Jul 29th, 2008 · The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is set after World War II and follows a London writer who becomes enthralled with the stories of Nazi occupation of the island of Guernsey, off the British coast. The book was written by Mary Ann Shaffer, who died before she could complete it. Shaffer had asked her niece, Annie Barrows, to help finish the novel after she died. Barrows talks with Deborah Amos.
Sep 11th, 2007 · Barrow, Alaska, is the northernmost U.S. community and home to about 4,500 people. It's also home to huge natural gas deposits. The town's future will depend largely on development of natural resources, amid the uncertainties of climate change.
Jul 23rd, 2007 · Shifting ice flows, melting permafrost, buckling roads and an increase in insects are signs of climate change in the region of Barrow, Alaska -- the northernmost settlement in the United States.
Jun 18th, 2007 · An unsuspecting whale-hunting crew in Barrow, Alaska, discovered a bomb fragment in a 130-year-old bowhead whale they caught this spring. A Massachusetts whaling museum found it dated back to 1879.
Jun 19th, 2005 · This time of year the sun never sets in far northern climes. Host Jennifer Ludden talks with Bob Bulger from the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium in Barrow, Alaska, to find out what it's like.
May 24th, 2005 · Millions of Americans have become the victims of identity theft since the beginning of the year. Renee Montagne talks with former FBI agent Kevin Barrows about where that information goes and how it's abused. Barrows led the bust of one of the country's largest identity theft operations in 2002.