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Big-Screen Memories Of A New York Adventure
Betty Simmons at 18 years old.
Commentary
It was 1939, the year of the New York World's Fair, Germany's invasion of Poland, and the publication of Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. It's also the year two 18-year-old girls from Denver took a train to the East Coast for an adventure that inspired a Hollywood musical.
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Country Singer Chely Wright Reveals She's Gay
via http://chelywright.com
Music News
For more than a week, blogs and commentators were speculating on which gay celebrity was going to announce her homosexuality in People magazine. Finally, the mystery was revealed to be country singer Chely Wright.
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A Renaissance For Cupcakes?
Cupcakes (Creative Commons license from ChrisB).
Diversions
Cupcake stores are popping up across the county. One expert says it's a classic economic bubble — with a sweet topping. Producer Selena Simmons Duffin talks cupcakes with host Guy Raz.
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Special Olympian Remembers Shriver
David Egan, courtesy of Special Olympics
Remembrances
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics, died this week, and the tributes have been pouring in. But David Egan's life was affected directly by Shriver's work. The longtime Special Olympian remembers Shriver, and thanks her for her work.
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Larynx, from Gray's Anatomy (Creative Commons license)
Laryngitis
A time-lapse instructional audio piece on how to recover your voice.
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Production notes: Produced for the DC Listening Lounge‘s Sound Scene 2009 event themed “The Human Body,” at the Warehouse on May 8, 2009. Music: “Light Chair” by Shugo Tokumaru on the album “Night Piece.”
Photo credit: Selena Simmons-Duffin
Fill Up My Day
Well qualified, plenty of skills, eager to work. But 3 months after getting laid off, still no job. Spend a day with Kyle Simpson, a member of the unemployed army in Washington D.C.
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Production notes: Produced for the DC Listening Lounge‘s Sound Scene 2010 themed “Work & Play” at La Casa Multicultural Center on May 22, 2010. Music credit: “Snorkel” by Leo Kottke.
