Home of the Brave
DokumentarHome of the Brave: new and old stories from "This American Life" contributor Scott Carrier.
Siste episoder av Home of the Brave podcast
- Imagine (00:00:00)
Charles Bowden reading an excerpt from "Blood Orchid"
- Neighbors and Friends (00:00:00)
This story is four interviews, with neighbors and friends, about the current political situation in the United States. I was feeling fairly frazzled and wanted to talk to other people about how they felt, so I started close to home.The photo above is an original silk screen by Leia Bell, for sale at Ken Sanders’ Rare Books in Salt Lake City, Utah.I plan to keep posting stories for a while, so if you’d like to donate please press this button: Donate
- Walking and Talking (00:00:00)
My thoughts on our current situation.
- Border Trilogy (00:00:00)
Reports from the Sonoran Desert, sixty miles south of Tucson, in March of 2005.
- Over There (00:00:00)
A trip to Afghanistan in November of 2001.
- A Trip To Cambodia (00:00:00)
My first overseas story.
- Swim Lesson (00:00:00)
Swim lessons at the Sandwich Aquatic Center in Sandwich, New Hampshire.
- Finding Amnesia (00:00:00)
An attempt to forget who I am.
- Working For The Friendly Man (00:00:00)
a short stint in commercial radio
- The Test (00:00:00)
My first story for This American Life.
- The Dry Wall (00:00:00)
A story about trying to make a home during hard times.
- The Death of Ruth Tuck (00:00:00)
A radio play about how we, as a culture, deal with death and dying.
- The Green River (00:00:00)
A canoe trip down the Green River, from the top in Wyoming to the confluence with the Colorado River in southern Utah.
- The Avalanche (00:00:00)
A tragic day in the Wasatch Mountains.
- The West Desert (00:00:00)
A cultural history of the Great Salt Lake Desert.
- The Neighborhood (00:00:00)
An audio essay of my neighborhood.
- Running After Antelope (00:00:00)
Testing my brother's theory of human evolution by trying to run down a pronghorn antelope in Wyoming.
- Getting Up Off the Floor (00:00:00)
About being afraid to criticize Israel.
- Nasser Hospital (00:00:00)
Dr. Nizam Mamode describes his experiences while volunteering at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza last August and September.
- Belief Over Reason (00:00:00)
My take on what happened in the election.
- Fascism In America (00:00:00)
A short essay on what I know about fascism.
- Beirut Epilogue (00:00:00)
I wrote this after I got back home Wednesday night, but it took a few days to get it posted. Thanks very much for your support.
- Beirut Part Six (00:00:00)
An Interview with Dr. Edward Alam, professor of philosophy and theology at Notre Dame University in Lebanon.
- Beirut Part Five (00:00:00)
Four more interviews with people on the street in Beirut.
- Beirut Part Four (00:00:00)
An interview with Yehya Youness, owner of Electrip, an electric scooter company in Beirut.