Blue Highways

Series produced by Eric Mack

Series image

A new 'on-the-road' magazine scouring the backroads for the stories, people and places that connect us all.

Blue Highways is a new national 'road trip magazine' that looks for people, places and stories that make connections across the class, racial, geographical, urban/rural and countless other 'divides.'

Blue Highways is available as a 29-minute magazine, a 23-minute version with a news hole, and a series of 5-minute 'Day Trip' modules.

Our first show looks at the Forgotten Home Front of the War on Terror, and is followed by programs dealing with Energy in the New Century, from coal to nuclear and renewables, and our third show looking at disaster recovery across America, from tornado alley to the Gulf Coast.

Find more and help us plan upcoming road trips at bluehighwaysradio.org


Additional Files

7 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Winds of Change - Wind Power and Campaign 08
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
Piece image
A look at the challenges of wind power development in rural areas, and what the election could mean for the future of wind.

Bought by KOSU, KDNK, WILL, and KBIA


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 4
Blue Highways #2: Energy Frontiers
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
Piece image
This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Highways Day Trip #3 - Where Have All the Artists Gone?
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
Piece image
In recent years, many artists have been heading for the hills, or the desert or the prairie. Thousands of artists of all ages have been leaving bi...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Highways Day Trip #2 - Iraq Audio Diaries
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
Piece image
We found one National Guard Chaplain from upstate New York who kept an audio diary in Iraq. His family also kept a diary back in Saranac Lake, NY.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
Blue Highways Day Trip #1 - The REAL Health Care Crisis
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
Piece image
There's lots of talk about the health coverage crisis - but the real crisis is that there aren't enough doctors to go around - a report from North ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
Blue Highways #1: Iraq's Forgotten Home Front (w/ news hole)
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
Piece image
This on-the-road magazine special looks at the affects of the war on health care and families at home.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 23:01
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Highways #1: Iraq's Forgotten Home Front
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
Piece image
This on-the-road magazine special looks at the affects of the war on health care and families at home, plus a feature on the flight of artists from...

Bought by KUT-HD, 90.5 WSNC, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 3