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Tuesday

Lost & Found Sound

Sonic Memorial Project: 'A September Story'

For three months this summer, a coalition of audio artists led by the Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson) collected remembrances, poems, music, on-site recordings and small shards of sound related to the World Trade Center. The result is "A September Story," an intimate documentary. Explore the online sound archive, and make your own contribution.

Sonic Memorial Project: 'A September Story'

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Thursday

Radio Expeditions

The Frog Man of the Sonoran Desert

One of America's most arid regions, the great Sonoran Desert, turns into an amphibian wonderland during the brief summer rainy season. For Morning Edition and Radio Expeditions, NPR's John Burnett follows biologist Cecil Schwalbe on his annual trek to observe the frenzied courtship of native frogs and toads.

The Frog Man of the Sonoran Desert

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Tuesday

Yankee Maoist Still Committed to the Revolution

In the last installment of his changing China series, NPR's Rob Gifford profiles an American who went to China in 1948 to participate in the Communist revolution, and stayed.

Yankee Maoist Still Committed to the Revolution

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Monday

Monday

The Sonic Memorial Project: WTC Building Stewardesses

As part of Lost & Found Sound's Sonic Memorial Project honoring the history of the World Trade Center, All Things Considered features the story of the WTC "construction guides" -- friendly co-eds in mini-skirted uniforms who manned the information kiosks and put a pretty face on controversy surrounding the construction of the twin towers.

The Sonic Memorial Project: WTC Building Stewardesses

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Monday

Lost & Found Sound

Mohawk Ironworkers, Walking High Steel

For six generations, Mohawk Indian ironworkers have shaped New York City's skyline, working the "high steel" of skyscrapers and bridges. From The Sonic Memorial Project and Lost & Found Sound, hear the stories of the Mohawks who helped build the World Trade Center Twin Towers -- and their descendents who returned to the site after Sept. 11, to help clear the shattered towers away.

Mohawk Ironworkers, Walking High Steel

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Monday

Lost & Found Sound

Sonic Memorial Project: 'Radio Row'

As part of Lost & Found Sound's Sonic Memorial Project, All Things Considered features the people and stories of "Radio Row," the neighborhood that was demolished to make room for the World Trade Center in 1966. The six-square-block area in lower Manhattan once formed the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world.

Sonic Memorial Project: 'Radio Row'

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Thursday

Peabody Award-Winning Stories

Stories of Love & Marriage

NPR listeners contribute stories commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center. Some of the most surprising were about weddings. The Sonic Memorial Project uncovered tales of romance and marriage that took place 1,377 feet above sea level.

Stories of Love & Marriage

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Monday

Lost & Found Sound

World Trade Center Sonic Memorial

All Things Considered presents a survey of the results of a search for audio artifacts from the World Trade Center towers. We hear samples of the sort of material people have sent in thus far. Among them, Hispanic workers who listened to Spanish stations while they cleaned the towers at night; marriages at the WTC; and the actual sound of sightseers atop the structures. Further stories about the sounds of the WTC will be heard later in the year. Listeners who want to contribute their own tapes or stories should call 202-408-0300. The project is a collaboration between NPR News, independent producers Jay Allison and the Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva), along with member station WNYC.

World Trade Center Sonic Memorial

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Monday

Derivative Regulation

NPR's Jack Speer reports the collapse of Enron is creating pressure on Capitol Hill to step up regulation of the nation's energy markets. Some in Congress want tighter restrictions on the trading of energy derivatives, a market that Enron dominated until recently. Speer reports that experts are not of one mind on the question of increased regulation and that some are opposed.

Derivative Regulation

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"Inside the West Wing"

Wednesday, NBC will air a behind-the-scenes documentary called The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing. NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the title is a misnomer and viewers will in fact be seeing a day-long "pseudo event" staged especially for the cameras.

"Inside the West Wing"

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Tuesday

Thursday

Middle East

The Arab World and the West, Pt. 1

Sandy Tolan reports for American Radio Works on the long Middle Eastern history of animosity toward the West, and America in particular. He says the Arab suspicion of the West reaches back to the days of the Christian Crusades, and has been compounded by more recent history, such as American support for Israel. There is a tension in modern Jordan and Egypt, for example, between a sense of great pride in Arab culture and a sense of defeat by the culture of the West. American films and freedom are admired by many, but American foreign policy is not. American Radio Works in the documentary project of National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio.

The Arab World and the West, Pt. 1

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Friday

Lost & Found Sound

Conrad's Garage

Frank Conrad's garage near Pittsburgh is widely considered to be the birthplace of modern broadcasting. For 94-year-old Harry Mills, memories of Conrad's earliest broadcasts still ring with excitement. Hear the story of radio's early days on All Things Considered. It's part of NPR's continuing Lost and Found Sound series.

Conrad's Garage

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