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Jenifir with an Ethiopian child

Saving the world in Ethiopia {format} {format} 5:50 Jake Warga

Spend the day with Jenafir as she works in Ethiopia trying to save the world.
[transcript]

Broadcast: Jan 30 2007 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: Health, International


Haiku text

Little League Haiku {format} 3:25 Scott Carrier

For this weeks' SuperBowl, a junior high haiku.

Broadcast: Jan 29 2007 on HV PODCAST Subjects: Youth, Sports


Jim Harrison photo

Jim Harrison- Poet {format} 6:47 Scott Carrier

A early morning hike with writer Jim Harrison, and his dogs, along the Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley, Montana.

Broadcast: Jan 27 2007 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Literature, Environment


Norte newspaper headline of Almaraz murder

Mexican Attorney Sergio Almaraz {format} {format} 4:57 Scott Carrier

Sergio Dante Almaraz was a brave lawyer who spoke up for justice, even though he knew he be killed. He was gunned down on the street last January 25th in n Juarez. Mexico. One year later we present this remembrance. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jan 25 2007 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Juarez: City on the Edge Subjects: Hispanic, Justice, International


Bush delivers speech

Dubya’s Word {format} 2:14 Jesse Boggs

State of the Union undone; mashup and music by Jesse Boggs.

Broadcast: Jan 22 2007 on HV PODCAST Subjects: Historical, Politics


James Palmer's mom

Song & Memory: My Bonnie {format} 6:20 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

James Palmer grew up in small Michigan town. One of his earliest memories is his mother singing him a lullaby. Years later, the song still brings back feelings of sweetness and sorrow.

Broadcast: Jan 20 2007 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Music, Family


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Avalanche {format} 19:29 Scott Carrier

The story of back-country skiers caught in an avalanche, told by the survivors.

Broadcast: Jan 14 2007 on HV PODCAST Subjects: Sports, Environment, Health


Ben in Mojave Desert

Mojave Road {format} {format} {format} 14:59 Ben Adair

"People who spend time in the Mojave start thinking differently about space. Huge stretches of land without a house, a telephone pole, or high-tension wire." The desert is vast in space, and time, ghost towns, some with Opera Houses still standing, century-old abandoned mines, billion-year old boulders in Death Valley. "One hundred human empires will rise and fall in the time it takes Death Valley to notice our passing." The place is perfect for the drifters and artists now living there. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jan 3 2007 on PRX Nature Stories Podcast; Mar 4 2005 on WNYC Radio Lab; Mar 26 2004 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Environment, Travel, Cultural


Dingo on piano with Larry at ivories

Dinky The Singing Dingo {format} {format} 2:39 Larry Massett

Somewhere in a bar in middle the Australian desert lives Dinky, a dingo much like the one that ate Meryl Streep's baby-only a lot more musical. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 27 2006 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: Music, Comedy, International


Operation Homecoming: USNS Comfort {format} {format} 3:19 Barrett Golding

Next in our series of readings by troops back from Iraq and Afghanistan, from the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming. This week: Dr. Edward Jewell with "Life on the USNS Comfort", a Navy hospital ship on which he served as Commander. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 25 2006 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Operation Homecoming Subjects: International, Health, War





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