The Story

Adrian Moreno was engaged in an experiment to get by on much less. He moved his family to a vacant lot on the far outskirts of San Diego within earshot of the Mexican border. At first, they lived in a tepee. Then Adrian built a house on the property for about $10,000. Adrian talks with Dick about how he taught himself construction and the art of living lightly.

Mark Goldstein was knocking down walls of an old stone house when he discovered a secret vault filled with drawings. The original owners had been the late children’s book authors Berta and Elmer Hader…so Mark went in search of relatives and eventually found their niece, Joy Rich. Mark and Joy join us to talk about the find, a story fitting for a children's book itself.

In America, nursing homes are in high demand - there are only 17,000 slots for the 1.6 million seniors who can no longer live on their own. Overcrowding is common. Patients often talk of insensitive staff. Staff, on the other hand, talk of low pay and high stress. 

But Cordelia Taylor has found a way to offer care to seniors that is like being home. 

In August 1970, a woman named Judy Syfers stood before a crowd gathered in San Francisco and read an essay she wrote entitled "Why I Want a Wife." The crowd was gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. Also in this episode: the story of a brick.