Two More Stories About Mountains
A stitched panorama of the Salt Lake valley, from the north end.
Ski Lesson
I don't know who took this photo, but it sure is a good one. Maybe it's Thor.
Something to get your mind off the sorry state of affairs these days.
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The Bicycle Artist
One of Grant Petersen's personal bicycles.
An interview with Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bicycles Works in Walnut Creek, California.
Music: Slow Bicycle by Mum
One of Grant's Bridgestone bikes
War of the Worlds
This is a Halloween special for people who have not heard the original 1938 CBS broadcast.
Basin and Range
We Thought It Was a Movie
NFL Sunday
A short commentary on the protests.
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 top of the highway through Rocky Mountain National Park.
The day before it snowed three inches.
The Green River
Paul Brennan, Creighton King, and myself at the Green River Lakes in the summer of 1991.
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
An undocumented farm worker in New England, USA. Photo by Erica Heilman.
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
The opening of Santa Elena's Canyon, Big Bend National Park. The left side of the canyon is in Mexico, the right side is in the United States.
Interviews with people on both sides of the border in and around Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Tourists crossing the Rio Grande at Boquillas del Carmen.
Float trips on the Rio Grande are very popular. You're not supposed to get out of your boat on the Mexico side, but there's no one down there to stop you.
In the village of Boquillas del Carmen
Boquillas del Carmen
Photo by Simone Rubi, south of Marfa, Texas.
Trump's Wall, Part One
The Rio Grande in Bend Bend Ranch State Park, Texas, just west of Big Bend National Park.
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
The Rio Grande near Lajitas, Texas.
My First Radio Story
I-10, Texas, 1983
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
Soapbox preacher, I-10 near El Paso, Texas, 1983
It's All Over Now
photo by CNBC