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Friday January 29, 1999

Lost & Found Sound

Introduction to the Quest for Sound

January 29, 1999 • We invited listeners to phone us at 202-408-0300 and tell us about recordings they have saved, from their families, friends, public figures. Quest for Sound Curator Jay Allison tells us how we might use their material and why we care.

Introduction to the Quest for Sound

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Lost & Found Sound

Lost And Found Sound: Edison

January 29, 1999 • PART 1 -- Independent producers The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) continue our year-long series (which airs every Friday in 1999 on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) with part one of a profile of the work of Thomas Alva Edison in the realm of recorded sound. We learn that the inventor of the phonograph intended his instrument to be used to capture speeches and office dictation. Only later did he record music for the public. Skeptics were in disbelief of the phonograph when it first appeared, that they suspected Edison of hiring ventriloquists to copy voices. Edison, the "Wizard of Menlo Park" (named after the site of his first New Jersey laboratory), was a huge public figure of his day. He held over a thousand patents, but considered the phonograph his most important invention. Part Two, next Friday, continues the story with how Edison faced competition in the record industry.

Lost And Found Sound: Edison

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Lost & Found Sound

Thomas Alva Edison, Part I

January 29, 1999 • Thomas Alva Edison founded recorded sound. He invented the repeating telegraph and the phonograph, among others. He was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park," his hometown in New Jersey.

Thomas Alva Edison, Part I

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Friday January 1, 1999

Lost & Found Sound

Lost and Found Sound

January 1, 1999 • Today we begin a year-long series on sounds of the century. It's called Lost and Found Sound, and it is a national collaboration of radio producers, artists, sound collectors, and public radio listeners.

Lost and Found Sound

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Wednesday December 2, 1998

Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's

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Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's

December 2, 1998 • Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan crashed-landed in the South Pacific in 1937 and died waiting for rescue.

Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's

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Wednesday October 7, 1998

The Year 2000 Scare

Y2K: The End of the World as We Know It?

October 7, 1998 • Some took the Year 2000 computer problem so seriously they converted their assets to gold and silver and stockpiled food and water. An acronym described the situation: TEOTWAWKI: The End of the World as We Know It.

Y2K: The End of the World as We Know It?

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Wednesday August 12, 1998

Morning Edition

Section of Titanic's Hull Raised

August 12, 1998 • NPR's Bob Edwards talks with Charles Haas, a historian on the Titanic expedition, which raised a 20-ton section of the hull of the ship.

Section of Titanic's Hull Raised

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Monday February 16, 1998

President's Day

Sandburg on Lincoln

February 16, 1998 • In 1959, Carl Sandburg delivered a speech about Abraham Lincoln before a joint session of Congress. Hear an excerpt from the speech by the poet and historian, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.

Sandburg on Lincoln

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Friday August 1, 1997

NPR Replay: Chowhounding

Pizzeria Owner Trades Dough for Best Essay

August 1, 1997 • Frank Maimone sells his South Philly pizzeria, by holding a contest for the best essay. After years in the business, Maimone developed a flour allergy. Instead of selling Vito's Pizza, he decided to make sure it went to a deserving pizza lover.

Pizzeria Owner Trades Dough for Best Essay

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Monday May 26, 1997

Seatbelt Safety

May 26, 1997 • Bob Edwards talks to Ricardo Martinez of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the importance of both seat belts and air bags in reducing the risk of injury in car accidents.

Seatbelt Safety

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Saturday December 24, 1994

Veterans Day

Vet Recalls Christmas During Battle of the Bulge

December 24, 1994 • Tom Chapman was in the trenches with the 101st Airborne Division, in the midst of the Battle of the Bulge. He says the Germans had captured the U.S. supply trucks, so he and his fellow soldiers had no coats, no gloves, no blankets, just their regular uniforms.

Vet Recalls Christmas During Battle of the Bulge

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Friday February 8, 1991

Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame Controversy

February 8, 1991 • Morning Edition commentator Red Barber chats with guest host Mara Liasson about why Pete Rose won't be allowed into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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