The Story

Irish poet Seamus Heaney died recently, at the age of 74. Dick Gordon spoke with Heaney back in 2004, and we listen to an excerpt from that conversation. At the time, Heaney had just completed his own version of Antigone. 

Margaret Sudekum responded to Dick's call for stories of memorable summer work. When she was 16, Margaret took a summer job caring for a woman with quadriplegia named Mrs. Blackburn.

Ibarionex Perello was inspired by a man named Mike Cohen. Mike was a counselor at the Boys Club of Hollywood during the late seventies. Mike loved photography and restored the club's darkroom for the boys to use, then invited photojournalists to come give classes. The darkroom became Ibarionex's second home, and he grew up to become a successful photographer. Years later he tried to track Mike down to thank him for his friendship and support, but his mentor had passed away.