First: Take it outside! Isn't that what your mom always told you? And weren't you happy to comply? B-Side's Tamara Keith brings us stories about what happens when inside space becomes outside space. Then: B-Side's Tamara Keith visits a high school to talk about the things that bring us together, the things that separate us, what makes someone in, or out. We're calling this edition of the show "one of us." Liner Notes: "Block Party" Eve Abrams: On a certain block in Brooklyn, on Union Street just before the Gowanus Canal, the row houses all have stoops. And come the warm weather, some of the old-timers, most of them Italian - migrate outside their houses most of the day and night. This past summer, a few Union Street natives got to missing an old childhood tradition, and they organized the first block party in twelve years. Eve Abrams prepared this story about the neighborhood she calls home. "Ralph's Story" Chana Joffe-Walt: What if you didn't have a home to go to at night? B-side producer Chana Joffe-Walt followed one homeless man to see what kind of personal space he could find on the streets of Seattle. "Lindy Hop in the Park" Claudine Zap: Dancing in the streets. It has a nice ring to it, but it's something that maybe you've only seen in movies, like Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain. But for a group of die-hard ballroom dancers in San Francisco, outside is where they want to be to get their groove on. The stage is a blacktop in Golden Gate Park. Their dancing shoes are sneakers. And the big-band music is piped in through a portable sounds system. Producer Claudine Zap stopped by for an al fresco swing dance lesson. "Buckeye Fever?" Allison Raaum: Allison Raaum has lived in many different parts of the world. She's living in Columbus, Ohio right now. Never before has she come across sports fans quite like the Buckeyes. A buckeye, in case you haven't been indoctrinated yet, is "the shiny brown nut of an American tree or shrub related to the horse chestnut." ?but it's also the mascot for Ohio State. Allison did some exploring on the night of the national college football championship game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Florida Gators. "Language Barrier" Ethan Lindsey: The boundaries that sometimes define 'us,' can also be used to create a 'them.' And one of the biggest divisions between 'us' and 'them' is language. From Berlin, Ethan Lindsey reports on how some German efforts to break down the language barrier, only serve to draw a sharper line between the two sides. "Who's in, who's out?" Molly Peterson: Producer Molly Peterson went to Oklahoma to try to find an answer to the question: who is a member of the federally recognized Cherokee tribe? The tribe has never been bigger than it is now, but tribal leaders are thinking about kicking some people out. "The Baby Club" Anna Cranage Conathan: Peer pressure doesn't go away when you get older, it just changes shape. Getting married, buying a house, living in a neighborhood, and having a baby. Anna Cranage Conathan is feeling the pressure.

First: Take it outside! Isn't that what your mom always told you? And weren't you happy to comply? B-Side's Tamara Keith brings us stories about what happens when inside space becomes outside space. Then: B-Side's Tamara Keith visits a high school to talk about the things that bring us together, the things that separate us, what makes someone in, or out. We're calling this edition of the show "one of us." Liner Notes: "Block Party" Eve Abrams: On a certain block in Brooklyn, on Union Street just before the Gowanus Canal, the row houses all have stoops. And come the warm weather, some of the old-timers, most of them Italian - migrate outside their houses most of the day and night. This past summer, a few Union Street natives got to missing an old childhood tradition, and they organized the first block party in twelve years. Eve Abrams prepared this story about the neighborhood she calls home. "Ralph's Story" Chana Joffe-Walt: What if you didn't have a home to go to at night? B-side producer Chana Joffe-Walt followed one homeless man to see what kind of personal space he could find on the streets of Seattle. "Lindy Hop in the Park" Claudine Zap: Dancing in the streets. It has a nice ring to it, but it's something that maybe you've only seen in movies, like Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain. But for a group of die-hard ballroom dancers in San Francisco, outside is where they want to be to get their groove on. The stage is a blacktop in Golden Gate Park. Their dancing shoes are sneakers. And the big-band music is piped in through a portable sounds system. Producer Claudine Zap stopped by for an al fresco swing dance lesson. "Buckeye Fever?" Allison Raaum: Allison Raaum has lived in many different parts of the world. She's living in Columbus, Ohio right now. Never before has she come across sports fans quite like the Buckeyes. A buckeye, in case you haven't been indoctrinated yet, is "the shiny brown nut of an American tree or shrub related to the horse chestnut." ?but it's also the mascot for Ohio State. Allison did some exploring on the night of the national college football championship game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Florida Gators. "Language Barrier" Ethan Lindsey: The boundaries that sometimes define 'us,' can also be used to create a 'them.' And one of the biggest divisions between 'us' and 'them' is language. From Berlin, Ethan Lindsey reports on how some German efforts to break down the language barrier, only serve to draw a sharper line between the two sides. "Who's in, who's out?" Molly Peterson: Producer Molly Peterson went to Oklahoma to try to find an answer to the question: who is a member of the federally recognized Cherokee tribe? The tribe has never been bigger than it is now, but tribal leaders are thinking about kicking some people out. "The Baby Club" Anna Cranage Conathan: Peer pressure doesn't go away when you get older, it just changes shape. Getting married, buying a house, living in a neighborhood, and having a baby. Anna Cranage Conathan is feeling the pressure.