Dec 26th, 2004 · NPR's Ari Shapiro continues his series on the long-term impact on Florida from the record hurricane season this year. Biologists look to see if native species can successfully battle invasive species that blow in on the big winds.
Dec 24th, 2004 · Marika Partridge reviews the mandolin dance sounds of Sam Bartlett. His self-produced, instrumental CD Evil Diane features some of America's best unknown acoustic players, fiddlers and pipers. Indiana native Bartlett is a prolific writer, often composing his reels and jigs from the road on his mandolin.
Dec 8th, 2004 · NPR's Noah Adams talks with Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o about the importance of creating literature in small languages in order to preserve world cultures. Thiong'o is director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California at Irvine.
Dec 5th, 2004 · NPR's Jackie Lyden reports on a lawsuit filed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi against the U.S. Department of Treasury. Ebadi wants an American literary agent to help her publish a memoir in the United States, but her ability to do so is restricted because of U.S. sanctions against her native country, Iran.
Nov 20th, 2004 · NPR's Scott Simon talks with Earl Mills Sr., Chief Flying Eagle of the Mashpee Wampanoags and author of the Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook. The Wampanoags broke bread with the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving in 1621, on Plymouth Plantation. Mills talks about what was eaten at that meal.
Oct 22nd, 2004 · Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano has written songs for artists such as P Diddy, Usher and Janet Jackson. The New York native says shaping his own singing career has been difficult, but now he has a new CD: Nobody's Fool. He speaks with NPR's Teshima Walker.
Oct 11th, 2004 · Lamont Dozier built his legacy on Motown hits like "Baby Love," "Stop! In the Name of Love," "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch," and "Heat Wave." These are just a handful of the 54 number-one hits written by the Grammy Award-winning songwriter-producer. NPR's Tony Cox talks with the Detroit native about his successful career and his latest album Reflections Of...
Sep 21st, 2004 · Twenty thousand Native Americans assembled in Washington on Tuesday for a parade of nations and blessing of the new Museum of the American Indian. Hear museum director W. Richard West and several opening ceremony participants.