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Final Script - Matt Klein

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Its been pretty active with home burglaries and stuff like that - so we are going to do some supression, make contacts, stuff like that - do some traffic enforcement - {pause} see what happens

Eddie’s an officer with the menlo park police department- We start the day by going to a recent hotspot for crime. We park and idle in a shady spot near an intersection and eddie begins to size up each car that drives by. He’s looking for suspicious vehicles and probable cause to pull them over.

We pull over a chevy impala for having excessively tinted windows. Eddie tells me to stay in the cruiser so I watch him slowly approach the car- he waves and smiles at the grandma in the back seat, talks to the driver of the car for a couple of minutes-

Suddenly he runs back to the cruiser, jumps in and we zoom off

Eddie had seen a suspicious SUV fly by us with tinted windows and no license plates, so he gave the first vehicle a warning, and we chase after the SUV

We pull them over, but It turns out that they had just hadn't put their license plates on, so eddie gives them a warning and we head back out on the road

I've worked at menlo park since 2013 - i was a community service officer first - then the position opened up for a police officer - went through the academy - and i've been on patrol as a menlo park police officer for almost two years now

Eddie’s a young cop, but his instincts and reactions are quick and almost veteran like. I asked him how they trained him for that and he said they didn't. His training officer just threw him into it.

Alright you want to swim? Okay no lessons you are going straight into the water. And you kind of learn that way.

Summer is Missouri means humid air, fresh blackberries and lazy rivers. With my grandfather's 1971 river log in hand, I'm headed back to the Gasconade River in southern Missouri to recreate a portion of one of his long canoe trips. Can the river teach me things about my family’s Missouri heritage? By exploring the river, its history, and my grandfather's connection to it, I endeavor to better understand myself.

Featuring: Maria Doerr, Cyrille Jourdain, Christine Doerr, Karen Doerr Hiatt, John Bradbury

Producer: Maria Doerr

Special Thanks: Claire Schoen

Music:

“Down in the River to Pray” Jean Banwarth, 2016

“Ebeneezer” Black Twig Pickers, 2012

“Aces and Twos” The Devil Makes Three, 2009

“Thought Soup” Doctor Turtle, 2016

“King of the Road” Roger Miller

“Mid Day Blues” Tate Peterson, 2015

Two years after the death of one of Canada’s most beloved slam poets, Zaccheus Jackson is remembered for the work he did in mentoring the next generation of poets, showing pride in his Indigenous heritage, and building a vibrant, creative community. A poet, an arts educator, an artist, and a friend offer their thoughts on his legacy, then and now, as a former mentee travels to the places that started it all.

Featuring: Zaccheus Jackson, Johnny Macrae, Marie Wustner, and Jillian Christmas

Producer: Eva Louise Grant ([email protected])

Music: Dry Air - Poddington Bear

Recorded samples of music (with artist's permission)

Original compositions

Grandfather Song - Mob Bounce

Peace Era - Mob Bounce

A story about professionals in various fields involved in end-of-life caregiving. As a premedical student, I explored their experiences, both negative and positive, for the purposes of finding purpose and direction through my pre-professional journey (and in life).

Featuring: Torrey Simons, MD, Joshua Fronk, MD, Jo Darius, Heather Shaw, NP, Vilma Buck, Colleen Vega, NP, Lynn Hutton, LCSW, Carol Stasio, LCSW, David Magnus, Ph.D

Producer(s): Lauren Joseph, storytelling.stanford.edu

Music: FreeSound.org, Podington Bear

Production date: Dec. 12, 2016

Break Segment 3min

Conclusion 2min

Victim Segment 9min

Mao Zedong’s 1950s China was the world’s bicycle production capital. In the 90’s, when the economy opened up, bicycle manufacturing was commoditized and anyone could start a bicycle factory, right in their backyards. We immerse ourselves in the rural town of Wangqingtuo, one of the towns that transformed itself from a backwater agricultural village, to a bustling center of bicycle production. What did bicycles do for this town, and the people in it? Listen on for a tale of their hustle, of inspired imitation, and how bikes changed the lives of the people in this town.

Featuring:

Chinese: Yu Heyong, Cao Jianqin, Liu Xinnian, Zhu Shaobo

Voiceover: Jay Huang, Jake Warga, Dennis Chang, Mike D’Andreas, Rachel Ren, Albert Chen, Jackson Roach, Daniel Hu, Claire Schoen

Producer(s): Gloria Chua, Alice Fang

Music:

● "百花魁~綠萼梅" by 史志有, 楊秀蘭 & 歐陽謙 (YouTube), Standard YouTube License, link here

● "Destiny Day" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

● "Odyssey" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

● "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

● “Fringe” Topher Mohr and Alex Elena (YouTube Free Music), No attribution required

Image: Man riding a bicycle, Photo by Alice Fang, Link here

Production date: Dec 12, 2016

Jim Yount is chief operating officer of the American Cryonics Society.

Produced by: Nicole Bennett-Fite

Iceland’s Concealed Conservationists is about the elf population in Iceland and how Icelanders’ tradition of hidden creatures living in the landscape encourages a deep respect for nature and a sense of responsibility to preserve the wilderness which is an essential part of Iceland’s culture and identity. But over the past few years the numbers of tourists travelling to Iceland has increased drastically as people from other countries seek these rare and dramatic locations and so Iceland’s untouched wilderness is at risk of losing its essential character. This story is about the landscape of Iceland and the magic and life that it holds, and Icelanders’ efforts to ensure that it is not lost.

Produced by: Michaela Elias

Featuring: Michaela Elias, Steinar Kaldal, Olof Yrr Atladottir, Oddur Sturluson, Ragga Jonsdottir, Terry Gunnel, Gudmundur Ögmundarson

Producer(s): Michaela Elias, storytelling.stanford.edu

Music: Two Stragers, Rachel Mason, Live at WFMU on Scoot Williams show

Song Four, Bridget St John—Live at WFMU’s Monty Hall

Calendula, Ava Zandieh, Patterns and Drones

Henfight, Itasca, Live at WFMU on The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin

Open your eyes, Jarkko Hietanen