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Episode #508

War is Heavy Metal

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Friday, October 22, 2004

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

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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.

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Babel Bloggers

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In Their View

Novelist Cathleen Schine seeks advice from a gaggle of her most prized advice-givers. Produced by Julie Subrin.

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Walkman Busting

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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War Is Heavy Metal

Soundtrack to War Artist-turned-filmmaker George Gittoes traveled to Iraq to find out what soldiers there are listening to. He discovered that much of it is music of their own – recorded in computer studios they’ve assembled in their barracks. Cath Dwyer used Gittoes’ footage ...

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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 ...

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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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