Hearing Voices - Radio Stories / Environment

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

Hawaiian musical group, Iosepa Troubadours, around 1910

Utah Luau 5:39 Jeff Rice

Take the road toward the top secret army base. Go past Muskrat Spring until you get near Salt Mountain." A statue of a Hawaiian chief overlooks the Utah desert, with a plaque reading: "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono. Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono," the motto of the kingdom of Hawaii: "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." A tale of two states, lost tribes and Polynesians in Skull Valley. (Photo: Utah State Historical Society.) [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 1 2002 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Native, Historical, Environment

An Hour of Earth 59:00 Jay Allison, Scott Carrier, Andrei Codrescu, Barrett Golding, Tom Lopez, Sarah Vowell & [Hearing Voices]

An Earth Day special. Hosted by Barrett Golding, featuring: "Underground Lunchroom" by Sarah Vowell- A congressional controversy over a cave cafeteria. "Green River Stories" by Scott Carrier- floating a Rocky Mountain river. "Singing Frogs" by Tom Lopez of ZBS- a true tale of toads... or are they frogs? "Subtext: Communicating with Horses" and "Killer Whales" by Jay Allison- from his series Animals & Other Storeis. "The Environment" by Andrei Codrescu- from cowfields to fast rood in under a minute. "Blackfish" by Barrett Golding- Dr. John Ford of the Vancouver Aquariium, with music by Jeff Arntsen of Racket Ship. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Apr 20 2002 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: Travel, Science, Environment, Specials

Manitou cave drawings from Clark’s journal

Pains & Accuracy 4 11:10 Barrett Golding

Rendezvous: Biking and mic-ing the Missouri River. Captain Lewis’ Aria, replicas upriver, surveyor-stalking cougars, black powder bursts, cave wall Manitous, and Edens lost.

Broadcast: Oct 6 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Travel, Historical, Environment

Thunderbolt Mountain Lookout - Boise National Forest in Idaho

Fire Lookouts 11:40 Jeff Rice

A few Forest Service employees still spend their days and nights on top of 8000-foot Rocky Mountain peaks, with a radio, binoculars, and wood stove, looking for lightning strikes and reporting fires. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 1 2001 on NPR Living on Earth Subjects: Environment

Pains & Accuracy 3 8:30 Barrett Golding

Flood: Biking and mic-ing the modern Lewis and Clark Trail. Missouri floods, a frog symphony, a million worms, bowfishing a beanfield, and in little league: Lemke Trenching and Excavating plays Miller Funeral Homes [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 18 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Environment, Travel, Historical

Heat 4:15 Jeff Rice

It is 120°. The birds and animals, and even insects hide. The story focuses on the words, thoughts and sounds of desert residents: writer Charles Bowden, the Tohono O’odham poet Ofelia Zepeda, and ambient composer Steve Roach, whose composition "Slow Heat" scores the piece. [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 15 2001 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: Environment

Underground Lunchroom 15:01 Sarah Vowell

You Can Have Your Cave and Eat It Too. A national controversy implicating Carlsbad Caverns, a cafeteria, and the United States Congress.

Broadcast: Aug 1 2001 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Travel, Environment, Politics, Food

Green River Scott Carrier

GREEN RIVER STORIES– Canoeing the Green thru Wyoming, Utah and Colorado: phtos and tales from the people on the river.

Broadcast: Jan 1 2001 on HV Webwork Subjects: Travel, Environment