The Story

The field recordings of a young Tibetan woman who gathered songs from her community and nearby villages in China.

Ahmed is on a personal mission: to meet ordinary Americans. He tells Dick what he's learned so far from his time in North Carolina and New York City.

Two stories of men who have their hopes and dreams built on the future of the auto industry in the South. Barry Emison is a tool and die teacher at a community college near Blue Springs, Mississippi. Chris Frost found a job with a supplier for the Georgia Kia auto plant, where he says a cultural divide between the Korean managers and the American workers made it a tough work environment. Also in this episode, Tracy Vasquez has been running a small custom cookie business out of her home for years.

Terri Thompson was embarrassed as a child when her mother dragged her to thrift stores to try on clothes. She still remembers going to school in one particularly hideous outfit: a secondhand skirt altered to make bell bottoms. But as an adult, Terri soon realized she liked shopping in thrift stores. She could find everything she wanted - at affordable prices that often go to support charities.