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Amy Jo: Surrounded by Lights 6:50 Erin Mishkin & SALT Institute

A very busy day with Amy Jo, a single mother of two toddlers. Everyday she strives to fulfill a promise for a better life, made to her daughter two years ago. Produced for SALT.

Broadcast: Jun 27 2008 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Labor, Family

Land of 10,000 Homeless: Bill Speaks 2:45 Andrew Turpening

From a music/documentary series by The Voices of the Streets, which gives a voice to individuals in Minnesota experiencing homelessness. Bill Courtright was interviewed near the Dorothy Day Center, a homeless shelter in St. Paul, MN. Andrew Turpening wrote and produced the music.

Broadcast: Jun 25 2008 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Health, Labor

Office Yoga 2:37 Rebecca Flowers

A more realistic approach to spiritual awareness: how yoga might help relieve stress at the office, or not. [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 3 2007 on HV PODCAST; Sep 6 2004 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Business, Comedy, Labor, Health

Golden Apple 5-10am 9:32 Nancy Updike

One guy who comes in mornings to play his harmonica, another who at the age of 8, was the youngest butcher in Illinois. Conversations with customers, cooks and waitresses on the first shift, 5am-10am, of a Chicago diner. (Sharon and Jesus drawn by Jorge Colombo.)

Broadcast: Mar 30 2007 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life; Nov 17 2000 on PRI/WBEZ This American Life Subjects: Labor

Entrepreneur / Wormdigger 4:45 Jesse Dukes

Adam Johns is a self-styled entrepreneur. These days, that means digging for bloodworms at thirty cents per, or anything else that makes a quick buck. Wormdigging ain't what it used to be, but his kid's teeth need caps, so, at 5am on a cool Maine morning, off he goes. Produced for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

Broadcast: Mar 14 2007 on PRX Nature Stories Podcast; Oct 17 2006 on PRI/WBUR Here and Now Subjects: Environment, Labor, Business

Bottom of the World, Part 2 7:45 Scott Carrier

For summer soltice, the longest day in the northern hemisphere, we travel to Antarctica. The sun hasn’t shone for months and won’t be back around until September. The second of a two-part story about a young woman who couldn’t seem to find her way in life, until she found her way to Antarctica. The woman recounts some of the strange things that happen on the scientific base where she worked during the six months of darkness that is the Antarctic winter. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 21 2005 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Antarctica Subjects: Acoustic, Technology, Science, Labor, Travel

Bottom of the World 7:44 Scott Carrier

For summer soltice, the longest day in the northern hemisphere, we travel to Antarctica. The sun hasn’t shone for months and won’t be back around until September. The first of a two-part story about a young woman who couldn’t seem to find her way in life, until she found her way to Antarctica. The woman recounts some of the strange things that happen on the scientific base where she worked during the six months of darkness that is the Antarctic winter. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 20 2005 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Antarctica Subjects: Acoustic, Technology, Science, Labor, Travel

Women crossing the border, photo by Julian Cardona

Undocumented War, Part 5- Solution? 5:55 Scott Carrier

A five-part portrait of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border: nervous Mexicans just before they cross, vigilantes patrolling the US side, a coyote (human smuggler), and a woman whose Arizona border ranch gives her a front-row seat for the biggest wave of human migration in a century. Julián Cardona- Almargen; Periodismo de investigaci—n, medios y literatura
an Arizonan’s answers (Bowden).

Broadcast: May 27 2005 on APM MarketplaceSeries: The Undocumented War Subjects: International, Hispanic, Labor, Justice

Undocumented War, Part 4- Coyotes 5:20 Scott Carrier

A five-part portrait of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border: nervous Mexicans just before they cross, vigilantes patrolling the US side, a coyote (human smuggler), and a woman whose Arizona border ranch gives her a front-row seat for the biggest wave of human migration in a century. Julián Cardona- Almargen; Periodismo de investigaci—n, medios y literatura
bringing them across.

Broadcast: May 26 2005 on APM MarketplaceSeries: The Undocumented War Subjects: International, Hispanic, Labor, Justice

Undocumented War, Part 3- Journey 5:51 Scott Carrier

A five-part portrait of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border: nervous Mexicans just before they cross, vigilantes patrolling the US side, a coyote (human smuggler), and a woman whose Arizona border ranch gives her a front-row seat for the biggest wave of human migration in a century. Julián Cardona- Almargen; Periodismo de investigaci—n, medios y literatura
watching the migration.

Broadcast: May 25 2005 on APM MarketplaceSeries: The Undocumented War Subjects: Hispanic, International, Labor, Justice