Another recent HV story on NPR Day to Day— Chicago barber Rex Mitchell insists that his window display is not an anti-war statement. For the past year, the barber has kept a running tally of soldiers killed in Iraq in the window of his Gold Crown Barber Salon. By producer Christopher Booker, for HV and Chicago Tribune multimedia.

“Window to War” (2:20 mp3):

Photos © Christopher Booker:

Recently on NPR Day to Day— Like his father before him, Michael Scott breeds “primo” pigeons, trained athletes, in his native Brooklyn. One of his coops is in Canarsie, on top of his grandmother’s house. By producer Owen Agnew, for HV and SALT.

“Breeding Brooklyn Pigeons” (3:14 mp3):

Photos © Allison Lucas:

This afternoon on Day to Day, by producer Christopher Booker, for HV and Chicago Tribune multimedia.:

John Engel met Lisa on FarmersOnly.com.
Photo © Christopher Booker

Another ZBS 2 Minute Noir ran this afternnon on NPR Day to Day:

NPR Day to Day continues to air episodes in the new ZBS dramedy 2 Minute Film Noir. The latest:

Here’s some past Noirs:

Two of three music/interview pieces on Minneapolis homeless have aired, via HV, on NPR. The work is by composers Andrew Turpening and Danny Burke. Their project “Land of 10,000 Homeless” (previous HV post) is part of Voices in the Streets, “a website of artistic activism, providing a space for the disadvantaged to share their stories,” which they did recently on NPR’s Day to Day:

The Radio Lab podcast is re-running HV’s “City X” by Jonathan Mitchell, which da Lab rats describe as:

A history of the modern shopping mall through perspectives of people living in a real, yet unnamed, city. Using a sound rich audio mosaic of observations and ruminations, all scored to Muzak, the universal mall experience comes to life, for better or for worse.

“TitleOfMP3″ (25:17 mp3):

This Weekend America reran our Rainbox Family feature (10:00):