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Song and Memory: 96 Tears 7:09 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

For Chef Anthony Bourdain the song "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians was a gateway drug to sex and drugs and rock n' roll, not to mention a narcotic-fueled roadtrip and a dead stripper.

Broadcast: Jun 9 2007 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Music, Rock, Youth, Food

Coast Guardsman salute at a military cemetery

For the Fallen 54:00 Jay Allison, Barrett Golding, Sound Portraits, Marjorie Van Halteren, Robin Wise & [Hearing Voices]

A public radio special for Memorial Day, Monday May 28 2007. The host is Green Beret and poet Major Robert Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces. The hour features voices of veterans remembering their comrades. We hear troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, reading their emails, poems, and journals, as part of the NEA project: Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. We hear interviews from StoryCorps, essays from This I Believe, and the sounds of a Military Honor Guard, recorded by Charles Lane. And we attend the daily ceremony by Belgian veterans honoring the WWI British soldiers who died defending a small town in western Belgium (produced by Marjorie Van Halteren).

Broadcast: May 28 2007 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Family, War, Holidays

The Perfect Photo 7:50 Jake Warga

The radio producer gets serious about his photographic career; he must hunt down and re-create a shot he saw published in National Geographic. A trip to Ethiopia: "Can you get me a helicopter?

Broadcast: May 28 2007 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: Art, Travel

Rocky Anderson and Sean Hannity debating

SLC’s Rocky vs. FOX’s Sean 13:52 Scott Carrier

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson publicly debates FOX News broadcaster Sean Hannity. The topic was two-fold: What can be said of success and failure in Iraq, and should our president be impeached?

Broadcast: May 26 2007 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: War, Media, Politics

Thru the Parks, Part 2 8:15 Barrett Golding

Part 2 of 2 on 700 miles of miking and mic-ing in Wyoming. The bike trip back from Yellowstone and Teton National Parks, encounting killers, hunters, special forces, and trips to Heaven.

Broadcast: May 26 2007 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Environment, Travel, Religious

A young Kelly Kinsey with her dog, Lolly

Song & Memory: Eleanor Rigby 4:55 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

What song from your past brings back a strong memory? Weekend America continues with another installment of the "Song and Memory" series. We hear from Kelly Kinsey, a Weekend America listener, about a tune that takes her back.

Broadcast: May 21 2007 on HV PODCAST; Jun 10 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Children, Youth, Music, Family

Steelhead Fishing 6:13 Scott Carrier

The Salmon River begins in the deep mountains of central Idaho and extends 800 miles to the Pacific Ocean. There isn't much salmon in the river but there are steelhead trout. A couple experts demonstrate how to catch them.

Broadcast: May 19 2007 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Sports, Environment

Thru the Parks, Part 1 8:36 Barrett Golding

A bike trip through Yellowstone and Teton National Parks, into windstorms, between snowbanks, and in the middle of a bison herd. Part 1 of 2 on 700 miles of miking and mic-ing in Wyoming.

Broadcast: May 19 2007 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Travel, Environment

White Temple 2:05 Dmae Roberts

A woman�s song on the streets of Taipei, Taiwan, leads the producer to the outskirts of town, to climb the rock steps of the White Temple. There, high in the clouds, one hundred voices are singing a salutation to the Buddha.

Broadcast: May 14 2007 on HV PODCAST; Dec 1 2002 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Music, Travel, Religious, Asian

Travels with Mom 13:00 Larry Massett

These days, taking mom out for a day-trip doesn�t involve going very far in distance, as it does back in time. Tybee Island, Georgia, now and in the 1920�s, as seen by Mrs. Massett. [transcript]

Broadcast: May 7 2007 on HV PODCAST; Jul 18 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Travel, Family