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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009

A Mother And Son, Lost And Found

May 10, 2009 When Carol Brobeck was 20, she put her baby boy up for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel Woodruff, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

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Monday, March 09, 2009

Solitary Confinement: Cruel and Inhuman

March 9, 2009 Solitary confinement is one of the most controversial and widely used forms of punishment within the U.S. prison system. Independent producer Claire Schoen brings us this story of nine former prisoners as they describe their experiences in solitary confinement. This story comes to us form the NPR series Hearing Voices.

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Monday, March 02, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Building Young Assassins In Juarez

January 7, 2009 In this violence-filled Mexican city, "drug cartel" has many meanings. Residents say it includes the government, the military, big business, small business, the upper, middle, and lower classes, the justice system and the media. How can this be?

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

In Juarez, Gangs Come In Many Forms

January 6, 2009 We talk with residents of about the murders that plague their Mexican city. The military has stepped up its presence to try to turn the tide of drug gang violence. But the public is not impressed, and many wish the soldiers would leave.

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Monday, January 05, 2009

Shooting Crime Scenes In Juarez, Mexico

January 5, 2009 Violence plagues the city, just over the border from El Paso, Texas. We meet with a a newspaper photographer, whose days are spent shooting crime scenes.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Trailer Park Trash, Recycled

December 30, 2008 A hard woman turns her life upside down and shakes it until something positive falls out. She liked to dress up like a Nazi biker, but then she went back to school in archeology and everything changed for the better.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

In Rwanda, Genocide's Ghosts Haunt Christmas

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December 23, 2008 Orphans say they prefer not to get presents because they remind them of what they don't have. This year marked the 15th anniversary of the slaughter of more than 800,000 people. We see how people are moving past the violent ghosts.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

After The Forgetting, 'I Love You'

December 18, 2008 What happens to love when there is no memory? An evolution of relationships reveal themselves in these conversations between Gregory Sharrow, his mother Marjorie, and Greg's husband Bob Hooker.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Teens Share Their Secrets

December 17, 2008 Teenagers wish they could tell their parents a lot of things. And for some reason, three teens in Chicago — Curie Youth Radio producers Romana Amato, Jose Benitez and April Winbun — have decided to do just that on the air.

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Thursday, December 04, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008

The Crossdressing Family Man Down The Block

November 28, 2008 For a time, the Nadeau family had secret: the husband had a tendency to wear women's clothes. Then Doug Nadeau got sick — and after surgery, he became less inhibited, and became more public in his crossdressing. We learn how his wife came to understand his habits.

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