All Pieces for Graham Shelby

 
Tim O' Brien on war stories: "There's something that endures."
From: Graham Shelby
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Memorial Day can be tough for veterans - especially those who've served in combat. For some, the tributes and ceremonies exacerbate their struggle ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Shakespeare Behind Bars
From: Graham Shelby
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So a man commits a crime. A terrible crime. He's caught, tried, sentenced and locked up. Then what? What do the rest of us want from the roughly tw...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 7
An Unpredictable Business
From: Graham Shelby
Caption: Graham Shelby visits a class at Burr Elementary School in Chicago., Credit: Kumiko Suzuki
An itinerant worker reflects on the ups and downs of his chosen profession: Teaching writing workshops in elementary schools.

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
A Veteran's Son Goes to Vietnam
From: Graham Shelby
Caption: Graham Shelby plays with Duy (in orange) and other kids at an orphanage in Vietnam in 1994.
Writer Graham Shelby grew up wondering what had happened to his father in Vietnam. Just after graduating from college in 1994, Graham went to find ...

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
When You're a JET...(Voxpop)
From: Graham Shelby
Caption: Japanese students pose with their American teacher (back, center), a member of the JET Program.
Just hours before leaving the U.S., some young Americans talk about their hopes, their fears and their reasons for accepting the risks associated w...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:43
Interview with Fred Newman
From: Graham Shelby
Caption: Fred Newman performs live sound effects for A Prairie Home Companion
Sound effects artist Fred Newman is an integral part of A Prairie Home Companion. In this interview, Fred talks about his roots, his partnership wi...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:48
  • Purchases: 1
Woody Allen vs. Mean Joe Green
From: Graham Shelby
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A man-sized teenager believes joining the football team will help him feel big on the inside.

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
My Hero
From: Graham Shelby
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In the '80s,a boy who aspires to be a super-hero enters junior high school and encounters his very own super-villains: a group of ninth-grade girls...

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  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Diamond Day
From: Graham Shelby
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Tradition or cliche? Free tickets to a father-son baseball game lead writer Graham Shelby to question his attitude towards the national passtime an...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
Planet Buddy
From: Graham Shelby
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Buddy was a sixteen-year-old bad boy who was experimenting with being good. I'd been a good boy my whole life and was ready to try being bad. Then ...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
At the Humana Festival, the Playwright's the Thing
From: Graham Shelby
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The Humana Festival of New American plays is to theatre what Sundance is to film or SXSW is to music. For 35 years, the festival has focused on giv...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Memories of Fukushima, Japan
From: Graham Shelby
Caption: Students in Fukushima, seen here studying American junior high school yearbooks.
Long before most Americans had heard of a place called Fukushima, commentator Graham Shelby spent three years teaching English there. He's been wa...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2

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