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The Floods in Pakistan
Monday, August 30 2010
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THE FLOODS IN PAKISTAN
Ali Abbas Zaidi <<More
The flood waters in Pakistan are still forcing people from their homes. There are millions already who have moved to safe ground or into camps for the displaced. The work to get aid to the needy continues. Ali Abbas Zaidi lives in Islamabad, where he works as an aeronautical engineer. But every weekend like many other Pakistanis, he’s helping deliver that aid.
- Find out more about Pakistan Youth Alliance
NEXT CHAPTER: DARRYL MONTANA
Darryl Montana
Darryl Montana grew up in New Orleans. We first met him shortly after Hurricane Katrina. He was mourning his dad and his community. Darryl’s dad Tootie was a well-known master of elaborate Mardi Gras costumes. Tootie died unexpectedly shortly before Katrina hit. Today: an update on the story.
- Listen to Dick's original conversation with Darryl here
RECOVERING A MILLION IMAGES
Donn Young Photo Courtesy: Michael Sokol
Donn Young made a life as a successful photographer in New Orleans. He nearly lost all of his work when Hurricane Katrina struck five years ago. More than 1.5 million images were under 10 feet of water. Dick Gordon talks with Donn about how he recovered his life’s work in the five years since the storm.
- See some of Donn's photos from after Hurricane Katrina.
- Find out more about Don's work, and his project 40 Days and 40 Nights
The Florestine Collection
Friday, August 27 2010
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THE FLORESTINE COLLECTION
Helen Hill and Paul Gailiunas
This Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina coming ashore. People who watched that storm said they’d never seen such violence in nature. Those who came back to New Orleans after the storm, would soon discover a kind of street violence that was well beyond anything the residents had ever seen.  Helen Hill was a victim of a random killing in January 2007. She was a filmmaker, killed late one night in her home by an intruder. Her husband Paul and young son survived that night, but fled the city. Now Paul is making good on a promise, to finish Helen’s last film, an animated movie about an elderly woman from New Orleans named Florestine.
- Find out more about Helen and the film
HOT 8 BRASS BAND
(Above) Dinerral Shavers (Below) Bennie Pete
Dinerral Shavers was the drummer and singer for the New Orleans-based Hot 8 Brass Band. He was also a victim of the post-Katrina violence. He was shot during what would turn out to be one of the most violent weeks in post-Katrina New Orleans. Dinerral’s band mate Bennie Pete remembers when the two met. Dinerral was just 12 years old -- a skinny little live wire with big glasses, eager to perform with the band. As the anniversary of Katrina approaches, Bennie talks about his friend Dinerral, the city that struggles to rise again, and the music that holds it all together.
- Listen to music from the Hot 8 Brass Band
NEXT CHAPTER: RUBY SLIPPERS
Amy Cyrex Sins
Amy Cyrex Sins was first on the program a year and a half after Katrina hit. Amy had lost her home, but written a new cookbook, Ruby Slippers, to replace recipes she lost in the flood waters. The recipe book has since won some awards - but the best update is that Amy is now settled into her rebuilt home.Â
- Check out Amy's cookbook Ruby Slippers
- Hear Amy's original conversation with Dick here
Behind the Strings
Thursday, August 26 2010
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Behind the Strings
Joe Heydt
The US Open Tennis Tournament begins this weekend. But not all the professionals there will be on the courts. 40-year-old Joe Heydt had been stringing tennis racquets at his tennis shop for almost two decades and he will be at the Open stringing for the pros. Joe was first discovered at a seminar when his speed and technique caught the attention of his instructor, and eventually he was introduced to the greatest, most exacting tennis stringer teacher in the world: Yat Kong. Yat's perfectionism shocked Heydt, but it also galvanized him and helped him earn a spot stringing at the world's Grand Slam tournaments. As he prepares to string at his second US Open, Joe talks with Dick Gordon about how his journey opened his eyes to his own passion and gave him an even greater appreciation for the discipline required of all members of the game.
Gangster Prankster
Adam Whisner
Tim and Adam were work buddies who liked to joke around with each other often. Tim decided to play what he thought was a harmless practical joke by calling Adam and pretending to be a mobster who was after Adam. Tim was sure that Adam would know it was him. Little did he know that Adam thought he was serious and that his own life was in danger. Tim and Adam talk to Dick Gordon about what happened to them when a practical joke went horribly wrong.
The Next Chapter - A Hurricane Katrina Sweeping Success
Jerome Boykin
When Dick interviewed Jerome Boykin after Hurricane Katrina, Jerome was sweeping big box store parking lots. At just 27, he'd become a millionaire. Today, Dick checks in with Jerome to find out how his life and his business are faring 5 years after the big storm.
Reprogramming Child Jihadists
Wednesday, August 25 2010
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Reprogramming Child Jihadists
Feriha Peracha <<More
When psychologist Feriha Peracha was asked to assess a handful of boys rescued from Islamic militants, she had no idea it would lead to a life changing project - a school designed to undo the training they'd gotten to be informants, fighters and suicide bombers. Feriha talks with Dick Gordon about the difficulties she encountered, and what she's doing to ensure they don't become radicalized again. The school is in Northern Pakistan which has seen severe flooding, a new challenge because in the chaos Taliban militants might seize the opportunity to move back into the area.  Â
Summer on the Farm
Rama Hughes <<More
Rama Hughes was in graduate school training to be an art teacher when he dropped out to pursue a childhood dream: working on a farm. Though it took this city-raised guy awhile to get used to the rural life, he eventually found his rhythm among his fellow farmhands. Along with learning about raising vegetables, he was also introduced to the finer points of skinny dipping and became a local guru of pop culture. Rama joins Dick Gordon to talk about his job and how it inspired him to return to art and teaching.
- Check out some of Rama's drawingsÂ
One Right Move
Tuesday, August 24 2010
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One Right Move
Michael Atamas and Freddie Degraffinreid <<More
Michael Atamas came to Baltimore as a young boy and didn't know a word of English. One of the things that made him feel a little less lost was playing chess with a teacher at his new school. Almost twenty years later Michael was a teacher himself in a Baltimore city school where he had a hard time connecting with his students. Then one day he was playing chess in the classroom and a student said "teach me how to play." Dick talks with Michael, and one of his students, Freddie Degraffinreid, about how Michael found a new way to teach students about the game of chess and the game of life.
- Find out more about the chess league Freddie plays in.
Getting Past the Past
David was a typical teenage kid whose family was just getting by, living paycheck to paycheck. Then his stepfather lost his job and took out his frustrations on David by beating him. Soon David was not only being beaten at home - his stepfather forced him to fight in an underground fighting ring for money. David eventually escaped that life, but he never spoke about what happened to him. Not until a couple of years later when he wrote about it for a class and read his work in front of his classmates. David talks with Dick Gordon about what it meant for him to open up, and in doing so, get past his past.
Working in a War Zone
Monday, August 23 2010
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Working in a war zone
Jolynn Fisher <<MoreÂ
This year is proving to be a deadly one for aid workers worldwide. 45 have been killed so far and another 47 have been kidnapped. Afghanistan is currently the most dangerous nation for people delivering aid. Jolynn Fisher knows the risks. She's been working there for the past year and a half. Jolynn talks with Dick Gordon about working in Kabul as the war heats up, and aid workers are experiencing deadly attacks.
- Read Jolynn's blog
- Find out more about Mercy Corps
Yosemite Safari Guide
Pat Althizer <<Larger
Pat Althizer has always had a love affair with his camera lens. But his passion was just a hobby. It wasn't until Pat decided to retire that he figured out what he wanted to be when he grew up: a photo safari guide in Yosemite National Park. Pat talks to Dick about the moment his future came into focus.
- Learn more about Yosemite photo tours
Which side are you on?
Friday, August 20 2010
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which side are you on?
Maria Gunnoe larger >>
Maria Gunnoe's family has lived on the same West Virginia land since they settled there after escaping the Trail of Tears. The area has long been coal mining country. Maria's grandfather and two brothers mined for coal. But the methods of mining for coal have begun to change to something called "mountain top removal". Maria recently won a major environmental prize in honor of her opposition to this kind of mining. Maria talks to Dick Gordon about fighting for her land, and how she draws strength from the memory of her Cherokee grandfather.
- Learn more about Maria's work
- Find out more about Goldman Environmental Prize
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summer jobs: small town summer
Connie Jones
We have recently been running a series on your summer jobs - what they were and how they have changed you. Today Dick speaks with Connie Jones. Connie grew up in the rural south. She was headed to jail, not college. But a stranger arrived in town to set up a paper that planned to do investigative journalism into, among other things, race relations. Connie tells Dick how meeting this man in Birkenstocks totally changed the trajectory of her life.
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