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Week of 5/4
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Cinco Day Mayo (5/5) |
The Story of Ing "Doc" Hay-Frontier Herbalist Dmae Roberts, 57:59 The life and times of a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon. |
Week of 5/11
Mother's Day (5/11) |
Mom's Good Move Special Long Haul Productions, 59:00 Producer Dan Collison profiles his mom over a series of years as she starts over late in life. |
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The One-Room School in the Twenty-First Century Neenah Ellis, 59:00 Veteran producer Neenah Ellis travels to rural communities in the US to visit some of the last remaining one-room schools. |
Week of 5/18
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Walt Whitman: Song of Myself WNYC / Curtis Fox & Elena Park, 59:00 Hosted by Carl Hancock Rux, the program peels back Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and we discover that this groundbreaking work was the product of a man so far ahead of his time that we are just now able to fully appreciate his work. |
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The Heart of Song: Renee Fleming with Fred Hersch WNYC, 59:00 In conversation and performance, Renee Fleming reveals her great love of jazz. |
Week of 5/25
Memorial Day (5/26) |
Prisoners of War: A Story of Four American Soldiers Vermont Folklife Center Media, 58:41 Four Vermont soldiers talk about life in German prison camps after their capture at the Battle of the Bulge, and the life-changing effects of this experience. |
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The Silent Generation: From Saipan to Tokyo Helen Borten, 58:56 The final year of World War II in the Pacific, told by men who came back and kept silent about the harrowing ordeal that changed their lives. |
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