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How did your life collide with the headlines in 2007?
Iraq, the subprime crisis, Facebook, immigration, oil prices - 2007 had no shortage of hefty headlines. We'd like to hear about how these and other major news events of the past year affected you. Where did your life collide with the news in 2007?

What's your holiday performance story?
The office talent show, the neighborhood caroling posse, the school pageant ... At holiday time we often sing, dance, and dress as shepherds. Did you bloom in the warmth of your audience's adulation, or freeze up like the snowman you'd rather be building? Did your holiday performance change your life or that of someone close to you?

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Broadcast Date: September 17, 2005
Listen IconThe North Country
A movie that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival is sure to create a buzz across the U.S. in coming weeks. North Country is based on the first class-action lawsuit over sexual harassment. The suit was filed in the 1988 by female mine workers in Northern Minnesota. At the same time the movie was being shot in the state's Iron Range, radio producer Catherine Winter was there making a documentary to tell the miners' story. Host Bill Radke talks with Winter about the women, the region and opening old wounds.
Online resources:
» No Place for a Woman (American Radio Works - APM)
» North Country trailer and movie Web site

Music Bridge: It Lies Within - Artist: TG Mauss
CD: Mechanical Eye (Quatermass)
Listen IconHow Has Katrina Changed America?
Last week, we asked listeners how they thought Hurricane Katrina had changed America... or if it would. Now, hosts Bill Radke and Barbara Bogaev share some of their answers as well as those of experts in various fields.
Online resources:
» Expanded coverage and hurricane resources
» Feedback from Weekend America listeners

Music Bridge: Insel Passage - Artist: Ian Pooley
CD: Oliver Peoples 4 (Quango)
Music Picks
Listen IconClassical Pick: Placido Domingo
There's a new box set of Richard Wagner's famous opera, Tristan and Isolde. It features a stellar performance by tenor Placido Domingo. And as music critic Steve Smith of Timeout New York tells host Barbara Bogaev, this large-scale recording could be the last of its kind.
Online resources:
» Composer: Richard Wagner | Conductor: Antonio Pappano | Tristan und Isolde | From the album, So Starben Wir, Um Ungetrennt (Lost Highway)

Listen IconThe Other Emmys
The Emmy Awards Sunday night will shine the spotlight on some of the biggest and best TV shows of the past year. At Weekend America, we've chosen to focus on some of the smaller and perhaps not so brilliant productions that have flashed across our screens. Host Barbara Bogaev talks to producer and expert couch potato Liane Bonin for her prize picks.
Programs mentioned:
» Liane Bonin's Emmy Awards — And the winner is...

Listen IconThat's So Intense
The Journal of American Speech recently studied how America talks on television. Turns out we love intensifiers. Host Bill Radke talks to language expert Paula Larocque about how it shows up in our daily speaking habits.
Online resources:
» Writing coach Paula Larocque, writes a column, "Words Matter" for the Dallas Morning News and is author of The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well.

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Listen IconWeekend Weather
Weekend America's John Moe takes a look at weather patterns and Saturday happenings all across the country.
Online resources:
» Event information

Music Bridge: Beat Connection (Disco Dub Version) - Artist: lcd soundsystem
CD: DFA compilation #2 (DFA)
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Listen IconThe Cursed Sweater
With fall almost here, perhaps you've considered knitting a sweater for a loved one. But as independent producer Norah Piehl advises, if you truly love someone, you might want to reconsider.

Music Bridge: Far From Here - Artist: Japancakes
CD: Waking Hours (Kindercore)
Listen IconTracking the Evacuees
In recent weeks, we've told you about various people who escaped the ravages of Hurricane Katrina and are seeking shelter in other parts of the country. This week, Weekend America catches up with a few of them to see how they're faring in their temporary and in some cases permanent, new homes.
Online resources:
» Expanded coverage and hurricane resources
» How has Hurricane Katrina changed America?

Music Bridge: Schrapnell - Artist: Isolee
CD: We Are Monster (Playhouse)
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Listen IconSpringsteen 101
Last week Penn State University held a three-day academic conference. It wasn't on foreign policy, astrophysics or nuclear proliferation. The topic: Bruce Springsteen. What drives someone to take an entire weekend's worth of seminars on "The Boss?" We sent independent producer Eric Wellman to find out.
Online resources:
» Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium
» BruceSpringsteen.net (Official and authorized Bruce Springsteen site from Columbia Records)
» BackStreets.com (Online community of Bruce Springsteen fans)

Music Bridge: Long Time Comin' - Artist: Bruce Springsteen
CD: Devils & Dust (Sony)
Listen IconWhy Not Just Call Me
How do you turn a Crate & Barrel catalog into a giant social experiment? Artist Marc Horowitz found a way and it was as simple as writing his cell phone number on a piece of paper. Independent producer Tanya Katenjian brings us his story.
Online resources:
» Have dinner with Marc Horowitz

Music Bridge: Boom Bip: Micronomic Remix - Artist: Lali Puna
CD: I Thought I Was Over That (Morr Music)
Music Picks
Listen IconClassical Music: Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall is one of the world's top performers of the cello's ancestor, the viola de gamba. Host Barbara Bogaev joins music critic Steve Smith again to review his latest recording, which has become a family affair.
Online resources:
» Performer: Jordi Savall | Composer: Ferran Savall |La Canco del Lladre | From the album, Du temps & de l'instant (Alia Vox)

Listen IconFuel for Thought
Gas prices have eased a bit during the past week, but a lot of drivers are still looking for ways to pinch pennies when they're behind the wheel. Weekend America gathered a panel of experts to offer their advice on the most efficient ways of getting from Point-A to Point-B.

Weekend Weather
Listen IconWeekend Weather
Weekend America's John Moe takes a look at weather patterns and Saturday happenings all across the country.
Online resources:
» Event information

Music Bridge: Beat Connection (Disco Dub Version) - Artist: lcd soundsystem
CD: DFA compilation #2 (DFA)
Listen IconTribal Journey
For years, tribal nations of the Pacific Northwest have been trying to revive their culture. During the past thirteen summers, tribal members have canoed along the Pacific shoreline to unite their communities spread along the coast. This year, independent producer Jesse Boggs went along for part of the journey.
Online resources:
» Additional production support came from Hearing Voices.com. Special thanks also to Island Outfitters in Anacortes, Washington.
» Learn more about Tribal Journeys at NOAA.gov
» Marc Daniels' skin-boat Web site
» Next week we'll return to the Tribal Journey for the re-emergence of a ten-thousand year-old tradition: the Aleut kayak.

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