State of the Union - Letters Never Lie
Tuesday, January 24 2012
State of the Union - Letters Never Lie
Dick speaks to Eli Saslow, who followed President Barak Obama for a year, focusing on the ten letters he read from Americans every day. It is a direct and often unfiltered dialogue for the president.
The Story Mail Call
We are still getting letters about the issue of thank you notes - and we want to thank you!
WhoOping crane
We hear about the ongoing effort to save the whooping crane by guiding the giant birds on their migration. Phoebe Judge speaks with a man who pilots an ultra light aircraft and coaxes the cranes to follow him. The FAA recently grounded the plane, halting the migration.
Story Corps
We listen in on a story from Martha Conant, a woman who survived a plane crash. From StoryCorps.
Music in this episode: Fade by Jupiter Coyote; Ham and Cheese by Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer; La redécouverte by Yann Tiersen; I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James; Capitaine by Corey Harris.
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