Soldiers in Iraq make their own music for wartime. Novelist Cathleen Schine seeks advice from anyone and everyone. A translator sets out to tell a small story in Baghdad. Non-Americans try to make sense of America through its blogs. And anxious Americans seek understanding through their dreamlife.
Tiebreakers
In the event that the electoral college is split this year’s election, what will we do? Host Dean Olsher turns to the experts: NPR’s political analyst Ken Rudin, and Graham Walker, leader of the World Rock Paper Scissors Society. Produced by Amanda Aronczyk.
Presidential Mortal Combat
The sounds you might hear if our greatest video game makers turned the current election into a test of reflexes. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Babel Bloggers
In Their View
Novelist Cathleen Schine seeks advice from a gaggle of her most prized advice-givers. Produced by Julie Subrin.
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 ...
War Is Heavy Metal
Visits with a Tea Seller
As an Iraqi translator and fixer for foreign journalists in Baghdad, Hiba Dawood has covered many dangerous situations. Recently, she needed a break, so she took a tape recorder and headed to a busy intersection in her neighborhood. There, she met Amu Muhanid. This is his, and her, story. Produced ...
Dreaming of Osama
We don’t know exactly where Osama bin Laden is. But there have been sightings here in America… at night… in people’s dreams. Produced by Pejk Malinovski.
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