BSR producer (and Brown University student) Britt Harwood brings us a story that introduces us to the daily anxieties of a mother whose son is a soldier serving in Iraq. Amazingly, she manages to do this in a way that's neither jingoistic nor politically slanted.

The Iraq war and all of its politics take a back seat to this exploration of the very personal worries of a mother who receives infrequent communications from a loved one in a dangerous situation. Producer Harwood got very honest and candid tape from an interviewee who obviously felt comfortable and at-ease around her, and the story blossoms outward from there.

This piece successfully put me in someone else's shoes for a few minutes and left me understanding something about a person I thought I had nothing in common with.