Featured HV Stories

It is 120°. The birds, animals, and even insects hide. Desert residents discuss heat, with writer Charles Bowden, the Tohono O'odham poet Ofelia Zepeda, and ambient composer Steve Roach, whose composition "Slow Heat" scores the piece. More by Jeff Rice»

For Chef Anthony Bourdain the song "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians was a gateway drug to sex and more drugs and rock n' roll, on a narcotic-fueled roadtrip with a dead stripper. More by Ann Heppermann & Kara Oehler»

"Greedily reaching out for every possible life giving experience he could get. Death was not without pride, it just was greedy." An etiquette list for those who may be dying soon, and for the soon-to-be survivors. More by Ceil Muller»

Our loud world leaves less room for those who are, by nature, quiet. They rarely speak up, so are rarely heard. But underneath our noise and shouting are softer voices. So listen closely as four teens tell why they are and what it's like being quiet. More by Hillary Frank»

Recordist Steve McGreevey captures the solar sounds of space weather, the northern lights, and "Natural Radio." Music by Racket Ship. More by Barrett Golding»

A woman sits cross-legged, panhandling on a busy city sidewalk. She takes money only from white folks, and gives it to blacks passing by. Her sign reads: "200 Years of Slavery in the United States. Reparation payments accepted here." Performance artist damali ayo's "living flag "offers people a convenient opportunity to pay for the unpaid labor of African Americans." More by Dmae Roberts»

A Vermont family changes as their mother's dementia progresses. What happens to love when there is no memory? An evolution of relationships reveal themselves in these conversation between Gregory Sharrow, his mother Marjorie, and Greg's husband Bob Hooker. (Music by Karinne Keithley. Check Transom for more on this story.) More by Erica Heilman»

Sioux singer Bonnie Jo Hunt layers opera over insects for Robbie Robertson's "Twisted Hair", in the Music for the Native Americans project. More by Gregg McVicar »

The State of the Union undone and mashed-up with music. Another experiment in the crytomusicology of Presidential Patter. More by Jesse Boggs»

In a Thailand market, Manop Thammadoonpinij, a music teacher and luthier, performs traditional songs on a haunting little-known ancient stringed instrument, the Pin Pia. (Collected along the travels of the Mountain Music Project). More by Jack Chance»

Spend the day with Jenafir as she works in Ethiopia, trying to save the world. More by Jake Warga»

From the music/documentary project Voices of the Streets, which gives voice to individuals in Minnesota experiencing homelessness. Tommy Wayne Gilmore and Renee Buford Lollar live in a Minneapolis family shelter. Music by Andrew Turpening and Danny Burke. More by Andrew Turpening»

These days, taking mom out for a day-trip doesn't involve going as far in distance, as it does back in time. Tybee Island, Georgia, now and in the 1920s, as seen by Mrs. Massett. More by Larry Massett»

Sergio Dante Almaraz was a brave lawyer who spoke up for justice, even though he knew it could get him killed. He was gunned down on the street January 25th 2006 in Juárez, Mexico. We present this remembrance. More by Scott Carrier»

Mississippi moonshine, barbecued goat and the last of the old-time Fife & Drum picnics. More by Ben Adair»