The Oracle
My friend Alex and I try to visit the Utah Data Center, 20 miles south of my house in Salt Lake City.
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Check out The Sonosopher, a documentary about Alex Caldiero.
James Bamford's article on the Utah Data Center in Wired Magazine.
Music from the film The Day the Earth Stood Still.
The Continental Divide, Part Two
I try it again, this time with some respect.
The short clip of music in the middle of the story is by the Icelandic group MUM.
The music at the end is a North Vietnamese boys' choir, a recording given to me by Alex Chadwick.
The Continental Divide
The Green River
I thought, considering the recent mind-fuck of news, it would be good to play a relaxing story. This is a re-run from a couple summers ago, although I originally produced it in 1991 for Weekend All Things Considered.
Trump's Wall: Your Neighbor
Donald Trump promised to build a wall along the border with Mexico but at this point there is little support in Congress to actually fund the construction. And there's been a sharp decline in illegal immigration since Trump took office, even without an actual wall.
Perhaps the reason for the decline is the fear generated by Trump's deportation policy. So this story is an interview with an undocumented farm worker. He talks about why he left home and what it's like working 16 hours a day, and how he's afraid to leave the farm for fear of being deported.
And there's about 12 million other people here who feel the same way.
Trump's Wall, Part Two
Interviews with people on both sides of the border in and around Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Trump's Wall, Part One
The first part of a series about the proposed wall along the border. A visit to Big Bend National Park.
Music: Down By the River by Neil Young
My First Radio Story
This is how I started producing stories for public radio in 1983. I was extremely lucky. Some people say I still am.
Music during the introduction: Slow Bicycle by Mum
It's All Over Now
Who is this guy? Who is he really? We think of him as a villain, but perhaps he's more the tragic hero, doomed to lose everything he cares about.
The link to Bonnie Raitt on the David Letterman show
What's Happening at Standing Rock: An Interview with Jenni Monet
On February 8th, the Army Corps of Engineers approved the permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under the Missouri River. This is an interview with Jenni Monet, an independent journalist who's been embedded at Standing Rock since the first week of December. She was arrested February 1st along with 75 protestors/water protectors. Her many news reports and the account of her arrest are at jennimonet.com.
i thought i'd throw out this idea and see if it has legs
I started to work on a new story, then decided to change tactics.
Music: Soundtrack from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid by Bob Dylan
Listening to the Winners
Donald Trump is a manifestation of our collective fear and anger. We created him. This show is a collection of interviews with people who supported Trump leading up to the election. They are not easy to listen to, but I think we should try in order to better understand what happened, and what is happening now.
Music: What's Opera Doc? from "Bugs Bunny on Broadway".
The Test
This story originally aired on This American Life in 1996, but there's a new rant at the end.
Music: White Rabbit by Grace Slick, performed by Mayssa Karaa for the American Hustle soundtrack.
Standing Rock, Part Three
Thousands of veterans join the Water Protectors, and the Army Corps of Engineers denies the permit for the pipeline to go under the Missouri River.
Music: One Monkey by Gillian Welch
Standing Rock, Part Two
What it's like at some of the more peaceful anti-pipeline protests or "actions" in North Dakota.
Music by Max Richter from the HBO series The Leftovers.