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APM: The Story The Story with Dick Gordon brings the news home - through passionate points of view and personal experiences. The program brings together ordinary and extraordinary people to provide perspective on the issues which affect us all. Our goal is to inspire co Login to Add this to your Playlist Format : PodcastDirectory.com's listings of the APM: The Story Podcasts
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Photographs from Home Updated: 2010-02-09 10:00:00 Description: Miami Herald photographer Carl Juste was born in Haiti. He talks with Dick Gordon about how that shaped his perspective on the tragedy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Layoff - A Child's Perspective Updated: 2010-02-08 10:00:00 Description: Nine-year-old Alison Spiller has some advice for kids. Also: a coincidence that helps resolve the past....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recording Friends Updated: 2010-02-05 10:00:00 Description: Four buddies who live far away from each other – one serving in Afghanistan – use new media to compose, record and share music. Also: stuck in Kashmir....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hundreds of Babies Updated: 2010-02-04 10:00:00 Description: Roody Joseph gave up the chance to return to the U.S. when he realized how many babies and young children in Haiti needed help. Also: Melody Wen Zhang looks back at the work she did helping orphans after China's earthquake in 2008. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Emergency Green Card Updated: 2010-02-03 10:00:00 Description: After the earthquake, many Haitians living in the U.S. found themselves with unexpected good news: temporary protected status – meaning it’s now legal for them to stay and work here. Dick Gordon talks with one student who is benefiting....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Van Living Updated: 2010-02-02 10:00:00 Description: Ken Ilgunas wanted to go to grad school debt-free, so he's found a creative way to live. Also: starting Sweet Cheeks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The First Sit-In Updated: 2010-02-01 10:00:00 Description: Jean Howard was a high school student when her older brother began the famous Woolsworth's sit-in in Greensboro, N.C. She couldn't participate, but it changed her life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Home Away from Haiti Updated: 2010-01-29 10:00:00 Description: Fifteen-year-old Darline Blanchard Williams was set to go to the U.S. for her adoption when the earthquake hit. It meant walking from Leogane to Port au Prince but she eventually made it home to her new family in Florida....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Preparing for War Updated: 2010-01-28 10:00:00 Description: As Tony Blair prepares to face an inquiry panel about the war in Iraq, Dick Gordon speaks with Britain's Ambassador to the U.S. in the years leading up to the war. Also: memories of the Lake Placid Olympics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Grief and Hope in Haiti Updated: 2010-01-26 10:00:00 Description: A Haitian woman continues her aid work in the face of personal tragedy. Also: a burn victim reclaims his life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Haiti Partners Updated: 2010-01-27 10:00:00 Description: Kent Annan interviews his friends and former neighbors in Haiti. Also: the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Afghan American Friendship Updated: 2010-01-25 10:00:00 Description: An Army colonel overcomes his distrust and becomes friends with his Afghan interpreter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Music for Quake Victims Updated: 2010-01-22 10:00:00 Description: Phil Kates played in China after the devastating 2008 earthquake there....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Helping the Neighbors Updated: 2010-01-21 10:00:00 Description: A young Haitian in Miami goes back to help his parents run a hospital in their home. And an American survivor criticizes the way Haitians are portrayed in the media....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Music for Quake Victims Updated: 2010-01-21 22:19:49 Description: Phil Kates played in China after the devastating 2008 earthquake there....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hard Hits Updated: 2010-01-20 10:00:00 Description: A former NFL linebacker talks about how repeated concussions changed his life. Also: More stories from Haiti....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Safe Spaces for Children in Haiti Updated: 2010-01-19 10:00:00 Description: Sleeping in a car but still going to work to help kids. Also: a Castaneda-style adventure with Dad....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Rescue Effort Updated: 2010-01-18 10:00:00 Description: Stories from people who experienced the earthquake and some who are trying to help....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Help and Hope for Haiti Updated: 2010-01-15 10:00:00 Description: Our earthquake coverage continues with voices from inside Haiti, and from those on the outside, trying to help....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Connecting with Haiti Updated: 2010-01-14 10:00:00 Description: Trying to connect with family in Haiti. Also: the manager of the South Pole....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feeling Cuban Updated: 2010-01-13 10:00:00 Description: Eric Torres Alvarez went against his parents wishes and discovered Cuba on his own. Also: the art of grocery bagging....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mustard Girl Updated: 2010-01-11 10:55:00 Description: A college kid takes over a old-fashioned mustard-making venture. Also, a photographer's quest to connect past with present....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bionic Woman Updated: 2010-01-12 10:00:00 Description: A mother adjusts to life with a permanently implanted heart pump. Also, what happens when lightning strikes twice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Playing for the Troops Updated: 2010-01-08 10:00:00 Description: How Cracker ended up in Iraq. Also: dressing the King....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Living a Dream Updated: 2010-01-07 10:00:00 Description: How a man used his cycling blog to cope with his wife's cancer - and connected with Lance Armstrong....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How Much Stuff is Enough? Updated: 2010-01-05 10:00:00 Description: How a vacation in France changed one family's perspective. Also: a photographic tribute to the boys' club....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meeting Steinbeck Updated: 2010-01-06 10:00:00 Description: One man remembers meeting one of America’s greatest writers, John Steinbeck. Also, memories of a not-so-perfect summer vacation. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Public Option Updated: 2010-01-04 10:00:00 Description: A nurse practitioner without health insurance opens her own clinic for the uninsured. Also, one woman's quest to finally discard her Christmas tree - in April....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shoot-Out in New Buffalo Updated: 2010-01-01 10:00:00 Description: The friendship of a police officer and a recruit. Also, a young man opens up a vinyl record shop....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meeting Salinger Updated: 2009-12-31 10:00:00 Description: A man remembers meeting J.D. Salinger as a high school student. Also, a hot tip at the race track leads to a great story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Her Own Bank Updated: 2009-12-18 10:00:00 Description: An African-American woman opens her own bank and rides the subprime mortgage crisis fallout. Also, a window washer tells stories from the job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Almost Silencing the Music Updated: 2009-12-30 10:00:00 Description: A musician uses his music to confront apartheid. Also, a professional fan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Dung Sisters Updated: 2009-12-29 10:00:00 Description: A group of unemployed women gather to support each other during the economic crisis. Also, a couple gets stuck living on a boat when the housing market collapses....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hard Time for the Funny Pages Updated: 2009-12-28 10:00:00 Description: A cartoonist tries to make it as newspapers struggle. Also, a woman tries to preserve her Native American language....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas Blues Updated: 2009-12-25 10:00:00 Description: Bill Ferris is a folklorist. He shares some his favorite Christmas music - the blues....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas in Secret Updated: 2009-12-24 10:00:00 Description: A former prisoner shares Christmas memories from a Middle Eastern prison. Also: A war photographer is touched by an earthquake victim's kindness. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas Past Updated: 2009-12-23 10:00:00 Description: Children's book author Tomie DePaola shares Christmas stories from his childhood....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Meaning of the Season Updated: 2009-12-22 10:00:00 Description: A Vietnamese refugee remembers his own Christmas miracle of reuniting with his father. Also, a young boy's memory of meeting Santa in a tow truck....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Against All Odds Updated: 2009-12-21 10:00:00 Description: A Hungarian Jew and the daughter of a Nazi fall in love. Also, a fan meets her baseball hero....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Her Own Bank Updated: 2009-12-18 10:00:00 Description: An African-American woman opens her own bank and rides the subprime mortgage crisis fallout. Also, a window washer tells stories from the job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Unknown Rockwell Updated: 2009-12-17 10:00:00 Description: Buddy Edgerton lived next door to Norman Rockwell as a boy. He posed for the prolific artist numerous times for $5 a session. His cows and dogs also posed for Rockwell paintings. Buddy Edgerton joins Dick Gordon to talk about his unique view into the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Year Later in Gaza Updated: 2009-12-16 10:00:00 Description: Dick checks in with Maha Mehanna and her nephew Mohammed. Also: 20 years since the invasion of Panama....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Radio City Rockette Updated: 2009-12-15 10:00:00 Description: Tina Vaughn performed as a Rockette in their classic holiday show. Also: how one mom handles the question, "Is there a Santa?"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Win One for the Forests Updated: 2009-12-14 10:00:00 Description: Two stories of environmental victories at home. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD World Cup Dreams Updated: 2009-12-11 10:00:00 Description: On the heels of the announcement for World Cup draws, Dick Gordon speaks with one young soccer hopeful. Also: a new essay from Abdi in Mogadishu. And: the humble beginnings of the Heisman trophy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Young and in Pakistan Updated: 2009-12-10 10:00:00 Description: Two young students in Pakistan talk about their dreams for the future. Also: surprising Dad....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Updated: 2009-12-09 10:00:00 Description: As President Obama prepares to accept his Nobel Peace Prize, past recipient Jody Williams gives an insiders view on what it's like to accept such an honor. Also: a house fire and a new artistic purpose....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ice Cream IPO Updated: 2009-12-08 10:00:00 Description: A former mentor becomes a business partner....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Soul of Water Updated: 2009-12-07 10:00:00 Description: From backyard observer to science writer. Also: the case of the missing ornaments....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Timeless Jam Updated: 2009-12-04 10:00:00 Description: The Kansas City Jammers are back....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Battle and Ballet Updated: 2009-12-03 10:00:00 Description: A Marine makes sense of war through pirouettes and plies. Also: the one conversation between a coach and a wrestler that made all the difference....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Double Life, One Mission Updated: 2009-12-02 10:00:00 Description: Infiltrating racist groups. Also: Burmese monks living in upstate NY....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Health Care Coverage for Some Updated: 2009-12-01 10:00:00 Description: A mother tries to get coverage for her son's mental health needs. Also: a brother and sister run a jewelry business. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making a Splash Updated: 2009-11-30 10:00:00 Description: A paralympic swimmer reflects on how losing his sight changed his life for the better. Also, returning to India....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Very Long Road to Florence Updated: 2009-11-27 10:00:00 Description: A sculptor's inspiring adventure in Europe. Also, the seamstress for a college football team....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Working Through It Updated: 2009-11-26 10:00:00 Description: A man reconciles with his birth mother and discovers new inspiration for hard work. Also, a boxing match during the Depression bonds father and son....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Touchdown in Texas Updated: 2009-11-25 10:00:00 Description: A high school football player fights for a place on the field and a place to call home. Also, a random act of kindness inspires a Vietnam vet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Love and Foreclosure Updated: 2009-11-24 10:00:00 Description: A couple becomes closer while facing foreclosure. Also, a scuba diver is left by his boat in the open ocean....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meeting Abdi Updated: 2009-11-23 10:00:00 Description: Introducing a new regular guest from the most dangerous city in the world: Mogadishu, Somalia. Also: The Cathedral of Junk....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Affair(s) Updated: 2009-11-20 10:00:00 Description: Dick talks with Angela, a woman who has had several affairs. Also: poems about a losing season....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Midnight Teacher Updated: 2009-11-18 18:00:17 Description: Teaching English at midnight. Also: an attachment to Ethiopia....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A New Research Question Updated: 2009-11-19 10:00:00 Description: A cancer specialist is using her own experience with the disease to change her research. Also: Ahmed Fadaam's new statue unveiled at Elon University....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Off The Streets Updated: 2009-11-17 10:00:00 Description: A teen prostitute tells her story. Also: confessions of a Leslie Cheung fan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Growing the Medicine Updated: 2009-11-16 10:00:00 Description: A legal marijuana grower. Also: When it's a relief to lose a job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beijing Blues Updated: 2009-11-13 10:00:00 Description: A musician plays the Blues in China. Also, a woman returns to the secret garden of her childhood....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Opening Up at Fort Hood Updated: 2009-11-12 10:00:00 Description: Shannon Meehan wrote a book about his service in Iraq. He thought sharing that book with Army psychiatrists might help others. That's how Shannon ended up strangely connected to Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the officer accused of last week's shooting at Fort...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Original WASPs Updated: 2009-11-11 10:00:00 Description: On Veteran's Day, a Woman's Air Force Service Pilot shares her memories of flying for her country. Also: a survivor of the sinking of the Rohna....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ahmed's Diary - Just Another Day in Baghdad Updated: 2009-11-10 10:00:00 Description: Ahmed's Diary - and how two Iraq vets are contributing to the green economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Behind the Wall Updated: 2009-11-09 10:00:00 Description: Birgit Lindemann grew up in East Germany and remembers the day the wall came down. Also: more than a stint in retail....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Give My Poor Heart Ease Updated: 2009-11-06 10:00:00 Description: Bill Ferris shares stories and music from his work to document the roots of the Mississippi blues. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Combat Bunny Updated: 2009-11-05 10:00:00 Description: How a pet bunny helped a soldier through the war. Also, a mother and son go running every single day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Dispute Over Solar Updated: 2009-11-04 10:00:00 Description: A neighborhood battle and a talk with two children of a solar energy pioneer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Since the Election Updated: 2009-11-03 10:00:00 Description: One year after the election of President Obama, an African American architect reflects on race in the workplace. Also: Margo Marver and "your story."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Difficult Defense Updated: 2009-11-02 10:00:00 Description: Looking back at another war crimes trial - with a lawyer for Slobodan Milosevic. Also: an earlier vaccine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nurturing Monet's Garden Updated: 2009-10-30 10:00:00 Description: Elizabeth Murray gave up everything to work in the artist's garden in France....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Caring for Aunt Mary Updated: 2009-10-29 10:00:00 Description: Sue Perna is caring for her 105-year-old aunt. Also: A Halloween love story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Broken American Dream Updated: 2009-10-28 10:00:00 Description: A Chinese immigrant debates whether to wait out the tough job market or head back to his home country. Also: the original Balloon Boy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Place to Belong Updated: 2009-10-27 10:00:00 Description: Seth Best spent a Michigan winter in a tent city for homeless people....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paying for Health in the U.S. Updated: 2009-10-26 10:00:00 Description: Two views on what's wrong with the health care system....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listening for Amelia Updated: 2009-10-23 10:00:00 Description: On the day the movie Amelia opens in theaters, Dick Gordon has the real-life story of a woman who believes she heard Amelia Earhart's last words. An historic airplane recovery group believes she might be right. Also: the 35th anniversary of NY restau...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Travel by Train Updated: 2009-10-22 10:00:00 Description: Audrey Hunter spent years hitchhiking and train hopping. Also: Herbie Hancock and a synthesizer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Love and Race Relations Updated: 2009-10-21 10:00:00 Description: A black reporter falls for a white teach accused of racism. Also, a builder's industry is booming as he rehabs foreclosed homes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Terror in Lahore - Again Updated: 2009-10-20 10:00:00 Description: Last week in Lahore, Ahmed's Diary, and an original roller derby girl. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Some Good News Updated: 2009-10-19 10:00:00 Description: Buying a newspaper - in this economy. Also: losing a business and a name....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Through the Fire Updated: 2009-10-16 10:00:00 Description: A burn patient and an occupational therapist form a friendship which inspires them both. Also, a couple builds their dream house from the ground-up, creating a community along the way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deep Undercover Updated: 2009-10-15 10:00:00 Description: Detective April Leatherwood went undercover as a drug addict for nearly a year. Also: Sammi DeAngelis on waitressing and the economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From Ships to Windmills Updated: 2009-10-14 10:00:00 Description: The view from the top of a wind turbine. Also, a BBQ delivery for U2....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nuclear Ambitions Updated: 2009-10-13 10:00:00 Description: Ehsan Samei talks with Dick about his home country's nuclear ambitions. Also: Beth Finke on being the breadwinner through the recession....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More Troops for Afghanistan Updated: 2009-10-12 10:00:00 Description: Army Capt. James Kingfisher just returned from a long deployment in Afghanistan. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Yankee fan...and his son Updated: 2009-10-09 10:00:00 Description: The unofficial mascot of the New York Yankees reunites with his son....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Looking Back to Look Forward Updated: 2009-10-08 10:00:00 Description: Terrol Johnson got his Tohono O'odham Nation to go back to traditional foods, in order to fight diabetes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Thought I had Insurance Updated: 2009-10-07 10:00:00 Description: Greg and Heather Mroz got dropped by their insurance company after they had twins....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Thought I had Insurance Updated: 2009-10-07 10:00:00 Description: Greg and Heather Mroz got dropped by their insurance company after they had twins....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Risky Beauty Business Updated: 2009-10-06 10:00:00 Description: Two manicurists share their concerns about the toxicity of their profession. Also: one good insurance story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The High Cost of Being a Foodie Updated: 2009-10-05 10:00:00 Description: The recession causes a slow-food restaurant to close. Also: Counting the vote in Minnesota and Afghanistan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Unexpected Honeymoon Updated: 2009-10-02 10:00:00 Description: Dana and Patricia James recall the kindness of a stranger that made their honeymoon one for the storybooks. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Romeo and Tuyet Updated: 2009-10-01 10:00:00 Description: A Vietnamese woman and an American soldier find each other and fall in love all over again. Also, memories from the 1952 Helsinki Olympics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD After the Reunion Updated: 2009-09-30 10:00:00 Description: A birth mother, adoptive mother and their son find common ground. Also: A skydive pilot and one big mistake. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Becoming Fluff Chance Updated: 2009-09-29 10:00:00 Description: Eric Gaskins came out as a sharp fashion blogger as his business failed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Another Look at 'Clean' Energy Updated: 2009-09-28 10:00:00 Description: Josh Fox traveled the country to make a film about the environmental effects of natural gas. Also: Trying out for Ms. Senior America....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Memories of '48 Updated: 2009-09-25 10:00:00 Description: Memories from either side of the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948. Also, a friend's death inspires a one-man play....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Enslaved in L.A. Updated: 2009-09-24 10:00:00 Description: Mimin came to the U.S. from Indonesia to work and was kept as a virtual slave. Also: one Olympic hopeful....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A "Lost Boy" No More Updated: 2009-09-23 10:00:00 Description: A Lost Boy of Sudan reconsiders a return to his homeland. Also: the one gift that changed a woman's life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Witness to Animal Abuse Updated: 2009-09-22 10:00:00 Description: Dick talks to an undercover animal rights investigator....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Health Care South of the Border Updated: 2009-09-21 10:00:00 Description: An American moves to Mexico for health care. Also, remembering a father who literally fought for his family....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Moment on the Court Updated: 2009-09-18 10:00:00 Description: A foster child finds strength playing basketball. Also, a Chicago hat shop thrives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shoot-Out in New Buffalo Updated: 2009-09-17 10:00:00 Description: How Barry Schroder became a police cadet, and learned what he really wanted to be when he grew up....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Mom Seeks Health Care Reform Updated: 2009-09-16 10:00:00 Description: A woman seeks health insurance reform in memory of her daughter. Also, a mother loses her job and her insurance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Father, New Life Updated: 2009-09-15 10:00:00 Description: A former gang member reaches out to his fellow young fathers. Also, a seamstress stays busy during college football season....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Negotiation Behind the News Updated: 2009-09-14 10:00:00 Description: A negotiator helps secure the release of U.S. contractors overseas. Then, one man's passion for soda pop....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tuning Out Fear Updated: 2009-09-11 10:00:00 Description: The legacy of 9/11 to a teacher in Dearborn, Michigan. Also, a war-time experience inspires courage in a photographer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fighting the Station Fire Updated: 2009-09-10 10:00:00 Description: Dick talks to a firefighter who battled California's Station Fire and a resident who refused to leave....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fighting the Station Fire Updated: 2009-09-10 10:00:00 Description: Dick talks to a firefighter who battled California's Station Fire and a resident who refused to leave....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Her Own Bank Updated: 2009-09-08 10:00:00 Description: One of the few African-American women to own a bank avoids the mortgage crisis. Also, a window washer shares his adventures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Career-Ending Vote Updated: 2009-09-09 10:00:00 Description: Former Rep. Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky remembers an equally rancorous health care and budget debate. Also, a director makes his mark on YouTube....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Labor Day Special Updated: 2009-09-07 10:00:00 Description: Labor Day Special: a firefighter shares music about his struggling hometown. Also, a photographer revisits his walk across America, and the images of working people he captured....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Surviving the Fire Updated: 2009-09-04 10:00:00 Description: A smokejumper recalls the fire that almost took his life 60 years ago. Also, a 14 year old sings the blues....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leaving the Sorority Updated: 2009-09-03 10:00:00 Description: Greek life was not what Rachel Santer thought it would be....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reporting the Drug War Updated: 2009-09-02 10:00:00 Description: A journalist tells Dick what made him leave Mexico. Also: Gabriel gets his bike back....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Korean Democracy Updated: 2009-08-31 10:00:00 Description: Former Korean leader Kim Dae Jung's legacy. Also, an artist's encounter with Andrew Wyeth shapes his career. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Pursuit of Education Updated: 2009-09-01 10:00:00 Description: A father wants no man to be better than him, except his son....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Cove Updated: 2009-08-28 10:00:00 Description: Free divers take risks capturing the slaughtering of dolphins off the coast of Japan. Also, memories of Senator Ted Kennedy. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Running for the Wounded Updated: 2009-08-26 10:00:00 Description: Two war veterans - one from Vietnam and one from Iraq - support each other in running and in life. Also, a Korean American gains new respect for his heritage. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cleaning Up Updated: 2009-08-27 10:00:00 Description: Jerome Boykin hit it big when he started a parking lot cleaning business after Katrina....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Last Road Trip Updated: 2009-08-24 10:00:00 Description: A father and daughter take one final road trip, so he can die where he felt at home. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A New Place Called Home Updated: 2009-08-25 10:00:00 Description: A man who lost his job in the dot-com bust hires a man who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Old Tunes for Hard Times Updated: 2009-08-21 10:00:00 Description: Depression-era tunes lift spirits and one couple's paychecks. Also, the magic words that got one man an autograph out of Joe DiMaggio....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Learning to Read Updated: 2009-08-19 10:00:00 Description: A grandmother and granddaughter learn to read together. Also, an airport run-in with a celebrity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Moving Midway Updated: 2009-08-20 10:00:00 Description: An old mansion makes 2 men - one black, one white - understand their personal connection to slavery. Also, a layoff leads a rock-n-roll mom to start a new business....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David to Darlene Updated: 2009-08-13 10:00:00 Description: A woman finally finds her true self after gender reassignment surgery. Also, a 91 year old broker looks back at The Great Depression....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feeding Woodstock Updated: 2009-08-14 10:00:00 Description: Memories of Woodstock, from celebrity run-ins to money-making bagel ventures. Also, a mortgage broker looks for work....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deyanira's American Dream Updated: 2009-08-17 10:00:00 Description: An illegal immigrant hits dead ends in the university system. Also, a waitress receives a $40,000 tip....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Facebook Friends (and Enemies) Updated: 2009-08-18 10:00:00 Description: Facebook reconnects Reuben Appelman with his high school bully. Also, a woman shares the ups and downs of running a teleprompter in Hollywood....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rights Beyond Marriage Updated: 2009-08-03 10:00:00 Description: A woman is denied visitation as her partner lay dying in the hospital. Now she's fighting back....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Poems for Jamaica Updated: 2009-08-04 10:00:00 Description: Poetry about resilience and hope in the face of Jamaica's HIV crisis. also: listening back to the special inauguration series. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consumerism as Art Updated: 2009-08-05 10:00:00 Description: A photographer captures the beauty of an empty mall. Also, the first black quarterback in the National Football League....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Urban Farmer Updated: 2009-08-06 10:00:00 Description: An urban farmer gets dirt under her fingernails in Oakland, California. Also, two White House interns reflect on their time in Washington and 35 years of marriage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Crying in Her Coffee Updated: 2009-08-07 10:00:00 Description: A layoff allows a woman to pursue her dream of being a professional runner, but she now works her training schedule around a new job. Also, keeping a president safe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ahmed's Diary - Back in Baghdad Updated: 2009-08-10 10:00:00 Description: An update from contributor Ahmed Faadam. And Warka Hamoud on running a business in Baghdad. Also, revisiting out Bankers, Brokers and Bandits financial series....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 14 Cows for America Updated: 2009-08-11 10:00:00 Description: A gift from a Kenyan village after 9/11 inspires a children's book. Also, one woman's run in with Charles Keating during the Savings & Loan crisis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Whale Savior Updated: 2009-08-12 10:00:00 Description: A young man helps free a humpback whale caught in fishing line and lives to tell about it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feminism and Fashion Updated: 2009-07-31 10:00:00 Description: Rachel Weeks is balancing feminism and fashion by opening an ethical trade clothing company. Also, a fifth-generation barbecue sauce brings a father and daughter closer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Goodbye New York, Hello Las Vegas Updated: 2009-07-23 14:50:00 Description: Leila Day never expected to be selling pretzels in Las Vegas. Also, an iPhone app designer shares his love of creating programs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Humble Pie Updated: 2009-07-24 14:05:00 Description: An unemployed food writer turns to dish washing for both a paycheck and reinvention. Also, a woman recounts her first trip to the food bank once her job could no longer cover the daily costs of her family....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Fight to Farm Updated: 2009-07-27 12:00:00 Description: Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin says discrimination keeps him and many other Latinos from owning farms....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swimming for the Rivers Updated: 2009-07-28 10:00:00 Description: Christopher Swain swims through nuclear waste, fish spills, and sewage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From the Streets to Yosemite Updated: 2009-07-29 10:00:00 Description: Mauricio Escobar discovered the woods, and left L.A....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leaving For Health Care Updated: 2009-07-30 10:00:00 Description: An ill woman tries to move to Belgium for health coverage. And a small business owner grapples with health insurance for his employees....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Over the Moon Updated: 2009-07-20 10:00:00 Description: For the anniversary of the moon landing we're talking to five people about what it meant to them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Try Looking on MySpace Updated: 2009-07-21 10:00:00 Description: Crystal Riportella-Crose found her birth mother on a social networking site....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Still Dancing at 89 Updated: 2009-07-22 10:00:00 Description: Susan Gittler has lived a long life in dance and has no intention of stopping....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD James On His Own Updated: 2009-07-15 10:00:00 Description: James Morrow should be in high school or perhaps in foster care, but he's learning skills as a baker. Also: protecting the kids....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spend Thrift Updated: 2009-07-16 10:00:00 Description: A woman overcomes her aversion to thrift stores and remodels her life. Also: the allure of online games....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finding Father Updated: 2009-07-17 10:00:00 Description: A woman makes sense of her father's life, years after his death. Also, weathering the economy in a yurt. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Surviving the Fire Updated: 2009-07-07 10:00:00 Description: A former smokejumper recalls a deadly blaze in Montana in 1949. Also, an entrepreneur gets into textiles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Dung Sisters Updated: 2009-07-08 10:00:00 Description: Two women create a support group to deal with the stress of unemployment. Also, living on a boat while trying to sell the house....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meeting Salinger Updated: 2009-07-09 10:00:00 Description: Jim Sadwith set out to meet J.D. Salinger. Also: a day to remember at the racetrack....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Escaping the Magazine Crew Updated: 2009-07-10 10:00:00 Description: Olivia Helmig looks back at a sketchy summer job. Also: the end of a school....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Facing the Senate Updated: 2009-07-13 10:00:00 Description: Two women talk about the pressure of undergoing a Senate confirmation hearing. Also: losing the most important thing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Good Risk Updated: 2009-07-14 10:00:00 Description: A woman leaves her job as a nurse to become an artisan baker. Also: the wedding DJ. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dance Lessons from Michael Updated: 2009-07-03 10:00:00 Description: Joanne Spencer only realized the profound influence of Michael Jackson after he died. Also: moving a small baseball team....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jerry's Ark Updated: 2009-07-06 10:00:00 Description: A man builds his own boat and sets sail for Norway. Also, a carriage driver from the streets of Chicago shares the joys and perils of her job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Teachers, One Out of Work Updated: 2009-07-02 10:00:00 Description: Connie and Steve Rice were both laid off from their teaching jobs in Oregon. Also: another installment of our summer job series. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thinking Big Updated: 2009-06-25 10:00:00 Description: Jeremy Lee graduated from high school in prison. Now he's in college, and struggling to pay. Also: who owns the beach?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Very Long Road to Florence Updated: 2009-06-26 10:00:00 Description: Jason Arkles got lost with a band of street performers until he found his calling as a sculptor. Also: proven in the skies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Patents on the Body Updated: 2009-06-29 10:00:00 Description: Genae Girard thinks the breast cancer gene should not be patented. Also: victory at weight loss camp....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remembering a Revolution Updated: 2009-06-30 10:00:00 Description: Wolfgang Kleinwachter recalls his experience in East Germany's Peaceful Revolution when he watches what's going on in Iran....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Hubble Repairman Updated: 2009-07-01 10:00:00 Description: John Grunsfeld is just back from a mission repairing the Hubble Space Telescope. Also: repaying a debt of kindness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Son, a Dad, and a Treasured Friend Updated: 2009-06-19 10:00:00 Description: A father of eleven reunites with the man who helped him settle and gain citizenship in the States. Also, the restoration of an old building brings life back to a father-son relationship....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Back from Afghanistan Updated: 2009-06-22 10:00:00 Description: Dick talks with a Marine just back from Afghanistan. Also, summer job: "sauerkraut runner."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hope in Stem Cells Updated: 2009-06-23 10:00:00 Description: Rusty Leech is paralyzed and thinks he's regaining sensation. Also: first gentleman of Michigan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Reconciliation in Liberia Updated: 2009-06-24 10:00:00 Description: Emmanuel Dolo went through the war in Liberia and now works towards reconciliation. Also: checking toes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vasco's Heart Updated: 2009-06-12 10:00:00 Description: A journalist helped a young African boy get heart surgery. Also, a Vietnam veteran makes his way home. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Same Skills, New Industry Updated: 2009-06-15 10:00:00 Description: A skilled automotive worker makes a career switch to medical manufacturing. Also, a new business in Michigan. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Not At Home in Mexico Updated: 2009-06-16 10:00:00 Description: Albert Becerril was recently deported to Mexico. Also: inheriting a prayer hotline....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nursing By Cell Phone Updated: 2009-06-17 10:00:00 Description: An engineer-turned-nurse helps her patients through their cellphones. Also, a physician assistant begins her own primary care practice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Women, One Big Job Updated: 2009-06-18 10:00:00 Description: Dick speaks with two women who designed, proposed and now share a job. Also: health care from the bottom up....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD For Memorial Day: A Special Reunion Updated: 2009-05-25 10:00:00 Description: A Holocaust survivor and liberator share their memories....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hard Time for the Funny Pages Updated: 2009-05-26 10:00:00 Description: A newly syndicated cartoonist reflects on a declining industry. Also: tracing the source of a mysterious illness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Health in Haiti Updated: 2009-05-27 10:00:00 Description: Two doctors work to improve health care in Haiti. Also: Two businesses under one roof, one failing, the other thriving. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Recession: The Smallest Victims Updated: 2009-05-28 10:00:00 Description: LaWnda Tanniehill is homeless. She talks about her search for a home. Also: a woman talks about her childhood friendship with a priest - a relationship that would never be allowed today....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Unexpected Honeymoon Updated: 2009-05-29 10:00:00 Description: Dana and Patricia James recall the kindness of a stranger that made their honeymoon one for the story books. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rehabbing Homes and Lives Updated: 2009-06-01 10:00:00 Description: Converting foreclosed houses into homes for people who need them. Also: preserving a language through music....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lives of the Prisoners Updated: 2009-06-02 10:00:00 Description: Guantanamo Bay lawyer Candace Gorman talks about her latest trip. Also: One man remembers German detainees during WWII....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lives of the Prisoners II Updated: 2009-06-03 10:00:00 Description: In light of the controversy over what to do with those detained at Gitmo, a woman talks about her experience as a prisoner of war in Argentina. Also: when lightning strikes a plane....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD After Tiananmen Updated: 2009-06-04 10:00:00 Description: Shen Tong was a student leader at Tiananmen Square. Now he's working to bring technology to China....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Memory of Loss Updated: 2009-06-05 10:00:00 Description: Sean Nevin explores Alzheimer's through poetry. Also, an actor remembers his roots in community theater. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD At Home in Kabul Updated: 2009-06-08 10:00:00 Description: Hassina Sherjan returned to her hometown in Afghanistan to help ordinary people. Also, a man is elected the first black mayor of a famous Southern town....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Almost Silencing the Music Updated: 2009-06-09 10:00:00 Description: A South African musician and the security officer who ruined his career become friends. Also: finishing high school at 87....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dealing with a Bankrupt Chrysler Updated: 2009-06-10 10:00:00 Description: Two brothers lose their Chrysler dealerships after twenty profitable years. Also: a professional fan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Fight for the Mountain Tops Updated: 2009-06-11 10:00:00 Description: Maria Gunnoe successfully fought surface mining in her part of West Virginia. Also: an enlightening summer job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making the Transition Updated: 2009-05-19 10:00:00 Description: Brian Iglesias is an Iraq vet making a documentary about Korean War veterans. Also: An Iraqi refugee sees her son for the first time in two years. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Defending the Arts in Lahore Updated: 2009-05-20 10:00:00 Description: Pakistani artist Faizaan Peerzada fears that the arts will succumb to Islamic extremism. Also: an IBM job in India....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Graduating Right on Time Updated: 2009-05-21 10:00:00 Description: A 92-year-old man finally gets his college degree. Also: Jane Goodall's advice saved a man's life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One True Conversation Updated: 2009-05-22 10:00:00 Description: Rupa Marya learned how to be both a doctor and a musician....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drying Up Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Description: Two perspectives on California's water crisis: a farmer and a fisherman....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Family Practice Updated: 2009-05-14 10:00:00 Description: Father-daughter doctors give up on the insurance system. Also: who donated the money?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ahmed Goes Home Updated: 2009-05-15 10:00:00 Description: Iraqi artist and journalist Ahmed Fadaam is going home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Old Tunes for Hard Times Updated: 2009-05-08 10:00:00 Description: Alison Donahue and Mike Wilhelm are a cellist and guitarist who are reinventing themselves in hard times. Also: A woman catches a serial rapist. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Teamwork in the Trailer Park Updated: 2009-05-11 14:15:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hedging Bets with the Swine Flu Updated: 2009-05-12 10:00:00 Description: Dr. Edwin Kilbourne developed a swine flu vaccine in 1976 and found himself in a national controversy over immunization. Also: meeting Jocelyn....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Just Back from Sri Lanka Updated: 2009-05-13 10:00:00 Description: Nimmi Gowrinathan works with refugees in Sri Lanka. Also: a new use for foreclosed land....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swan Song for the Baltimore Opera Updated: 2009-05-04 10:00:00 Description: The Baltimore Opera Company closed earlier this year. Season ticket holder Grant Striegel talks about his special relationship with soprano Rosa Ponselle. Also: Interviewing a person a day for a year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lessons from SARS Updated: 2009-05-05 10:00:00 Description: A memory of the last major outbreak. Also: an update from Mexico City....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Turning It Around Updated: 2009-05-06 10:00:00 Description: Doug Rodriguez is a Miami principal charged with saving a failing school. Also: the new film Shooting Beauty...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD When Can My Wife Come Home? Updated: 2009-05-07 15:00:00 Description: John Adams finds himself in the midst of the nation's immigration debate. Also: A man gets the gift of a house. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Old Tunes for Hard Times Updated: 2009-05-08 10:00:00 Description: Alison Donahue and Mike Wilhelm are a cellist and guitarist who are reinventing themselves in hard times. Also: A woman catches a serial rapist. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remembering Cuba Updated: 2009-05-01 10:00:00 Description: Teresa Simon Noble's dream of returning to Cuba may now come true. Also: A wedding cake disaster....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sunny Side Up Updated: 2009-04-27 10:00:00 Description: A couple recovers from the housing bust by investing themselves in solar panels. Also: boom and bust in Second Life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paul Guest's Body of Poetry Updated: 2009-04-28 10:00:00 Description: Paul Guest is a successful poet. He's only recently begun to write directly about the fact that he's in a wheelchair....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swine Flu: Too Close for Comfort Updated: 2009-04-29 10:00:00 Description: A artist visiting Mexico City has to change her approach now that swine flu has arrived. Also: a survivor of the flu - in 1918....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Credit Coach Updated: 2009-04-30 10:00:00 Description: Kenneth Shandy has been deep in debt. He now advises others. Also: lessons learned from a difficult summer job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Next Chapter Updated: 2009-04-16 10:00:00 Description: A bookstore closes due to the recession and reopens thanks to federal stimulus money. Also: filing taxes when you're a same-sex married couple. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Against All Odds Updated: 2009-04-17 10:00:00 Description: A Hungarian Jew and the daughter of a Nazi officer find love. Also: Brush with Fame - baseball great Tony Oliva....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Three Cheers for Detroit Updated: 2009-04-20 10:00:00 Description: A new currency is making the rounds of Detroit businesses. It's called "Cheers". Also: the special series "What's Working, Who's Working" profiles an urban beekeeping operation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finding Family Through Song Updated: 2009-04-21 10:00:00 Description: Leopold Szneer and Debbie Katchko thought most of their relatives had died in the Holocaust - then they found one another. Also: An island affair leads to a lasting marriage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Back from the Border Updated: 2009-04-22 10:00:00 Description: Jack Keen spent a year along the Iraq/Iran border and saw Iraqi border guards make some real strides. Also: An archeologist trains the military....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thanks for the Layoff Updated: 2009-04-23 10:00:00 Description: Two women who re-invented themselves after a layoff: One became a CEO, the other, a Web site designer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baseball Recyclers Updated: 2009-04-24 15:05:00 Description: Dawn Vieyra and Jorge Lopez pay for their Dodger tickets by recycling at games....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Back Home... Again Updated: 2009-04-13 10:00:00 Description: Moving back in with parents to get through the recession. Also: a novel idea for getting a nursing job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Urban Explorer Updated: 2009-04-14 10:00:00 Description: Jim Griffioen explores Detroit's abandoned buildings and tries to reclaim what's been left behind. Also: No clotheslines allowed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Back to School Updated: 2009-04-15 10:00:00 Description: Rebecca Rose overcame her fear of math to earn her GED. Now she is helping others do the same by teaching the course herself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD If You Want a Job... Updated: 2009-04-06 10:00:00 Description: Work for IBM - in a developing country? Also: a foreign worker hopes to stay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hearing for Veterans Updated: 2009-04-07 10:00:00 Description: Paul Haggerty turned his life around in a special court for veterans. Also: losing faith in Big Pharma....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A New Life After the War Updated: 2009-04-08 10:00:00 Description: The personal cost of being a female journalist in Iraq. Also: free barbecue?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Last Road Trip Updated: 2009-04-09 10:00:00 Description: A daughter helps her father make it to California before he dies. Also: recession lessons from Alaska....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Healing Scores Updated: 2009-04-10 10:00:00 Description: Angelina Rios uses music from movie soundtracks as therapy for her five children with autism. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Peacemaker Updated: 2009-04-01 10:00:00 Description: Meeting a rebel leader. Also: a flooded restaurant reopens. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Working Through It Updated: 2009-04-02 10:00:00 Description: Bobby Jenkins found success in work, but his real reward came in making peace with his mother. Also: the end of a two-room school....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Different Hoop Dream Updated: 2009-04-03 10:00:00 Description: Basketball shoes for Nigeria. Also: is it gentrification?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The End of the News Updated: 2009-03-30 10:00:00 Description: Two views from the last days of the Rocky Mountain News. Also: two years as a mole inside an Islamist cell....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Inheritance of Loss Updated: 2009-03-31 10:00:00 Description: Lynn Gazley thinks her own experience with breast cancer saved her mother's life. Also: shot in the subway....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Gift of Hands Updated: 2009-03-23 10:00:00 Description: Julie Mullin's passion was intricate sewing - then she lost the use of her hands. She found friendship, and business help, from an immigrant named Jum. Also: Love in New Orleans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A View from the Temps Updated: 2009-03-24 10:00:00 Description: A temp worker at Microsoft protests a pay cut. Also: one of the first women police officers in Boston....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Come in From the Cold Updated: 2009-03-25 10:00:00 Description: This winter, five churches and a community center came up with their own solution to homelessness. Also: A son introduces his dad to wrestling....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remembering Dr. Franklin Updated: 2009-03-26 10:00:00 Description: Dr. John Hope Franklin has passed away. We hear some of the stories from his long and distinguished life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Knock Out Therapy Updated: 2009-03-27 10:00:00 Description: How boxing helps Stacy Nakell in her personal and professional life. Also: tales of driving a horse-drawn carriage in Chicago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Look on the Bright Side Updated: 2009-03-19 10:00:00 Description: 91-year-old Jack Mullowney says it was optimism that got us through the Great Depression, and we need a little more of that now. Also: one "green job" that changed a woman's life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Brink of Success Updated: 2009-03-20 10:00:00 Description: Mack Cleveland missed his own chance to make it big in basketball, so he now helps young prospects like Ivan Johnson reach their basketball goals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Payback Updated: 2009-03-16 14:28:02 Description: Former lawyer Humberto Aguilar laundered money for drug dealers and eventually got caught. Also: the other side of the Facebook story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bearing Witness in Congo Updated: 2009-03-17 10:00:00 Description: Anneke Von Woundenberg investigates human rights abuses in Congo and remains hopeful about the nation's future. Also: Student by day, bathroom attendant by night. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Changes at Guantanamo Bay Updated: 2009-03-18 10:00:00 Description: Candace Gorman, a lawyer who represents two detainees at Guantanamo, says some things are improving. Also: another reason to sign up....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Facebook Friends (and Enemies) Updated: 2009-03-09 14:15:00 Description: When Reuben Appelman got a Facebook message from someone who punched him as a teenager, the note sent him reeling into the past. Also: Stuck in a growing profession....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Still Riding Updated: 2009-03-10 10:00:00 Description: Ted Porter learned from his dad to serve customers well, and he says it's getting his motorcycle business through the recession. Also: from convicted felon to teaching felons....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Eyes of Afghans Updated: 2009-03-11 10:00:00 Description: Nasim Fekrat has risked his life to tell the stories of ordinary Afghans on his blog. Also: a religion reporter gives up on God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Last Financial Crisis Updated: 2009-03-12 10:00:00 Description: Dave Iannarone has seen all of this before - housing bubble, banking failure, government bailout. He negotiated the sale of assets in the savings & loan crisis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jerry's Ark Updated: 2009-03-13 10:00:00 Description: Jerry Solom, who grew up far from the coast, had a crazy dream to build a boat and sail it to Norway....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A New Church Updated: 2009-03-02 10:00:00 Description: Kevin Wright tried to bring progressive ideas to his evangelical church, and watched membership dwindle. Also: A chance encounter with Eleanor Roosevelt. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Second Chance Updated: 2009-03-03 10:00:00 Description: An ex-felon gets a second chance at life, and finds a job. Also: A former businessman takes the corporate world to court....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Difficult Defense Updated: 2009-03-04 10:00:00 Description: Steven Kay was appointed to the defense team of Slobodan Milosevic. Also: meeting Joe DiMaggio....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Saving Liz Lovely Updated: 2009-03-05 10:00:00 Description: Liz and Dan Holtz's vegan cookie company - and their marriage - survives tough times. Also: A woman rediscovers her art after years away from it. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To Save a Horse Updated: 2009-03-06 14:15:00 Description: People are having to give up their horses in these tough economic times. Diane Branton was able to save one of hers. Also: a home appraiser's experience with the housing crisis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Saving Each Other Updated: 2009-02-23 10:00:00 Description: Pat and Patricia Harris, mother and daughter, both experienced trauma when Pat was deployed to war. Also: leaving it all to find gold....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Right to a Lawyer? Updated: 2009-02-24 14:02:57 Description: A former public defender worries if the criminal justice system will survive the bad economy. Also: a school resource officer comes to appreciate his job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No More Handshakes Updated: 2009-02-25 10:00:00 Description: A human rights activist says the threat of cholera is just one of many crises in Zimbabwe. Also: The grandson of a WWII vet says goodbye and prepares for war....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One View of Afghanistan Updated: 2009-02-26 10:00:00 Description: Brian Childs came to understand war as a humanitarian worker in Afghanistan and Iraq. Also: Joanne Dobbs' family picked the wrong time to move to Germany....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Building a Dream House Updated: 2009-02-27 10:00:00 Description: Cassandra Brush and her husband discovered a community when they began building their own home. Also: reconciliation through ice skating....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crossing Over Updated: 2009-02-16 10:00:00 Description: Maha Mehanna lives in Gaza. She risked her life to get her nephew to Israel for treatment. Also: Mark Gerow and his story of tea and forgiveness in Japan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Meaning of Profit Updated: 2009-02-17 10:00:00 Description: Hal Taussig created a million-dollar company, but he donates the profits to charity. Also: Adrian Moreno tells about building a house on a vacant lot....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Out-Pirating the Pirates Updated: 2009-02-18 10:00:00 Description: Max Hardberger is a ship repo man. He loves to "out-pirate" the pirates. Also: David Hutton learns how to raise chickens in his backyard....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From the Cage to Mainstream Updated: 2009-02-19 10:00:00 Description: Mixed martial arts used to be called human cockfighting. These days it's gone mainstream. Also: "Grace" tells Dick Gordon how she juggles an odd job combination: teaching and exotic dancing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Head Over Heels in Debt Updated: 2009-02-20 10:00:00 Description: Dan and Mary Hass learn a lesson about finances and love. Also: stories about race are not always written in black and white....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making Ends Meet Updated: 2009-02-10 10:25:00 Description: Michael Delaney goes from Silicon Valley exec to monkey keeper at the zoo. Also: One woman gets her confidence back after being laid off....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Don't Stay and Don't Go Updated: 2009-02-11 10:00:00 Description: Flor was picked up recently in a federal immigration raid. She's now awaiting a deportation hearing and trying to get by. Also: a magnificent restaurant in dreams and reality....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finding Father Updated: 2009-02-12 10:00:00 Description: A daughter of a Cold War veteran shares her discovery about her father's mysterious death. Also: A family rents out their home and moves into their backyard....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Through the Fire Updated: 2009-02-13 10:00:00 Description: A Valentines Day story of friendship: A burn survivor shares his story of a lasting friendship with his occupational therapist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD When Unemployment Runs Out Updated: 2009-02-09 10:00:00 Description: Paula Stein lost her unemployment benefits a few months ago. She can't find another job and wonders if she'll be able to hang onto her house. Also: writing poems for the President. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rhine Revisited Updated: 2009-02-06 10:00:00 Description: Two veterans - one from WWII, one from Vietnam - find solace in returning to the place where they lost friends....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Lure of Plastic Updated: 2009-02-05 10:00:00 Description: A shopping addict talks to Dick about her battle with credit cards and debt. Also: putting on a concert to help a museum. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Father's Rite Updated: 2009-02-02 10:00:00 Description: Yossi Klein Halevi, an Israeli writer and reconciliation activist, has grown less optimistic peace can be found. Also: an encounter with Lemmy Kilmister....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iJackpot Updated: 2009-02-03 10:00:00 Description: Brian Greenstone is one of a few who are profiting in this bad economy - selling apps for iPhones....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Protecting a Presidential Family Updated: 2009-02-04 10:00:00 Description: How can the Secret Service keep the Obamas safe? Ask Denny Schlindwein. He has protected 7 different Presidents. Also: Aretha Crout got a horse, even though she lived in the projects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD White House Interns Updated: 2009-01-26 10:00:00 Description: John and Linda Unland met as White House interns the summer Nixon resigned. Also: A look back at the Kennedy administration....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interpreting Conflict Updated: 2009-01-27 10:00:00 Description: Gamal Helal is the interpreter during delicate negotiations about the Middle East. Also: A mayor on his first day in office finds a hurricane bearing down....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spokesman for the State Updated: 2009-01-28 10:00:00 Description: A spokesman for the State Department during the Carter years saw an administration internally divided on foreign policy. Also: flying kites to help kids. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Surviving Flight 1549 Updated: 2009-01-29 13:00:00 Description: David Sontag survived Flight 1549, the Hudson River plane crash. Also: an unguarded moment with Judy Garland....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Super Bowl Sculptor Updated: 2009-01-30 10:00:00 Description: A former Redskins player now pours his physical energy into sculpting instead of sports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dedicated to the Proposition: One Woman Sings Updated: 2009-01-19 10:00:00 Description: Yesterday, Barack Obama spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and recalled the words Martin Luther King spoke at the March on Washington. Bernice Johnson-Reagon performed at the 1963 March. Also: a woman who was one of the many to attend the h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Summer With The King Family Updated: 2009-01-20 10:30:00 Description: Gurdon Brewster witnessed the civil rights movement while living with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s father, Daddy King....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Growing Up in the White House Updated: 2009-01-21 10:00:00 Description: Dick Gordon speaks with Luci Baines Johnson about life as a teenager in the White House during her father's presidency. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Forging a New Path Updated: 2009-01-22 10:00:00 Description: Arnold Donald knows what it's like to be the first African American in a leadership role. He rose to lead a multi-billion dollar company. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Building a Promise Updated: 2009-01-23 10:00:00 Description: Milton Ochieng talks to Dick Gordon about how he managed to fulfill his father’s dream of building a health clinic in Kenya....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dedicated to the Proposition: Beyond Civil Rights Updated: 2009-01-16 10:00:00 Description: Gloria Richardson had the microphone taken from her at the March on Washington. Also: arm wrestling Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Surviving Orangeburg Updated: 2009-01-15 10:00:00 Description: Dr. Cleveland Sellers was blamed for the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre. He's moved on and has high hopes for America under the leadership of Barack Obama. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fighting Al Qaeda From Montana Updated: 2009-01-12 10:00:00 Description: A mom in rural America works to track down jihadists through online chat rooms. Also: another in our "I Met a Celebrity" series, only in this story, Dick's guest sees just a little too much of Mercedes Ruehl....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Friendship Without Borders Updated: 2009-01-13 10:00:00 Description: Maha Mehanna of Gaza and her friend Deb Reich of Israel keep up their friendship despite the conflict. Also: a war death changes the political views of the widow....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dedicated to the Proposition: Freedom Summer Updated: 2009-01-14 10:00:00 Description: Bob Moses and Wally Roberts were part of Freedom Summer, 1964. Also: a white civil rights lawyer from Mississippi talks about how far we've come....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remembering Vietnam Updated: 2009-01-09 10:00:00 Description: A man comes to terms with the death of his friend in war. Also: How war in Congo affects chimp researchers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Learning to Read Updated: 2009-01-05 10:00:00 Description: Lucy and Kiasha Collins - grandmother and granddaughter - are just learning how to read. Also: a man takes an airline to court....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spend Thrift Updated: 2009-01-06 10:00:00 Description: Terri Thompson overcame her reluctance about buying secondhand. Also: a year inside an online world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Caring Parents Updated: 2009-01-07 13:58:06 Description: A doctor whose son has diabetes is working to perfect an artificial pancreas. Also: a teenager in a refugee camp inspires a program to combat sex trafficking....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On Hold in Gaza Updated: 2009-01-08 10:00:00 Description: Iyas Salim is holed up in Gaza, trying to comfort kids as the bombs continue to fall. Also: A look back at the siege of Sarajevo. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coming to America Updated: 2008-12-30 10:00:00 Description: Mawi Asgedom reflects on his father's life as an immigrant and the challenges he faced to adjust. Also: A translator talks about her tough job. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aging with HIV Updated: 2008-12-31 10:00:00 Description: Larry Gibson and Dennis Golay are aging faster with HIV. Also: A herpetologist gets bitten. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hail Mary Football Updated: 2009-01-01 10:00:00 Description: Don Stancavish was surprised when a special football arrived in the mail. Also: Jazz musician Somi. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On This Side Updated: 2009-01-02 10:00:00 Description: A man from Gaza and a woman from Israel tell Dick Gordon about what their lives have been like in the past week. Also: new hope for the electric car....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life on the Line Updated: 2009-09-05 00:00:00 Description: Emma Pender and Rita Perry worked on chicken processing plant lines for years. They've helped document the dangers and stress of the work for a study....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas Blues Updated: 2008-12-25 10:00:00 Description: Bill Ferris is a folklorist. He shares some his favorite Christmas music - the blues....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Permanent House Swap Updated: 2008-12-26 10:00:00 Description: Sherry Crosslin and Jerry Stussman beat a declining housing market by permanently swapping their homes. Also: A family meets the police. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Losing Gordie Updated: 2008-12-09 10:00:00 Description: Jack Gilles didn't suspect a fatal overdose of alcohol when he saw his friend Gordie passed out at a fraternity party. Also: A man puts his life on hold and goes on a long walk to rediscover himself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lessons From a Dropout Updated: 2008-12-10 14:27:58 Description: Gerrin Hayes' life in a crack house made high school impossible, but he hopes to earn his diploma someday. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas After Ike Updated: 2008-12-11 10:00:00 Description: Dana Bethune talks about rebuilding her home after Hurricane Ike. Also: What's it like to attend a back room political deal making session? Ask Kelly Hicks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Lamborghini in the Basement Updated: 2008-12-12 10:00:00 Description: Ken Imhoff spent 18 years building a replica of the fancy car he had to have. Also: The son of the man who invented the Heisman Trophy puts autographed footballs to special use. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Politics of Temptation Updated: 2008-12-15 10:00:00 Description: When Tennessee politician Randy McNally was offered a bribe, he went to the FBI and ended up undercover. Also: A mother and son tell why their family's favorite Santa story has extra meaning this year. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feeling the Pinch Updated: 2008-12-16 10:00:00 Description: Lobsterman Clive Farrin is finding it hard to make a living after lobster prices fell dramatically this fall. Also: A man takes us inside a mortgage customer call center - and the focus on sales, not service. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Helping Coach Updated: 2008-12-17 10:00:00 Description: Craig Dudnick quit his job to care for the woman who cooked for his fraternity. Also: A man fed up with high gas prices makes his own fuel....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Class "Terrorist" Updated: 2008-12-18 13:39:08 Description: Mo Fikry flying has become quite an ordeal for him since 911. Also: A young woman gets sucked into the world of home shopping TV....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill's Music Updated: 2008-12-19 10:00:00 Description: As Bill Myers neared death, he began recording songs he wrote as a young man. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Call From Iraq Updated: 2008-12-22 10:00:00 Description: Bobby Allen is a teacher - and a soldier in Iraq. Dick Gordon talks with Bobby and two of the people who miss him....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas Past Updated: 2008-12-23 10:00:00 Description: Children's author Tomie DePaola remembers Christmases past in his first book for adults. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas in Secret Updated: 2008-12-24 10:00:00 Description: Paul Ciceri managed to celebrate Christmas in a Middle Eastern prison. Also: A warzone photojournalist is touched by an earthquake victim's kindness. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond the Gang Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: Danny Mora left the streets for college and now inspires young gang members to change. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finding Her Birth Family Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: Kelly Fern was adopted as a child and recently reconnected with family in Korea. Also: A man overcomes a disability to win on the wrestling mat....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Lost Job Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: Ramier Shaikh may leave the U.S., where his dreams came true, because he's lost his job. Also: A man's fight against a pre-paid funeral scam....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paper Dolls Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: Today - two stories of Thanksgiving. Carolyn Parkes felt guilty about her mistakes as a mother - until one daughter gave her a special gift. Also, Leon Prochnik and his story of the moment his mother saved his life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jazz Drummer Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: The most famous drummer you've never heard of - Ron Free. He was a major player in the jazz scene in the late 50's....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Latinos and HIV Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: Joe Zamora was an activist until he learned some people were actively seeking the HIV virus to take advantage of social services. Also: A man in Texas is trying to prove he was born in America....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Tourist and Terrorists Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: Rich Preyer in 1970 narrowly escaped after terrorists hijacked his plane. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Out of the Garage Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:06 Description: Geoffrey and Mike Howe built a small tank in their garage - and landed an Army contract. Also: how a surgeon, far from Iraq, helped a wounded soldier....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Out of School, Out of Work Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:05 Description: Ned Zeiler was laid off from a good job at Bank of America just a year out of business school. Also: A teleprompter in Hollywood on the art of scrolling text....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Soccer and the Street Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:05 Description: Corey Bracy went from soccer star to homeless addict - then found his way back again to soccer. Also: A ex-car salesman talks about his new perspective as Franciscan brother. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Forgiving Child Soldiers Updated: 2008-12-08 23:33:05 Description: Janet Sumo spent time with child soldiers in Liberia and is only now recovering. Also: A writer loses all of his writing in a burglary....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Story of Service and Leadership Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:50 Description: Captain Ivan Castro was blinded in Iraq and has chosen to continue serving in the Army's Special Forces....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A First on the Football Field Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:49 Description: Marlin Briscoe made history as the first black quarterback in the NFL - though he only played the position for one season....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First to Reach Three Stars Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:49 Description: The first African American to be promoted to general in the Marine Corps talks about barriers he overcame and the lessons he learned about leadership. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kenyan Connection Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:49 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Car Dealer's Loss Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:49 Description: Joseph Pfeffer had survived nearly everything in his 66 years in the car business, but he's had to close down his business this year because of the credit crisis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Papa's Grave Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:49 Description: Al Stuart visited his father's grave at a World War Two cemetery in Belgium and felt surprisingly connected to a man he'd never known well....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jailed in Indonesia Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:49 Description: Toni Eaton is trying to get her brother home from Indonesia where he's jailed for drug offences....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rethinking Hydropower Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:48 Description: Fred Ayer has been on both sides of the debate over dams. Also: Josh Greene reconsiders the religion he grew up with. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Incredible Journey Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:48 Description: Dawa Drolma has found a connection to her home through Tibetan music....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eloisa's New Wall Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:47 Description: Eloisa Tamez fights the Department of Homeland Security's plan to put a border wall on her ancestral land in Texas. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fears for Congo Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:47 Description: Kambale Musavuli watched rebels overtake Kinshasa, and he's afraid it will happen again....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Greatest Heart Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:47 Description: Dr. David Miller lost his daughter in a car accident and had to decide whether to donate her heart to someone who needed it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What's Ahead for Guantanamo Bay Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:47 Description: Attorney Candace Gorman tells Dick Gordon about her recent visit to the U.S. detention center. Also: A bike messenger tells all....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kennedy's Casket Updated: 2008-11-22 04:57:47 Description: Sorrell Schwartz managed the chaos when President John F. Kennedy's casket arrived at Bethesda. Also: a teenager plays the blues....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD James on his own Updated: 2008-11-04 03:28:55 Description: James Morrow comes from a troubled home. His mother has a mental illness, he’s dropped out of school, and rather than stay with a foster family, he’s taking care of himself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lessons from an African Entrepreneur Updated: 2008-11-04 03:28:55 Description: Eva Muraya is a successful business woman in Kenya. She's thrived despite personal tragedy, and she has some advice for American captains of industry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Faith Versus Duty Updated: 2008-11-04 03:28:55 Description: Andrew Callahan is a High Priest in the Mormon church and has taken a public stand against the church's position to support the ban on gay marriage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Her First Vote Updated: 2008-11-04 03:28:55 Description: Aredelia Edmondson has voted for the first time at 95 years old....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Head Over Heels in Debt Updated: 2008-10-27 21:45:18 Description: Dan and Mary Hass broke up over a mess in their personal finances. After they got their budget in order, they realized they were ready to give the relationship another try....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The State of the War Updated: 2008-10-27 21:45:18 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leaving for Health Care Updated: 2008-10-27 21:45:18 Description: Barbara Calder can't qualify for health insurance in the U.S. because of a rare genetic disease, so she's decided to move abroad....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Globetrotting v. Grassroots Updated: 2008-10-27 21:45:18 Description: Kweku Toure was drawn into working on a political campaign as a young man. He eventually left the world of politics to work at the grassroots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Good Risk Updated: 2008-10-27 21:45:18 Description: Dianne Reinhardt left nursing to open a small, artisan bakery - and she's doing quite well despite the tightening economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Home in a Vacant Lot Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:15 Description: Adrian Moreno decided to move his family to the far outskirts of San Diego, into a vacant lot, where he built his own house....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blowing the Whistle Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:15 Description: Joyce Molino blew the whistle on the nursing home where she worked and faced the consequences....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heart Matters Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:15 Description: Musician David Bass has struggled with the health care system his whole life - that struggle inspired his wife to become a nurse....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Still a Target Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:15 Description: Geo Vaughan was recently attacked on the street in New York for being gay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finding Finn Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:14 Description: Writer Jon Clinch has loved Mark Twain since he was a kid. He's now helping to preserve the house Twain loved and lived in....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bankers, Brokers and Bandits: Losing the Bank Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:14 Description: Joe Rusnak helped found a bank which later got caught up in a fraud scandal: the first in a special series on The Story called "Bankers, Brokers and Bandits." ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bankers, Brokers and Bandits: Soul of a Scandal Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:14 Description: Bankers, Brokers and Bandits: Diane Buckshnis was a government examiner during the Savings and Loan debacle of the late 1980s. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bankers, Brokers and Bandits: Trader by Day, Drummer by Night Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:14 Description: Bankers, Brokers and Bandits continues: Chris Stewart is a trader watching the stock market plunge. He relieves stress by playing the drums in a rock band....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bankers, Brokers and Bandits: Laid Off and Better Off Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:14 Description: Jim Piccollo was laid off from his job as a Bank VP - he doesn't miss it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Head Over Heels in Debt Updated: 2008-10-21 04:53:14 Description: Dan and Mary Hass broke up over a mess in their personal finances. After they got their budget in order, they realized they were ready to give the relationship another try....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leaving Zim Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Musician Chiwoniso Maraire has finally decided to leave Zimbabwe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Joblessness Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: William D. Lewis lost his job and watched his life spin out of control....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wheelchair Dancer Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Cornelia Kip Lee had polio and was discouraged from dancing as a girl. Last night she performed with the world-renowned mixed-ability dance company Candoco at the closing ceremony of the Paralympics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pushing Drugs Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Pharmaceutical representative Shahram Ahari admits he manipulated doctors to write prescriptions for the drugs he sold....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Writing on the Wall Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Henry Ehrlich was the speechwriter for the man who led negotiations during the foreign debt crisis of the 1980s....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD God and War Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Joshua Casteel served as an interrogator at Abu Graib. His experience was also a spiritual awakening and he ended up a conscientious objector....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Home in Angola Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Daniel Henrique was born in Angola and grew up as a refugee. He has chosen to live his life in the U.S. - his father has chosen to go back....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cleaning Up Foreclosure Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Mimi Norris cleans up what's left behind after families hastily move out of foreclosed homes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Meaning of Profit Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Hal Taussig created a million-dollar company, but he donates the profits to charity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Iraqi Health Now Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Haider Alsaedy is an Iraqi immigrant to the U.S. He now helps provide medical supplies to people in Iraq....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD OUT-PIRATING THE PIRATES Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:39 Description: Max Hardberger repossesses very large ships, and he's dealt with real life pilots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Relative Rabbis Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:38 Description: Rabbi Rebecca Schorr and Rabbi Stephen Einstein think they are the first father-daughter rabbi duo to work at the same synagogue....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Moving Midway Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:38 Description: Robert Hinton and Godfrey Cheshire are descended from families that once lived and worked on a Southern plantation - one as owners, the other as slaves....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Perfect Industry Updated: 2008-10-07 02:40:38 Description: Amy Crooks is a former mortgage broker and wholesale lender - she has lost her job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fish for the Future Updated: 2008-06-11 20:05:01 Description: Neil Sims is working to develop sustainable fishing practices. His company produces the gourmet fish, Kona Kampachi....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deyanira's American Dream Updated: 2008-06-12 20:26:48 Description: Deyanira Chavez's family illegally immigrated to the U.S. when she was 12. Now she's struggling to fulfill her dreams of earning a college degree....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Classified Ad Dad Updated: 2008-06-13 17:24:16 Description: Alison Keenan found a father for her boys and husband for herself through a newspaper ad....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aging with HIV Updated: 2008-06-02 17:23:12 Description: Larry Gibson and Dennis Golay were diagnosed with HIV in 1987. They have outlived over 60 of their friends, but HIV drugs are starting to take a toll on them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dad and Dean Updated: 2008-06-03 19:56:04 Description: Andy Shapero had a political awakening after an argument with his father, and joined the army of young people campaigning for Howard Dean in the 2004 election....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Breaking the Code of Silence Updated: 2008-06-04 21:35:22 Description: Army Specialist Kymberlea L. Durant was sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier during the Gulf War - and has only recently begun to speak out....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill's Music Updated: 2008-06-05 10:23:22 Description: Bill Myers is recording some of the old songs he's written in his life, since the day he went to the hospital and nearly didn't come home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pen Pals & Love Updated: 2008-06-06 16:43:23 Description: Victor and Marianne Anderson share the tale of their improbable romance. And - what's it like to come in second close to 30 times? A legendary surfer has some thoughts for Hillary Clinton....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To Feed a Family Updated: 2008-06-09 17:03:22 Description: Melissa Hilliard goes to a food bank to help make ends meet for her family....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Attempted Divorce Updated: 2008-06-10 16:39:22 Description: Cassandra Ormiston's request for a divorce was denied because her same-sex Massachusetts marriage is not recognized in Rhode Island....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Who Am I? Updated: 2008-05-20 16:51:46 Description: Dr. Georgia Dunston's childhood in a segregated world sparked her interest in the study of the human genome....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Long Walk to a Better Life Updated: 2008-05-21 20:33:27 Description: Jonathan Nkala made a dangerous crossing of the Zimbabwe-South Africa border in pursuit of a long-held dream....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Poet and Soldier Updated: 2008-05-22 17:35:57 Description: Fran Richey's poetry helped repair a rift in her relationship with her son, Ben, after he joined the military and served in Iraq....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Home at the Mall Updated: 2008-05-23 11:03:13 Description: Michael Townsend did what many people dream of - he found a way to live inside a mall....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Price of Rice Updated: 2008-05-27 19:58:08 Description: Alix Toyo wonders how he'll be able to keep his restaurant in Haiti open with the rising cost of staples like rice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Burning Out Updated: 2008-05-28 21:13:11 Description: Nathaniel Raymond was an aid worker for many years. He's now dealing with the toll taking care of others took on him....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rising Above Addiction Updated: 2008-05-29 21:34:10 Description: Joyce Grangent's crack cocaine use ruined her career and left her homeless before she took back her life from her addiction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coal Songs Updated: 2008-05-30 22:10:18 Description: Kathy Mattea is country singer who changed musical directions after the Sago Mine disaster....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Painting Faces Updated: 2008-05-16 16:37:20 Description: When artist Beverly McIver learned she had to care for her disabled sister, the news changed her life and her art....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD High Cost of Dying Updated: 2008-05-08 19:12:30 Description: Claudia Windal has gone from nun to priest to funeral director. She's committed to helping members of the Native American community to which she belongs get affordable and respectful funerals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paper Dolls Updated: 2008-05-09 16:43:58 Description: Carolyn Parkes became a mother at a very young age, and she's always felt guilty about mistakes she thinks she made in raising her daughters. Then one daughter gave her a gift that changed her perspective....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Frontline Chaplain Updated: 2008-05-12 17:03:09 Description: Army Chaplain Jeff Bryan had to minister to surviving soldiers in Iraq after three of their comrades were abducted in an ambush. The first anniversary is today - two of the soldiers are still missing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Almost on the Ground Updated: 2008-05-13 18:31:42 Description: Matt Capobianco has been involved with cyclone relief before. He is now coordinating a team of volunteers hoping to get into Myanmar....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life on the Line Updated: 2008-05-14 17:43:11 Description: Emma Pender and Rita Perry worked on chicken processing plant lines for years. Now they've helped document the dangers and stress of the work for a study....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD USS Stark Updated: 2008-05-15 19:18:51 Description: Tim Gable swam 11 hours after surviving a missile attack on his ship, the USS Stark....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Better Weapons Updated: 2008-05-05 18:05:00 Description: Anh Duong grew up in Vietnam during the war. Now she develops weapons for the United States....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Medical Errors Updated: 2008-05-06 19:31:40 Description: Julia Hallisy spent years caring for a young daughter with cancer, and she learned a lot about how hospital mistakes get made....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Phoning Home Updated: 2008-05-07 18:53:22 Description: The death toll in Burma is rising quickly after a major cyclone. Dick Gordon talks with two Burmese in the U.S. who have been trying anxiously to call home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BOYCOTTS AND BIRDS Updated: 2008-04-21 18:08:55 Description: Decathlete Floyd Scholz's competitive dreams were dashed when the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Olympics, but now he's preparing for a new kind of competition: the World Wildfowl Carving Championship....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Permanent House Swap Updated: 2008-04-22 18:28:59 Description: Sherry Crosslin and Jerry Stussman beat a declining housing market by permanently swapping their homes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ADHD and Me Updated: 2008-04-23 17:43:20 Description: Blake Taylor talks about learning to live with ADHD....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Military Skinheads Updated: 2008-04-24 17:03:25 Description: A new report out this week details the increased number of felons recruited for military service. TJ Leyden tells Dick Gordon about his time as a Marine who followed neo-Nazi principles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Weight Loss Surgery Updated: 2008-04-25 17:46:16 Description: Katy St. Clair decided to have weight loss surgery. She talks to Dick Gordon about how she came to that decision....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Early Release Updated: 2008-04-28 20:33:28 Description: Shaun Hudson is determined to reclaim his life after being released from prison earlier this month for a crack cocaine offense....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Back to School Updated: 2008-04-29 17:30:48 Description: Rebecca Rose overcame her fear of math to earn her GED. Now she is helping others do the same by teaching the course herself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Executive Restructuring Updated: 2008-04-30 20:14:44 Description: Guy Sansone is a Chief Restructuring Officer. It's his job to figure out how and where a company can do things more efficiently....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Class "Terrorist" Updated: 2008-05-01 18:25:34 Description: Mohamed Fikry stopped flying American Airlines because he felt his Middle Eastern heritage unfairly targeted him....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Office Babies Updated: 2008-05-02 20:04:48 Description: Francine Gemperle and Angela Huey are two mothers who took advantage of their company's policy allowing parents to bring their babies to work....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kite Gang Updated: 2008-04-17 16:44:30 Description: Patrick McGrann has seen what children of refugee camps facea world full of unhappiness. So he decided to give them toysthe one thing that so many have forgotten how to do is to play....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Destroyed By The War Updated: 2008-04-11 16:36:40 Description: Byron Hancock, a former police officer and Marine sniper, has been struggling with PTSD ever since he came back from Iraq....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Soldier's Parent Updated: 2008-04-14 18:57:00 Description: Steve Wright learned to reconcile his opposition to the war in Iraq with his son's dream to serve in the U.S. Army there....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Waiting on Mugabe Updated: 2008-04-15 20:25:53 Description: Dewa Mavhinga visited his family last month in Zimbabwe and says conditions are worse than they've ever been. He and his family are hoping the president will release the results of last month's election, and step down....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Brink of Success Updated: 2008-04-11 05:04:46 Description: Mack Cleveland missed his own chance to make it to the NBA, so now Mack helps young prospects like Ivan Johnson reach their basketball goals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Military Training Updated: 2008-04-11 05:04:46 Description: Mike Cabrey served in Iraq and is now teaching the next generation of officers at Fort Leavenworth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reluctant Landlord Updated: 2008-04-11 05:04:46 Description: Anne Truebeck's view of achieving the American Dream through home ownership changed after she became a landlord....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Healing Scores Updated: 2008-04-11 05:04:46 Description: Angelina Rios uses music from movie soundtracks as therapy for her five children with autism....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Princeton Boys Updated: 2008-04-05 05:37:14 Description: Dick Gordon talks to two young men with an unlikely friendship: Dukens Falaise has been in and out of juvenile detention programs; Gregory Ellison worked in those same centers as an aspiring minister....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fighting to Survive Updated: 2008-04-05 05:37:13 Description: Phal Sum fled the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and began his own kickboxing studio in the United States....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Options at the End Updated: 2008-04-05 05:37:13 Description: Timothy Quill is a palliative care doctor who helped his own father die....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Singing Revolution Updated: 2008-04-05 05:37:13 Description: Artur Talvik is a filmmaker in Estonia who took part in what Estonians call "The Singing Revolution."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Healing Power of Dance Updated: 2008-04-05 05:37:13 Description: Vincent Mantsoe grew up drumming in his family and became one of South Africa's most successful dancers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thriller! Updated: 2008-03-28 17:11:48 Description: Rashod Ollison remembers Thriller fondly because it helped him through a hard time and helped propel his career as a music critic....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Homeless with Children Updated: 2008-03-28 06:29:03 Description: Angela Angelle was a homeless mom - with nine children. Now she's director of the shelter that helped her get on her feet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Silver Star Updated: 2008-03-28 06:29:03 Description: Army Spc. Monica Brown is the second woman to be awarded the Silver Star for heroism since World War II....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Credit Crunch Updated: 2008-03-28 06:29:03 Description: Danny Paris was on the brink of financial ruin, so he decided to take matters into his own hands....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Computer Love Scam Updated: 2008-03-28 06:29:03 Description: Linda Kelso was looking for love online, but instead nearly fell prey to an Internet dating scam....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recovering from The Storm Updated: 2008-03-22 04:06:26 Description: My-The survived Hurricane Katrina by riding out the storm on her family's shrimp boat. Then she found the courage to ask for help....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Defending Tibet Updated: 2008-03-22 04:06:26 Description: Sherab Lama supports a strong, but nonviolent reaction to the current Chinese crackdown on Tibet because of what he once learned from the Dalai Lama....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Waiting for Justice Updated: 2008-03-22 04:06:26 Description: Ahmed Abdullah reveals just how deeply the Sunni-Shia divide goes. Even going to the hospital can get you killed if you find yourself on the wrong side of the divide....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A New Life in a Foreclosed Home Updated: 2008-03-22 04:06:26 Description: Rmega Tafari and her family live in a vacant, foreclosed home in Florida....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Women at War Updated: 2008-03-22 04:06:26 Description: Dick talks with three women who have served in the Iraq War....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cleaning Up Foreclosure Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: Mimi Norris cleans up what's left behind after families hastily move out of foreclosed homes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Doctoring in the Congo Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: Dr. Kasereka "Jo" Lusi risks his life to perform operations in remote areas of Congo....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Choosing to Stay Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: Despite losing two brothers to hate crimes in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, Harjit Sodhi chose to stay in America rather than return to his native India....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jazz Drummer Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: The most famous drummer you've never heard of - Ron Free. He was a major player in the jazz scene in the late 50's....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Healing Raspberri Rose Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: After DeVondia Roseborough found out she was HIV-positive in December of 2003, she began work educating young women in her community about the dangers of HIV/AIDS....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Building Her Business Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: Allison Wright, who has Down syndrome, started a micro-business with her dad, Edward....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pushing Drugs Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: Pharmaceutical representative Shahram Ahari admits he manipulated doctors to write prescriptions for the drugs he sold....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Queen for a Day Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: JoAnne Rushton and Debra Cotich's mother, Evelyn Stuart, was a guest on one of America's first reality television shows, Queen for a Day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Living History Updated: 2008-03-16 22:14:25 Description: Photo collector Craig James visited the plantation where his great-great-great grandmother was a slave to learn about the past--he ended up learning about himself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To Catch A Thief Updated: 2008-03-05 04:34:27 Description: What would you do if you came face-to-face with someone who had stolen your identity?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The "Manny" Updated: 2008-03-05 04:34:27 Description: Andrea Nakayama needed help caring for her son while her husband was sick. The nanny - a man - stepped in and helped her family in ways she never expected....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Selling Electric Updated: 2008-03-05 04:34:27 Description: Wayne Goldman built a plug-in electric car in the 70s that he believes is still perfect for today, if only consumers and car companies could accept a different kind of car....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Immigrating to the U.S. Updated: 2008-02-27 19:35:49 Description: Rodolfo Acevedo immigrated to the U.S. from Argentina as a young man. Now he is the lead architect on four new U.S. Citizenship & Immigration buildings under construction in south Florida....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Secret of Scent Updated: 2008-02-26 19:08:44 Description: One of France's top experts in the design and marketing of perfume talks about the first time he was seduced by a scent....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brave Painting Updated: 2008-02-26 19:08:44 Description: Joan Snyder paints her way through pain and pleasure. Last year she was awarded a $500,000 fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Split Estate Updated: 2008-02-26 19:08:44 Description: Marjorie West lives on a ranch in Wyoming that has been transformed by coal bed methane extraction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wakenya Pamoja Updated: 2008-02-21 21:24:02 Description: Tony Gakuo and Moses Odhiambo are great friends - they also were born into tribes on opposite sides of the recent tribal violence in Kenya....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Born in Prison Updated: 2008-02-21 16:48:02 Description: Deborah Jiang Stein discovered in her early teens--at about the same time as she began running afoul of the law--that she was born in a prison. She turned her life around and now works with mothers who are incarcerated....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Give Us Your Sick Updated: 2008-02-21 16:48:02 Description: When John Wilberding first arrived in the U.S., he was quarantined in the hospital on Ellis Island. Now, the huge hospital complex that held so many immigrants is being restored....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Payday Lending Updated: 2008-02-15 04:09:31 Description: Lisa Engelkins and Alba Onofrio are women with two different perspectives on payday loans. Lisa struggled for nearly two years to pay off a payday loan she took out in 1998. Alba used to authorize the kinds of loans people like Lisa needed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Health Care Rescinded Updated: 2008-02-15 04:09:31 Description: After being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, Patsy Bates had her health insurance rescinded retroactively - leaving her with nearly $200,000 in unpaid medical bills....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD War and Peace on the Wall Updated: 2008-02-15 04:09:31 Description: Two muralists in Northern Ireland - one the son of a famous loyalist, the other a former member of the Irish Republican Army - find common ground through art and the preservation of murals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wheelchair Dancer Updated: 2008-02-15 04:09:31 Description: Decades after having polio as a child, Cornelia Kip Lee is a professional dancer both in and out of her wheelchair....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Globetrotting v. Grassroots Updated: 2008-02-09 15:33:27 Description: Kweku Toure stumbled into Jesse Jackson's office and learned what politics is all about. He eventually decided that his energy would be better spent in grassroots efforts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Misdiagnosed Updated: 2008-02-09 15:33:27 Description: After being misdiagnosed as HIV positive, Audrey Serrano went through 9 years of mental and physical obstacles while trying to prove the diagnosis was wrong....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slave Traders in the Family Updated: 2008-02-09 15:33:26 Description: Stunned by the discovery that her family's wealth was due to the work of slaves, Katrina Browne decided to retrace the journey of the slaves and have it filmed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Attachment to Oil Updated: 2008-02-06 16:17:25 Description: The price of oil has hit $100 a barrel in recent weeks, but it is more than just "black gold" to some. Garry and Tug Eiden are a father and son from Wyoming, who have an attachment to the oil fields going back three generations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Polar Explorer Updated: 2008-02-06 16:17:25 Description: Will Steger had retired from an adventurous life as a polar explorer. Then the Larsen Ice Shelf collapsed, and Will realized he had to go back into the world - this time to teach about global warming....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Combat Artist Updated: 2008-02-06 16:17:25 Description: When Michael Fay goes into combat, he brings along his weapon - and his sketch pad....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Taking a Different Route Updated: 2008-02-06 16:17:25 Description: Dick Gordon talks to Thomas Warren, a recovering addict who counsels his ex-drug buddies on the job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Invisible Wall Updated: 2008-02-06 16:17:25 Description: Harry Bernstein was born in a segregated English mill town before World War I. Christians lived on one side of his street, Jews on the other....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Muslim Televangelist? Updated: 2008-02-06 16:17:25 Description: Moez Masoud never would have thought he would end up speaking to millions of young people around the world about their faith....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dad's Secrets Updated: 2008-02-06 16:17:24 Description: Charlotte Dennett's father died in a plane crash when she was a baby, and now she is on a decades-long quest to uncover the truth about his life as an American spy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Summer with the King Family Updated: 2008-01-27 22:04:53 Description: Gurdon Brewster witnessed the Civil Rights movement while living with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s father, Daddy King and volunteering at the Ebenezer Baptist Church....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Commodifying Race Updated: 2008-01-27 22:04:53 Description: Hank Willis Thomas' cousin, Songha, was shot for a decorative chain. That loss has transformed Hank's work as an artist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calling Home Updated: 2008-01-27 22:04:53 Description: Maryanne Kamau has a large, extended family in Kenya where some of the worst violence broke out. She's far away in the U.S., but doing everything she can to help....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Combatants for Peace Updated: 2008-01-27 22:04:53 Description: The Middle East conflict sometimes seems like an endless loop of blame from each side. But recently there have been fighters, both Israeli and Palestinian, who are refusing to take up weapons against each other. They have begun an organization called...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cartooning on the Body Updated: 2008-01-27 22:04:53 Description: Issa Nyaphaga was a political cartoonist in Cameroon until he was arrested after a contested election and a government crackdown on journalists....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Technical Camelot Updated: 2008-01-21 00:39:43 Description: Jean Bartik loved math in the 1940s, so she took a job crunching numbers for the military. She helped to program one of the world's first computers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Studying Darfur Updated: 2008-01-21 00:39:43 Description: Before Al-banan left his home in Sudan, he worked for the African Union, documenting some of the atrocities committed against his own people. Now he's studying in the U.S., hoping to return home someday and help bring about peace....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lost Sounds Updated: 2008-01-21 00:39:43 Description: Tim Brooks has combed through old records to document the birth of the recording industry. Back in the 1890s, not long after the end of slavery, some of the biggest stars were black....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scammed Updated: 2008-01-16 02:42:08 Description: Daniel Giddens tried out one of those check cashing deals. He sent money to Nigeria and made a bit of money himself, before he realized he'd been scammed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Detained at Guantanamo Bay Updated: 2008-01-16 02:42:08 Description: Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif is on a hunger strike at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Dick talks to Adnan's lawyer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Far From Home Updated: 2008-01-16 02:42:08 Description: Sarmad Ali grew up dreaming of living in the U.S. His decision to move to to the U.S. from Baghdad has become a painful one, though. In 2006, his father disappeared, and there is little Sarmad can do to help his family in Iraq....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Grieving through Tattoos Updated: 2008-01-16 02:42:08 Description: When Garrett "G" Sample lost his friend and teenage brother to violence in Philadelphia, he dealt with his sadness by getting tattoos....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Disappearing Mandaens Updated: 2008-01-10 06:11:51 Description: Walaa Wini is Iraqi and Mandaen - a religion that can be traced back 2000 years. He and his family have been persecuted in Iraq, and fear their religion may disappear....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Karachi after Bhutto Updated: 2008-01-10 06:11:51 Description: Munizeh Sanai is a young radio on-air host at a pop music station in Karachi, and the night Benazir Bhutto was killed she stopped playing music and later watched as a bur burned in front of her office building....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rocket Science Updated: 2008-01-10 06:11:51 Description: Steven and Georg grew up in the time of SPUTNIK, and they were fascinated by rocket science. They spent most of their adolescence focused on launching rockets and the first non-governmental satellite....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Answering Dr. Kinsey Updated: 2008-01-05 06:30:57 Description: Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first Kinsey Report on Human Sexual Behavior. While the identity of many of the participants remains a secret, one woman shares her story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aging In Prison Updated: 2008-01-03 20:34:43 Description: The number of inmates over 50 is increasing rapidly. Dick traveled to a prison to speak with several inmates who are sentenced to life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remembering the Chief Updated: 2008-01-03 17:33:45 Description: Darryl Montana is the son of Big Chief Allison "Tootie" Montana, a legendary Mardi Gras Indian in New Orleans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pen Pal Love Story Updated: 2008-01-03 17:33:45 Description: Vic and Marianne Anderson began a 12 year pen pal relationship during the dark days of World War II. It became a 52 year love affair, and an enduring family legend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Turtle Tales Updated: 2008-01-03 17:33:45 Description: When David Carroll was 8, his family moved to a neighborhood not far from a swamp. There, he met a spotted turtle that would change his life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Life Unplugged Updated: 2008-01-03 17:33:45 Description: Steve DeJoseph won't be watching tonight's New Year's revelry on television. He threw his TV out more than 20 years ago, and he has never looked back....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD You're Not Listening Updated: 2008-01-03 17:33:45 Description: Dick Gordon talks to the husband and wife team who published a study dubbed "The Nagging Study"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD MAKING A CHANGE Updated: 2008-01-03 17:33:45 Description: Cali Lovett got into a fatal car accident that changed her life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Two Baghdads Updated: 2007-12-20 14:50:37 Description: Ahmed Abdullah says the streets of Baghdad are calmer these days. What terrifies residents now is the night....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Struggle for Liberation Updated: 2007-12-20 14:50:37 Description: Anita Isaacs fought for the liberation of Namibia from apartheid rule. Now she's fighting to liberate Namibian women from the spread of HIV/AIDS....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rachel in the World Updated: 2007-12-15 23:48:43 Description: Jane Bernstein thought raising a developmentally disabled child would be hard, but then her daughter Rachel became an adult, and Jane had to learn when - and how - to let her go....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Healing Power of Dance Updated: 2007-12-15 23:48:43 Description: Vincent Mantsoe, a dancer and choreographer, performs all over the world, drawing on the healing ceremonies he learned as a child in South Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Disappearing America Updated: 2007-12-13 03:45:33 Description: David Plowden photographed America for 50 years, but he feels the America that so captured his imagination and admiration is disappearing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Different Kind of Juvenile Justice Updated: 2007-12-13 03:45:33 Description: Gary Yohe is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the agency that won the Nobel Peace Prize along with Al Gore....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listening to Nazis Updated: 2007-12-13 03:45:33 Description: Henry Kolm interrogated Nazis after World War II. He found casual, friendly conversation worked better than harsh tactics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Farm Crisis Hotline Updated: 2007-12-13 03:45:33 Description: During the farming crisis of the 1980s, Arlie Sholes lost the farm. Now he helps other farmers make their way through financial troubles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Atomic Veteran Updated: 2007-11-13 18:55:27 Description: Bob Greenwald was one of 400,000 service members who witnessed the U.S. military test atomic weapons after WWII. Though he kept the stories to himself for years, he feels ready to talk about it now....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Home in the Mall Updated: 2007-11-13 18:55:27 Description: Michael Townsend did what many people dream of - he found a way to live inside a mall. Part of APM's "Consumed" series....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Word from Burma Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Min Min Htun and Tin Lay Nwei are Burmese refugees living in the U.S. Neither has heard from their families since the government cut phone and internet access to Myanmar....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Don't Drink the Water Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Residents of DeBerry, Texas have been drinking, cooking and bathing with bottled water for two years because of environmental contamination. Rev. David Hudson is fighting for clean water on their behalf....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sputnik Kids Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Tom Ward and Alexander Rimski-Korsakov grew up in the era of Sputnik, and dreamed of working in their countries' space programs. Now the American and Russian scientists are working together....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hunger and Dance Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: The Khmer Rouge nearly wiped out classical dance in Cambodia. Sophiline Cheam is carrying on the tradition....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 41-Year-Old Recruit Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Kristi Jo Newland jumped at the opportunity when the Army raised the age for enlistment from 35 to 42....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heir to Sitting Bull Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Ernie LaPointe used to keep it a secret he was the great-grandson of Sitting Bull. Now the Smithsonian has deemed him the rightful owner of some of Sitting Bull's effects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Time to Waste Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Architect William McDonough wants to see farms on rooftops and recyclable sneakers - he says both are possible and imperative as environmental problems increase....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Attending to Birth Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Ruth Lubic created the first free-standing birthing clinic in the U.S. - and she has been fighting for the health of mothers and babies ever since....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Check Engine Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:45 Description: Anthony Beaver is the one who delivers the news - how much it's going to cost you to get your car fixed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Bee Truth Updated: 2007-10-16 05:29:44 Description: Wayne Esaias says he has learned something important from caring for his honeybees - the nectar is flowing earlier, suggesting the climate is heating up....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Before the World Knew Updated: 2007-08-27 20:12:34 Description: Mohamed Yahya learned about the conflict in Darfur 10 years before most people did - in a letter from his mother saying his village had been attacked and 21 of his family members killed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Painting Post-Katrina Updated: 2007-08-28 16:09:01 Description: Willie Birch lives and paints in New Orleans. He talks to Dick Gordon about life and art before and after the disaster....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Soldier of the Year Updated: 2007-08-29 18:42:43 Description: Scott Smiley was just out of West Point and newly married when he went to Iraq. He came home blinded, but more committed than ever to his career in the Army....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Princeton Boys Updated: 2007-08-30 17:22:44 Description: Dick Gordon talks to two young men with an unlikely friendship - Dukens Falaise has been in and out of juvenile detention programs. Gregory Ellison worked in those same centers as an aspiring minister....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Madness in his Method Updated: 2007-08-14 18:52:11 Description: Fifth grade teacher Rafe Esquith teaches Shakespeare to his students - even though some of them still aren't fluent in English. Dick Gordon talks to Rafe about his love of teaching and The Bard....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Closing Shop Updated: 2007-08-15 17:20:57 Description: Doug Haas Bennett's famous costume shop did more than clothe people - it helped them get ahead in life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Civil Disobedience Updated: 2007-08-16 18:48:08 Description: Father Michael Doyle was arrested for destroying draft documents during the Vietnam War. During his trial, he learned just how closely the FBI had been involved....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Standing Up Updated: 2007-08-17 17:50:29 Description: 50 years ago this summer, Virginia Williams took part in one of the nation's first sit-ins, in Durham, N.C....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stories of the War Updated: 2007-08-20 20:58:03 Description: Nyagatare Valens always wondered what happened to his family during the Rwandan war. This spring, his mother visited him in the U.S. and he heard her stories for the first time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD After Loss, Forgiveness Updated: 2007-08-21 19:44:18 Description: Mary Viehland's son Josh was murdered by his high school classmates. Mary tells Dick how she came to terms with the crime....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recovery Updated: 2007-08-22 20:46:31 Description: Pamela Campbell knows what it's like to wait in vain for coal miners to be rescued. She lost a brother-in-law in the Sago Mine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD After the Offense Updated: 2007-07-24 20:50:44 Description: Tom Coles helps rehabilitate sex offenders out of his own home. He believes that they have the capacity to become decent people....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Staying Out Updated: 2007-07-25 20:01:37 Description: Bill Shipley served more than 20 years in the Navy. He never told anyone he was gay - until his gay son began to contemplate a career in the military....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Glimpsing the Light Updated: 2007-07-26 17:20:47 Description: John Horne nearly died in a horrific head on collision - a common occurrence in the U.S. More than 100 Americans die in car crashes every day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Family Secrets Updated: 2007-07-16 10:20:47 Description: After his mother died, Doug Block found out she had not been as happy in her marriage as he always thought she was. His documentary film explores the secrets he has since uncovered in his parents' relationship....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prayers of a Bullied Boy Updated: 2007-07-17 10:40:49 Description: 12-year-old Terrance knows all too well what it is like to be bullied. Very smart, and small for his age, Terrance tells Dick what really happens when the school doors close behind him....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Good Fit Updated: 2007-07-18 19:32:47 Description: Megan Summerville is going against the trend - she's running a successful American bra company at a time when the textile industry is tanking....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Father George's Vows Updated: 2007-06-27 10:35:30 Description: After his beloved wife died, George Wilkinson pursued another passion - he became a priest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stay-at-Home Dad Updated: 2007-06-16 13:50:15 Description: Greg Barbera is a stay-at-home dad. It's a life of private hilarity and surprising loneliness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Of Mules and Men Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Meet Ray Lum - his storytelling and auctioneering made him a legend. Not only could he size up the worth of an animal in seconds, he could hold his listeners spellbound with stories....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Service and Remembrance Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Stephen Leonard's family has a history of military service. Their sacrifices inspires him to embrace their ideals and yet question authority....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To Have a Friend... Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Friendster was the first online social network to spectacularly succeed - and then fail. Find out what new project founder Jonathan Abrams has a new project up his sleeve....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dancing through Revolution Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Dick Gordon talks to Leili Pritschet. Leili grew up in Iran and trained as a classical dancer, but had to flee the country after being tortured following the Islamic Revolution in 1979....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Moms Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Catherine and Kathleen are having a baby. The hard part now is explaining it to other people....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hurricane Hunters Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Jeffrey Masters spent four years flying through the most extraordinary weather on the planet. He tells Dick what it's like to be inside a hurricane....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Invisible Wall Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Harry Bernstein was born in a segregated English mill town before World War I. Christians lived on one side of his street, Jews on the other....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gitmo Attorney Update Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: An outspoken attorney representing two Guantanamo detainees talks about her latest trip to Cuba and the new rules the government is trying to impose....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kidnapped Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Dick Gordon talks with Tom Sutherland, who was held hostage for six and a half years in Beirut....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Table in Heaven Updated: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 Description: Sirio Maccioni runs the famed restaurant, Le Cirque. It's been closed, reopened, and adored by sparkling clientele....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Congress v. The President Updated: 2007-05-05 13:34:03 Description: Senator George McGovern - and what history reveals when Congress and the White House clash over an unpopular war....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Healing Power of Dance Updated: 2007-05-05 13:34:03 Description: Vincent Mantsoe, a dancer and choreographer, performs all over the world, drawing on the healing ceremonies he learned as a child in South Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Where are the bees? Updated: 2007-05-01 05:56:19 Description: Where are the honeybees? Billions have disappeared and no one knows why. Dick talks to a beekeeper and a scientist about the mystery....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Unschooling Revisited Updated: 2007-04-28 12:37:45 Description: Dick talks to the mother who "unschooled" her child at home - and to a former teacher who is critical of "unschooling."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Switching Roles Updated: 2007-04-28 12:37:44 Description: Stuart Bloom was on the verge of his big break as an actor. Then his father got stomach cancer. He's now Dr. Stuart Bloom, oncologist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Painting Faces Updated: 2007-04-28 12:37:44 Description: When artist Beverly McIver learned she had to care for her disabled sister, the news changed her life and her art....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mom, when did you...? Updated: 2007-04-28 12:37:44 Description: What's the right answer when a 14-year-old daughter asks her mom: "How old were you when you first had sex?"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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