Hearing Voices - Radio Stories / Travel

Lewis & Clark: Bar Pilots 3:25 Barrett Golding

When Foreign ships enter U.S. waters, they are required to have an American pilot on board. In Astoria, Oregon, the Columbia River Bar Pilots Association brings the pilots out to the boats. Each body of water, each bend of the river, brings a new environmental issue, one that often gets no national attention, but is the focus of intense local debate. Captain Phil O’Shaughnessy and first mate John Leiter discuss the deep and shallow arguments for dredging the mouth of the river. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 13 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Business, Travel, Environment

Lost and Found Department, Disneyland 6:26 Jake Warga

The items left behind by the tens of thousands of visitors to the Happiest Place On Earth. In the back, behind two security doors: a day with the workers that tend time in the underbelly of Disneyland: the lost and found office. Remember the last scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? It’s kind of like that, but with rows and rows of Tupperware.

Broadcast: Jun 13 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Entertainment, Travel, Cultural

Heat 59:00 Scott Carrier, Jeff Rice, John Rieger, Marjorie Van Halteren & [Hearing Voices]

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer in this (((Hearing Voices))) special. Hosted by Scott Carrier, featuring: "Dead of Summer" by Marjorie van Halteren & Lou Giansante- A sound-poem of summer in the city and longing for "a ten-cent breeze." "Summer Notes" by Joe Frank- The perfection of family, a crippled man on a blind man's back, and a collective scream: "I'm not dead." "Heat" by Jeff Rice- Tuscon residents on desert heat, including author Charles Bowden, poet Ofelia Zepeda, and composer Steve Roach (who wrote the music). "The Little Heroes" by John Rieger- Covering piano-pulling cats in the summer sun -- the fate of the non-network newsman. "Highway 50" by Scott Carrier- A very hot and very long drive down a lonely stretch of pavement. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Jun 1 2003 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Specials, Travel, Comedy

West Coast Road Trip 15:14 Jake Warga

"I’ve noticed, talking with people, that it seems the less you pay for transportation, the closer you get to Jesus." Public transport travellers, ridin’ the rails, and living on the dog. "Next day, it’s greyhound time. Our driver’s retired Air Force: hearing aid, glasses, fake teeth. ‘I’m bionic man!’ he says when I ask him, ’What time do we get to Grant’s Pass?’ He doesn’t wear his seatbelt. He keeps sticking his finger in his ear adjusting his hearing aid thinking it’s feedback he’s hearing. I hear it too, a squealing sound."

Broadcast: Apr 25 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Travel

Pickup on dirt road, photo by Scott Carrier

Backroads 59:00 Jay Allison, Scott Carrier, Kitchen Sisters, John Rieger & [Hearing Voices]

Five traveling stories from public radio's past in this (((Hearing Voices))) special. Hosted by the producers, featuring: "Fifty Miles Out of Gerlach" by John Rieger- Small-town society. "Navajo Pentacostalists" by Scott Carrier- Holy ghosts, hitchhikers and stratocasters. "Road Ranger" The Kitchen Sisters- a highway hero fixes strangers' cars. "Cross My Path" by Jay Allison- Leo Grillo cares for animals, thousands of them. "Trip to the Dentist" by Larry Massett- A nitrous-feuled excursion thru a history of bad dental health. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Apr 1 2003 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Religious, Health, Specials, Travel

Four Generations Fishing 3:30 Barrett Golding

Our series The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later continues in Central Washington, on the banks of the Walla Walla. Louis Butler, his daughter, grand-daughter and grandsons are "trying to catch a few catfish." Mr. Butler’s life is filled with a nuclear family at home, and nuclear weapons and waste at work. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jan 1 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Public Affairs, Travel, Environment, Labor

Dummies used for life-rescue training in the ocean

U.S. Coast Guard Duty Surfman 3:30 Barrett Golding

Our series The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later starts on the route’s western edge. Cape Disappointment, a U.S. Coast Guard Station, sits on the shore of "the graveyard of the Pacific": the Columbia River bar, where the river meets the ocean. USCG Duty Surfman Kyle Betts works on the Search & Rescue team there, pulling boats and people out of the most treacherous stretch of water on the west coast. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 1 2002 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Environment, Travel

Khan’s Song Jack Chance

KHAN’S SONG, Mongol Music– In 2001 Jack Chance set out for a year of recording music, traveling from North Africa to the Himalayas by bus, boat, train, horse, camel, bicycle, and two sore feet. These are the sights, sounds, and stories he found in Mongolia.

Broadcast: Oct 10 2002 on HV Webwork Subjects: Travel, International, Religious, Music, World

London Street Threatre 4:04 Larry Massett

On the streets of London’s Theatre Distrcit: "then they were screaming at each other, and she swept the silverware off the table, threw the water at him, smashed the glass on the ground, and stormed off." [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 1 2002 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Drama, International, Entertainment, Travel

New Shoes 10:43 Scott Carrier

Hitchhiking cross-country with a telegram for the Dalai Llama, a prayer for compassion from the cops, and half your net worth invested in a pair of high-top sneakers. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 1 2002 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Travel, Religious