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22 – War and Separation: Life on the Homefront During World War II
For Memorial Day — a portrait of life on the homefront during World War II featuring 4 women’s stories, rare home recorded letters sent overseas to s…
11 years, 1 month ago
21 – The Secret (and Not So Secret) Life of Theresa Sparks
Theresa Sparks has lived more than one life. Born a guy’s guy, a man’s man, cowboy boots, motorcycles, a stint in the army, married his childhood swe…
11 years, 1 month ago
20 – The Birth of Rice-A-Roni: The San Francisco, Italian, Armenian Treat
The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide converge in this story …
11 years, 2 months ago
19 – America Eats: A Hidden Archive
Potlucks, church picnics, fish fries, family reunions — during the 1930s writers were paid by the government to chronicle local food, eating customs …
11 years, 2 months ago
18 – A Man Tapes his Town: The Unrelenting Oral Histories of Eddie McCoy
Eddie McCoy owned a janitorial service in Oxford, North Carolina, a tobacco town of some 10,000 people. When he was badly injured in a car wreck, fru…
11 years, 3 months ago
17 – Unfinished Business: Ali vs Frazier VI, Daughters of Destiny
In 2001, a quarter-century after boxing’s celebrated “Thrilla in Manila,” Ali and Frazier were once again poised to enter the ring. But this time it …
11 years, 3 months ago
16 – The Green Street Mortuary Band
Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote a poem about them. Amy Tan’s mother was serenaded by them as she lay in state. Jessica Mitford’s memorial procession was …
11 years, 4 months ago
15 – Electronic Memories: R.A. Coleman’s Memphis
In the early 1950s, at the same time legendary record producer Sam Phillips was making recordings of the pageants and events happening in Memphis’ wh…
11 years, 4 months ago
14 – Taylor Negron: Portrait of an Artist as an Answering Machine
A look into the life of Taylor Negron—actor, comedian, and telephone message hoarder—told through the voicemails on his machine. We produced this pie…
11 years, 5 months ago
13 – Sam Phillips and the Early Years of the Memphis Recording Service: We Record Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
Before Elvis walked through the door, before Sun Studios put Memphis on the map—Sam Phillips, a young man with a tape recorder, lived by the motto, “…
11 years, 5 months ago