APM: The Story

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The Story with Dick Gordon brings the news home - through passionate points of view and personal experiences. The program brings together ordinary and extraordinary people to provide perspective on the issues which affect us all. Our goal is to inspire conversation, thinking and understanding. Produced at North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC.

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APM: The Story episodes:

11.01.2013
Alexandra Fuller [11.01.2013]
Guest host Phoebe Judge speaks with writer Alexandra Fuller about growing up in Africa. She captures her fierce, resilient mother, whom she calls "dangerously imaginative." Fuller says Africa and her mother taught her self-reliance and tenacity.
10.24.2013
The Dung Sisters [07.08.09]
Anna Bliss and Linda Lehmann both lost their jobs last year. They went to unemployment support groups but found the groups to be all about networking, not helping one another get through the anxiety and sadness of being jobless. So...
10.24.2013
Knock Out Therapy [3.27.2009]
Stacy Nakell has one of the toughest jobs there is. She's a social worker. But she has an extra edge when she tells women that they can find the courage to stand up to a violent person in their lives....
10.24.2013
One String Makes Big Music [10.24.2013]
Andrew Chin, a.k.a. Brushy One-String, has crafted a unique style playing a one-string guitar and singing in an utterly original voice. Also in this show: A sculptor recreates Rome’s Trevi Fountain - in cardboard.
10.24.2013
Staying Afloat [8.5.2010]
The recession has made new jobs few and far between, and applicants for entry-level positions can range in age from baby boomers to current college grads. In 2008, Liam Daniel Pierce had an offer to intern at The New Yorker...
10.23.2013
A Tourist And Terrorists [12.2.2008]
Back in 1970, Rich Preyer was on a return flight from Europe when a group of terrorists boarded the plane. He and the other passengers narrowly escaped with their lives. In the years since, Rich has thought often about his...
10.23.2013
The House Eudora Built [10.23.2013]
Host Dick Gordon visits the home of Pulitzer Prize winner Eudora Welty and finds piles of books, letters from other writers of her time, and a type writer.
10.22.2013
Dark Eyeliner And Pringles [10.22.2013]
Dick speaks with Andrea Morales, a photographer who captured the lives of young people in a small town of Ohio. Also in this show: photographer Nina Berman; and the story of a photo of the Cincinnati River in 1848.
10.21.2013
Fix A Well, Change The World [10.21.2013]
A bartender talks about working to bring clean water to people in Darfur. Also in this show: A visit with Cyro Baptista, a percussionist who plays with objects most people wouldn’t consider instruments.
10.17.2013
Give My Poor Heart Ease [10.17.2013]
Bill Ferris grew up in Mississippi, going to church with his family's housekeeper and falling in love with the music and drama of the church. He discovered the blues and made recordings in the 60s and 70s that capture the...
10.16.2013
Poetry From The Atomic City [10.16.2013]
Poet Kathleen Flenniken says her book “Plume” is an attempt to make sense of the pride and betrayal she feels from growing up near a Cold War nuclear plant. Also in this show: After World War II, Warsaw wasn’t restored....
10.16.2013
Remembering Katyn [4.16.2010]
We remember the Katyn Massacre, the killing of over 20,000 Polish officers and intelligentsia at the start of World War II. Anna Wojtowicz’s father perished on that plane. Also in this episode, Bob Porto is a member of the Tea...
10.15.2013
Uncle Charlie [10.15.2013]
Three-decades of photographs, depicting the tough life and descent of "Uncle Charlie." Plus, an eerie coincidence captured on film, and a story about distance on the highway.
10.14.2013
Maxed Out On Everest [10.14.2013]
Hundreds of people are now attempting to climb Mt. Everest every year. National Geographic's Mark Jenkins says the mountain, once tackled only by professional climbers, has become accessible to anyone who can afford to pay to go up and down. ...
10.11.2013
Where Are They Now? [10.11.2013]
In The Story’s final show, we check in with guests who came on the program at moments when their lives were in transition, we revisit one of the first times we saw a story doesn’t have to be dramatic to...
10.10.2013
BEST OF THE STORY: A House Divided [10.10.2013]
All this week, more of our most popular episodes from our eight year history. Mohammed El Kurd grew up in the East Jerusalem house where his family has lived for more than 50 years. In 2009, a group of Israeli...
10.08.2013
BEST OF THE STORY: Love At Ninety [10.08.2013]
Nate Kalichman was 90 and Paula Givan was 67 when they got married. They share their stories of finding love late in life and making plans. Also: Tending Monet’s Garden, and Judy Garland’s flight attendant on a cross-country flight.
10.07.2013
BEST OF THE STORY: In a Classroom, Two Longtime Rivals Meet
Growing up, Yafinceio Harris and Michael Wilder were members of rival crews and came close to armed confrontation. They eventually had a meeting neither expected – in the classroom of a community college. Also in this show: A dreamy trip...
10.03.2013
BEST OF THE STORY: Looking To Clean India’s Holy Ganges River [10.3.2013]
We continue listening back to some of the most memorable stories we’ve aired. Today, Producer Phoebe Judge visits the Ganges River, one of the holiest yet most polluted places in India, and meets people who want to clean it up....
10.02.2013
BEST OF THE STORY: Life On The Line [10.2.2013]
For years, Emma Pender and Rita Perry faced harsh conditions and physical injuries working at a chicken processing plant in North Carolina. But the money was too good to pass up living in a town where the jobs were few....
10.01.2013
BEST OF THE STORY: Grizzly Bear Attack [10.1.2013]
Joe Williams was a 20-year-old looking for adventure at Montana’s Glacier National Park when he ran into a grizzly bear and it mauled him. Also in this show: On the weekend when the hurricane hit the shore, Mike Petro was...
09.30.2013
BEST OF THE STORY: Growing Up In The White House [9.28.2013]
Luci Baines Johnson was 16 when her father Lyndon Johnson was thrust into the presidency. When her family moved to the White House, she was fully aware of the tragic reason for their move. ALSO: Buddy Edgerton, a neighbor of...
09.26.2013
After The Lebanese Civil War, An Apology [9.26.2013]
Assaad Chaftari had served as an intelligence official during the Lebanese Civil War. It was years later, when heard his son saying disparaging things about Muslims, that he decided to repent publicly for his actions during war. Also in this...
09.25.2013
After World War II, Only A Scarf As A Reminder [9.25.2013]
When Sheila Hutton was a seven-year-old girl growing up in England before the war, her parents shipped her away to the U.S. Six years later, when the war had ended and she’d become a teenager, she returned and had only...
09.24.2013
Avoiding The American South, Then Finding It [9.24.2013]
For years, the writer Wilton Barnhardt avoided living in his home state of North Carolina or writing about it. But in his newest novel, he dives into the ups and downs of a prominent family from Charlotte, N.C. Also in...
09.23.2013
From The Classroom To The Graduation Stage [9.23.2013]
Over the last 20 years the rate of students dropping out before graduation has steadily declined. But a stark figure remains: On average, about one million leave every year before graduation. Host Dick Gordon speaks with students and educators about...
09.19.2013
For Accused Witches, A Last Resort [9.19.2013]
When Leo Igwe was a child in Nigeria, he saw his father get beaten for being accused of witchcraft. Igwe has made it his life’s work to help people accused of being witches and visits camps where they take refuge....
09.18.2013
A Couple's 'Edge Of the World' [9.18.2013]
Eight years ago, Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler moved to a brick farmhouse in rural Ohio. Their band Over the Rhine’s latest album is a love letter and an ode to the joys of home. Also in this show: Allen...
09.17.2013
Your Dad’s Job Isn’t So Bad [9.17.2013]
As a young man, Bert Stratton resisted joining his family property rental company. Now that he has two grown sons of his own, he’s trying to convince them that it’s not so bad. Also in this show: Bob Stewart, whose...
09.16.2013
Fighting For A New Heart [9.16.2013]
Paul Corby is a 23-year old Pennsylvania man in need of a new heart, but he has not been placed on a transplant list. Paul is autistic and doctors have deemed him ineligible for the transplant list. Also in this...
09.11.2013
Night Raid [9.11.2013]
Combat photographer Louie Palu tells the story behind his portrait of a wounded Afghan soldier aboard a U.S. Army Medevac helicopter. The photo is being recognized by the Smithsonia's National Portrait Gallery. Also in this show: Danny Lewin was on...
09.10.2013
From The Military Base To The Marshlands: A Soldier Returns to Iraq [9.10.2013]
Helicopter pilot Carina Roselli faced enemy fire in Iraq. Recently, she returned as an environmental worker. Also in this show: In 1948, 28 Mexican citizens being flown by the U.S. to their native country perished in a plane crash in...
09.09.2013
Helping Kids Inside Syrian Refugee Camps [9.6.2013]
Helping kids inside Syrian refugee camps. Also in this show: Searching for the Little Prince’s baobab tree in Nigeria; performing the un-performable “Vexations” composition; and creating a new font for the old problem of dyslexia.
09.05.2013
When Women Were Birds [9.6.2013]
Western writer Terry Tempest Williams spent 25 years sorting out the message her mother gave her when she left her three shelves of blank journals.
09.03.2013
Fighting For A Higher Minimum Wage (09.3.2013)
In today's show, we hear from a student who, with her classmates, successfully raised the minimum wage in San Jose, California; a golf league for Detroit detectives; a novelist who is teaching Chicago Police Officers to write fiction; and a...
08.30.2013
After Innocence: The Puracals & Greg Hampikian
Jason Puracal was working in Nicaragua when he was wrongfully convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime. He was sentenced to 22 years in one of the worst prisons in the country. His sister Janis led the charge...
08.29.2013
After Innocence: Scott Hornoff & Julie Baumer
This is one episode in our four-part series "After Innocence: Exoneration in America." Guests include Scott Hornoff, a Rhode Island police officer convicted of murder in 1996. Since his exoneration he has been unable to find work in this country...
08.28.2013
Marching On Washington: A Photographer, A Minister, A Student, A Ranger [8.28.2013]
This special edition of The Story revisits key moments from that seminal day 50 years ago, and the repercussions it had for people who were there: a minister, a photographer, a ranger, and a student turned activist remember it as...
08.27.2013
Diary Of A Bad Year: A War Correspondent’s Dilemma [8.27.2013]
As friends and collegues were kidnapped and killed, Kelly McEvers continued to report for NPR in the Middle East during the Arab uprisings. She has made a documentary about a year there, and speaks with guest host Sean Cole.
08.26.2013
Inside The Mind Of A CIA Analyst [8.26.2013]
Cindy Storer, one of the CIA analysts who tracked Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda before Sept. 11, talks about the reported chatter of terrorist attacks at U.S. embassies and the world of intelligence gathering. Also in this show: as a...
08.23.2013
Holding It Down: The Poet And The Predator [8.23.2013]
When Lynn Hill retired from operating Predator drones for the U.S. Air Force, she closed that chapter of her life – until she started writing poetry about having one foot in the war and one foot at home. Also in...
08.22.2013
Susie Ray Originals
Susie Ray, a painter in London, recently opened a gallery where she displays her original copies – copies she’s made of Monet, Degas and others that are so close to the original, they’ve fooled art auction firms. Also in this...
08.21.2013
Lining Up Your Surfboard With The 38th Parallel [8.21.2013]
On a good surfers’ beach, usually everyone is in the water. But at 38th Parallel Beach – near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea – surfers sometimes see parades with tanks, soldiers and guns. Also in this show:...
08.20.2013
My Summer At An Indian Call Center [8.20.2013]
Andrew Marantz, who traveled to India to work at a call center, details the reaction he got when he showed up, the accent workers are encouraged to use, and the classes offered to work there. Also in this show: When...
08.19.2013
Fire Ants Taking Over [8.17.2013]
After he and his girlfriend were swarmed by fire ants one day, writer Justin Nobel set off to figure out how they got to the U.S. and why they’re spreading farther north each year. Also in this show: In a...
08.16.2013
President John F. Kennedy’s Last Exhibit [08.15.2013]
The night before he was killed, President John F. Kennedy spent the night surrounded by a one-of-a-kind collection of masterpiece artworks. A curator in Dallas has recreated that collection as a tribute. Also in this show: Gore Vidal, the late...
08.15.2013
Stepping Into The Black: A Hotshot Firefighter’s View [8.15.2013]
As western forests continue to burn every summer, new technology is helping fight them. But Rick Cowell, a veteran hotshot firefighter, says the work has remained the same. Also in this show: producer Kenny Malone looks into the story behind...
08.14.2013
Three Miles Under The Sea [8.14.2013]
Jon Copley dove more than three miles in the first manned mission to the deepest known hot water vents in the world. And even though the purpose was to study life there, he was captivated by what he saw on...
08.13.2013
Coming Out: A Basketball Coach Says He’s Gay [8.13.2013]
For 17 years, Anthony Nicodemo didn’t tell the high school where he coached basketball that he was gay. Earlier this year, he called for a meeting with players and parents and came out. ALSO: This July, Cody Dent managed to...
08.12.2013
A Call To Register Voters In Mississippi, Again [8.12.2013]
In the 1960s, Hollis Watkins helped convince blacks in Mississippi that registering to vote was worth the risk. Now, he says he is concerned this year’s Supreme Court decision striking down part of the voting rights act will keep people...

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APM: The Story episodes:

Alexandra Fuller [11.01.2013]

The Dung Sisters [07.08.09]

Knock Out Therapy [3.27.2009]

One String Makes Big Music [10.24.2013]

Staying Afloat [8.5.2010]

A Tourist And Terrorists [12.2.2008]

The House Eudora Built [10.23.2013]

Dark Eyeliner And Pringles [10.22.2013]

Fix A Well, Change The World [10.21.2013]

Give My Poor Heart Ease [10.17.2013]

Poetry From The Atomic City [10.16.2013]

Remembering Katyn [4.16.2010]

Uncle Charlie [10.15.2013]

Maxed Out On Everest [10.14.2013]

Where Are They Now? [10.11.2013]

BEST OF THE STORY: A House Divided [10.10.2013]

BEST OF THE STORY: Love At Ninety [10.08.2013]

BEST OF THE STORY: In a Classroom, Two Longtime Rivals Meet

BEST OF THE STORY: Looking To Clean India’s Holy Ganges River [10.3.2013]

BEST OF THE STORY: Life On The Line [10.2.2013]

BEST OF THE STORY: Grizzly Bear Attack [10.1.2013]

BEST OF THE STORY: Growing Up In The White House [9.28.2013]

After The Lebanese Civil War, An Apology [9.26.2013]

After World War II, Only A Scarf As A Reminder [9.25.2013]

Avoiding The American South, Then Finding It [9.24.2013]

From The Classroom To The Graduation Stage [9.23.2013]

For Accused Witches, A Last Resort [9.19.2013]

A Couple's 'Edge Of the World' [9.18.2013]

Your Dad’s Job Isn’t So Bad [9.17.2013]

Fighting For A New Heart [9.16.2013]

Night Raid [9.11.2013]

From The Military Base To The Marshlands: A Soldier Returns to Iraq [9.10.2013]

Helping Kids Inside Syrian Refugee Camps [9.6.2013]

When Women Were Birds [9.6.2013]

Fighting For A Higher Minimum Wage (09.3.2013)

After Innocence: The Puracals & Greg Hampikian

After Innocence: Scott Hornoff & Julie Baumer

Marching On Washington: A Photographer, A Minister, A Student, A Ranger [8.28.2013]

Diary Of A Bad Year: A War Correspondent’s Dilemma [8.27.2013]

Inside The Mind Of A CIA Analyst [8.26.2013]

Holding It Down: The Poet And The Predator [8.23.2013]

Susie Ray Originals

Lining Up Your Surfboard With The 38th Parallel [8.21.2013]

My Summer At An Indian Call Center [8.20.2013]

Fire Ants Taking Over [8.17.2013]

President John F. Kennedy’s Last Exhibit [08.15.2013]

Stepping Into The Black: A Hotshot Firefighter’s View [8.15.2013]

Three Miles Under The Sea [8.14.2013]

Coming Out: A Basketball Coach Says He’s Gay [8.13.2013]

A Call To Register Voters In Mississippi, Again [8.12.2013]