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Thursday December 20, 2001

Middle East

The Arab World and the West, Pt. 2

December 20, 2001 • Sandy Tolan of American Radio Works continues his report on Middle Eastern attitudes toward America.

The Arab World and the West, Pt. 2

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Middle East

The Arab World and the West, Pt. 1

December 20, 2001 • Sandy Tolan reports for American Radio Works on the long Middle Eastern history of animosity toward the West, and America in particular. He says the Arab suspicion of the West reaches back to the days of the Christian Crusades, and has been compounded by more recent history, such as American support for Israel. There is a tension in modern Jordan and Egypt, for example, between a sense of great pride in Arab culture and a sense of defeat by the culture of the West. American films and freedom are admired by many, but American foreign policy is not. American Radio Works in the documentary project of National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio.

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Friday November 30, 2001

Lost & Found Sound

Conrad's Garage

November 30, 2001 • Frank Conrad's garage near Pittsburgh is widely considered to be the birthplace of modern broadcasting. For 94-year-old Harry Mills, memories of Conrad's earliest broadcasts still ring with excitement. Hear the story of radio's early days on All Things Considered. It's part of NPR's continuing Lost and Found Sound series.

Conrad's Garage

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Monday October 15, 2001

Books

Novelist Jonathan Franzen

Fresh Air

October 15, 2001 • Author Jonathan Franzen joins Fresh Air to discuss his critically acclaimed and award-winning novel, The Corrections. It is a saga about two generations of an American family; the parents and their children.

Novelist Jonathan Franzen

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Tuesday June 19, 2001

Morning Edition

Searching for Rhinos in Nepal, Part 2

June 19, 2001 • In the second of Radio Expeditions' series from Nepal, John Nielsen reports on conservationists' attempts to save wildlife in increasingly populated areas.

Searching for Rhinos in Nepal, Part 2

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Monday June 18, 2001

Radio Expeditions

Searching for Rhinos in Nepal, Part 1

June 18, 2001 • NPR's John Nielsen reports from Nepal on the Terai Arc, a revolutionary ecological project to create migration corridors between the country's wildlife preserves.

Searching for Rhinos in Nepal, Part 1

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Monday February 19, 2001

President's Day

Whatever Became of Washington's Birthday?

February 19, 2001 • Jason Bezis, a law student at the University of California at Berkeley, has always harbored a special appreciation for our first president. He wants the nation to refer to our annual Februrary federal holiday by its given name: Washington's Birthday.

Whatever Became of Washington's Birthday?

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Friday October 20, 2000

Music News

Persuading the Dead

October 20, 2000 • The a cappella group The Persuasions decided to do an album of Grateful Dead songs. As "The Dead" have been icons of sub-culture since the mid 60's, and have inspired more than one generation of devotees (Deadheads), they knew that covering the harmonies would not suffice. They would have to rediscover AND reinvent the music - both for themselves, and the audience.

Persuading the Dead

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Friday September 8, 2000

Lost & Found Sound

Lost and Found Sound: Galveston Storm

September 8, 2000 • One hundred years ago today, a hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing at least 6,000 people on the island, and another 4 to 6,000 on the mainland.

Lost and Found Sound: Galveston Storm

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Friday June 30, 2000

Lost & Found Sound

Lost And Found Sound: The Mother Ship

June 30, 2000 • In today's installment of "Lost and Found Sound," we hear a story from writer Tracy Johnston about a sound she collected years ago while traveling in Africa.

Lost And Found Sound: The Mother Ship

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Friday April 28, 2000

Lost & Found Sound

French Manicure

April 28, 2000 • Arriving in this country, Vietnamese immigrants have looked for a place to make their own economic niche. Many found one as manicurists. They not only acquire a new set of professional skills, but a new identity as well. Lost and Found Sound looks at how these immigrants adjust to a new life.

French Manicure

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Lost & Found Sound

Lost and Found Sound: Manicurists

April 28, 2000 • The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, with Laura Folger present a sonic montage that allows Vietnamese immigrant women to tell about their experiences in coming to the United States.

Lost and Found Sound: Manicurists

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Friday April 21, 2000

Lost & Found Sound

'Lost & Found Sound': The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Cpl. Michael A. Baronowski

April 21, 2000 • In 1966, Michael A. Baronowski of Norristown, Penn., took a tape recorder with him into combat in Vietnam. Lance Cpl. Baronowski was in the demilitarized zone when he captured sounds of jokes, songs, bombs, and bullets. He died later that year in an ambush in a village — but not before sending these recordings home. (Produced by Christina Egloff with Jay Allison.)

'Lost & Found Sound': The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Cpl. Michael A. Baronowski

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Friday November 19, 1999

Lost & Found Sound

Obsessed With TV Sound

November 19, 1999 • Our year-long series visits a man obsessed with the sound of TV. Phil Gries started recording audio from his television set in the 1950s. He still has over 10-thousand items, and has turned his hobby into a business -- supplying audio from old TV shows to other collectors and museums. He says he was motivated by the ethereal nature of live TV to preserve broadcasts of all sorts.

Obsessed With TV Sound

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Friday November 12, 1999

Lost & Found Sound

'Mental Hygiene' Films

November 12, 1999 • As many as 3,000 "mental hygiene" films were shown in schools in the years after the Second World War. They provide lessons about dating, manners and delinquency, all wrapped up in a tidy 10-minute package. Lost and Found Sound got a tour through these films from author Ken Smith.

'Mental Hygiene' Films

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