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Baarle-Nassau/Baarle-Hertog: Cyrus Farivar
Most national borders around the world are pretty straightforward places. There’s a flag on one side, a line, maybe a border post, and a flag on the other side. There’s a very clear demarcation as to where the border is and most of the time, crossing that border is an event. Usually, you have to show a passport or some other document and some underpaid bureaucrat has to record in a logbook or in your passport that you were there. But what if the border went right through your town? Or worse, right through your house? Cyrus Farivar went to such a place…
A Watery Border: Sarah Elzas
Samos is one of the hundreds of small Greek islands that make up a portion of the Eastern border of the European Union. Until a few years ago, its sleepy capital of 12,000 people only saw foreigners coming off cruise ships and tourist ferries. But today the coast guard and police pick up 80-plus people arriving illegally each day. Sarah Elzas takes us to this border where the stakes are incredibly high. Another version of this story first aired on RFI.
Citizen of the World: Scott Gurian
Whether you like them or you hate them, boundaries are a fact of life for most people, and it looks like they’re here to stay. But we found one person who’s chosen to live in a world without boundaries. And he says it’s a choice any of us can make. Reporter Scott Gurian tells his story.
Baby Space: Sarah Neal
Sarah says having a kid is like the ultimate invasion of personal boundaries. And it really doesn’t stop with the pregnancy like we all might imagine. Sarah and her husband Brent are the proud parents of Max, and they wouldn’t change it for anything. But Sarah says it has been more challenging than she expected.
Doggie Boundaries: Cathy Duchamp
Cathy explores what happens when you don’t set boundaries with your pets. Hint: the dogs rule the house.
Miss Manners: Catherine Spangler
For this next story, we’re going to meet someone who is a master at maintaining boundaries, the invisible boundaries we all follow to get along in society. Mrs. DeGroot knows the indispensable rules for life, and she wants to make sure that you know them, too. Catherine takes us to her impeccable home.
Facebook Over Sharing: Abigail Beshkin
Abigail has had a love hate (perhaps love it too much) relationship with facebook.
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B-Side: Lost and Found
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On this edition of B-Side, Tamara Keith and Charla Bear get lost on purpose. They are dropped off in a mysterious suburban location and have to find their way back to ...
B-Side Radio: Neighbors
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B-Side's Tamara Keith moves into a new house and introduces us to some unconventional neighborhoods. Also, what happens when a fence falls down, or there never was one.
B-Side: Voice and Identity
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Anything can happen in Paris, like running into a French Algerian guy who can beatbox the French national anthem. On this edition of B-Side, Host Tamara Keith and Rene Gutel ...
B-Side Radio: Authority
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B-Side's Tamara Keith rides through the streets of Sacramento with a police officer and finds people have varying levels of respect for the authority of a cop. The show ...
B-Side Radio: The Clothes Make the (Wo)Man
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They say the clothes make the man, or woman. On this edition of B-Side we explore what our clothes say about who we are. B-Side's Tamara Keith visits the threadless.com ...
B-Side: Nerds and Games
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B-Side's Tamara Keith went to the E For All video game convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center in search of both games and nerds. They weren't hard to find.
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People and Clues
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Kind of like the cool songs found on the back side of a vinyl 45, we've dug up stories about people who may seem ordinary at first. But, are any of us as normal as we seem? ...
B-Side: Food and Coping
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How do you cope with a rough day? Perhaps some comfort food? This is B-Side and we're talking about food?and coping.
B-Side: Dawn and Dusk, aka The Life Crepuscular
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What happens just before dawn and just before dusk? More than you'd expect. On this edition of B-Side we explore the life crepuscular.
B-Side: Family and Dads
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On this edition of B-Side we're offering a little unsolicited advice, and some fatherly humor as we explore our relationships with people we're tied to by blood or common history.
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Baarle-Nassau/Baarle-Hertog: Cyrus Farivar
Most national borders around the world are pretty straightforward places. There’s a flag on one side, a line, maybe a border post, and a flag on the other side. There’s a very clear demarcation as to where the border is and most of the time, crossing that border is an event. Usually, you have to show a passport or some other document and some underpaid bureaucrat has to record in a logbook or in your passport that you were there. But what if the border went right through your town? Or worse, right through your house? Cyrus Farivar went to such a place…
A Watery Border: Sarah Elzas
Samos is one of the hundreds of small Greek islands that make up a portion of the Eastern border of the European Union. Until a few years ago, its sleepy capital of 12,000 people only saw foreigners coming off cruise ships and tourist ferries. But today the coast guard and police pick up 80-plus people arriving illegally each day. Sarah Elzas takes us to this border where the stakes are incredibly high. Another version of this story first aired on RFI.
Citizen of the World: Scott Gurian
Whether you like them or you hate them, boundaries are a fact of life for most people, and it looks like they’re here to stay. But we found one person who’s chosen to live in a world without boundaries. And he says it’s a choice any of us can make. Reporter Scott Gurian tells his story.
Baby Space: Sarah Neal
Sarah says having a kid is like the ultimate invasion of personal boundaries. And it really doesn’t stop with the pregnancy like we all might imagine. Sarah and her husband Brent are the proud parents of Max, and they wouldn’t change it for anything. But Sarah says it has been more challenging than she expected.
Doggie Boundaries: Cathy Duchamp
Cathy explores what happens when you don’t set boundaries with your pets. Hint: the dogs rule the house.
Miss Manners: Catherine Spangler
For this next story, we’re going to meet someone who is a master at maintaining boundaries, the invisible boundaries we all follow to get along in society. Mrs. DeGroot knows the indispensable rules for life, and she wants to make sure that you know them, too. Catherine takes us to her impeccable home.
Facebook Over Sharing: Abigail Beshkin
Abigail has had a love hate (perhaps love it too much) relationship with facebook.
Timing and Cues
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1:00-6:00 news hole
6:00-29:00 show
29:00-29:59 music break
30:00-58:30 show, music fades to black
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