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The Last Days of Hollywood Parkby David Weinberg (KCRW, 2013)After 75 years, the last race at Hollywood Park was run in December 2013. Once the celebrity playground of Hollywood stars, who owned thoroughbreds and stock in the racetrack, we visit the grounds in their final days. More from David Weinberg at www.randomtape.comPhotojondoeforty1http://bit.ly/1vlOfBJ

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This hour: the dinner table and all that it inspires. Big Nightby Jonathan Goldstein (This American Life [WBEZ], 2002)Producer Jonathan Goldstein made every girl he ever dated watch the home movie of his family's Rosh Hashanah dinner he made when he was 17. He hoped that seeing his family life on film might make the women more sympathetic to his shortcomingsNaked Dinnerby Gwen Macsai (Weekend Edition Saturday [NPR], 2005)Once a month in New York, a particular group of friends gathers to dine at various restaurants around Manhattan... nude. Re:sound host, Gwen Macsai, has this report from her first Clothing Optional Dinner at a restaurant called Dorian's.Dreaming of Fat Men [Excerpt]by Lorelei Harris (Documentary on One [RTÉ Radio 1], 1994)Five very fat women meet to feast and discuss their relationship with food. Dreaming Of Fat Men is at once funny and sad and presents a portrait of women, food and desire that is rarely seen.Listen to the full story:http://bit.ly/1v0p87EA Square Meal, Regardlessby Jennifer Nathan (Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 2007)When Cedric Chambers and John Gallagher met by chance 45 years ago, neither imagined that they’d be caring for each other into old age. But after John’s wife passed away and his children moved across the country, John turned to Cedric when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Together they faced the end of his life.Happy Birthday, Darling!by Dmitry Nikolaev (Radio Russia Kultura, 2013)A story of how love can turn into a hatred that destroys everything and kills everybody... but performed in a wordless radio pantomime. PhotoDan Cunninghamhttp://bit.ly/1pm29PU

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This hour we buckle up and hit the road.Don't Drive Like My Brotherby Jonathan Menjivar (This American Life [WBEZ], 2005)Charles Johnson was living in St. Louis, married with a young daughter, and he had no job. He looked around, and decided he'd try trucking. There was this company offering to train and hire drivers, so he signed up. The only problem was, he couldn't read.Stories and Drivingby Sophie Townsend with Jesse Cox and Louis Mitchell (Radiotonic [ABC RN], 2014)Sophie Townsend and her husband used to go on long driving trips, taking the back roads and scenic routes, with a cup of hot coffee between them and a constant supply of Fellini soundtracks on the stereo. Sophie no longer drives those routes though, and she's slowly losing those memories because it’s another story, one that keeps forcing it's way up to the surface, that keeps eclipsing those earlier recollections.Drive Straight Ahead by Mira Burt-Wintonick (Wiretap [CBC], 2014)A driver enlists the help of her car's GPS system to help her navigate her own emotional loss. [NOT AVAILABLE ON PODCAST]Listen online — bit.ly/W6QSeD Route Talkby Chris Garcia and Nancy Updike (This American Life [WBEZ], 2013)Chris Garcia and his dad were driving home, listening to oldies, sharing a bag of chips. A totally familiar scene for them. They’d driven this route probably hundreds of time, but something odd was happening in the car, so Chris started recording their conversation on his phone. He tells producer Nancy Updike what happened.Bus To Mexicoby Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2014)Every week, hundreds of people board coach buses in Chicago and travel to Mexico. Linda Lutton used to live in Mexico, and has taken the 2,000-mile trip nearly a dozen times to and from Zamora, Michoacán. On her most recent trip, she brought a tape recorder along.PhotoRachelhttp://bit.ly/1mx1LOc

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A live recording of Third Coast's recent listening event with WBEZ Education reporter Linda Lutton. Linda's reporting laid the foundation for This American Life's award-winning series on Chicago's Harper High School. She spoke with Re:sound host Gwen Macsai and shared some of her favourite stories and inspirations. Teens Share Their Secretsby Hearing Voices and Curie Youth Radio, 2008Teenagers wish they could tell their parents a lot of things. These kids in Chicago and reveal their secrets in a rather public venue.Gone [Excerpt]by Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2008)About 12,000 students drop out of Chicago Public Schools each year despite efforts by administrators and teachers to keep them on track. At Robeson High School on Chicago’s south side, even an ambitious program couldn’t stop students from slipping away. Reporter Linda Lutton tracked down a few absent Robeson students and discovered that they’d left school for very different reasons.To hear the full story: http://bit.ly/1muDqs4A Season of Football at Harper Highby Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2013)WBEZ education reporter Linda Lutton spent much of her time at Harper High School as part of the This American Life's reporting on that school and its violence-plagued community. Now, she takes us to meet Harper's football team. Get a glimpse of how Friday Night Lights feels when you're living in the shadow of gun violenceYou Want Good Meat? You Better Have Cloutby Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2009)For anyone into barbecuing, these are days you just have to pull out the grill. In Chicago, what you put on that grill can depend on who you know. In this story, WBEZ stumbles onto the role clout can play in everyday Chicago life.

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This hour: they built it and we see who came. Another Planet [Excerpt]by David Weinberg, Brendan Baker and Nick van der Kolk (Love + Radio, The Organist, KCRW, 2014)The story of Clyde Casey, a street performer who used surrealism and abstract art to fight crime on Los Angeles’ Skid Row in the 1980s, and the creator of a place called Another Planet.Listen to the entire story: http://loveandradio.org/2014/04/another-planet/The Treehouseby Karen Duffin with Nick White (Unfictional, 2014)In rural Crossville, Tennessee, you will find a peculiar mansion. It's 15,500 square feet and eight stories high, and spans seven trees.It is the world's largest tree house. This is the story of Horace Burgess, the man who made the tree house, and the price he had to pay for it.Young Ruinsby Avery Trufelman with Sam Greenspan, Katie Mingle and Roman Mars (99% Invisible, 2014)At the northwestern edge of San Francisco, right on the Pacific Ocean, is a curious jumble of concrete ruins. You wouldn’t know just looking at it, but this ruin is quite young. It’s what’s left of Sutro Baths, a palatial indoor swimming pool and amusement park built in 1898.PhotoSamantha Carlsonhttp://bit.ly/1rSTPdq

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This hour, waiting. Waiting in line, waiting for an organ transplant and waiting for a bus that's never, ever going to come. In Line With Saturday Night Kleinby Sean Cole (Weekend America, 2007)Outside of Rockefeller Center in New York, you'll find the standby queue for Saturday Night Live tickets. Hundreds wait, and few will get in, but one man keeps the whole thing in order. The Bus Stopby Lulu Miller (Radiolab, 2010)In this story, the bus stop is there, the people are there. The only thing missing is the bus.Four Failing Lungsby Catie Talarski (WNPR, 2011)For Beth and Brian, a lung transplant could extend their lives for years. Or, it could lead to rejection and continued suffering.PhotoAnonymoushttp://bit.ly/1mprjjM

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Without Nameby Lina Misitzis (Here Be Monsters, 2013)Eugene up and left for California one morning without packing a thing from his apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Producer Lina Misitzis and her roommate Adrian got the apartment at a discount. The condition, though, was that they took the place as Eugene left it—full of his left-behind life. For two years they enjoyed Eugene's magazine subscriptions, ate out of his bowls, slept on his old couch and used his designer spices.PhotoLina Misitzis

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This week one woman's story unfolds through many threads. Songs My Mother Taught Meby Chris Brookes (CBC, 1998)When soldiers from Newfoundland came to London to fight in WWII, many met and married local women and brought their British war brides back home after the war ended. This story is mostly about one such bride, Producer Chris Brookes' mother, a woman of mystery, charm, and above all, secrets. After her death she unwittingly left behind a few key items — including a diary — and from these Chris begins to unravel her story. He discovers her thirst for life on the one hand, a deep sense of longing on the other, and lots more than he expected about himself.

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This hour we step inside the mind and listen to our thoughts. I Am Good At[NOTE: This piece is not available due to limited rights]by Cristal Duhaime with Mira Burt-Wintonick (WireTap, CBC 2012)The thoughts running through the heads of a couple as they meet for the first time on a blind date. Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitelby Pejk Malinovski (Between The Ears, Falling Tree Productions, BBC Radio 3, 2013)A man struggles to meditate as he realises he is sitting next to actor Harvey Keitel.Feetby Gwen Macsai and Taki Telonidis(Morning Edition, NPR, 1994)Re:sound host Gwen Macsai meditates on the two things she inherited from her mother: her feet.Guided By Voices [extract]by Benjamin Walker(Too Much Information with Benjamin Walker, WFMU 2011)After reconnecting with an old girlfriend who finds him on Facebook, host Benjamin Walker tries to make some money doing experimental medical testing.

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Easy Loveby Jaye Kranz (Long Story Short [ABC Radio National], 2014)Twenty six years ago, Warren Kirk was at home in his Melbourne east-suburban rental. He was freshly showered, he was in his kitchen, and he was about to do something he'd never done before.PhotoEmma Danielsson

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