Dec 27th, 2005 · In December, many families send out annual update letters to all their friends. It's a way to let everyone know who got a new car, who finally retired after 40 years at the same company, who finished kindergarten. Generally, parents write these letters. But what, if given the task, would the kids say? Jeff Horwich of Minnesota Public Radio finds out.
Dec 15th, 2005 · A Hollywood stage show has become a hit by playing juvenile angst for laughs. Mortified features adults from all walks of life reading aloud from diaries, letters and poems they composed as teens for the amusement of total strangers.
Nov 24th, 2005 · One of the first letters sent to Lost and Found Sound came from a listener who told us that no series about the sounds of the 20th century would be complete without the sound of the Pan American Train passing the WSM Radio tower in Nashville. The 10,000 watt station broadcast the sound live each day at 5:08pm - Nashvillians and listeners from all across the South and Midwest set their clocks by the sound.
Nov 16th, 2005 · For six years, Rob Gifford covered China for NPR News. From Beijing to the North Korean border to the Muslim Northwest, Gifford reported on an extraordinary economic and cultural transformation.
Nov 7th, 2005 · Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, answers e-mail questions about bird flu.
Oct 11th, 2005 · Eliza Gilkyson's latest studio album, Paradise Hotel, touches on faith, politics -- and a little bit of family history. The record includes "Jedidiah 1777," based on letters written by an ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War with George Washington.
Oct 6th, 2005 · Throughout history, soldiers penned books, poems, diaries and letters home. Two years after American troops invaded Iraq, a flood of books arrive, written by U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq.
Aug 9th, 2005 · The Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip is scheduled to begin next week. Jewish settlers in Gaza have known for months that they will have to leave their homes, and 1,700 families have received letters of notification and warning: Evacuate by August 17 or face physical removal. But settlers and their allies vow to disrupt the pullot. We hear about the divisive debate.