Peabody Award-Winning Stories Stories of Love & Marriage February 14, 2002 • NPR listeners contribute stories commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center. Some of the most surprising were about weddings. The Sonic Memorial Project uncovered tales of romance and marriage that took place 1,377 feet above sea level.
Lost & Found Sound World Trade Center Sonic Memorial February 4, 2002 • All Things Considered presents a survey of the results of a search for audio artifacts from the World Trade Center towers. We hear samples of the sort of material people have sent in thus far. Among them, Hispanic workers who listened to Spanish stations while they cleaned the towers at night; marriages at the WTC; and the actual sound of sightseers atop the structures. Further stories about the sounds of the WTC will be heard later in the year. Listeners who want to contribute their own tapes or stories should call 202-408-0300. The project is a collaboration between NPR News, independent producers Jay Allison and the Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva), along with member station WNYC.
"Inside the West Wing" January 21, 2002 • Wednesday, NBC will air a behind-the-scenes documentary called The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing. NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the title is a misnomer and viewers will in fact be seeing a day-long "pseudo event" staged especially for the cameras.
Derivative Regulation January 21, 2002 • NPR's Jack Speer reports the collapse of Enron is creating pressure on Capitol Hill to step up regulation of the nation's energy markets. Some in Congress want tighter restrictions on the trading of energy derivatives, a market that Enron dominated until recently. Speer reports that experts are not of one mind on the question of increased regulation and that some are opposed.
Food Internet Food January 1, 2002 • Jim Leff, the creator of the food-obsessed website chowhound.com, takes Jon Kalish on a tour of his favorite New York eateries while explaining the Chowhound way of life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Author Interviews Author James Reston Jr. Fresh Air October 8, 2001 • His new book is Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade (Doubleday). It's the story of the battle for the Holy Land in the late 12th century. It begins as a dual biography of Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt, Syria, Arabia and Mesopotamia, and Richard I, King of England, known as the Lionheart. The two men led the battling Islamic and Christian armies. James Reston is also the author of twelve books, including The Last Apocalypse and Galileo: A Life. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Library of Congress.
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.
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.
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.
Lost & Found Sound Lost and Found Sound: Loons December 29, 2000 • In this latest installment of our series, Lost and Found Sound, producer Brent Runyon recalls leaning how his father taught him how to make a loon call, with tape of the teaching session. In Brent's family, his father could do the call, his grandfather knew how to, Brent's brother can do it, but Brent can't and he doesn't know why. He is the only man in his family who can't make the call. Sometimes he sits alone in his apartment and practices, but hasn't nailed the call of the loon yet. (5:30)Find out more at: http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/001229.stories.html.
Lost & Found Sound Lost and Found Sound: The Pan American Blues November 24, 2000 • Lost and Found Sound today honors the upcoming 75th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry with a story about WSM radio in Nashville, where the Opry got its start, and the Pan American passenger train. The regular passing of the Pan American was broadcast on WSM. And the train inspired singer/songwriter Deford Bailey, who performed on the night the Opry got its name.