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Living Without 7:01 Sarah Vowell

The producer ponders the alienation and embarrassments caused by her wheat-allergies. She reveals her until now secret obsession with a magazine devoted to helping people with food allergies, a cheerful journalism of deprivation with such helpful articles as "When the Holidays Make You Sick."

Broadcast: Jan 9 2004 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Health, Food

Far Side 4:31 Jake Warga

Holiday calendars of comic strips as metaphor and memories of a life and a death. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 29 2003 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: Holidays, Health, Comedy

Christmas and Wartime :58 Sydney Lewis

U.S. Navy veteran John Hughes recalls one Christmas he spent during wartime. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 25 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Holidays, War

Christmas Kids 4:00 Barrett Golding

The many stories of Christmas conveyed and confused by the second-graders of Mrs. Beasley's class at Irving School in Bozeman, Montana. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 25 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Youth, Holidays, Religious

Santa’s To-Do List 1:34 Devorah Medwin

Christmas tasks for Santa. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 25 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Holidays

Santa’s Wish List 1:20 Devorah Medwin

Sonic IDs from WCAI/WNAN and Atlantic Public Media in Massachusetts (Editor: Jay Allison): What Santa wants for Christmas. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 25 2003 on NPR Day to DaySeries: WCAI/WNAN Sonic IDs Subjects: Holidays

Traveling Middle Earth 10:23 Dmae Roberts

Maori meets Mordor, as the premiere of "Lord of the Rings" put New Zealand in the spotlight. A series of audio snapshots of the country and culture. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 16 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Travel, Music, Environment, International

Maori Singers, New Zealand 1:43 Dmae Roberts

Sound Travels takes us to New Zealand for one more taste of the ancient culture. A walk in the night woods with campfies going and music ringing through the trees.

Broadcast: Dec 16 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Music, International

Family with AIDS 3:45 Joe Plotts

From the Vernacular Project: Barbara Bryon is Dori’s mother. She unknowingly passed the virus to Dori in the womb. Dori considers her mother "her number one hero." She suffers from numerous disabilities, a result of oppportunistic infections that she’s faced in the past 19 years. Dori passed away in September. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 1 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Health, Family

Gaza Town in Middle Ground 4:37 Nancy Updike

A Gaza Strip town is caught between the Israeli army and Hamas. The town’s mayor says he doesn∂t have the power to stop militants from using his town as a staging area for attacks; he just wants to carry out his duties as mayor, but he’s having problems even doing that. The conflict has the town’s tax revenues dwindling -- the citizenry is refusing to even pay taxes -- and is making it hard for city hall to provide basic services.

Broadcast: Dec 1 2003 on APM Marketplace Subjects: War, International, Politics