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Friday, September 17, 2004

From the bedroom to Baghdad, we hear from people who don’t get out as much as they used to. They include elderly participants in a telephone sing-along, an American artist living in Baghdad, and a father doing time for white collar crimes his daughter doesn’t believe he committed. On the lighter side, we’ve got a bedroom-based two-man band called "The Books," and sex columnist Dan Savage (who, needless to say, is rarely able to get his mind out of the bedroom).

Heard on the Phone

phone A conference call among ten homebound senior citizens. Most have never actually met, but once a week they spend an hour singing on the telephone with (and for) each other, assisted by Pat Grondahl of the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center in New York. ...

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Use It Or Lose It, Part 1

Erin McKean is back to coerce yet another high-profile writer into using words that she fears might otherwise disappear into obsolescence. This week, nationally syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage willingly submits himself to Erin’s strong-arming. Produced by Julie Subrin.

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Baghdad Sketches

Forty Thieves Square
Forty Thieves Square, Baghdad," by Steve Mumford
Since April of 2003, artist Steve Mumford has been making trips to Baghdad armed with a sketch pad, ...

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More Telephone Sing-Along

Participants of the weekly Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center Sing-Along continue to croon into their handsets…

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Whose Justice?

Five years into a ten-year prison sentence for multiple counts of conspiracy to commit fraud and making false statements to the SEC, Bruno Rumignani is trying to make the best of his situation. He takes pottery classes, and has taught opera to fellow inmates. Meanwhile, his daughter Suzanne has given ...

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Bedroom Music

The Books It’s a teenager’s dream come true – a bedroom equipped with guitars, keyboard, a computer and sound editing software. In this case, the bedroom belongs to post-teen Nick Zammuto, who, along with Paul de Jong, forms the group The ...

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One More Time!

Parting notes from the tireless participants of the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center Telephone Sing-Along. Produced by Matt Lieber.

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