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Radiolab

Sunday, February 02, 2003
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    War

    This week Radio Lab draws on families coping with the unwanted separation and loneliness that are products of war.

Love & War
Producer/host Helen Borten, as part of her on-going documentary series A Sense of Place, explores the nature of love within a relationship where the military's demands take precedence.

Producers: Helen Borten
Mix Engineer: Helen Reese

Link:
A Sense of Place

War & Separation
War & Separation is the story of World Word II from the women’s perspective, the lover’s perspective, the one left behind and the one waiting to come back. Includes: oral histories, radio broadcasts, period music, soap operas and home recorded letters on 78's sent between soldiers and their wives and girlfriends.

Producers: Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson
Links:
Kitchen Sisters
Lost and Found Sound

Charlie's Story
Charlie Geter had been living in the Palace Hotel, a flophouse on New York City's Bowery, for over twenty-five years when producers David Isay and Stacy Abramson met him while working on their documentary The Sunshine Hotel. Impressed by his heart and drive, they gave Charlie a tape recorder and asked him to interview other residents of the Palace Hotel and to tell his life story.

Producers: David Isay and Stacy Abramson
Link:
Soundportraits