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Enjoy Weekend America's Archives
Weekend America broadcast its last show Saturday, January 31, 2009. The show tried to tell the most eye-opening, memorable, astonishing stories about what was happening in America each weekend. On this site you’ll find literally thousands of stories spanning nearly five years. Each time you visit the site, the story boxes will refresh with different selections from the archives. You can also use the search tool, or find programs by air date or producer name. Thank you to all the listeners, programmers and staff who made Weekend America a joy to produce. Peter Clowney, executive producer
Stories from John Moe
College Football Mania
This weekend the air is becoming brisk. And if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of marching bands playing football fight songs. For college football fans, die-hards, true believers, the months between January and September are months of darkness, joylessness and patient waiting for the season to begin. Nowhere are fans more rabid than in the South. Georgia, Oklahoma, LSU, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and of course, the Crimson Tide of Alabama.
Stories from Desiree Cooper
Remembering the Projects
Most of the old Chicago public housing projects have been demolished, but some former residents are now embracing the friends and memories they made over the years, and the sometimes very trying years, they lived there. A few residents are helping to launch the Public Housing Museum, which is meant to be a national repository of public housing memories and learning.
Stories from Krissy Clark
Painting the Air with Flights of Fancy
On the beach in Santa Monica, a 97-year-old man delights his many friends -- plus makes new ones -- with his fanciful menagerie of kites. Tyrus Wong once painted backgrounds for classic Disney films. Now he paints the air with paper swallows, pandas and centipedes.
Stories from Bill Radke
Figuring Out Beauty for Herself
My daughter turns 16 months old today. The older she gets, the more people comment on her looks. And so it begins: a lifetime of the world telling her what she looks like. I'm sure someone's going to think she's pretty and no doubt someone will find her ugly -- or at least, not right-looking. And I wonder how she's going to react to these appraisals.
Weekend America Producers
- Ben Adair
- Larissa Anderson
- Sasha Aslanian
- Julia Barton
- Barbara Bogaev
- Krissy Clark
- Peter Clowney
- Sean Cole
- Desiree Cooper
- Hillary Frank
- Jim Gates
- Ann Heppermann
- Neille Ilel
- Millie Jefferson
- Suzie Lechtenberg
- Ochen Kaylan
- Angela Kim
- Michael May
- John Moe
- Brendan Newnam
- Kara Oehler
- Michael Raphael
- Bill Radke
- Marc Sanchez
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