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Playlist: Date Peg Pieces

Compiled By: Emily Corwin

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Illegal Mail

From Blunt Youth Radio Project | Part of the Incarcerated Youth Speak Out series | 08:47

Valentines day

4078111846_32cfb04460_m_small For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes to one another - what the facility calls "illegal mail" - is a crime, but it's also one of the most commonly committed crimes at Long Creek.  Jacorey delves into the culture of illegal mail, from the enforcers to the self-defined King of Illegal Mail. 

Pearl Harbor Veteran Jim Peacock Remembers

From Curt Nickisch | 09:02

Jim Peacock is one of only a few dozen U.S. veterans who witnessed both the beginning of World War II at Pearl Harbor and the war's end on deck the U.S.S. Missouri. He remembers December 7, 1941: "You knew what destruction really was."

Jim-peacock-greg-latza-prx_small Jim Peacock is one of only a few dozen U.S. veterans who witnessed both the beginning of World War II at Pearl Harbor and the war's end on deck the U.S.S. Missouri. He remembers December 7, 1941: "You knew what destruction really was."

Remembering Mother Warren

From jessica lockhart | 28:41

Labor Day

Millworkers_small Remembering Mother Warren - A look into the labor history of one of the world?s oldest paper mills Remembering Mother Warren unearths the culture of an industrial community, the drama of life working for a once-great employer, and probes the meaning of workers? memories in the face of disruptive industrial change. Produced by Big Talk on WMPG, it is a 30-minute documentary that traces the labor history of the S.D.Warren paper mill in Westbrook, Maine. You?ll hear stories from generations of mill workers and managers, including Shirley Lally, a 30-year veteran who sorted reams of paper by hand, Phil LaViolette, who recalls the struggles of Warren?s Franco workers, and Howard Reiche, a former mill manager who describes the mill?s paternalism and the favoritism encountered by workers prior to unionization. Other workers tell the history of the S.D. Warren ?family,? of their experiences in the mill dating back as far as the 1920s, of the extreme heat, dangerous equipment and deadly accidents, a forgotten1916 strike, unionizing in the 1960s, and of the mill?s recent decline. University of Maine historian Charles Scontras, and University of Southern Maine economist and labor historian Michael Hillard provide analysis of the mill?s unique labor history. ?Remembering Mother Warren? is produced by Big Talk members Jessica Lockhart, Michael Hillard, and Claire Holman. Narrator: Thomas Lestage, President PACE Local 1069. Project Historians: Eileen Eagan and Michael Hillard. Additional narration by Paul Drinan. ?Remembering Mother Warren? won First Place in Public Affairs from the Maine Association of Broadcasters 2003. Sponsored by the Southern Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO, with funding from the Maine Humanities Council. e-mail us at bigtalk@maine.rr.com

The State We're In, Story of the Week, part 32

From Radio Netherlands Worldwide | Part of the The State We're In 2011, Story of the Week series | 05:00

In the Dutch version of Christmas, Sinterklaas has a helper: Zwarte Piet or Black Peter. A white person with a wig of curly black hair, painted red lips and black face.

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DESCRIPTION: In the Dutch version of Christmas, Sinterklaas has a helper: Zwarte Piet or Black Peter. A white person with a wig of curly black hair, painted red lips and black face. It’s an ongoing controversy both in and outside of the Netherlands. Davion Ford is an African American presenter at Radio Netherlands and has his own pointed take on Zwarte Piet.