Moment.
Contents:
- Introduction by Peter Sagal
- More Messages from Amy’s Answering Machine
- Solving the Mystery of Mother-Daughter Speak
- Mommy as a Role Model? Get Real
- Bad Mommy
- Just Mom and Me and Chuck E. Cheese
- Surprised by Mom
- Knitting for Life, and for Life’s Milestones
- Legislator Offers First-Person View of Welfare
- StoryCorps: Mother’s Magic, Stretching a Christmas Dollar
- Tamale Recipe Proves Hard to Keep Secret
- ‘Chickenbutt’ and Other Lessons from Grandma
- Who is Singing Me Lullabies?
- Mementoes Honor Sons Lost to War
- In Memoir, Allende Reveals Life to Late Daughter
- I Love My Kids—But Give Me a Break
- Mother’s Day vs. Fishing Season Opener
- Hidden Kitchen Mama
- Mother’s Day Recipes
- StoryCorps: Special Memories of a Final Thanksgiving Meal
- Young, Single and Raising a Child
- Rocket Science
- Mom Remembers Her Olympic Past
- Turning Into Your Mother Isn’t So Bad After All
- A Partially Empty Nest, with Mixed Feelings
- Grandmother: A Story of Aging, Decline and Love
- This I Believe: The Power of Love to Transform and to Heal
Author
Author Bio: NPR
NPR is a mission-driven, multimedia news organization and radio program producer of news, talk, music, and entertainment programs with a strong base of member stations and supporters nationwide. Since 1971, NPR and its journalists and programs have won hundreds of awards, including some of the most prestigious honors in journalism.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Humor |
| Runtime: | 1.91 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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