Playlist: Kelley Libby's Portfolio
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Messages From a Forgotten Troopship (Half Hour Version)
From With Good Reason | Part of the With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes series | 26:24
In the 1960s, it took almost three weeks to cross the sea from America to Vietnam. Three weeks for young men in crowded cabins, with salt water showers and absolutely nothing to do but think: about home, about the war, and about what’s next.
In the 1960s, it took almost three weeks to cross the sea from America to Vietnam. Three weeks for young men in crowded cabins, with salt water showers and absolutely nothing to do but think: about home, about the war, and about what’s next. For some, it was a roundtrip journey; others never made it home. This documentary shares three stories from and about soldiers who travelled on a single troopship, the General Nelson M. Walker. Through found tape and contemporary interviews, we recreate the troopship and capture the moments outside of combat—three weeks there, and for the lucky ones, three weeks back. Our first story: tanning oil, hillbilly radio, and a typhoon, or—what soldiers write Mom about. Second: a love letter from Vietnam, recorded on reel-to-reel tape. And third: going home again—reflections from a veteran, just months before he died. We’re calling these: Messages From a Forgotten Troopship.
Shenandoah Valley Shape Note Singers
From Tanner Latham | Part of the Authentic South series | 10:18
Contributor Kelley Libby visits a shape note sing event in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometimes this style of singing is referred to as Sacred Harp. That’s because there’s an old tune book called The Sacred Harp, and most shape note singers use it, especially in the deep South.
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Contributor Kelley Libby visits a shape note sing event in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometimes this style of singing is referred to as Sacred Harp. That’s because there’s an old tune book called The Sacred Harp, and most shape note singers use it, especially in the deep South.
What if we could take our dogs with us to work?
From With Good Reason | 06:10
Kelley Libby reports on a new study that shows bringing your furry friend to the office can have health benefits.
Kelley Libby reports on a new study that shows bringing your furry friend to the office can have health benefits.
Opera in the Coalfields
From With Good Reason | 06:31
One of America’s greatest composers was Aaron Copland, who wrote among other things, an opera called The Tender Land, which premiered at the New York City Opera in 1954. More recently it was performed in a more unlikely place. Producer Kelley Libby found Copland’s influence in the coalfields of Appalachia.
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- Opera in the Coalfields
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- With Good Reason
One of America’s greatest composers was Aaron Copland, who wrote among other things, an opera called The Tender Land, which premiered at the New York City Opera in 1954. More recently it was performed in a more unlikely place. Producer Kelley Libby found Copland’s influence in the coalfields of Appalachia.
Poling Upstream
From Kelley Libby | 03:27
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Marshall Expedition, an important event in the history of early American commerce. Recently, a group of twenty-somethings from Virginia set out to retrace the expedition in a flat-bottomed boat called a batteau.
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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Marshall Expedition, an important event in the history of early American commerce. Recently, a group of twenty-somethings from Virginia set out to retrace the expedition in a flat-bottomed boat called a batteau.
Bonnie and Freddie
From With Good Reason | 05:15
In the midst of war, love.
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In the midst of war, love.
The "Ghost Church"
From With Good Reason | Part of the news features series | 02:30
Before the great speech maker Patrick Henry died, he credited a Presbyterian minister named Samuel Davies with “teaching me what an orator should be.” Kelley Libby finds the story of Davies at a “ghost church” on a stretch of rural road.
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Before the great speech maker Patrick Henry died, he credited a Presbyterian minister named Samuel Davies with “teaching me what an orator should be.” Kelley Libby finds the story of Davies at a “ghost church” on a stretch of rural road.