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Oval Office meeeting

Hydrogen People {format} 2:05 Jesse Boggs

The Administration moves beyond Hydrogen Powered Automobiles. Another experiment in the crytomusicology of Presidential Patter.

Broadcast: Apr 23 2007 on HV PODCAST Subjects: Comedy, Politics, Music


Peabody Awards logo

Peabody Award for HV Special {format} Scott Carrier, Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler & [Hearing Voices]

We won a George Foster Peabody Award for our "Crossing Borders" special. Wow. Said the judges: "The nighttime desert seems to have a voice of its own in this vivid audio chronicle of illegal immigrants from Mexico, what dangers their journeys can entail, and why they still take the risk."

Broadcast: Apr 16 2007 on HV AwardSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Feature, Hispanic


The grit and guts of girl's soccer.

Girls Soccer {format} 6:20 Scott Carrier

The grit and guts of girls soccer, as played at a national tournament in San Diego. With college scouts looking on, some of the country's best young-lady kickers compete.

Broadcast: Apr 14 2007 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Sports, Youth, Women


Santa as a boy playing guitar

Song & Memory: New Christy Minstrels {format} 7:06 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

Author Luc Sante recalls his the Sixties thru the lens of his love for folk music.

Broadcast: Apr 14 2007 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Literature, Folk, Music, Youth


Church banner

Baptism Express {format} 5:20 Queena Kim

Every Saturday, hundreds of Latino immigrants pilgrimage to Our Lady The Queen of the Angels, Los Angeles' oldest mission Church, to get their baby's baptized. The Church baptizes fifty babies an hour -- more than three hundred every Saturday. Unlike other churches, Our Lady doesn't require parents or godparents to take classes beforehand. All you do is sign-up. Abel Salas walks us through "the McDonald's of Baptism."

Broadcast: Mar 30 2007 on NPR Latino USA Subjects: Hispanic, Religious


Sharon, waitress and Jesus, cook

Golden Apple 5-10am {format} 9:32 Nancy Updike

One guy who comes in mornings to play his harmonica, another who at the age of 8, was the youngest butcher in Illinois. Conversations with customers, cooks and waitresses on the first shift, 5am-10am, of a Chicago diner. (Sharon and Jesus drawn by Jorge Colombo.)

Broadcast: Mar 30 2007 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life; Nov 17 2000 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Labor


Former USMC Sgt Bill Johnson holds his just-caught trout

Healing Waters- Bill Johnson {format} {format} 3:18 Barrett Golding

From the NPR series: Former Sergeant Bill Johnson, US Marine Corps loves the fly-fish with Project Healing Waters. He lost his legs in the Vietnam War. But still hunts and fishes, and gets hunting where he needs to go, with a wheelchair or prosthetic legs or getting on on fours and swinging through the forest. [transcript]

Broadcast: Mar 23 2007 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Project Healing Waters Subjects: Environment, Health, War


Sgt Cochran casting for trout

Healing Waters- Sgt Diane Cochran {format} {format} 4:19 Barrett Golding

From the NPR series: Sergeant Diane Cochran, US Army, was seriously injured in Afghanistan. Now, for recreation and recovery, she's learning to fly-fish with Project Healing Waters. She spent the day catching rainbow trout on the Rose River in Virginia. [transcript]

Broadcast: Mar 22 2007 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Project Healing Waters Subjects: War, Environment, Health


Corporal Frustaglio fly-fishing from his wheelchair

Healing Waters- Cpl Neil Frustaglio {format} {format} 4:42 Barrett Golding

From the NPR series: Corporal Neil Frustaglio, US Marine Corps spends a day with fellow Wounded warriors getting their wheelchairs wet chasing Rainbow Trout on the Rose River in Virginia. This recreation & recovery program is called Project Healing Waters. [transcript]

Broadcast: Mar 21 2007 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Project Healing Waters Subjects: War, Environment, Health


Women from Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Women {format} 4:46 Skye Rohde

As tradition and western culture collide in Papua New Guinea, women there are finding it challenging to balance well-defined gender roles with the exhilaration of having choices. [transcript]

Broadcast: Mar 20 2007 on APM Marketplace Subjects: Women, International





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