The Story

The Reverend Syngman Rhee is watching the latest sabre rattling between North and South Korea with great concern. He's worried that it could lead to another war on the Korean peninsula. Also in the show: A couple changes their ideas about marriage while travelling through India.

Vic Gregory had his dream job as a drag car racer. He left that to teach auto shop at his alma mater, Fordson High School in Dearborn, Mich. The school has a high number of students from the Middle East. The day after 9/11, there was a bomb threat and school officials wondered how to keep the teenagers safe. The teachers and the students had to redefine themselves.

While working for the U.N., Patrick McGrann observed how bureaucracy and distance make it difficult to help people in troubled countries. He decided that in addition to needing jobs and stability, people in war-torn and poor areas also need to have fun. On one of his trips home, Patrick met someone who had a great passion for kites. That meeting led to the founding of the Kite Gang. Also in this program: how much plastic is in the ocean?

Harry Bernstein was a child in England during World War I. He remembers when people living on his narrow street got word that their son or husband had died, they poured into the street to grieve and be consoled by their neighbors. It was one of the few times Harry can remember that the Jews and Christians on his street came together. The rest of the time, they lived in strict separation - the Jews on one side of the street, Christians on the other. Also on the show: another entry from Ahmed's Diary. And, a woman hears for the first time.