235: The Balloon Goes Up
Tice Ridley is a first lieutenant in the Army. He's been sending regular emails from Kuwait City, where he's stationed, about what it's like to wait for the war to begin, and what it's like to actually fight it. Excerpts are read by actor Tom Wright. (7 minutes)
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593: Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee
Act Two: Thank You for Smoking
People don't have a lot of money in the refugee camps, and our producer Miki Meek went to see what that's like at a camp that's been built on the grounds of an abandoned psychiatric hospital.
499: Taking Names
Act One: Reluctant Sailor
Kirk sleepwalks through an open window and into a completely different life.
Act Two: Emails from a Dead Man
To get a sense of what may be broken about our process for bringing these Iraqis into the US, the ones who worked with US forces and who believe their lives are now in danger because of that, Kirk Johnson tells Nancy Updike about one guy.
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234: Say Anything
Act Two: The Battle Of Words Vs Fear
Michael Bernard Loggins, a developmentally disabled man in his 50s, tried to battle his fears by listing them, and came up with a list 138 items long.