All Things Considered

A Shorter Route To Communication

By Mark Allen

July 8, 2009 •

Commentator Mark Allen gets a text message from his boss in response to something Allen texted to him: "shorter" was all it said. Since then, Allen has been using that single word to get people to use fewer words in real life.

Commentator Mark Allen gets a text message from his boss in response to
something Allen texted to him: "shorter" was all it said. ... Mark Allen. ...

All Things Considered

After A Bike Ride, Paradise Is Lost

By Mark Allen

October 10, 2008 •

Commentator Mark Allen gets to finally go to a paradise he has always admired from afar (he never says the name) — but has a bad spill on his bike which forever colors his view of this heavenly place.

Commentator Mark Allen gets to finally go to a paradise he has always admired
from afar (he never says the name) — but has a bad spill on his ...

All Things Considered

Losing It at Universal Studios

July 9, 2003 •

Mark Allen tells the story of how he became temporarily insane during a tour of Universal Studios in southern California. There were so many cool things to see on the tour that Allen was overwhelmed by the magnificence of it all, and pretty much lost his mind.

Mark Allen tells the story of how he became temporarily insane during
a tour of Universal Studios in southern California. ...

Talk of the Nation

Troy Davis Case Renews Death Penalty Debate

September 21, 2011 •

The state of Georgia is scheduled to execute Troy Davis on Wednesday, two decades after he was sentenced to death for killing police officer Mark MacPhail. WABE's Charles Edwards and David Savage of the Los Angeles Times discuss the case and the death penalty debate it has rekindled.

... it today. An off-duty police officer named Mark Allen MacPhail was
shot and killed in Savannah 22 years ago. Two years ...

All Things Considered

Rhonda Maloney

October 31, 2002 •

Commentator Mark Allen has this story of the teacher who had the most influence on him growing up. On Halloween during his senior year of high school, the algebra teacher, Rhonda Maloney, wore an elaborate ape mask that probably took hours to create. She was the only one in the school to dress up that day. She was taunted and jeered throughout the day, and Mark has never forgotten how she handled the abuse.

Commentator Mark Allen has this story of the teacher who had the most
influence on him growing up. On Halloween during ...

Morning Edition

Chicago Mayoral Candidates Work To Solidify Base

By Cheryl Corley

January 7, 2011 •

Next month, voters in Chicago will head to the polls to elect a new mayor. It will be the first time in more than two decades that incumbent Richard M. Daley will not be on the ballot. Some Chicagoans say that makes it a golden opportunity to elect a minority.

... Walking to his office, community activist Mark Allen says race is a constant
in Chicago politics and there's nothing wrong with black Chicagoans ...

Talk of the Nation

Searching For Justice In The Troy Davis Case

August 19, 2009 •

Troy Davis was convicted in 1991 of murdering Mark MacPhail, an off-duty police officer in Savannah, GA. Davis maintains he is innocent. The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Cynthia Tucker believes letting Davis prove his innocence would bring justice to the MacPhail family.

... who has some testimony that I think the court absolutely ought to hear, that
suggests someone else killed off-duty police officer Mark Allen MacPhail ...

The Two-Way

No Clemency For Troy Davis, Georgia Death Row Inmate

By Mark Memmott

September 20, 2011 •

His case attracted attention after some witnesses recanted their testimony. But he's now set to be executed Wednesday.

... Jackson. He was sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of off-duty
Savannah Police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail. ... His ...