EXPLORATIONS - Music Would Not be the Same Without the Guitar It may be the most popular musical instrument around the world. Transcript of radio broadcast: 11 March 2008 VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Phoebe Zimmermann with EXPLORATIO
Health Report - Report Points to Limits of Some Antidepressants Researchers say unpublished studies show Prozac and three similar drugs have significant results only in the most severely depressed. 12 March 2008 This is the VOA Special English Healt
Agriculture Report - The Story of the Largest Beef Recall in US History A California company recalled almost 65 million kilograms of beef after evidence of animal abuse was reported. Transcript of radio broadcast: 10 March 2008 This is the VOA Speci
THIS IS AMERICA - With All the Talk About Illegal Immigration, a Look at the Legal Kind Second of two programs on immigration issues in the US examines the rules for seeking permanent residency. Transcript of radio broadcast: 09 March 2008 Welcome t
Development Report - Simple Technology to Get to the Nut of a Problem The Full Belly Project fights hunger in rural villages with labor-saving machines, including the Universal Nut Sheller. Transcript of radio broadcast: 09 March 2008 This is the VO
IN THE NEWS - McCain Can Launch National Campaign; Democrats Still Stuck John McCain secures the Republican nomination. New life in Clinton campaign intensifies issue of re-votes in Florida and Michigan. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 March 2008
THIS IS AMERICA - A Nation of Immigrants, Divided Over the Subject of Immigration Debate centers on millions of illegal immigrants in the country. The U.S. Congress has failed to agree on a reform plan, so states are passing their own laws. Transcri
Development Report - Questioning a Popular Approach to Lasting Development Economists at M.I.T.s Jameel Poverty Action Lab have found no evidence that paying for a product in the developing world changes how people use it. Transcript of radio broadc
Economics Report - US Economy: Home Foreclosures, Late Payments Rise New report on troubled housing market adds to worries in a week when oil sets all-time records. Transcript of radio broadcast: 07 March 2008 This is the VOA Special English Economi
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Exploring Hip Hop Art at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington Also: A question from Bangladesh about why Americans think the number 13 is bad luck. And five more artists enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Transcript of ra
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: Debating Slaves' Part in Representation of States The constitutional convention agreed that states with bigger populations would have more members of Congress. But would slaves be counted in that pop
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Device Gives New Meaning to the Idea of Power Walking Also: A common disease many people have never heard of. And scientists say people with blue eyes are genetically related. Transcript of radio broadcast: 10 March 2008 VOICE
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Searching for Answers About What Harms Coral Reefs, and What May Protect Them A look at recent studies of coral reefs. Some scientists say rising temperatures have damaged almost half around the world. Yet many reefs stay color
THIS IS AMERICA - Songs About Spring Can Be Happy or Sad Most of these songs have been around a long time but are still popular today.Transcript of radio broadcast: 23 March 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barb
People in America - Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961: He created a New Kind of Writing. He Was Able to Paint in Words What He Saw and Felt. His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, made Hemingway famous at the age of 25. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 Mar
EXPLORATIONS - Tenement Museum Recreates Old Immigrant Life in New York City A visit to the apartments of the Gumpertz family, the Baldizzis, the Rogarshevskys, the Levines and the Confinos. Transcript of radio broadcast: 25 March 2008 VOICE ONE: Im
Health Report - New Drug Shows Promise Against Worm Disease Experts worry that the parasite that causes schistosomiasis could become resistant to an existing treatment. Transcript of radio broadcast: 25 March 2008 This is the VOA Special English Hea
People in America - Shirley Chisholm, 1924-2005: The First Black Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress She was an activist who worked to improve the lives of others. Transcript of radio broadcast: 01 March 2008 VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And
Agriculture Report - Parsley: Not Just Another Pretty Green Advice for growing parsley. And don't think there are only two kinds. (Heard of Hamburg parsley?) Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 March 2008 This the VOA Special English Agriculture Repor
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Mary Kay Ash, 1918-2001: She Started a Skin Care Company That Has Sales of More Than Two Billion Dollars a Year Independent representatives sell products in peoples' homes in more than 30 countries. Transcript of radio broadcast:
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