The Story

When Jenny Brown was laid off from her job in Oregon, she was offered a job as a captain of a river ferry even though she had no experience with boats. She was happy she found the job, and discovered unexpected benefits.

Jeremy Seifert has become an unlikely hunger activist. Some friends of his showed up at his LA apartment one day with bags full of gourmet food from the dumpsters behind the local Trader Joe's market. Jeremy was shocked and intrigued. Soon after, he waited until midnight and hit a dumpster himself, bagging delicious meat, veggies, eggs, cheese - enough to feed his family for days. Also in this show, Terrol Johnson grew up on his reservation eating fry bread, government-supplied cheese, and drinking liters of soda a day. After Terrol was diagnosed with diabetes as a young man, he set out to change the way his community eats

All Susan Taylor wanted to do was hang some clean laundry out to dry on a clothesline in her yard - but that's against the rules in her neighborhood.

Aspiring sports announcer Don Mesibov heard that Jackie Robinson was coming to town, so he grabbed his audio gear. He tracked down the ballplayer and spent 45 minutes conducting his dream interview.