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My Fellow Americans This Day to Day occasional series of audio portraits captures the quietly extraordinary lives of the everyday people our reporters and producers meet -- everyone from the fellow who cleans the Hollywood Walk of Fame to the strip mall spriitual advisor with his own devotional sanctuary.
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My Fellow Americans: Catherine Gallogly, Hospice Worker

Chicago Public Radio's Jenny Lawton profiles hospice worker Catherine Gallogly. This piece is part of a project called "Daily Meaning: Life Inside America's Service Industries," developed in cooperation with Chicago Public Radio. And it's part of Day to Day's "My Fellow Americans" series, spotlighting the extraordinary lives of ordinary Americans.

My Fellow Americans: Catherine Gallogly, Hospice Worker

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My Fellow Americans: Lalo Alcaraz, Cartoonist

Day to Day producer Rob Sachs profiles comic strip writer Lalo Alcaraz, who inks La Cucaracha, a nationally syndicated strip that focuses on Latino issues. The profile is part of the Day to Day occasional series "My Fellow Americans" -- audio portraits that capture the quietly extraordinary lives of everyday people.

My Fellow Americans: Lalo Alcaraz, Cartoonist

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My Fellow Americans: Carla Bailey, HIV Survivor

Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt profiles Carla Bailey, a woman who for the past 10 years has been living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Bailey is profiled as part of a special World AIDS Day edition of the occasional series "My Fellow Americans" -- audio portraits that capture the quietly extraordinary lives of everyday people.

My Fellow Americans: Carla Bailey, HIV Survivor

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My Fellow Americans: Charles Guelperin, Santero

Day to Day producer Shereen Meraji profiles Charles Guelperin, a Santero priest who gives spiritual advice and sells mystical candles and oils from his Los Angeles botanica. The story is part of the Day to Day occasional series "My Fellow Americans" -- audio portraits capturing the quietly extraordinary lives of everyday people.

My Fellow Americans: Charles Guelperin, Santero

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My Fellow Americans: American Indian Basketball

Cathy Duchamp profiles an American Indian basketball coach who teaches an all-native team in Seattle, Wash. The story is part of the Day to Day occasional series My Fellow Americans -- audio portraits that capture the quietly extraordinary lives of everyday people.

My Fellow Americans: American Indian Basketball

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My Fellow Americans: William Sung's O.J. Business Cards

Day to Day producer Luke Burbank visits William Sung, a waiter in the Chinatown district of downtown Los Angeles, who's collected business cards from all the participants in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial. Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

My Fellow Americans: William Sung's O.J. Business Cards

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My Fellow Americans: Al Merrick, Surfboard Shaper

Day to Day profiles Al Merrick, the founder of Channel Island Surfboards in Santa Barbara, Calif. Merrick has been designing boards for more than three decades, and is considered by many to be the best in the business.

My Fellow Americans: Al Merrick, Surfboard Shaper

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My Fellow Americans: John Kamp, Home Composter

In the Earth Day installment of the Day to Day series we call My Fellow Americans, we meet John Kamp, a graduate student who has a worm composting bin in his Los Angeles apartment. Despite fly problems -- and the fact that he really isn't making that big of a dent in the garbage -- Kamp says he's proud to be environmentally aware.

My Fellow Americans: John Kamp, Home Composter

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My Fellow Americans: Jennifer Siegal, Architect

As part of the My Fellow Americans series, Day to Day profiles a young architect named Jennifer Siegal, who's redesigning the mobile home for the 21st century. View examples of her innovative designs -- and see if you can spot the sombrero...

My Fellow Americans: Jennifer Siegal, Architect

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'My Fellow Americans': Presidential Speeches

To mark President's Day, NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Clinton White House speech writer Michael Waldman about "negative" campaign rhetoric and how politicians have used it over the generations. Waldman is author of the book My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of America's Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush.

'My Fellow Americans': Presidential Speeches

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My Fellow Americans: Bob Scucci, Vegas Bookie

Producer Florence Rogers profiles Bob Scucci, head bookie at the Stardust casino in Las Vegas. Scucci describes what it's like to be in Las Vegas on the days leading up to the Super Bowl.

My Fellow Americans: Bob Scucci, Vegas Bookie

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My Fellow Americans: Tony Seiniger, Poster Designer

In the 30 years Tony Seiniger has been designing promotional posters for films, he's created some indelible images that still resonate today. Remember the poster for Jaws? That was him. On the eve of the holiday movie season, Day to Day profiles Seiniger's work as part of its My Fellow Americans series. View a photo gallery of just a handful of his best-known film posters.

My Fellow Americans: Tony Seiniger, Poster Designer

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My Fellow Americans: Charles Bradshaw, Halloween Master

In another of our profiles of the ordinary lives of extraordinary people we call My Fellow Americans, Day to Day hears from Charles Bradshaw, the Director of Entertainment at Knott's Berry Farm and the mastermind behind their Halloween Haunt attraction.

My Fellow Americans: Charles Bradshaw, Halloween Master

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