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the green river
This was the first guy I met floating down the Green River. Click on his hat, it says DAMN I’M GOOD. His car is a Catalina. He was waiting to get a job on a ranch. The stories aired as … Continue reading
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the avalanche
the avalanche This is a radio story from 1987 about an avalanche that happened in 1979. Seven young men went skiing in Big Cottonwood Canyon, just east of Salt Lake City. Three were caught in an avalanche. One died, one … Continue reading
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britton, south dakota, 1938
Video footage from the Internet Archive Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part I) (1938) Audio of shortwave ambience, not a mix.
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kenny’s dream
Ken Larsen tells a dream he had when he was in first grade. Footage from the Internet Archive Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part I) (1938)
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new shoes
Somewhere around Bombay, India, 1986. newshoes This is a story that’s partly about my first trip to India, in 1986. I’d never been overseas before, never seen the poverty of the third world. India was not really a developed country … Continue reading
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