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Buddha sand drawing

Tibetan Nuns 2:35 Jack Chance

Tibetan nuns at prayer. Recorded February 2002, Ani Sangkhung Nunnery, Lhasa, Tibet, PRC. From the CD Greetings From Elsewhere: An Asian Music Sampler.

Broadcast: Mar 21 2003 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: International, Music, Religious


A woman surrounded by leaves

Her Stories {format} 59:00 Jay Allison, Kitchen Sisters, Ginger Miles, Dmae Roberts, Steve Rowland, Jake Warga & [Hearing Voices]

URL linkHER STORIES- a (((Hearing Voices))) Women's History Month special. Hosted by Dmae Roberts of Stories1st.org, featuring: "Tupperware®" by the Kitchen Sisters- the one-time staple of American housewifery: the Tupperware® party. "Donna Checks Out Her Life" by Tom Lopez / ZBS- Asupermarket checker, scans the items in her existence. "Home From Africa" by Jake Warga, edited by Jay Allison- Jenifir returns from Benin with all 13 Symptoms of Chronic Peace Corps Withdrawal. "Sisters" by Dmae Roberts- A montaged discussion what it's like to have and be a sister. "Ruby" by Susan Stone- A new syntax of whispers and words tells the story of a woman and her husbands. "Sooner or Later" by Ginger Miles- A sound-portrait of the producer's friend, Anna Lee, a jazz photographer in lower Manhattan, recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Poems by Sonia Sanchez produced for radio by Steve Rowland and mixed by Joe Waters with original music by Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Joe Waters. And poems by spoken-word artists Tracie Morris, Jill Battson and Meryn Cadell. More audio, info and links...

Broadcast: Mar 1 2003 on HV SpecialSeries: Hearing Voices- Specials Subjects: International, Family, Literature, Specials, Women


Motorcycle and truck in rear-view mirror

Vox Pop {format} {format} 22:00 Scott Carrier

"In America we used to say, ‘I may not believe what you believe, but I will die defending your right to express it.’ We could boil the idea of our country down to that one sentence, and it was a beautiful thing. I haven’t heard that sentence in a long time, and I’m wondering if it was ever true. I’m packing up, getting ready to drive across the country interviewing people about the state of the union."

Broadcast: Jan 8 2003 on Pacifica Peacewatch; Dec 15 2002 on APM Transom.org Subjects: International, Public Affairs, Politics, War


Afghan men crowding around camera

From Afghanistan {format} Scott Carrier

URL linkFROM AFGHANISTAN– A photo-audio-essay; with sounds and images of the streets, songs and prayers of the Afghan people. Adapted from Carrier's Harper's- April 2002 magazine article. WARNING: Contains photos of the dead.

Broadcast: Dec 15 2002 on HV Webwork Subjects: International, War, Religious


Buddhist monks

Khan’s Song {format} Jack Chance

URL linkKHAN’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


Ramallah street with Isreali military

Life Indoors- Palestine {format} 14:49 Nancy Updike

Life under curfew in Ramallah can be, among other things, intensely boring. Sam Bahour, a Palestinian who was born and raised in Ohio, came back to the West Bank in 1995, when peace seemed possible, to help build the Palestinian state. Now he can’t leave his house.

Broadcast: Aug 1 2002 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: International, Politics, Public Affairs, War


Ramallah street with Isreali military

What’s A Moderate? {format} 15:09 Nancy Updike

What if a new Palestinian leader came on the scene who was neither part of the corrupt autocracy of the Palestinian Authority, nor part of fundamentalist, suicide-bombing Hamas? We follow possible future Palestinian political candidate Mustafa Barghouti, a doctor who’s well known for setting up clinics.

Broadcast: Aug 1 2002 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Public Affairs, Politics, International


London street map

London Street Threatre {format} 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


Jenifir walks by birlboard

Home From Africa {format} 21:07 Jake Warga

Jenifir returns from Benin with all 13 Symptoms of Chronic Peace Corps Withdrawal. A tale of two selves, mixed with dirt, disease, music, and voodoo. (Details and photos at our collaborators: Transom.org.) Edited by Jay Allison.

Broadcast: Jan 1 2002 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Travel, Cultural, International, Women


Three Flags by Jasper Johns

Ready for War? {format} 21:45 Scott Carrier

"Are you ready to go to war?" Answers by a Wyoming soccer mom, Vietnam vet Green Beret, Lakota warrior, Omish teen, and others met on a trek across America.

Broadcast: Sep 1 2001 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Public Affairs, International, Politics, War





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