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Jules Shear photo

Song & Memory: Jules Shear {format} 8:18 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

Musician Jules Shear, of Jules and the Polar Bears and MTV's Unplugged, recalls his first public performance, for his school principal on a train, singing Chris Kenner's "Something You Got."

Broadcast: Aug 12 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Music, Rock, Youth


Nina playing air guitar on badmitten racket as a kid

Song & Memory: Only the Lonely {format} 8:18 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

The song "Only the Lonely" reminds sound artist Nina Katchadourian of her of childhood summers with her brother in Finland.

Broadcast: Jul 8 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Children, Youth, Music


Mohammed Naseehu Ali's father, Alhaji Abubakar Ali III, the emir of Ghana

Song & Memory: Ghana {format} {format} 8:16 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

Mohammed Naseehu Ali is a native of Ghana, the son of the emir, or king, of the Muslims in that African nation. Unlike his brothers and cousins, Ali left Ghana to be educated in the United States. Instead of returning to tribal politics, he became a musician and writer. But he hasn't left behind the memories of a song so important to his childhood in Ghana: "Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu" by Alhaki K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiesta.

Broadcast: May 13 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: World, International, Youth, Music


Crossing Borders {format} 54:00 Scott Carrier, Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler & [Hearing Voices]

From Mexico to US, a Tale of Two Countries in this (((Hearing Voices))) Cinco de Mayo special. Your guide Marcos Martinez, of KUNM-Albuquerque, plays some border radio: Poet Luis Alberto Urrea delivers his "Hymn to Vatos Who Will Never Appear in a Poem" and travels "The Devil's Highway," from his book about death in the desert. In "Sasabe," a Sonora, Mexico border town, Scott Carrier talks to immigrants along their hazardous, illegal desert crossing, and to the border patrol waiting for them in Sasabe, Arizona. "And I walked..." (with Charles Bowden) is a border-crossing sound-portrait by Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler, from the Third Coast Festival's ShortDocs series. Guillermo Gómez-Peña gives a "Citizenship Lesson," from his CD Borderless Radio, and imagines "Maquiladoras of the Future," fantasy border factories. And One-minute Vacation podcasts (QuietAmerican.org) a Saint Jude's festival in the highlands of Michoacan recorded by Siamack Sioshansi, and evening mass at the Church of Carmen Alta in Oaxaca City recorded by Bronwyn Ximm. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: May 5 2006 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Hispanic, International, Specials, Justice


Kathy Napoli, age 3

Song & Memory: Harrigan {format} 4:16 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

What song from your past brings back a strong memory? In this installment of our ongoing series, we meet a woman with a special recollection of a song heard frequently around St. Patrick's Day: the popular Irish standard, "Harrigan."

Broadcast: Mar 11 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Broadway, Music, Youth


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Song & Memory: I’ll Take Manhattan {format} 4:37 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

The song "I'll Take Manhattan" is upbeat and jaunty song to most people. But to writer Julia Slavin, the song elicits some darker, more unsettling thoughts about her childhood pets.

Broadcast: Feb 11 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Children, Youth, Music, Family


Kathy Napoli, age 3

Song & Memory: Rocky Mountain High {format} {format} 7:03 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

What song creates the strongest memory in your mind? Weekend America explores the songs that leave an impact on you in our new series, "Song and Memory." This week, our first participant, Jeffery Carpenter explains his special connection to John Denver's popular song, "Rocky Mountain High."

Broadcast: Jan 21 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Religious, Folk, Music, Youth


Yellow arrow

Walk This Way: Yellow Arrows {format} 4:50 Ann Heppermann & Kara Oehler

Yellow arrows are turning up all over New York City, pointing the way twoards clandestine, citizen-driven, underground self-guided tours of NYC’s lesser-known treasures.

Broadcast: Jun 25 2005 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Travel, Art, Acoustic





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