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Details, Details
We explore the claim that the truth is in the details. Stops include the New York Public Library, huge and miniature homes in Australia, and a cartoon by Roz Chast, and some concluding thoughts from host Dean Olsher.
New York Public Library
Ten researchers at the New York Public Library reference desk in midtown Manhattan respond to queries by phone or email. And they don’t depend upon Google to get answers. Dean Olsher stands by as they do triage with one particularly challenging question. Produced by Jamie York.
Rescue Mission, cont’d.
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To see the fruits of Roz Chast’s labor, click here
Hard to Say
In his early thirties, Ed Werler took a job on the fire tower at Daicey Mountain in Maine. He lived there with his wife, Mary Jane, ultimately becoming a ranger for the state park system. They had a son and daughter together. Then, after fifty years of marriage, his wife died. And that’s when Act Two began. This is his story, as told to radio producer Bente Birkeland.
Tailor Made
Size matters. That seems to be the reigning belief in this country, and the same holds true in Australia. But is it all that matters? Blending fact with fiction, Natalie Kestecher presents to us a world in which the answer is unequivocally "yes."
Kestecher produced this piece for Radio Eye, a program aired on the Australian Broadcasting Company, with sound engineer Philip Ullman.
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When Truth Fails
What links a bird in New York’s Stuyvesant neighborhood to Iraq’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction? As it turns out, just a simple flight path. Host Dean Olsher talks with psychologist Leonard Saxe about lies, self-deception and our social imperative to never, ever admit weakness, misunderstanding or mistake. Plus, our own mea culpa.
To hear our complete press conference on the status of the nightingale in the United States, starring Charlie Schroeder in the role of George W. Bush, click here.