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025 Heat 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Scott Carrier, Joe Frank, Jeff Rice, John Rieger & Marjorie Van Halteren

Symptoms of heat fatigue: A sound-poem for "Dead of Summer" in the city by Marjorie Van Halteren and Lou Giansante, read by Russell Horton. Tuscon residents reflect the desert "Heat," with author Charles Bowden, poet Ofelia Zepeda, and music by Steve Roach; produced by Jeff Rice. The perfection of family, a crippled man on a blind man's back, and a collective scream of "I'm not dead," sweat it out in Joe Frank's "Summer Notes." Cats pulling pianos are "The Little Heroes" in John Rieger's Dance on Warning series. And host Scott Carrier takes a long hot cross-country drive down "Highway 50," the loneliest road in America.

Broadcast: Aug 20 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR

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024 Caregiver 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Ben Adair, Joe Frank, Jennifer Nathan, Dmae Roberts & Jake Warga

"Dialysis" by Joe Frank: A phone call, kidney failure and a friend indeed; followed by a flight of final fancy, from the hour "Goodbye." "Three Woman" by host by Dmae Roberts: Three women, a Chicana, African American and Romanian immigrant, describe their different approaches to surviving breast cancer. Produced as part of the "The Breast Cancer Monologues," with Miae Kim, Anca Micheti, and music by Maria Esteves. "Messages" by Dmae Roberts (of MediaRites): Every 100 days, the producer saves the phone messages of her mom who passed away two years ago as a living memorial. Music by Aaron Meyer and Tim Ellis. "Bad Teeth at King Drew Dental Clinic" by Ayala Ben-Yehuda: a morning at the Dental Divide at a dental clinic of last resort in South LA's King Drew Medical Center. "A Square Meal, Regardless" by Jennifer Nathan: After John’s wife passed away and his children moved across the country, John turned to Cedric when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Produced for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. "Hospice Chroncles" (excerpt) by Long Haul Productions: Hospice volunteer Bettie viusits her first patient. "The Person I Admire Most" by Jake Warga: A day with Jenafir in Ethiopia, trying to save the world (video version).

Broadcast: Aug 13 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR Subjects: Health

An ice-pick lobotomy on Howard Dully, when a boy

023 This is Insanity 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Scott Carrier & Sound Portraits

"This is Insane," says William S Burroughs to the music of Disposable Heroes of Hiphopcracy, from the CD Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. An anonymous reporter describes his "Electroshock." The Avalanches mashup a "Frontier Psychiatrist" from the CD Since I Left You. Host Scott Carrier takes "The Test" for schizophrenia. Joe Frank is pathologically challenged by time, excerpted from the hour "Time's Arrow." And Sound Portraits helps Howard Dully recount "My Lobotomy," documenting the experimental procedure of "ice pick" surgery.

Broadcast: Aug 6 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR Subjects: Health

Cartoon of man with atomic explosion in his eyes

022 Mushroom Cloud 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Claus Andreasson, Scott Carrier & Larry Massett

Larry Massett hosts: Bomber pilots and bombing victims, and and Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay in "Enola Alone" by Antenna Theater, mixed by Earwax. Political speeches and popular songs chart our changing attitudes towards weapons of mass destruction in the "Atomic Age." Residents recall the Nevada and Utah nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s in their "Downwinder Diaries," produced by Claes Andreasson. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti has "Wild Dreams of a New Beginning," an excerpt from "One of These days (or Nights)" produced for radio by Erik Bauersfeld (Bay Area Radio Drama), with sound design by Jim McKee (Earwax), and original music by Wieslaw Pogorzelski. Americans across the country answer Scott Carrier's question: "What Are You Afraid Of?" The story of the Big Bang, with a beat, "Page One" by Lemon Jelly. And selections from "Atomic Platters: Cold War Music from the Golden Age of Homeland Security" compiled by CONELRAD.com (including Slim Galliard's "Atomic Cocktail" (1945), versions of "Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb" by Lowell Blanchard & The Valley Trio (1949) and by The Pilgrim Travelers, and 1950-60s Civil Defense public service announcements.

Broadcast: Jul 30 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR Subjects: Science, War

021 Tony Schwartz 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Jay Allison, Katie Davis, Kitchen Sisters & Marjorie Van Halteren

Tony Schwartz, media pioneer, audio documentarian, and the most famous radio person you probably never heard of, died June 2008. We hear The Kitchen Sisters' Lost & Found Sound-portrait, "Tony Schwartz, 30,000 Recordings Later," and the Tony Schwartz-inspired verite documentary of the town he lived in and loved, "New York City: 24 Hours in Public Places" (thanks to Transom.org).

Broadcast: Jul 23 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR Subjects: Spoken Word, Youth

020 The Old Country 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Andrei Codrescu & Larry Massett

Three hearts searching for home: Going back to Vietnam makes Nguyen Qui Duc realize "Home is Always Somewhere Else," from Crossing East; host Neenah Ellis goes looking for her family in Croatia, where "The Old Country is Gone." And Andrei Codrescu returns to his Romanian home town and stares into the "Eyes of Sibiu."

Broadcast: Jul 16 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR

019 Life on the Mississippi 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Scott Carrier & Larry Massett

A Tour of the River Towns: Hannibal, Missouri, birthplace of Mark Twain; a day on a tugboat; St. Louis showboats; and changing the course of mighty rivers. A downstream trip through the history and mystery of the Big Muddy, with Larry Massett and Scott Carrier.

Broadcast: Jul 9 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR Subjects: Environment, Literature, Music

018 Stars and Bars 54:00 (((Hearing Voices))), Ben Adair, Joe Frank, Barrett Golding & Larry Massett

Celebrating America with Flags and Festivals, featuring: Recitations and reflections on "The Pledge" of Allegiance and "War vs. Peace." The annual "Rainbow Family" migration into the Montana forest on July Fourth -- their day of prayer for peace (photos by Chad Harder). A town that covets their title of the "Armpit of America" -- welcome to Battle Mountain, Nevada. Mississippi moonshine, barbecued goat and old-time Fife & Drum at "Otha Turner's Afrosippi Picnic." Stories by Joe Frank, Barrett Golding, host Larry Massett, and Ben Adair.

Broadcast: Jul 2 2008 on NPR Hearing VoicesSeries: Hearing Voices from NPR Subjects: Public Affairs, Music, War

Woman with crystal ball and painted face

Rainbow Family 10:42 Barrett Golding

The Gathering of the Tribes: the annual migration of The Rainbow Family of Living Light. Each year, twenty thousand people camp for a week in a the national forest. They come together first week of July; the Fourth of July is their day of prayer, a prayer for peace. Also see: Rainbow Family web presentation, audio collage, and Chad Harder photos. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 28 2008 on APM Weekend America; Jul 1 2002 on PRI/MPR Savvy Traveler Subjects: Politics, Cultural, Historical Anniversaries, Environment

Amy Jo: Surrounded by Lights 6:50 Erin Mishkin

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

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