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((Fred Froehlich))
Getting from here to there – be it running a marathon, transforming public attitudes in a once unruly Latin American city, or finding common ground between a frequently banned artist and the North Dakota community that stands to inherit his strange personal collection. Also this week, music on the street and of the street – it’s the latest installment from the Walkman Buster, and a composition by "sonic alchemists" Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger.
Marathon
Maverick Mayor
And Now, This Public Service Announcement
Host Dean Olsher laments the passing of the old-fashioned Public Service Announcement. Produced by Michael Kavanagh.
A Most Unusual Collaboration
In parts of the world, New York artist Barton Benes’s work is routinely rejected for being outrageously grotesque. Not so in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 1997, Benes helped the art museum there create a reliquary of objects recovered from a devastating flood. Since then, he and curator Laurel Reuter ...
When We Die
What happens to you when you die? Here’s how some of us answer that question. Produced by Jill Krauss.
Walkman Busting
A guy walks up to you on the street and asks you what's playing on your Walkman. You tell him. But wait - now he says he wants to listen, too. Before you know it, he's plugged his recorder into your player ...
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