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Sunday    5 Apr 2009

"Depression Stories"

0:00 - 1:00    Billboard (1:00)

1:00 - 6:00    SILENCE (5:00)

6:00 - 25:41   SEGMENT 1: (19:42)
     We start with a depression story from Linda Nelson. Quaker
     author and educator Parker Palmer talks with Anne
     Strainchamps about the two different things we mean by the
     word depression: a downturn in the economy and an illness of
     the psyche. Palmer's most recent book is "A Hidden
     Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life."   And we
     hear a depression story from 98 year old Nicholas J. Miller. 
          
     Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

25:42 - 26:11  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

26:12 - 40:21  SEGMENT 2: (14:10)
     Maryann Kellman tells us her Depression story, then Nick
     Taylor, author of "American Made: the Enduring Legacy of the
     WPA," tells Jim Fleming about the controversial centerpiece
     of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.  The WPR built 650
     thousand miles of highways and employed 8 and a half million
     people.  Also, the current economic crisis has Americans
     talking across the generations to share memories and get
     some advice, including Steve Paulson who had this
     conversation with his mother Lisa after she sent him a two
     page list of "Frugal Ways."  
          
     Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

40:22 - 40:51  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

40:52 - 59:00  SEGMENT 3: (18:08)            
     Kirsten Downey is an award-winning journalist and author of
     "The Woman Behind the New Deal."  She tells Jim Fleming
     about Frances Perkins, sworn in as Secretary of Labor under
     Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. Also, Jonatha Brooke is a singer
     and songwriter who was invited by Woody Guthrie's daughter
     to visit her famous father's archives and use some of his
     unpublished material. The result is an album called "The
     Works."  Jonatha Brooke talks with Steve Paulson about the
     experience of working on Woody's music and sings a couple of
     the songs. 
          
     Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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