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Remembering the Subtle Signs of Segregation
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From: Rebecca Sheir
A well-meaning illustration in a children's book sparks controversy over segregation in the nation's capital in the 1930s.
An Extra-Chilly Successor To Hubble
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From: Rebecca Sheir
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. For real.
From Scott Joplin to Super Mario Bros.: Making Old-Time Piano New Again
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From: Rebecca Sheir
A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.
A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board
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From: Rebecca Sheir
A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.
Keeping It Clean For Nearly 80 Years: The Talented Jim Dandy
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From: Rebecca Sheir
Meet a man who's been dry cleaning for nearly 80 years, with a little bit of stain-removing savvy... and a whole lot of love.
Injera Bread & Shark Meat: Tasting Ethiopia & Jamaica
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From: Rebecca Sheir
What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out!
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
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From: Rebecca Sheir
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that would never go up in smoke.
Keeping the Music Playing... After Losing Your Hearing
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From: Rebecca Sheir
Finding out you have hearing loss might not be music to your ears... but it doesn't mean you have to change your tune.
Giving the House of Representatives a Human Face
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From: Rebecca Sheir
Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.
Sound & Vision: Why Deaf People See Differently
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From: Rebecca Sheir
Deaf people don't see better... they see differently.
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Piece Description
Alaska's largest manufacturer is a sewing and garment shop set to bring in $1 million dollars this year, producing items like linens for the Alaska Marine Highway, seats for the Alaska Railroad, chef attire for the state's eateries and uniforms for the Department of Corrections. It's an impressive operation, and what's even more impressive is that its employees are all women. Women prisoners. Hiland Mountain Correctional Facility is the only all-women correctional institution in the state. Its Sewing and Garment Shop has been around since May 1999, as part of "PEP," the Prisoner Employment Program. In this sound-rich feature, we visit the buzzing and humming shop, where 63 women are recovering their lives, one stitch at a time.
Broadcast History
This piece originally aired on "AK," the weekly public affairs program on the Alaska Public Radio Network, on June 23, 2007.
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Review of A Stitch in Time: Sewing Behind Bars
A solidly done feature about a manufacturing business based in a women's prison. Without raising the policy question directly, the piece makes a case for giving inmates something productive to do with their time since almost all of them will get out sooner or later and return to society. Rebecca Sheir's writing and delivery are snappy and upbeat. She uses lots of short lines of narration inter-cut with sound and tape from inmates and the plant manager. This is a local feature that could be used as part of a series or call-in on inmate programs or the long-running (though recently neglected) debate over punishment vs. rehabilitation.