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HV- The Old Country

Series: HearingVoices- Specials
From: Hearing Voices
Length: 00:54:00

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Three hearts travel to a place once called home. Read the full description.

020oldcountry200_small This is an episode in the series Hearing Voices from NPR now being offered as a standalone special.

Host: Neenah Ellis of If I Live to Be 100

Summary: Three hearts searching for home:

Going back to Vietnam makes Nguyen Qui Duc realize "Home is Always Somewhere Else" (from Crossing East).

Host Neenah Ellis goes looking for her family in Croatia, where "The Old Country is Gone."

And Andrei Codrescu returns to his Romanian home town and stares into the "Eyes of Sibiu."

Listener info and links:
http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/07/hv020-the-old-country/

0:15 On-Air Promo Text: This week on Hearing Voices from NPR, The Old Country: Going back home. Looking for family in the place you once were from. That's Hearing Voices, AIRTIME on STATION.

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Piece Description

This is an episode in the series Hearing Voices from NPR now being offered as a standalone special.

Host: Neenah Ellis of If I Live to Be 100

Summary: Three hearts searching for home:

Going back to Vietnam makes Nguyen Qui Duc realize "Home is Always Somewhere Else" (from Crossing East).

Host Neenah Ellis goes looking for her family in Croatia, where "The Old Country is Gone."

And Andrei Codrescu returns to his Romanian home town and stares into the "Eyes of Sibiu."

Listener info and links:
http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/07/hv020-the-old-country/

0:15 On-Air Promo Text: This week on Hearing Voices from NPR, The Old Country: Going back home. Looking for family in the place you once were from. That's Hearing Voices, AIRTIME on STATION.

Broadcast History

This is an episode in the series Hearing Voices from NPR now being offered as a standalone special.

Codrescu's and Ellis' stories ran on NPR All Things Considered. Nguyen Qui Duc's story ran on Crossing East.

Timing and Cues

Billboard 1:00
Segment A 23:00
Break 1:00
Segment B 29:00
Promo 0:30

Related Website

http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/07/hv020-the-old-country/