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More Than You Tobogganed For
From Andrea Muraskin | 05:55
Toboggans, teepees and flaming hats.
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Every February for the past 21 years, thousands gather in Camden, Maine for the US National Toboggan Championships, a totally amateur event. The excitement lies not only in the thrill of riding a thin wooden sled down a sheet of ice, but inth "village" that has sprung up on the ice of Hosmer Pond.
Photo by Lily Piel--www.lilypielphotography.com
Lakota Wolf Preserve
From Andrea Muraskin | Part of the Nature Anomolies in the State of New Jersey series | 04:04
Wild wolves were driven out of New Jersey over fifty years ago, but you can hang out with the pack (four packs, actually)living in comfortable captivity at the Lakota Wolf Preserve near the Delaware Water Gap. I took wolf daddy Jim Stein's tour and I can't figure out who howls better, the wolves or the visitors.
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Wild wolves were driven out of New Jersey over fifty years ago, but you can hang out with the pack (four packs, actually)living in comfortable captivity at the Lakota Wolf Preserve near the Delaware Water Gap. I took wolf daddy Jim Stein's tour and I can't figure out who howls better, the wolves or the visitors.
Transport: A Canine Journey
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 06:15
Dog overpopulation is a continual problem in much of the American South, where shelters often euthanize more animals than they can save. This is the story of three men who travel over 2,000 miles, in a retrofitted motor home, to deliver dogs to adoptive parents; all the way from Georgia to Maine.
If you’re a New Englander looking to adopt a dog, you might sniff out a trend: Kentucky, Alabama, West Virginia, Georgia; many dogs looking for homes come from the South, where shelters often euthanize more animals than they can save. Andrea Muraskin brings us the story of three men who spend their weekends transporting dogs up the Eastern Seaboard.
A Drum Is Always With Me
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 08:26
In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community of over 400 people. But so far, there’s no crossover between these two groups. Cato Al-Saheri wants to change all this. He plans to make his band the first native Middle Eastern ensemble to play in Portland.
Growing up in Iraq, Ahmed Al-Saheri loved to drum and sing from a young age. But his family and community discouraged him from playing in public, which was considered shameful. After fighting Saddam’s army in the Gulf War, spending 6 years in a refugee camp and living in the US for fifteen years, he wants to realize his life long dream of playing publicly in Portland. Andrea Muraskin has his story.