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Salvation on Stage
From Justin Bull | 04:35
It hurts when you know you missed an opportunity. One actor from Dartmouth, Massachusetts knows that feeling. But he just landed the lead role in a community production on Cape Cod. It's a part that might offer a shot at redemption.
This piece was produced with Transom.org at the Spring 2015 Transom Story Workshop.
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- Salvation on Stage
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Alex Valentine had his career-defining moment of clarity early in life. He was five, watching a production of “Annie” with his mother at the Zieterion Theater in New Bedford. Then and there, Alex knew he belonged on stage.
Now 36 years old, Alex has trouble recounting just how many plays he’s been in. But along the way he’s discovered – as does almost everyone eventually – that making a living while pursuing your dreams can feel like searching for a miracle.
Alex recently landed the role of Jesus in an upcoming production of “Godspell” on Cape Cod, less than a month after wrapping up another community theater production: “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” in Falmouth. For Alex, theater strikes him in a way nothing else can.
You can see Alex play Jesus from June 11 through June 27 at the Woods Hole Community Hall. More information is available at http://www.woodsholetheater.org/
This piece was produced with Transom.org at the Spring 2015 Transom Story Workshop.Youth Exodus From Cape Cod
From Justin Bull | 01:30
Shoppers in Falmouth, Massachusetts discuss what they might say to any of the vast numbers of young people leaving Cape Cod for better opportunities.
This piece was produced with Transom.org at the Spring 2015 Transom Story Workshop.
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- Youth Exodus From Cape Cod
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The most recent census data indicate that 26% of Cape Cod residents aged 25 to 44 left the area between 2000 and 2010. The primary motivators cited were the high cost of living and a lack of both job and social opportunities, according to a 2014 study by the Cape Cod Young Professionals advocacy and networking group.
Justin Bull asked shoppers of all ages in Falmouth, Massachusetts what they might say to a young person who's leaving Cape Cod for better opportunities.
This piece was produced with Transom.org at the Spring 2015 Transom Story Workshop.
One Way To Learn About Violence
From Justin Bull | 07:49
The Center for Disease Control says approximately 12 million Americans have been abused by a partner. One reporter is admittedly naïve as to what abuse means to survivors. Of all things, a Super Bowl ad helped give him perspective.
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
| 1-800-799-7233 | 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) | http://www.thehotline.org/ |
This piece was produced with Transom.org at the Spring 2015 Transom Story Workshop.
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- One Way To Learn About Violence
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- Justin Bull
The Center for Disease Control says approximately 12 million Americans have been abused by a partner. One reporter is admittedly naïve as to what abuse means to survivors. Of all things, a Super Bowl ad helped give him perspective.
| 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
| http://www.thehotline.org/
This piece was produced with Transom.org at the Spring 2015 Transom Story Workshop.
A Canadian Vacation
From Justin Bull | 08:56
If the United States were embroiled in a third world war and the American public learned that Barack Obama were taking eight days off in the middle of the crisis to fish for Northern Pike in rural Ontario, we might be a bit taken aback, no?
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- A Canadian Vacation
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Seventy-two years ago – in the middle of World War II – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt traveled to the Canadian side of Lake Huron for an eight-day fishing trip.
From a contextual perspective, the timing of Roosevelt’s vacation is curious on first glance. In August 1943, the Allied forces were one month into their first invasion of European Axis territory. Adolf Hitler was diverting forces from his attack on Kursk to defend Sicily and the Italian mainland from British General Bernard Montgomery and American Lieutenant General George Patton.Graeme S. Mount, a retired professor of history at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, was commissioned to investigate the President’s vacation in 1999. Why? Because one of his former students had heard rumors: rumors that this was no ordinary fishing trip, rumors that Roosevelt was actually visiting Winston Churchill, rumors that Roosevelt was actually visiting his mistress with an assist from the Canucks.
Graeme explains what he found in his investigation. And we learn why a few more trips to the Great White North might have helped Roosevelt see the end of World War II.
Homemade Stories: The Struggle is Real
From WBEZ | 54:00
In this one-hour special, Homemade Stories: The Struggle is Real, award-winning storyteller Shannon Cason (The Moth, Snap Judgment) takes us on a journey that finds hope in struggle. From navigating Detroit’s overwhelmed criminal justice system, to searching for work and finding closed doors, to being a father after failing in marriage, to finding anchors in a sea of uncertainty, Shannon's stories are heartfelt, heartbreaking and hilarious all at once. But above all else, his stories are honest. Shannon Cason is the real deal.
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- Homemade Stories: The Struggle is Real
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- WBEZ
With modern scoring and skillful sound design, Detroit-raised storyteller Shannon Cason brings us stinging and side-splitting stories of life in this one-hour special, Homemade Stories: The Struggle is Real . From navigating Detroit’s overwhelmed criminal justice system, to searching for work and finding closed doors, to being a father after failing in marriage, to finding anchors in a sea of uncertainty.
Not only are Shannon’s stories raw accounts of struggle and hope, they’re the stuff of stand-ups. He has the remarkable ability to be heartfelt, heartbreaking and hilarious all at once. But above all else, his stories are honest. Shannon Cason is the real deal.
He’s been featured on The Moth (he’s a Moth GrandSLAM winner) and Snap Judgment (he was their 2013 Performance of the Year) and he’s the host of Shannon Cason's Homemade Stories from WBEZ Chicago (a podcast that just wrapped its sixth season). Hear more of Shannon’s stories at wbez.org/podcasts or shannoncason.com.
Nerdette's Summer Homework Special
From WBEZ | Part of the Nerdette series | 54:00
Guests on Nerdette always assign listeners homework, and we’ve compiled the BEST OF THE BEST into this hour-long Nerdette summer homework special. Actor Tom Hanks, "Jane the Virgin's" Jaime Camil, and inspirational yoga instructor Jessamyn Stanley stop by for chats, and fun homework assignments.
** FULL SHOW AVAILABLE NOW -- GOOD FOR JULY 4 HOLIDAY, OR ANYTIME DURING THE SUMMER **
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- Nerdette's Summer Homework Special
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- WBEZ
School may be out for the summer, but the overambitious among us still like to accomplish tasks. That’s where we come in, with a homework-filled special holiday episode.
Guests on Nerdette always assign listeners homework, and we’ve compiled the BEST OF THE BEST into this hour-long Nerdette summer homework special. Actor Tom Hanks talks typewriters, Jane the Virgin actor Jaime Camil recommends a show about aliens, and Jessamyn Stanley explains why yoga is meant for all body types. We’ll also hear from Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me’s Peter Sagal, space doctor Sheyna Gifford and astronomer Jill Tarter. Do your homework!
FULL SHOW AVAILABLE NOW -- GOOD FOR JULY 4 HOLIDAY, OR ANYTIME DURING THE SUMMER