A Sense of Place: Third Season

Series produced by Helen Borten

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Producer/host Helen Borten creates a dynamic 13-part documentary series about the connections between people and places in America, presenting true stories as compelling as fiction, unforgettable characters and subject matter as fresh and provocative as the day's news.


8 Pieces

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Convicting Chevie Kehoe
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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A new inquiry into a notorious murder case that asks: Were the wrong men convicted of this crime?

Bought by Audible and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 2
Skywalkers of Akwesane
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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How the dangerous skill of high steel became a rite of passage for a Mohawk tribe.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KVSC, KHNS, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 21
Georgia Market Bulletin
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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A chronicle of rural life in Georgia unfolds between the lines of a farmers' newspaper.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Laugh Tracks Part One and Part Two
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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Two parts, each 28:58 minutes. A one-hour celebration of ethnic humor.

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Spokane Public Radio, Audible, KUOW and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 6
Nancarrow and the Player Piano
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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The life and work of a renegade composer who blazed a trail to the future by using an instrument that sounded like the past.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Stranger in Paradise
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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The strange life and haunting work of outside artist Achilles Rizzoli.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 1
In Love with the Mob
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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One hundred years of mob rule in Youngstown, Ohio.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Love and War
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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Professional soldiers in Fort Benning, Georgia talk of the challenges facing themselves and their families as they prepare to go to war. Produced ...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WMPG, WFHB, KVSC, KVNF and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 12

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