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Understanding America After 9/112002 Public Radio Collaboration

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Anchor Station Documentaries (6)..............................................................................................................................1

Special Collaboration Events (2)...................................................................................................................................5

Anchor Station Short Features (16 )..........................................................................................................................6

1-2 Hour Shows and Documentaries (8)...............................................................................................................12

Half-hour Programs (4)......................................................................................................................................................18

Short Features (11)..................................................................................................................................................................20

Cultural Programs of All Lengths (9)....................................................................................................................24

Commentaries and Essays (5)........................................................................................................................................28

Collaboration Contact Information.........................................................................................................................29

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Public Radio Collaboration2002 Programming guide

Anchor Station Documentaries (6)

KQED-FM, San Francisco CA

Production Team:Exec. Producer: Raul RamirezProducer: Sandy TolanAssociate Producer: Molly Peterson

Length: 1:00:00

A Need to Belong: Citizenship in a Post-9/11 America

Something fundamental about being “American” has changed since 9/11. A Need to Belong is the story of this change, told by voices from the nation’s most diverse state – California – and by those abroad.

A Need to Belong will explore patriotism and the place of both loyalty and dissent in our changed world. It will expose the byproducts of fear in our society, including a new sense of vulnerability among immigrants and strained relations between long-time citizens and recent arrivals. Through reporting abroad, it will examine how the image of America and the ideal of American citizenship in other parts of the world has shifted.

Listeners will visit a military town and its evangelical Christian church; hear the post 9/11 ordeal of an Iraqi family; hear the plight of three immigrant Filipino baggage handlers and follow the impact of their story back to family and friends in the Philippines; and feel the struggle of citizens and civic organizations trying to understand their roles and responsibilities in this new America.

WAMU, Washington, DC &Soundprint Productions

Production Team:Exec. Producer: Mark McDonaldProducers: Carol Beach, Sesh KannanReporter: Steve Roberts

Length:

Defending the Future

On Sept. 11, Lt. Cmdr. David Tarantino, a flight surgeon and family practitioner assigned to the Pentagon, was at his desk when American flight 77 drove its nose deep into the heart of America’s military might.

Defending the Future opens with Lt. Cmdr. Tarantino and Capt. Dave Thomas standing where flight 77 struck and remembering that day – running to the site of the carnage; hearing the cries for help; carrying retired Navy pilot Jerry Henson out of the building moments before fiery debris engulfed his office.

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From there, reporter Steve Roberts focuses on the future of America’s armed forces, exploring how everyone from the top brass at the Pentagon down to the greenest recruit in boot camp on Parris Island thinks our military will change because of 9/11. Defending the Future looks not only at how the strategy and structure of the military is changing, but also at how the lives of fighters will be affected.

Wives of fighter pilots talk about the long, painful months of separation, and young recruits confront the likelihood that they will see combat. Drill Instructors talk about how they view their jobs post-9-11, and veterans of the air campaign in Afghanistan share the frustrations of pursuing an enemy with no face and a war with no end.

American RadioWorks (MPR) & The Center for Documentary Studies

Production Team:Executive Producer: Bill BuzenbergManaging Editor: Stephen SmithProducer: Elana Hadler, John Biewen

Length:1:00:00

Days of Infamy

Twice this century, the Library of Congress has sent fieldworkers throughout the nation to collect the reactions of Americans to a surprise attack. The first time was December 8, 1941, the day after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The second was almost sixty years later, on September 12, 2001. Extensive selections from both sets of tapes will get their first-ever broadcast in Days of Infamy.

The two crises and our reactions provide a mirror on our national character and how it has changed over two generations. In 1941, Americans vowed to enlist, ration, and buy war bonds. In 2001, Americans vowed to pray, fly flags, write checks to the Red Cross and "get back to normal."

Days of Infamy combines the recorded reactions with music and insights from prominent Americans who lived through Pearl Harbor and 9/11 – including journalists Russell Baker and Helen Thomas and artists Pete Seeger and Albert Murray. It is an astonishing look at our nation and culture in crisis across sixty years.

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WNYC, New York

Production Team:Exec. Producer: John Rudolph

Length:1:00:00

Changed New York

Even as New York begins to rebuild after 9/11, there remains a deep sense of loss in the city. How are New Yorkers coping with their loss, whether it is the death of a loved-one, the loss of a job, or the loss of a sense of security? This documentary presents stories of people whose lives have changed dramatically as they cope with the lasting impact of the attack: formerly unconnected neighbors who have found a new sense of community; people who have taken extraordinary measures to protect themselves because they fear another attack; Ground Zero volunteers who yearn for the intensity of their experience even as they suffer from post-traumatic stress and physical health effects.

The documentary reveals the inner landscape of people’s emotions and how 9/11 has impacted values, family, work, political views, spirituality, and community. Listeners will find elements of their own responses to 9/11 in the stories they hear.

WBUR, Boston

Production Team:Exec. Producer: George Boosey, Sam FlemingProducer: Anna BenstedReporter: Anthony Brooks, Fred Thys, Michael Goldfarb

Length:1:00:00

The Unfriendly Skies

Logan Airport in Boston , where most 9/11 hijackers began their journeys, is the starting point for this documentary on airport security and how it feels to fly a year after the tragedy. For most, the skies are now neither friendly nor dramatically more secure. Listeners will hear stories at both ends of the new security measures – from those responsible for implementing them and those who must submit to the measures.

Anthony Brooks looks at the hurdles and headaches frequent flyers face, from airport screeners to security equipment to new airport procedures; Fred Thys reports on those responsible for keeping American airports and skies safe, both the people and organizations; Michael Goldfarb examines the view from the air, listening to flight staff and looking at how airports and airlines outside the US handle security following 9/11.

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First Person (MPR)

Production team:Exec. Producer: Bill BuzenbergProducer: Marge Ostroushko, Brian Newhouse

Length: 60:00

Speaking of Faith: The Spiritual Fallout of 9/11

This highly produced hour delves into the uncomfortable religious and moral questions posed by the September terrorist attacks. Through compelling stories and conversation, evocative sound and music, the show explores the spiritual fallout of 9/11. Listeners will hear from:

Parker Palmer, Quaker author and teacher; Phyllis Tickle, Publisher’s Weekly Religion Editor; Ingrid Mattson, the first woman vice-president of the Islamic Society of North

America;

This hour features the riveting first-person account of producer Marge Ostroushko, who was granted unique access to private worship communities in and around Ground Zero—and came away with tape you won’t hear anywhere else, including her experiences at the ash-swirled Ground Zero final service, and her interview with the priest who coordinated the 24-hour team of clergy who blessed every human remain found since 9/11.

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Special Collaboration Events (2)

BBC & WAMU

Production team:Exec. Producer: Anne Koch, Mark McDonaldProducer: Victoria Taylor, Carol Beach

Length:2:00:00

Format: LIVE Saturday Sept. 7th, 1300-1500 ET

Living with Terror: The World Speaks a Year after 9/11

September 11th reverberated around the globe, spurring reactions from sympathy to fear to celebration. For the first time, thanks to a collaboration between US public radio stations and the BBC World Service, people from around the world will be able to call toll-free, speak their minds, and hear other views on living with terror in a post 9/11 world in a special live show Saturday, Sept. 7 from 1-3 pm eastern time.

Radio hosts, one from Europe and one from the US, will shepherd a conversation that will likely touch on whether the US is to blame for rising terrorism around the globe, how the US war is affecting others, whether the war on terrorism can ever be won, and how people in places like Ireland, the Basque region, and Israel, have coped with a constant threat of terrorism. Well-known foreign correspondents based around the world will be on tap to answer questions, provide context, and inject facts into the conversation.

BBC, MPR, WBUR & KPCC

Production team:Exec. Producer: Anne Koch, Bill BuzenbergProducer: Sarah Meyer

Length:2:00:00

Format: Recorded Sept. 7 for air Sunday, Sept. 8th

Living with Terror: America Speaks a Year after 9/11

The US rarely speaks with one voice… and views on the impact of 9/11 are no exception. America Speaks will allow live Town Hall audiences in LA, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Boston to talk, compare views, and even argue about how 9/11 has changed their lives and the country, and how the fear of terrorism will influence the future. Through a collaboration with the BBC World Service, the rest of the world will be listening in. Two radio hosts, one from the BBC and one from American public radio, will guide the discussion through controversial questions over the US role in the world and why many abroad hate the US, whether a war on terrorism is the path to peace, and how heightened US security may undercut the ideals of freedom and independence Americans often claim as symbols of national superiority. Invited guests will ensure the voices of America’s minorities, including Muslims, and foreign residents are heard.

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Anchor Station Short Features (16 )

KPCC, Los Angeles

Production Team:Exec. Producer: Paul GlickmanReporter: Frank StoltzeLength: 5:30

Hunting for Illegals

In the year since the attacks, law enforcement authorities have worked furiously to track down terrorists who might be inside the US. Even bounty hunters have been pulled into the effort. We go on a ride with an LA bounty hunter who used to spend his days tracking down hardened criminals who'd jumped bail, but who now rounds up illegal aliens for the INS. Those getting caught in the sweep are hardly terrorists, though.

KPCC, Los Angeles

Production Team:Exec. Producer: Paul GlickmanReporter: Frank StoltzeLength: 7:00 – 8:00

American Muslims Organize

In the wake of 9/11, Arab-American Muslims have felt besieged, with many fellow Americans questioning their patriotism. In southern California, Muslim community leaders are trying to help local Muslims become more politically active and media savvy. We follow one Muslim as he tries to put what he learned into practice and hear how he has redefined for himself what it means to be American since 9/11.

KQED, San Francisco

Production team:Editor: Sally EiseleReporter: Kathryn Baron

Length: 7:00

Civics 101

Public schools in America were founded on the belief that learning about citizenship was essential to sustain and preserve the newly created democratic union. Since then, that experiment in democracy has been challenged by immigration, unpopular wars and diversity, with many schools responding by backing away from civics courses.

After 9/11, schools are reconsidering that void, but are often unsure of how to proceed. A small, but notable group in California are confronting their differences with new courses and pilot programs that teach the fundamentals of freedom by turning their schools into laboratories of democracy that create unity in the interest of diversity.

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KQED, San Francisco

Production team:Editor: Ingrid BeckerReporter: Laura Sydell

Length: 7:00

The Marketing of Patriotism

The Dow Jones Industrial Average took a nose-dive in the days and weeks following the September 11th attacks. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and President George W. Bush urged Americans to keep the economy afloat and fight back with the power of the buck. Go shopping! Retailers all over the nation wrapped their wares in red, white, and blue advertisements. Even the New York Stock Exchange got into the act with a commercial that juxtaposed the trading floor and the American flag.

Never before has patriotism and consumer culture been so closely woven together. This piece examines the minds of the marketers who shaped the advertising campaigns in the wake of the terrorist attacks. It also looks at how the current push to sell patriotism compares with other times of national crisis.

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Production team:Exec. Producer: Morgan HolmProducer: Christy George

Length: 8:00

Hijacking 9/11

This story considers how opponents of environmental protection are “hijacking” the post-September 11th anti-terrorist fervor to destroy the environmental movement. It started on September 12, 2001, when Alaska Congressman Don Young suggested that “eco-terrorists” based in Seattle could be responsible for the attacks. Bills in Congress would redefine terrorism broadly, non-violent civil disobedience would carry stiffer sentences, and tree-sitting would shift from misdemeanor trespass to a felony.

KERA, Dallas

Production team:Exec. Producer: Abby Goldstein, Marla CrockettReporter: Bill ZeebleLength: 8:00

Survival of the Fittest

Two of the four hijacked planes on 9/11 were American Airlines flights. From tragedy to a federal bailout to a still shaky future, American Airlines is an emblem of the fight for survival in the industry after 9/11.

This is the story, told from the trenches of American’s headquarters in North Texas, of that fight and its impact on its workers and their communities.

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KERA, Dallas

Production team:Exec. Producer: Abby Goldstein, Marla CrockettReporter: Suzanne SpragueLength: 8:00

Plugging the Border for Security

On September 11th, the Texas/Mexico border closed temporarily following the attacks, and ever since, the flow of goods and people across it has never been the same. As part of the war on terror, the Bush Administration is reversing many aspects of more than a decade of increasing trade and openness with Mexico. In the border town of Laredo, Texas, residents fear that their once-booming economy has reached the end of an era.

KUER, Salt Lake City, UT

Production team:Exec. Producer: Kat Snow, Jenny BrundinReporter: Jenny Brundin

Length: 9:00

Blackhawk Helicopters and Ice Skates

After 9/11, the country became preoccupied with one question: Was the nation secure? The first big test was the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, and it proved to be the largest domestic security effort in US history. Using a narrative style from theater, Jenny Brundin weaves sound from bomb-sniffing dogs, Blackhawk helicopters, and other icons of Olympic security to tell the story of a city on edge and how 80,000 people were kept safe from terrorist attacks. Americans and international visitors reflect on the sports event that signaled a permanent change in the way the country protects high-profile events from terrorist attacks.


Production team:Exec. Producer: Kat Snow, Jenny BrundinReporter: Jenny Brundin

Length: 9:00

Navajo Reflections on 9/11

This is an audio portrait of Native American reflections on September 11 and its aftermath. The piece opens with a striking image: On the morning of 9/11, Navajos looked into the sky and saw – nothing. They heard only silence. Jenny Brundin captures Navajo thoughts on patriotism and racism in America after 9/11, and allows Navajos to share the spiritual and life lessons they gained from the tragedy. This portrait with minimal narration is steeped in sounds indigenous to the reservation, including Navajo music and the voices of sheepherders and artists, young people and elders.

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Production team:Exec. Producer: Kat Snow, Jenny BrundinReporter: Vince Pearson

Length: 9:00

Demanding Dignity – Salt Lake Latinos Unite

“The fear of Latinos is not that a bomb is going to explode and that we are going to have relatives die. The fear of Latinos is we may disappear from this country because we are now seen as a threat,” says activist Gabriela Citrola. In a series of scenes with undocumented workers busted in a high profile security sweep at the Salt Lake City airport, reporter Vince Pearson explores their thoughts on America as they await deportation, and recalls the raid as they experienced it. Listeners will hear a corrido written to memorialize the raid, visit workers in the threadbare homes they maintain, and hear how opposition to the raid has created a new political activism in Salt Lake’s Latino community.

Michigan Radio

Production team:Exec. Producer: Jon HobanEditor: Bill PoormanProducer: Matt Shafer Powell

Length: 7:00-8:00

Treated like Criminals: Arab Americans after 9/11

Arabs and others of Middle Eastern descent have long feared that cases of Arab terrorism in the world would put their civil rights in America in jeopardy. Since 9/11, those fears seem justified. Arab Americans in Michigan, one of the largest Arab communities in the country, say they are increasingly singled out by airport security, police and the US government because of their ethnicity. This piece tells their stories and starts with tape of an Arab American going through airport security to catch a flight. The feature moves to larger issues of the use of secret evidence, immigration, and government interviews of Arabs to wage the domestic war on terrorism.

Michigan Radio

Production team:Exec. Producer: Jon HobanEditor: Bill PoormanProducer: Matt Shafer PowellLength: 6:00-7:00

I’m Not a Terrorist: Arab Americans after 9/11

In the aftermath of September 11th, Arabs in the US suddenly found themselves victims of physical and verbal attacks by other Americans who were angrily searching for a scapegoat. As a tool for survival, many Arab Americans searched for ways to publicly distance themselves from the terrorists. This story focuses on how some Arabs have sought refuge in their patriotism, while others have proclaimed the religious and ideological values that distinguish them from those responsible for 9/11.

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Michigan Radio

Production team:Exec. Producer: Jon HobanEditor: Bill PoormanProducer: Matt Shafer Powell

Length: 7:00-8:00

From Surviving to Thriving: Arab Americans after 9/11

The attacks of 9/11 have left a harmful footprint on the psyche of the Arab American community. Many who emigrated from violence and persecution in the Middle East now live in fear of reprisals from other Americans and from the US government. Still, the community has found ways to survive and even thrive in this environment. With scenes from the annual Arab International Festival in Dearborn, Michigan, this feature shares stories of the psychological trauma experienced by Arab-Americans and how these citizens are stepping out of the shadows created by September 11 to re-establish themselves as rightful shareholders of the American dream.

KCUR, Kansas City, MO

Production team:Exec. Producer: Frank Morris, Bill AndersonProducer: Steve WalkerLength: 5:00

When Can We Laugh Again?

A sense of humor is one of the first casualties in crisis and war. Immediately after last year’s terrorist attacks, certain topics became taboo on the comedy scene. When Can We Laugh Again presents the evolving sketches and jokes about 9/11 of a Kansas City comedy troupe over the course of the past year. The humor and its evolution reveal much about our insecurities as a nation and our process of healing.


Production team:Exec. Producer: Bill AndersonProducer: Frank Morris

Length: 6:00

The Impact of Terror: From the farm to the ‘hood

The psychological effects of the 9/11 attacks fell disproportionately hard on some regions of the country. But the impact also varied among communities just a few miles apart in the Midwest. This story takes listeners to the heart of Kansas City’s volatile urban center and to the relatively quiet countryside near by to show how the threat of terror is perceived differently. In the city, the risk of violent crime couples with general distrust to perpetuate terrorist concerns. In the country, though, the regular rhythms of farm and small town life help create a sense of isolated security. Listeners will hear people from the farm and the ‘hood compare notes on their views and worries since 9/11.

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Production team:Exec. Producers: Frank MorrisReporter: Matt HackworthLength: 4:30

Guardsmen in College

Roughly 30 percent of America's reserve forces are college students. Unlike for reservists who maintain full-time jobs, there are no federal laws to protect student reservists' status with colleges if they're called to active duty. Those called up for the war on terrorism typically have to drop out, with no assurance of tuition refunds or of being re-admitted. A national campaign to get US colleges to agree to provide these assurances failed. This story shares the views of reservists and their colleges.

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1-2 Hour Shows and Documentaries (8)

The Sonic Memorial Project (Lost and Found Sound)

Production team:Producer: The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva, Davia Nelson) & The Sonic Memorial Team

Length:1:00:00

Sonic Memorial Special

An intimate, historic and sound-rich documentary marking the anniversary of 9/11 through stories, sound and archival audio. The Special interweaves elements from Sonic Memorial stories heard over the past year on All Things Considered with voice mail messages, on-site recordings, oral histories, remembrances and stories collected from listeners nationwide who called NPR's Sonic Memorial phone line.

The Special features stories that focus on little known aspects of the history and life of the World Trade Center and its neighborhood, including Radio Row, the district of electronics shops displaced by the building of the WTC, and the Mohawk ironworkers who helped construct the Towers and who returned after 9/11 to disassemble the twisted steel. Stories of the politics and public opinion surrounding the Towers are told by the man who masterminded the construction of the buildings and by the young college co-ed Construction Guides he hired to educate the public and put a friendly face on the project. Artists, bankers, office staff, elevator and maintenance workers — each tower had a thousand sounds; every floor had a thousand stories.

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Production team:Exec. Producer: Morgan HolmProducer: Christy George

Length: 1:00:00

Life In The DMZ – The Impact Away from Ground Zero

Life in the DMZ explores how the seemingly quick return to normal life after 9/11 found among people in the Pacific Northwest, far from the three "Ground Zeroes" on the east coast, masks a deeper shock, a national epidemic of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.

Oregonians -- indeed, all Americans -- have been hit nearly as hard as those who lived within sight of the attacks. The story will show how people - from the lefty college enclave of Eugene to ultra-patriotic farmers in the drought-stricken Klamath Basin - are

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recognizing the trauma and working to heal themselves.

KUNM, Albuquerque, NM & Cedar Creek Studios

Production team:Producer: Paul InglesHost: Suzanne Kryder

Length:1:00:00

Peace Talks: Making Peace With Ourselves Since 9/11The events of September 11th created anxiety, fear and turmoil in many people. Peace Talks focuses on what we can do to foster peace in the world, in our relationships, and, most importantly, within ourselves when our nation is at war and more terrorist attacks are said to be likely.

In a town hall format recorded in Albuquerque, host Suzanne Kryder will lead a discussion on finding inner peace in troubled times. The featured guest, Eric Kolvig, Ph.D., has studied and taught contemplative practices for 25 years and is himself a survivor of post-traumatic stress disorder. He will share methods for coping with inner conflict. Paul Ingles will profile work that psychologists and counselors are doing with individuals and groups to calm the inner strife heightened in the days since 9/11.

Soundprint

Production team:Exec. Producer: Moira RankinProducer: Richard Paul

Length: 1:00:00

We Were on Duty

At 9:43 a.m. on September 11th, terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, ending the lives of 184 people and changing the lives of thousands more. This program is an oral history of the survivors who were on duty at the Pentagon that morning -- the computer technician who watched the fireball burst through the wall of her office; the Lt. Col. who lay in a hallway, on fire, praying to God; the retired NCO who crawled on his belly through choking smoke to safety. It looks at how the attacks have changed these survivors and their families.

We Were on Duty is an uplifting story of survival. These ordinary, remarkable employees of the Department of Defense and the US Armed Forces talk about the agonizing treatment for their burns, the mental anguish of the memories, and how they have turned to heaven, their families and their military training to pull them through. These survivors’ stories offer important lessons for us all.

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National Public Radio

Production team:Producer: JJ SutherlandHost: Susan StambergReporter: Mike Shuster, Chris Joyce, Barbara Bradley

Length: 1:00:00

The War on Terror: Policy, Technology and Tactics

Susan Stamberg hosts an examination of the war on terrorism’s impact in 3 areas: US foreign policy, the use of surveillance technology, and FBI tactics within our borders. The hour-long special draws connections between pieces that will air separately on ATC.

Mike Shuster shows that the Bush administration’s unilateralist stance, its desire to “go it alone” in the world, has become stronger since 9/11. From the fight in Afghanistan to administration policies in the Middle East, US relations with Russia, and even the administration’s attitude toward NATO, Bush’s team has taken a binary view of the world: ‘either you’re with us or against us.’

Chris Joyce shows how the government is pushing technology as the way to prevent future terrorist attacks. Many experts insist we don’t need more data, but rather new ways to mine and manipulate data—to see patterns amid the chaos of facts that add up to intelligence -- and to get it to the people who count.

Barbara Bradley looks at FBI tactics and their impact on civil liberties in the age of terror. She talks with FBI agents who investigate terrorism about how 9/11 has changed their rules and with a Muslim who fits the profile of an FBI target.

Prime Time Radio

Production team:Exec. Producer: Janelle HaskellHost: Mike Cuthbert

Length: 1:00:00

The Capitalist and the Theologian – One Year Later

Harvard theologian Dr. Harvey Cox and economist and business leader Knight Kiplinger of Kiplinger Newsletter met for the first time a few days after 9/11 to try to make sense of the tragedy. They came from starkly divergent viewpoints, and the discussion began with a sharp challenge from the celebrated divinity professor to the capitalist: Might September 11 be a result of “the increasing division in the world between people who are extraordinarily wealthy and successful in the new global economy and those who are excluded from it and are therefore more resentful and more hateful?”

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Prime Time Radio continued From there, the exchange was riveting: from the economist observing that “...what we often define as religious differences are actually socio-economic”, to the theologian’s warning that “if we are transformed into an authoritarian society by this attack on us by authoritarians … that would be moronic.”

Prime Time Radio brings Dr. Cox and Mr. Kiplinger together again –a year later. Dr. Cox had predicted our nation would grow up and accept its own mortality. Kiplinger pleaded for employers to show good sense and patriotism by taking better care of their employees. Listen in as the capitalist and theologian consider the lasting impact of 9/11 on the world.

1stPerson.org

Production team:Producer and Host: Dmae RobertsProducer/writer: Dmae Roberts, Ginger Miles, Katie Davis, Karen Michel, Michael Johnson, Nick Van der Puy, Sandy Lyon, Ruby Murray, Lanne Grabel, Jane Ellen Rubin, Melissa Yukich, Sara Kolbet

Length: 1:00:00

Format:Can be used as an hour, two half-hours or as individual pieces running 3:30 – 7:30

Stories of Loss, Hope and Peace

These 1stPerson stories by both well-known and new writers and producers deal directly with September 11th themes in the first half hour and with themes of grief, loss and renewal of hope in the second half hour. Individual features and commentaries can be used in flexible formats. Pieces are available for preview at: 1stPerson.org

Meditations in an Emergency by Ginger MilesAudio essay of a Manhattan neighborhood on the day after. 4:13

The Towers Stand by Jane Ellen Rubin and Michael Johnson A celebration of life and the people of the WTC during the time when it opened. 6:13

Bearing Witness: Across the Brooklyn Bridge by Karen MichelA walk from Brooklyn to the site of Ground Zero a week after. 7:24

It Didn't Rock Their World by Katie DavisFor kids fighting their own "home-grown" form of terrorism in Washington, D.C, the events of September 11th were met as part of life.. 5:40

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1stPerson.org continued Looking Through a Survivor's Windows by Nick Vander Puy/Sandy LyonStory of 78-year-old World War Two survivor, Ursula Schramm, who questions the movement toward war. 3:58

Talking To Sophia by Michael JohnsonExplaining the tragic events of September 11th to a child. 3:53

Wound by Leanne GrabelThe routine of life changed greatly after September 11th. Words did not emerge quickly but slowly as life changed. 3:25

Beyond Chance by Ruby Murray and Sara KolbetRuby Murray writes in her first audio piece about the meaning of friendship and grief. 3:50

Moe is Me by Melissa Yukich and Dmae Roberts Melissa, known as Moe to her friends, struggles with prejudice against her sexual identity. She recorded her life and a chronicle of what gives her hope. 5:20

Messages by Dmae RobertsAfter a loved one's gone, all that may be left are photos and objects to remember them by. Dmae remembers her mom in a tribute through her phone messages. 4:50

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WBUR, Boston

Production team:Exec. Producer: George Boosey, Sam Fleming

Length:1:00:00 – 2:00:00

Format:Two live call-in shows and one live magazine show

Special 9/11 Editions: The Connection, On Point, Hear & Now

WBUR will offer special editions of its call-in programs – The Connection (M-F 10 am-12 noon ET) and On Point (M-F 7-9 pm ET) – and its noon magazine Hear & Now (M-F 12 noon – 1 pm ET). These will run from Sept 3-11.

The Connection, with host Dick Gordon, will devote its first hour to 9/11 anniversary discussions on varying topics. On Point, with host Tom Ashbrook, will focus the entire show each evening on the anniversary. And Here & Now, with hosts Bruce Gellerman and Robin Young, will send Robin to New York City for the week leading to 9-11 to capture the mood there a year after the tragedy from the vantage point of police officers, fire fighters, Wall Street executives, architects, children, parents and many others.

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Half-hour Programs (4)

KPCC, Los Angeles

Production Team:Exec. Producer: Paul GlickmanProducer: Aimee Machado

Length: 30:00

Portrait of Hedab

This piece is an audio diary of Hedab El Tarifi, a Palestinian-American woman living in southern California. Listeners get a sense of what it's like to be an Arab in America, as Hedab tries to sort out the role she and her fellow Muslims play in US society in the wake of 9/11. One of her friends was killed, apparently because he was Arab. Another had her car run off the road by a man yelling obscenities at her. Others have had trash thrown at them. Hedab also talks of her discomfort when well-meaning strangers are overly friendly to her.

Independent – Ginger Miles

Production team:Producer: Ginger Miles

Length: 30:00

Rising Daily From The Ashes

The morning of September 11th, NPR listeners heard veteran radio producer Ginger Miles describe the World Trade Center towers crumbling as she watched from her kitchen window a block away. This is her story of what happened to her building, her neighbors, and her world in the year following: From evacuation to survival to the rebuilding of her community out of the shadow of the towers. First-person story telling from Ground Zero, in an action-filled half-hour that shares the voices and sounds of the neighborhood during and after 9/11.

WNPR-Connecticut Public Radio

Production team:Exec. Producer: John Dankosky, Peter NeilProducer: David TarnowLength: 30:00

All Available Boats: Harbor Voices from 9/11

This documentary presents the voices of the often overlooked waterfront and harbor workers who helped evacuate roughly 300,000 people from lower Manhattan on September 11th.

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WPSU-FM, University Park, PA

Production team:Producer: Cindi Deutschman-Ruiz

Length: 30:00

Fighting the “Just” War: The Peace Movement after 9/11

With an enemy that seems to be everywhere and nowhere, Americans fear for their day-to-day safety after 9/11. Speaking out against war generally doesn’t win many friends. But in this war, protesting is considered by many to be not simply unpatriotic and a dishonor to the memory of the thousands who died on 9/11, but also deeply dangerous to our national and personal safety.

Fighting the “Just” War tells the stories of those who are protesting against the war on terrorism – who they are, what they are doing and what it feels like.

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Short Features (11)

KVMR-FM

Production team:Producer: Carolyn CraneEngineer: Dawn Fischer, DigiGirl Studios Length: 8:00

Pledge

This un-narrated montage moves from children and teens reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to their extemporaneous thoughts on what the Pledge means to them. It provides a window into the variety of perspectives of tomorrow's voters, using voices from many ages and ethnic backgrounds.

WFUV, New York

Production team:Exec. Producer: Julianne WelbyReporter: George Bodarky

Length:5:00

Tattooing Their Grief

The arms, chests and backs of scores of New York City firefighters and police officers are now lifetime memorials to their lost colleagues. Many are choosing to get tattoos to remember the September 11th attacks -- giving them a way to silently wear their grief. Since 9/11, a Staten Island tattoo parlor has inked nearly two hundred memorial pieces and continues to schedule appointments. George Bodarky shares the stories of the designs, the feelings, and the art of tattooing.

WFUV, New York

Production team:Exec. Producer: Julianne WelbyReporter: Kat Seelig

Length:5:00

It’s More Than a Game

The National Anthem means more than ever at our nation’s sporting events. Since 9/11, the meaning of the game has especially changed for New York City’s professional athletes and fans alike. From the Rangers' all-star goalie Mike Richter to the legendary voice of Yankee Stadium Bob Shepard, sports are a significant diversion from the ongoing threat of terrorism. At the same time, 9/11 has put a whole new perspective on what it means to play a game for a living.

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Independent – Robert Parish

Production team:Exec. Producer: Robert Parish

Length:15:00 – 20:00 (four pieces)

Format: Four segments that can stand alone or set up local call-in shows

Reclaiming Hope… in a Changed World

Award-winning broadcast journalist, Robert Parish -- with help from a number of internationally recognized trauma experts -- explores the notion of reclaiming emotional and spiritual hope in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This series of extraordinary interviews and commentary was designed so local stations could build call-in or interview shows around each piece. Parish and the experts focus on the following areas:

One Woman’s Post-9/11 Therapeutic Journey Spiritual Issues Raised by Terrorism Hope and Healing for Children After Traumatic Events Coping with Loss Through Creativity

Great Lakes Radio Consortium

Production team:Exec. Producer: Jon Hoban, Mark BrushProducer: Lester GrahamLength: 5:00 - 6:00

The Terrorist Threat to Our Water

The EPA Administrator has assured the public that our water is safe from terrorist attack, saying it would take a huge amount of chemical or biological contaminants (a tanker-truck full) to hurt a community’s water supply. But the author of a Department of Defense study says an amount as small as a backpack could potentially cause death and panic. While the Bush administration insists the public should not be alarmed by the risk to water supplies, experts say much more must be done to protect our water.

Great Lakes Radio Consortium

Production team:Exec. Producer: Jon Hoban, Mark BrushProducer: Lester GrahamLength: 5:00 - 6:00

The Terrorist Threat to Our Nuclear Power Plants

Just as terrorists drove planes into the World Trade Center towers, they could crash into a nuclear power plant. If that happened at a facility such as the Braidwood nuclear power plants just outside of Chicago, the resulting radioactive contamination would surpass that caused by Chernobyl. The environmental damage and the public health risks could be apocalyptic for Chicago and the damage could go far beyond the borders of the U.S.

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WILL, Urbana IL

Production team:Exec. Producer: Tom RogersReporter: Tom Rogers

Length:4:30

A Simple Stand

Memorializing a tragedy like 9/11 requires something beyond a statue or plaque to be a meaningful, evocative and dignified tribute. Some communities have settled on a memorial grove, a stand of trees in a public area, symbolizing re-growth, dignity and tranquility.

Tom Rogers tells the story of how a community in Champaign-Urbana, IL decided to create a 9/11 grove, revealing why such a simple idea is proving so powerful across the country.

WILL, Urbana IL

Production team:Exec. Producer: Tom RogersReporter: Jim Meadows

Length:7:00-8:00

Voices From the Far Left

The September 11th attacks and their aftermath present new challenges to those on the political left in Champaign-Urbana, IL. They find themselves deeply opposed to how the Bush administration is handling everything from civil liberties and US foreign policy to domestic public safety and patriotic fervor. From the newly-formed anti-war, anti-racism group that parades on a July 4th float to the outcry caused by the immigration arrest of a Moroccan-born activist, this story uses lefty voices to describe what is seen as a new political atmosphere caused by 9/11.

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WITF-FM, Harrisburg, PA

Production team:Producer: Damon (Beau) BoughamerLength: 7:00

Disaster in Every Direction

Elysburg, Pennsylvania is the town that is the same shortest distance (137 miles) from Ground Zero, the Pentagon and Shanksville. It's the home of a small but popular amusement park; otherwise, it's Anytown, USA. Disaster in Every Direction looks at how life has changed for this average community since 9/11.


Pennsylvania Public Radio

Production team:Producer: Jen Rehill

Length: 7:00

Shanksville, A Year Later

The small town of Shanksville has changed dramatically since September 11th, when hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field nearby. Voices from this western Pennsylvania hamlet of 250 tell of a town that has become famous for a tragic act of heroism and how the townspeople are dealing with fame, an influx of tourists, and their memories. Rehill speaks with the county coroner, a volunteer Shanksville ‘ambassador’ working at the temporary memorial near the crash scene, a minister, and other residents. Plans to create a national memorial will indelibly link Shanksville’s identity to 9/11.

Empowerment Productions

Production team:Producer: Jean ParkerLength: 7:00

The Ones Left Behind

Some of the people who didn't get out of the World Trade Center were people with disabilities who could not use the stairs and were not lucky enough to have friends or colleagues to assist them in escaping. The Ones Left Behind reveals their stories and describes how our emergency procedures rarely consider the needs of the disabled.

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Cultural Programs of All Lengths (9)

Sound & Spirit/WGBH, Boston

Production team:Producer: Jon Solins, Ellen KushnerHost: Ellen Kushner

Length: 1:00:00

Surviving Survival

Ellen Kushner looks beyond physical survival in a tragedy like 9/11 to survival of the spirit and survival of the self. Surviving can be both empowering and devastating. Survivors often find it impossible to forget those who were killed and difficult to deal with their sorrow and the guilt of having lived when others died.

What do survivors do with their sorrow, with their guilt? Some construct memorials: quilts, poems, scrapbooks, Web pages. For many artists and musicians, the combination of art and faith is what provides the anchor.

Surviving Survival features many of these expressions. Bach wrote the “Ciaccona” from his Partita in D Minor as an epitaph for his wife. Many Cambodian refugees, coming to terms with the oppression of the Pol Pot regime, found healing through classical dancing, puppetry, and their Buddhist faith. Primo Levi, a survivor of Auschwitz, wrote books and found spiritual redemption in bearing witness to the events he endured.

From the carnage at Treblinka and the devastation at Ground Zero to the inconsolable pain of losing a child, Surviving Survival celebrates the enduring human spirit in the face of suffering and loss. The program’s music-to-talk ratio is 3:2.

New Jersey Network Public Radio

Production team:Producer: Eileen DelahuntyLength:1:00:00

Unscripted: A Theater Community Responds to 9/11

New Jersey lost many residents on 9/11. Unscripted examines how its theater community responded to the tragedy and how individual actors, playwrights and artistic directors view the role of theater in helping themselves and others heal. It includes excerpts from an emotional gathering of theater professionals a few months after 9/11.

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New Jersey Network Public Radio continued

The program features interviews with playwrights and scenes from productions in the New York and New Jersey area about 9/11 and its aftermath. Included is a talk with writer and journalist Anne Nelson, whose first play, "The Guys", is running to sold out audiences at the Flea Theater in New York. "The Guys" is based on Nelson's experience writing funeral speeches for a NYC fire captain. Listeners will hear Anthony Pennino talk about his play "Meditations from North America" – a fictional account of a kidnapped US journalist in a Philippine terrorist prison camp. Pennino wrote the play while following the Daniel Pearl story. The program also includes an interview with performance artist Reno, who lives blocks away from the site of the World Trade Center. Her one-woman show shares her reflections on the attacks and their implications.

PRI’s Studio 360

Production team:Exec. Producer: Julie Burstein

Length:1:00:00

Memorials and Memory

PRI's Studio 360 will present a program about the human and artistic urge to memorialize, to create art that makes present what is absent. Host Kurt Andersen will talk with poets and musicians about how they have used words and music to memorialize friends, lovers, and great events. The show will look briefly at memorials to the tragic events and personal losses of 9/11, but the main focus will be artistic memorials from the recent and distant past. Stories will include a recollection of the first performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, a look at the tradition of carving totem poles as both memorials and celebrations in Alaska, and an exploration of the attempt to memorialize an event in American history that many sought to forget.

In addition to the hour long program, Studio 360 will make available Kurt Andersen's commentary, which will be 3-5 minutes. Andersen's insightful and incisive comments about art, entertainment, and culture are a provocative and popular segment of the program. Studio 360 will provide host intro and outro copy for the segment.

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Rock’n’Roots

Production team:Producer: Ann Sternberg, Thomas BoydHost: Ann Sternberg, Thomas Boyd

Length: 2:00:00

Music and Public Spirit: Pre-and Post-9/11

Rock’n’Roots will explore the interplay between music, social anxieties and political agendas in this special two-hour program. Hosts Ann Sternberg and Thomas Boyd, and special guests (e.g. Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt, Pete Seeger, Guy Davis, others) will listen back to some of the musical expressions of rage, sadness and political fervor that have captured the nation’s airwaves and concert stages over the years… sift through the music since September 11, 2001 for traces of those or other political sentiments… and shed

some light on the role(s) music plays at times of deep social stress and unrest.

WFUV, New York

Production team:Exec. Producer: Julianne WelbyReporter: Julianne WelbyLength:8:00

Melodies of the Soul

Since 9/11, professional singer-songwriters, especially those with connections to New York City like Suzanne Vega, have been re-examining their art form and its power to console us. The songs they've created have not topped the charts, but show that 9/11 has added new urgency and depth to the lyrics of today’s music.

WFUV, New York

Production team:Exec. Producer: Julianne WelbyReporter: Tara AndersonLength:5:00

Music By the People, For the People

Like other radio stations, WFUV in New York City received hundreds of amateur recordings of songs written in response to 9/11. These songs represent a return to the original spirit of folk music as a chronicle of human events through the eyes of the people who experienced them. This music-laced essay explores how the ease of digital recording and CD burning has allowed a flowering of everyday folk music.

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WFUV, New York

Production team:Exec. Producer: Julianne WelbyReporter: Lisa Tschernkowitsch

Length: 5:00

The Writing on the Wall

Many of the makeshift memorials that sprang up throughout New York City following the September 11th attacks are taking on a new form. In a number of communities, temporary shrines, which often include candles and flowers, are giving way to more lasting murals. The Writing on the Wall tells the stories of those who created the paintings and the messages they hoped to capture… as well as how New Yorkers feel about the murals.

Independent – Karen Michel

Production team:Producer: Karen MichelLength:5:00

Songs of Loss and Longing: An Alaskan Portrait

At a gathering in Anchorage, Alaska, Native Americans from around the country sing of loss, love, and longing just days after the 9/11 attacks. Accompanied by a single guitar, songs range from an original composition for a friend (in Yupik and English), to a quavery hymn translated into Inupiaq, to a group sing-a-long in English of "Let it Be." This sound portrait shares the afternoon’s emotions and sounds with no narration.

Independent – Karen Michel

Production team:Producer: Karen MichelLength:1:00

A Day When We All Were Sad: Painter Nicole Eisenman

In one compelling radio minute, internationally recognized artist Nicole Eisenman describes her visual and visceral response to events just blocks from her studio/home in Manhattan’s Chinatown.

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Commentaries and Essays (5)

KQED, San Francisco

Production team:Producer: Molly PetersonCommentator: Nguyen Qui Duc

Length: 5:00

What Love Doesn’t Hurt

For nearly thirty years, Nguyen Qui Duc has been struggling with his emotions towards his adopted country. What does America mean to him? Since 9/11, the questions have become more urgent. He goes to a baseball game for the first time in his life to learn more about America and, while there, debates issues of patriotism with a friend, also a Vietnamese immigrant. His friend, and an old classmate from high school in Vietnam now living in Stockton, CA, offer their reflections on citizenship, war, and America's role in the world.

Tempest Studios – Geo Beach

Production team:Producer: Geo Beach

Length: 7:20

An Anatomy of Humanity

Award-winning public radio commentator Geo Beach (Marketplace, Living on Earth, Savvy Traveler) resides as far from downtown Manhattan as you can in the United States -- upcountry past the end of the road in Homer, Alaska. But Beach used to live in New York City, and for years was a firefighter and medic. When his high school roommate, now an ordained minister, begins phoning from Ground Zero in the days and months following 9/11, Geo wrestles medical and ministerial traditions to integrate the biology and metaphysics of tragedy. Ultimately, Geo Beach gives voice to a hymn at once hard and magic… an amalgam that cannot be replayed on video, that is the particular province of spoken word and ears attuned.

KERA, Dallas

Production team:Commentator: Merisa TrevinoLength: 3:30

Viva Los Estados Unidos

Commentator Merisa Trevino writes about how the 9/11 events have forced her and many other Latinos, especially Mexican Americans, to wear their patriotism on their sleeves. Viva Los Estados Unidos! has joined the usual shouts of Viva Mexico! at local festivals.

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KERA, Dallas

Production team:Commentator: Jennifer NagorkaLength: 3:30

Opportunities Lost

Commentator Jennifer Nagorka believes 9/11 changed her, but not the country as a whole. Hollywood still exports violent movies, foreign news has receded, and church attendance is back to normal. Nagorka blames President Bush – and the public – for not honoring the loss of 3,000 lives in a more meaningful way.

MOMbo, A Mom Show

Production team:Producer: Nanci OlesenLength: 2:30

A Mombo Speaks

A personal commentary about the events of 9/11 from the point of view of a mom of grade school kids in South Minneapolis. The commentary illustrates the everyday life of a mom, looking ahead with hope and fear, as she raises her children.

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