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Home Team 59:00 Barrett Golding & [Hearing Voices]

Baseball Stories from the Public Radio Hall of Fame in this (((Hearing Voices))) World Series special. "The Bushy Wushy Rag" by Phillip Kent Bimstei- sounds of a St. Louis Cardinals' combined with the echoes of Scott Joplin and the distinctive calls of Bushy Wushy the Beer Man. "National Anthem" by Gwen Macsai- After hearing different folk try to sing the Star-Spangled Banner at her local minor league stadium, our host figures she could do better. "The Potato Ball Caper" by by Dan Collison with Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions- On August 31, 1987 one of baseball's most peculiar plays took place in the minor leagues in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. "Rookie League" by Barrett Golding- At the Helena Brewers ballpark in Montana, teens and early twenty-somethings get their first, and for most their only, taste of playing of pro baseball. "Dug-Out" by Terry Allen- The fictionalized history of two people: a man born in the late 1800s who runs away from home to play baseball, and a woman born in the early 1900s who grows up to be a piano player and a beautician. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Oct 1 2004 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Specials, Sports

Book cover: Future Dictionary of America

The Garden for Disappointed Politicians 3:27 Sarah Vowell

America is now focused on who will win the elections. But what about the losers? And why do some refuse to go away? This "Garden" provides a place for them to go. It’s an entry in a new book called The Future Dictionary of America, edited by Dave Eggers, in which American writers were asked to define words which will be coined in a future, better U.S.A.. [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 30 2004 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Politics, Environment, Garden

Jan & Jack Kerouac 6:57 Marjorie Van Halteren

A father-daughter dialog: Jack Kerouac’s daughter Jan, reads her an ode to her rarely seen dad; intertwined with Kerouac’s speeches and prose.

Broadcast: Sep 11 2004 on PRI/WNYC Studio 360 Subjects: Family, Literature

Dream of Democracy: What Pols Do 1:37 Barrett Golding & Jonathan Menjivar

Political candidates are wooing Americans with rhetoric, but they're not impressing everyone: The thoughts of Chicago college students who remain cynical about the world of politics.Produced for WBEZ Chicago Matters "Our Next Generation". [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 6 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Dream of Democracy Subjects: Youth, Public Affairs, Politics

800 Jobs 4:15 Crossing the BLVD

For Labor Day: Nassar ElGabry describes some of the many jobs he’s had since coming to the States. (Music: Scott Johnson.) [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 6 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Crossing the BLVD Subjects: Labor

Lois and Betty at breakfast in Patterson Restaurant

Lewis & Clark: Lois & Betty 3:29 Barrett Golding

Another audio postcard from the Lewis & Clark Trail: Lois and Betty sipping morning coffee in a small farming town cafe: Patterson (WA) Store and Restaurant.

Broadcast: Sep 4 2004 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Labor

Dream of Democracy: Youth Vote 3:21 Barrett Golding & Jonathan Menjivar

Chicago college students consider the idea and reality of voting and democracy. Produced for WBEZ Chicago Matters "Our Next Generation". [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 1 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Dream of Democracy Subjects: Youth, Public Affairs, Politics

Welcome Democrats sign, with Hubert Humphrey and troops

Chicago 68 DNC 4:34 Barrett Golding

Some said 100,000; some said a million. We didn't know how many protestors would arrive in New York for the Republican National Convention. We didn't know how the police would react when they got there. What we did know is what happened the last time tens of thousands of young people took to the streets and slept in the parks outside a major party's convention. Here are some of the voices from 1968 which shaped the events one late August night in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 28 2004 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Historical, Politics, Public Affairs

Crossing the Border from Mexico to the U.S., Part 2 8:41 Scott Carrier

Reports on undocumented immigrants who make the journey across the U.S.-Mexico border. In the first of this three-part series, we visit a remote border location in Arizona, where immigrants brave a dangerous stretch of desert in search of a better life. [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 26 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Crossing the Border: Mexico to the U.S. Subjects: Justice, International, Hispanic, Labor

Crossing the Border from Mexico to the U.S., Part 1 8:30 Scott Carrier

Reports on undocumented immigrants who make the journey across the U.S.-Mexico border. In the first of this three-part series, we visit a remote border location in Arizona, where immigrants brave a dangerous stretch of desert in search of a better life. [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 25 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Crossing the Border: Mexico to the U.S. Subjects: Justice, Labor, International, Hispanic