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Re-enanters taking a break on shores of the Missouri River breaks in Montana

Lewis & Clark: Re-enactors- Missouri Breaks 3:42 Barrett Golding

The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later: America is now celebrating the Lewis&Clark bicentennial. Much of their trail, along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, has changed quite a bit in 200 years. But some spots still looks much as they did in Lewis&Clark’s time. You half expect a wooden boat full of men wearing buckskin and black powder rifles. And that’s exactly what happened when the producer was kayaking the Missouri Breaks. [transcript]

Broadcast: May 31 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Historical, Travel

Hearing Voices 8:16 Barrett Golding

Barbara Bogaev interviews us for this on-air tour of HearingVoices.com, accompanied by excerpts from our collection of Radio Audities.

Broadcast: May 22 2004 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Art, Spoken Word

Haunted Cabin 17:46 Jake Warga

A night in the woods in an allegedly haunted cabin with a group of ghost hunters, with many reasons to look for the dead: AGHOST- Amateur Ghost Hunters of Seattle Tacoma

Broadcast: May 21 2004 on PRI/WBEZ This American LifeSeries: Ghost Hunters Subjects: Technology

Ghosts Monthly Meet 3:02 Jake Warga

More tall tales of ghost hunters. The producer follows fellow AGHOST members to their monthly meeeting at the regular time and place: late at night in a cemetery. (Take the Ghost Hunter’s Quiz.) [transcript]

Broadcast: May 17 2004 on NPR All Things ConsideredSeries: Ghost Hunters Subjects: Technology, Science

200 Years Later 59:00 Barrett Golding, Larry Massett & [Hearing Voices]

Biking & Mic-ing Today's Trail in this (((Hearing Voices))) Lewis & Clark Bicentennial (2003-2006) special. Hosted by Josef Verbanac of AIRmedia.org, featuring: "Great Pains & Accuracy Tour"- Barrett Golding and Josef Verbanac, a radio producer and an English professor, a Jew and a Souix, bicycle beside the Missouri River from St. Louis to Fort Mandan, North Dakota. And "On the Trail of Lewis & Clark"- Larry Massett and Barrett Golding pedal over the Rocky Mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, interviewing whoever they find on the path: wind surfers, church organists, forest service employees, and "we've been talking to as many loggers as we can, to try and find out if they don't see bicyclists, or they just hate us." More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: May 15 2004 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Historical, Historical Anniversaries, Travel, Specials

Dream of Democracy 29:00 Barrett Golding & Jonathan Menjivar

Today’s college students have seen the Senate impeach one president, and the Supreme Court decide the election of another. They have seen America attacked at home, and at war abroad. So what do young people think of politics and politicians, of democracy and the American Dream? To find out, we went to campuses across Chicago, to a peace march, a rap contest, and a Young Republicans meet-up. produced for WBEZ Chicago Matters "Our Next Generation".

Broadcast: May 5 2004 on WBEZ Chicago MattersSeries: Dream of Democracy Subjects: Youth, Politics

Alex Caldiero- Poet? 5:41 Scott Carrier

When is a poet not a poet? And when should he just say he is? For National Poetry Month a profile of Alex Caldiero, who is a poet, a writer and a performance artist -- but thinks of himself as none of the above. [transcript]

Broadcast: Apr 27 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Poetry Month Subjects: Art, Literature

The Earth Sings 59:00 Jay Allison, Gregg McVicar, Jeff Rice, Dmae Roberts & [Hearing Voices]

Sounds for and from Mother Earth in this (((Hearing Voices))) Earth Day special. Hosted by Dmae Roberts of Stories1st.org, featuring: "Annapurna Circuit" in Nepal's Himalayan Mountains by Quiet American (Aaron & Bronwyn Ximm). " Traveling Middle Earth" and " Maori Singers, New Zealand" culture and country by Dmae Roberts of Stories1st.org. Portraits of Alaskan singers/dancers Pamyua and of Sioux soprano opera Bonnie Jo Hunt singing with Robbie Robertson and crickets, produced by Gregg McVicar of EarthSongs.net. Ant sounds from Dr. Hayword Spangler of Tuscon's Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, recorded by Jeff Rice. "Hide And Seek" with animal trainer Ken Decroo and Dar the Chimp, part of Jay Allison's Animals & Other Stories. And Cosmic Background Radiation, Lava Flow, River Drumming, Leafhoppers and Elephants from the Pulse of the Planet CD "Extraordinary Sounds From the Natural World" by Jim Metzner. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Apr 20 2004 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Travel, Environment, Specials

Hairdresser on the Job 1:14 Helen Woodward

Sonic IDs from WCAI/WNAN and Atlantic Public Media in Massachusetts (Editor: Jay Allison): An audio snapshot of a Massachusetts hairdresser about her work, which she says beats everything but brain surgery. [transcript]

Broadcast: Apr 8 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Labor, Business

Marsked Marvel contest poster: Guess who he is?

Charley Patton, Bluesman 5:04 Barrett Golding

The Blues Man myth is a hard drinkin’, fightin’, lovin’ guitar player; traveling the country as a singer, a preacher, an outlaw, and a teacher. This legend comes close to the reality of one’s man’s life: Charley Patton, born around 1890 in the heart of the delta. (Interviews courtesy: Honky Tonks, Hymns, & the Blues , from NPR, Artemis Media Project, Pacific Vista Productions, and Murray Street, New York). [transcript]

Broadcast: Mar 18 2004 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Blues, Music, Historical