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Lived a Full Life
by FactUnion
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 and verified to the FactUnion Standard; every source is in the episode notes. Performed by synthetic voices. Supported by SagaSeal.
Episodes
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Five Lines, Fifty-Five Dollars
In 2026 you can buy a death notice in the Omaha World-Herald or the Buffalo News for a flat fifty-five dollars, five lines at most. Rosa and Walt read the shape of that notice off a coffee-ringed yellow card. Then they follow the money back through a cub reporter's memories of paid notices phoned...
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Occupation: Homemaker
For decades, research has found that obituaries give men more lines about their careers than women. So a woman who spent years at a switchboard or a sewing machine can end up as "beloved wife, mother and homemaker." In our first episode, Rosa and Walt follow the three groups who have written...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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 and verified to the FactUnion Standard; every source is in the episode notes. Performed by synthetic voices. Supported by SagaSeal.
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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...
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