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Specials and Documentaries | Short Features | Live Events | Commentaries and Essays | Cultural Programs
Live Events
Living with Terror: The World Speaks a Year After 9/11
WAMU - Washington, D.C. and BBC - London
Award-winning journalists Robin Lustig and Deborah Amos hosted a two-hour live event featuring call-outs to top foreign correspondents, comments from dignitaries, and questions from around the world. (2:00:00)
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Living with Terror: America Speaks a Year after 9/11
WBUR - Boston, MA, Minnesota Public Radio - St. Paul, MN, KPCC Los Angelos, CA
Ray Suarez, now with PBS, and Stephen Sackur from the BBC in London hosted live roundtable discussions in L.A., the Twin Cities, and Boston. Audiences compareed views about how 9/11 has changed their lives and the country, and how the fear of terrorism will influence the future.
(1:48:00)
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Commentaries and Essays
Allauddin's Sweet Shop
Carolyne Wright recording at KGOU/KROU - Norman, OK
Commentator Carolyne Wright visits the South Asian immigrant community in Queens, New York, describes the difficult life of a Bangladeshi friend, and admits that her views about America’s capacity to welcome immigrants, especially undocumented ones, have changed since 9-11. (4:10)
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Anatomy of Humanity
Tempest studios, Homer, AK
Geo Beach resides far from downtown Manhattan, upcountry in Homer, Alaska. But Beach, a former firefighter, used to live in New York City. When his old roommate, now an ordained minister, phones from Ground Zero, Geo wrestles medical and ministerial traditions to integrate the biology and metaphysics of tragedy. (7:00)
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Music By the People, For the People
WFUV - New York, NY
Like other radio stations, WFUV in New York City received hundreds of
amateur recordings of songs written in response to 9/11. While some are
difficult to listen to, they all represent a return to the original
spirit of folk music as a personal chronicle of human events. (5:00)
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Opportunities Lost
KERA-FM - Dallas-Ft.Worth-Denton, TX
While it has changed government policy on
security, and may eventually alter government structure, commentator
Jennifer Nagorka wonders if the tragedy of September 11 has changed
Americans in a significant way. (2:56)
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Viva Los Estados Unidos
KERA-FM - Dallas-Ft.Worth-Denton, TX
The attacks on September 11th, 2001 forced
the cancellation of Hispanic Heritage Month activities that were due to
begin nationwide five days later. The celebration resumes this year
immediately following the first anniversary of 9/11, and commentator Marisa
Treviño says the timing adds more confusion to an already difficult
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Harder to Welcome Immigrants
Carolyne Wright recording at KGOU/KROU - Norman, OK
Commentator Carolyne Wright visits the South Asian immigrant community in Queens, New York, describes the difficult life of a Bangladeshi friend, and admits that her views about America's capacity to welcome immigrants, especially undocumented ones, have changed since 9/11. (4:10) |
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