Heat 4:15 Jeff Rice
It is 120°. The birds and animals, and even insects hide. The story focuses on the words, thoughts and sounds of desert residents: writer Charles Bowden, the Tohono O’odham poet Ofelia Zepeda, and ambient composer Steve Roach, whose composition "Slow Heat" scores the piece. [transcript]
Broadcast: Aug 15 2001 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: Environment