DescriptionIn this illuminating story of her life and conversations, the host of public radio's Speaking of Faith describes her journey of spiritual exploration - a journey shared by countless others. A former diplomat and a graduate of the Yale Divinity School, Krista Tippett grew up in an evangelical culture and then spent a decade as a nonreligious person. Now, as someone who for many years has reflected on and talked with others about faith, she brings deep insight and a unique vantage point as she explores religious traditions - viewing them as rich resources for our spirits, as guides to our most important modern confusions, and as correctives for the excesses of religion itself. She illustrates a way to talk about faith that defuses the usual minefields, drawing from her own experience and her conversations across the world's traditions with theologians, scientists, ethicists, and activists.
DescriptionDuring the war in Kosovo in 1999, war-crimes investigators suspected that Serbian forces were hiding evidence of atrocities by removing bodies of murdered Albanians from graves and execution sites. But until now, no one could say precisely what happened t…
DescriptionThe Sonic Memorial Project is a collection of radio stories and audio artifacts commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center and its neighborhood. Shortly after September 11, 2001, NPR's Lost & Found Sound brought together…
DescriptionAn unprecedented, first-person look at life inside penitentiary walls through the intense radio series, Prison Diaries . Five inmates, four correctional officers and a judge were given tape recorders. They kept audio journals and recorded the sounds and scenes of everyday life behind bars: shakedowns, roll call, family visits, and quiet moments late at night inside a cell. Producers Joe Richman and Wendy Dorr edited over 200 hours of tapes to create four half-hour documentaries. The Prison Diaries were first heard on NPR® 's All Things Considered .
DescriptionLost & Found Sound and Beyond is the second anthology of greatest hits from the Peabody Award-winning Lost & Found Sound radio series, heard over the last five years on NPR's All Things Considered . A collection of eccentric, endangere…
DescriptionBeginning on the 4th of July and running until New Year's Eve 2002, The Firesign Theatre returned to their natural home, radio. Commenting, in its uniquely surreal audio comedy style, on property, propriety, surety, security, and the state of the States for National Public Radio's flagship news program, All Things Considered, The Firesign Theatre reminded old fans (and taught new listeners) of the dynamic power of audio to entertain, inspire, and intrigue the soul. And, they made us laugh. Here are all 28 of their poetically provocative pieces (including the Thanksgiving Pageant that radio listeners never got to hear), gathered together and guaranteed to produce repeated guffaws. From the Drums of War to New Year's Cheers, it's Firesign...All Firesign...Like you've known them, and like you've never known them. This is not nostalgia. This is Now, baby! This is All Things Firesign .
DescriptionFrom the 1930s to '50s, Yiddish radio was popular from coast to coast. By 1985, it was all but forgotten. Then musician and historian Henry Sapoznik discovered a few dozen acetate-coated aluminum discs at a rummage sale. He tracked down a special turntabl…
DescriptionThe saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio; NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks; the story of an unexpected kitchen; the George Foreman Grill; these stories and more from Hidden Kitchens, the popular and highly acclaimed ra…
