Mark Sommer
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- Role: Multimedia: Independent
Recent Pieces from Mark Sommer
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From Victims to Victors: Transcending Tragedy
(55:03)
From: A World of Possibilities
Why is it that while many of us are discouraged and some devastated by life’s losses, a rare few not only survive but thrive in their wake –transcending tragedy, growing not ...
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The Gas Rush
(55:02)
From: A World of Possibilities
Host Mark Summer continues his journey across the communities lying above the Marcellus Shale Play, a gigantic natural gas deposit stretching under the Northeast United ...
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Life in Slow Mo
(55:02)
From: A World of Possibilities
In a global culture dominated by the impatience of youth, counted in nanoseconds and fueled by “just-in-time” supply chains, everything needs to be done “yesterday” since ...
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Growing Pains: Organics Come of Age
(55:02)
From: A World of Possibilities
Organic agriculture has grown up. A once-marginal movement of plucky and slightly eccentric home gardeners has bloomed into mega-farms that ship around the world selling at ...
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Hearts Broken Open
(55:02)
From: A World of Possibilities
Most of us take life for granted. But what happens when we're forced to think hard about whether we want to live? Suicide and the impulse to attempt it are a great ...
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