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Photographs from Home
Tuesday, February 09 2010
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Photographs from Home
Carl Juste
Carl Juste is a photographer with the Miami Herald. He was born in Haiti but grew up in New York and Miami and got to know Haiti as an adult. He talks with Dick Gordon about what he saw in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, and how his personal and family history in Haiti change his perspective.
- See some of Carl's photos
- Follow the Miami Herald's coverage of Haiti
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Remembering the 1952 Olympics
Marjorie Larney
The 2010 Winter Olympics begin on Friday. Marjorie Larney knows all about the excitement of the Olympics. When she was 15, Marjorie was chosen to compete for the U.S. in the 1952 summer games in Finland. She tells Dick about a small treasure she found on a narrow street in Helsinki that changed her approach to the competition. This story originally aired on October 1, 2009.
The Layoff - A Child's Perspective
Monday, February 08 2010
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The Layoff - A Child’s Perspective
Rachael Clark and her daughter Alison Spiller
The latest unemployment numbers show the percentage of those without work has dropped a bit - but employers are still not creating many new jobs.
Nine-year-old Alison Spiller wrote us a letter after listening to an episode of our program. She wrote, "I hope my experiences will help your listeners with children." Turns out, Alison’s father was unemployed for over a year before he found a new job, and that meant big changes in Alison’s lifestyle. Alison Spiller and her mother Rachael Clark join Dick Gordon to talk about their family’s experience with unemployment.Â
YOUR STORY- A CHANCE ENCOUNTER
When we turn the storytelling over to you, we get all kinds of meaningful stories. Chan Gannaway wrote in to say his story goes into the coincidence category. This all began innocently enough. Chan was job hunting and knew there was a good opening nearby. He drove over to the location, hoping to meet the manager in person. And that’s where the story takes a strange turn. Both men were connected to a tragedy that had occurred many years before. Chan says meeting brought them both some peace.
Recording Friends
Friday, February 05 2010
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Recording Friends
Lee Payne, Jon Biscoe, Frank Cha and Tom O'Halloran played in bands together for years. But as they got older, life drew the four of them in different directions and to different parts of the world. Jon was about to become a father. Lee went to serve in Afghanistan. But then Jon decided to throw out an idea. Each guy was asked to write an original song, then email it, complete with chords and lyrics to the group. Everyone then recorded their own version of each song. The four friends reunited recently to listen to the songs. Lee, Jon and Frank join Dick to talk about their new media music project - and the unexpected impact it had on their friendship.
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Escaping from Kashmir
Kevin Merkelz in front of the Taj Mahal
Our Your Story segment is one of the most popular parts of the show. We love to hear the stories that are your favorite, for one reason or another. Kevin Merkelz wrote in to tell his story. He wanted an adventure the first time he left the U.S. on a trip abroad. But when he unexpectedly wound up in Kashmir on the border of Pakistan, it was much more than he bargained for. In fact, his trip became quite frightening. Kevin talks to Dick about learning the benefits of a little mistrust.
- Check out Kevin's photos of Srinagar here.Contact Us
Hundreds of Babies
Thursday, February 04 2010
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Hundreds of Babies
Roody Joseph and a young girl, Marie
Roody Joseph has become an almost accidental aid worker in Haiti. He was preparing to leave the country when he met two mothers with infants that had no milk. For the past two weeks, Roody has made it his job to find milk, formula and diapers for the youngest survivors of the earthquake. At last count he'd identified 500 infants in need in his area. Roody was able to bus some of them to better care in the Dominican Republic. He tells Dick Gordon why he gave up his chance to return to his family of six in Florida, and what he thinks of Haiti's adoption controversy.
- Learn about Roody's work with Haitian infants.
- Music in this story: Timoun Yo (Their Baby) by Belo
Looking to China
Melody Wen Zhang
Melody Wen Zhang has been watching Haiti closely - and remembering her own experiences helping children in the aftermath of China's massive earthquake almost two years ago. Melody spent weeks distributing medical supplies and formula to needy babies, and risking her life by transporting food and water to an orphanage in a remote mountain village that was threatened by landslides. She talks with Dick about the challenges of keeping families together in the wake of tragedy, what it meant to her to be part of the relief effort, and what recovery she's seen in China.
- Find out more about Melody's organization.
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Emergency Green Card
Wednesday, February 03 2010
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Emergency Green Card
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced last week that thousands of Haitian immigrants living in the U.S. before the earthquake struck on January 12 may apply for temporary green cards. The idea is if they can work legally, they'll send money home to relatives and help rebuild Haiti. Tyo is one of those Haitians now applying for Temporary Protected Status. He was just a boy when he was sent to the U.S. to stay with his mother in Miami. He's now 20 years old, and struggling to pay for community college. Tyo talks to Dick Gordon about his innovative idea to pay for college, and his hope that he will be granted the 18-month protected status.
- Music in this story: Istwa Dwol performed by Belo for the album Lakou Trankil
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Listener Follow Up: Miracle on Ice
Last week Dick talked with Jerry McGovern. Jerry had been an Olympic chauffeur during the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid and had an experience that gave him a new view of international relations. Janet Eaker heard that conversation and wrote in with her own Miracle on Ice story.
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finding a sister
Devy Bruch (top) and Pat Wilks (bottom)
Devy Bruch and Pat Wilks are sisters with much in common, but they didn’t know the other existed until a few months ago. Devy learned that she was taken from her birth mother by the infamous Georgia Tann, a woman who is now known to have stolen babies from their young and poor mothers. When Devy learned the secret of her past, she also learned about her long lost sister, Pat. Devy is now 72 and Pat is 66. Devy was raised on a lush farm in Pennsylvania. Pat grew up poor in rural Tennessee. Pat and Devy join Dick Gordon to talk about their first meeting and how they plan to get to know each other.
- Learn more about Devy and Pat's story
- See photos of Devy and Pat together.
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Van Living
Tuesday, February 02 2010
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Van Living
Ken Ilgunas
College is more expensive than ever these days, across the country. Ken Ilgunas took on enormous debt as an undergraduate, then worked non-stop to pay it off. When he decided to go to grad school, Ken swore he wouldn't take a penny from anyone, not his parents or the bank. So he's living in a van in a campus parking lot, cooking meals on a camping stove, and bathing at the university gym. Ken talks to Dick Gordon about the very high cost of higher education and his adventures in austere living, past and present.
- See pictures of Dick touring Ken's van
- Read Ken's article in Salon
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Finding the Sweet Spot
Jackie Green
The bad economy has forced many people to take jobs they never thought they'd take - and others into jobs they never knew they wanted. Jackie Green had a college degree and made good money as a manufacturing manager when she was laid off. With no job prospect in sight, she resorted to going to the local food bank. But just when Jackie had sunk as low as she thought she could go, she had a realization: "go back to what you know." Jackie spent her childhood perfecting biscuits and pies under her grandmother's watchful eye. She's now started her own baking business called Sweet Cheeks Bakery. Jackie talks to Dick about this unexpected turn of events, and the secret to her special buttermilk pie.
- Learn more about Jackie's bakery
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The First Sit-In
Monday, February 01 2010
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The First Sit-In
Jean Howard
Fifty years ago today, on February 1, 1960, a sit-in staged by four local college boys at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. captured the attention of the country. Jean Howard was in high school when her older brother Jibreel Khazan and his friends decided they'd had enough of white-only establishments. Jean wanted to join in, but organizers didn't allow high school students to skip class or take those kinds of risks. Once she got to college though, Jean took up her brother's cause - protesting, marching, and sitting in for civil rights. Jean talks to Dick Gordon about growing up in segregated Greensboro, witnessing the birth of a movement, and how her brother, and parents, helped her take a stand.Â
- Learn more about the documentary February One
- Learn more about The International Civil Rights Center & Museum
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The battle for F Street
Trish Geran had just finished her work as a volunteer in the Obama campaign when she realized she had a fight on her hands in her own hometown. Trish grew up on the west side of Las Vegas, a mostly black neighborhood. As part of a larger development, the city had cut off F Street, the major thoroughfare between the west side and downtown. Trish decided to confront the city to re-open the street. As she tells Dick, it looks like she's won that battle.
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UPDATE: HEALTH IN HAITI
Delson Merisier's flattened home
In the spring, we spoke with David Walmer, a doctor in North Carolina, and Delson Merisier, a doctor in Haiti, about the work they were doing together to improve women's health. When the earthquake struck, Delson's home in Leogane was flattened. The second-floor of the clinic collapsed. Delson had just delivered a baby. He talks with Dick about the tough decisions he's made about his family, and how he hopes to help his community recover.
- See pictures of Delson's house
- Learn more about Delson and David's organization, Family Health Ministries
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