I like the story of this independent coffee house and the exploration of where exactly this coffee house culture came from. This is a compelling question and a nice approach. But this piece seems to focus much more on this novel idea than coffee rituals going to die? I wanted to be introduced to a customer earlier on and find out what what this place meant to other people. The Starbucks could be more explicit - how exactly does the owner feel about Starbucks? I though the pacing, narration and music were strong and generally an engaging piece.

This piece offers a unique and timely portrait of evangelical christians, or highway missionaries. A couple ministering to truckers who they see as an underserved population. This piece has great reflections from the Walkers on the work they do, tape of the Walkers prayers and descriptions of their RV among trucks. I miss hearing any interaction between truckers and the Walkers until the very end. This piece could work well as a portrait of this couple's unusual pastime or to complicate ever so popular discussion of evangelical christianity.

This piece profiles Josh, a Maine teenage poet with a unique and fascinating fantasy card game. The narrator's descriptions are interesting but I wanted to hear more of Josh's life as well. I would have loved to hear more of his mother and his house and school. The segment where Josh lists his goals is powerful and the best window we get into who he is. If that part came earlier we could get more engaged in who he is earlier. Overall personal and engaging.

I love the energy of this piece. The layering of voices of women involved with singing, partying and selling works spledidly. It also managed to capture the complex role tupperware parties played in the lives of many women while not taking itself too seriously. This piece stands alone but could also work nicely next to a segment on women's history.

I found the visual descriptions in this piece the most exciting. I love picturing the huge cylinders of lipstick, the detailed makeup descriptions and the mom. The music makes me wish there was more acbkground sounds to give me context as well. I wish we didn't know about Lyod and the factory visit before the story gets told. Ladling lipstick is a great image.

I was caught by the tone of this piece immediately. It takes a while to figure out what the story is about though. I could use more background info earlier on. I enjoyed the format of our narrators through the subway interwoven with the subjects voices.
As an avid Six Feet Under viewer, the music was too specific for me and I found it really distracting. The association is so strong I can't pull myself away from pictuing the series opening sequence instead of your story.

This piece is very well written. I wish it included ambient sounds or some tape on the trip. I think the length is perfect and the story is engaging.

This collage is so successful at giving us a survey of the lives of youth incarcerated here. It is a very successful way to introduce these voices. I want to hear more! The sound is great too.

I love the way this piece introduces art-o-mat as a means for people to engage differently in art. I think the ambient sounds work really well. What about following one piece through the artist finding out about the art-o-mat, making a piece, the piece in the machine to an owner? I also really enjoy the interviews with individuals describing their pieces.