http://thestory.org/archive The Story with Dick Gordon brings the news home - through passionate points of view and personal experiences. The program brings together ordinary and extraordinary people to provide perspective on the issues which affect us all. Our goal is to inspire conversation, thinking and understanding. Produced at North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC. American Public Media The Story with Dick Gordon brings the news home - through passionate points of view and personal experiences. The program brings together ordinary and extraordinary people to provide perspective on the issues which affect us all. Our goal is to inspire conversation, thinking and understanding. Produced at North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC. The Story with Dick Gordon thestory@wunc.org Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive http://thestory.org/archive/mediafolder_logo.jpg no en http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_51612.mp3/view In The Story's second day featuring the work done and inspired by oral historian Studs Terkel, Dick speaks to steel worker Ed Sadlowski and knife maker Joel Bukiewicz. American Public Media In The Story's second day featuring the work done and inspired by oral historian Studs Terkel, Dick speaks to steel worker Ed Sadlowski and knife maker Joel Bukiewicz. http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_51612.mp3/view 00:50:00 Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051512.mp3/view Today, The Story begins a four-day celebration of the work of oral historian Studs Terkel, who would've turned 100 this year. We’ll share some of his conversations with writer Eudora Welty, poet Dorothy Parker, futurist R. Buckminster Fuller and singer Mahalia Jackson. American Public Media Today, The Story begins a four-day celebration of the work of oral historian Studs Terkel, who would've turned 100 this year. We’ll share some of his conversations with writer Eudora Welty, poet Dorothy Parker, futurist R. Buckminster Fuller and singer Mahalia Jackson. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051512.mp3/view 00:50:14 Tue, 15 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051412.mp3/view Dick speaks with Alexander Kargaltsev, a gay filmmaker who faced harassment in his native Russia. Also in this show: a New York teen gets advice from her gay uncle on coming out, listeners respond to Dick’s conversation with illustrator Ashley Bryan, and writer Hans Anderson tells the story of a pantry and a curious homeowner. American Public Media Dick speaks with Alexander Kargaltsev, a gay filmmaker who faced harassment in his native Russia. Also in this show: a New York teen gets advice from her gay uncle on coming out, listeners respond to Dick’s conversation with illustrator Ashley Bryan, and writer Hans Anderson tells the story of a pantry and a curious homeowner. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051412.mp3/view 00:50:00 Mon, 14 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051112.mp3/view Angie Hicks, founder of Angie’s List, tells Dick how she started her business by knocking on doors. Also in this show: a woman who started a list for Londoners to rent out their gardens to Olympic visitors, Producer Larry Massett plans a trip with his mother, and photographer Aaron Shuman tells the story of a photograph he chose not to take. American Public Media Angie Hicks, founder of Angie’s List, tells Dick how she started her business by knocking on doors. Also in this show: a woman who started a list for Londoners to rent out their gardens to Olympic visitors, Producer Larry Massett plans a trip with his mother, and photographer Aaron Shuman tells the story of a photograph he chose not to take. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051112.mp3/view 00:50:00 Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051012.mp3/view Dick speaks with Alison Feigh, whose classmate Jacob Wetterling was abducted in 1989 and never found. She now works at the National Child Protection Safety Center. Also in this show: the debate on whether a small Massachusetts town should build a new library, and an actress remembers working with Maurice Sendak when she was a child. American Public Media Dick speaks with Alison Feigh, whose classmate Jacob Wetterling was abducted in 1989 and never found. She now works at the National Child Protection Safety Center. Also in this show: the debate on whether a small Massachusetts town should build a new library, and an actress remembers working with Maurice Sendak when she was a child. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_051012.mp3/view 00:50:00 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_050912_new.mp3/view We hear a year-long audio diary of a young woman who transitions into being a man. Also in this show: Producer Phoebe Judge talks with writer Edward Hoagland, the novelist and essayist noted especially for his writings about nature and wildlife. American Public Media We hear a year-long audio diary of a young woman who transitions into being a man. Also in this show: Producer Phoebe Judge talks with writer Edward Hoagland, the novelist and essayist noted especially for his writings about nature and wildlife. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_050912_new.mp3/view 00:50:13 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_050812.mp3/view Dick speaks with a Los Angeles high school teacher who says a standarized test failed to evaluate the essence of her work, and to an upstate New York teacher who apologized to her students for giving them standarized tests. Also in this show: Steve Penney talks about how he was plucked from the minor leagues to play for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1984 NHL playoffs. American Public Media Dick speaks with a Los Angeles high school teacher who says a standarized test failed to evaluate the essence of her work, and to an upstate New York teacher who apologized to her students for giving them standarized tests. Also in this show: Steve Penney talks about how he was plucked from the minor leagues to play for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1984 NHL playoffs. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_050812.mp3/view 00:50:00 Tue, 08 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_050712.mp3/view Dick speaks with Sebastian Thrun and David Evans, who teach computer science to thousands of students through the website Udacity. Also in this show: how a 20-something husband-and-wife team made one of the top-grossing mobile phone games of the year. American Public Media Dick speaks with Sebastian Thrun and David Evans, who teach computer science to thousands of students through the website Udacity. Also in this show: how a 20-something husband-and-wife team made one of the top-grossing mobile phone games of the year. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_050712.mp3/view 00:50:13 Mon, 07 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5412.mp3/view Dick speaks with Ashley Bryan, best known for his children's books, about the Harlem Renaissance, Black American spirituals, and the power of voice. Also in this show: how players used a potato one day in the minor leagues, and poet Martin Espada reads a poem about going to a baseball game with his father. American Public Media Dick speaks with Ashley Bryan, best known for his children's books, about the Harlem Renaissance, Black American spirituals, and the power of voice. Also in this show: how players used a potato one day in the minor leagues, and poet Martin Espada reads a poem about going to a baseball game with his father. http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5412.mp3/view 00:50:00 Fri, 04 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5312.mp3/view Producer Phoebe Judge travels to the Ganges, a 1,500-mile holy river that flows through Northern India, where she meets people who live on its banks and want to clean it up. Also in this show: an essay by Tim Hetherington about a photo he did not take, and an artist who got obsessed with Moby-Dick. American Public Media Producer Phoebe Judge travels to the Ganges, a 1,500-mile holy river that flows through Northern India, where she meets people who live on its banks and want to clean it up. Also in this show: an essay by Tim Hetherington about a photo he did not take, and an artist who got obsessed with Moby-Dick. http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5312.mp3/view 00:50:00 Thu, 03 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5212.mp3/view Dick speaks with Bothaina Kamel, an Egyptian journalist and activist who became her country’s first female presidential candidate last April. Also in this show: The makers of a film about cholera and baseball in Haiti, two stories about Olympic trials for table tennis, and a song from a recently released Louis Armstrong track. American Public Media Dick speaks with Bothaina Kamel, an Egyptian journalist and activist who became her country’s first female presidential candidate last April. Also in this show: The makers of a film about cholera and baseball in Haiti, two stories about Olympic trials for table tennis, and a song from a recently released Louis Armstrong track. http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5212.mp3/view 00:50:00 Wed, 02 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5112.mp3/view Dick speaks to two men about the last day of the Vietnam War - a Marine embassy guard, and a Saigon teenager trying to escape with his family. Also in this show: Singer songwriter Adam Cohen on picking up the family business and writing in the tradition of his father, Leonard Cohen. American Public Media Dick speaks to two men about the last day of the Vietnam War - a Marine embassy guard, and a Saigon teenager trying to escape with his family. Also in this show: Singer songwriter Adam Cohen on picking up the family business and writing in the tradition of his father, Leonard Cohen. http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_5112.mp3/view 00:50:00 Tue, 01 May 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_43012.mp3/view Dick talks to two California mothers about the parent trigger law, which allows parents to vote on the fate of their children’s school. Also in this show: Cathy N. Davidson, of Duke University, on why distraction is a good thing. American Public Media Dick talks to two California mothers about the parent trigger law, which allows parents to vote on the fate of their children’s school. Also in this show: Cathy N. Davidson, of Duke University, on why distraction is a good thing. http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_43012.mp3/view 00:50:00 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_042712.mp3/view Carter Niemeyer has wrestled with wolves to relocate them and examined the scenes of livestock kills to determine if wolves were responsible. He is a wolfer. American Public Media Carter Niemeyer has wrestled with wolves to relocate them and examined the scenes of livestock kills to determine if wolves were responsible. He is a wolfer. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_042712.mp3/view 00:50:00 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:00:00 EST http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_042612.mp3/view Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian took photos, filmed, and interviewed inmates at length in Texas’ death row in 1979. Their documentary and book are being re-issued this month. Also in this show: A Washington D.C.’s woman unkempt house and how it kept her neighbors in an uproar. American Public Media Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian took photos, filmed, and interviewed inmates at length in Texas’ death row in 1979. Their documentary and book are being re-issued this month. Also in this show: A Washington D.C.’s woman unkempt house and how it kept her neighbors in an uproar. http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_042612.mp3/view 00:50:13 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:00:00 EST