Our third story in today's show comes from an Executive Chef at a country club in Greenwich, Connecticut, who says he can't find people to take the jobs that he has open.
Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian took photos, filmed, and interviewed inmates at length in Texas’ death row in 1979. Their documentary and book are being re-issued this month.
Nick Casey of the Wall Street Journal teamed up with a crime scene photographer to chronicle one day of drug violence in Acapulco, Mexico. Dick Gordon talks to them about the how the Mexican drug wars has changed they way they work and live.
The Cochrane Furniture Factory in Lincolnton, North Carolina had always been a family run firm, making wooden furniture since before the Civil War, but it closed three years ago feeling outnumbered by China. Recently, they decided to re-open the plant.
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, who is 95 and one of the country’s most respected pediatricians, talks to producer Phoebe Judge about how a childhood experience taught him to listen to babies.
Residents of Moore, Oklahoma are still sorting through the pieces of their lives after a tornado tore through town killing 24 people. Abby Wendle and Sarah Geis bring us an audio portrait of two of the hardest-hit spots: The Plaza Towers Elementary School, and the Warren Theater.
In 1981, Ray, an Army veteran and aspiring musician was charged with kidnapping, rape and felonious assault. He was accused of attacking a 12 year old boy and 11 year old girl. Ray could have received a lighter sentence if he pled guilty but he refused and was sentenced to life in prison plus 12-40 years. He was released on DNA evidence in 2010 after spending 28 years in prison.
