Finding Solid Ground
So this is how I spent a chunk of last year. It aired in New Orleans in December 2007. So far other people have heard it in the Pacific northwest, Austin, and in the Gulf Coast. More about the project, including audio, can be found at the tricked-out website.
Environmental Reporting in Los Angeles
KPCC makes it easy to find stories I did.
But I also work some for John & Queena — on Off-Ramp, KPCC’s weekend show.
Katrinaversary ’07
K-Ville Stirs Emotions in New Orleans
Day to Day, September 17, 2007
Revisiting New Orleans: Katrina’s Effect on the Legal System
Justice Talking, September 2007
Carnaval Latino
Tell Me More, August 29, 2007
New Orleans Activists Seek Educational Growth
Day to Day, August 29, 2007 · NPR’s Larry Abramson profiled the RSD superintendent two days after I did this story, which was meant to focus on the local angle: how students and activists are trying to reflect local values in schools, and how parents may or may not be in the loop about what’s going on.
Environmental Reporting in the Gulf
U.S. Ocean Policy
Justice Talking, January 29, 2007 ·
Emission Proposals May Affect Louisiana Refineries
Day to Day, October 25, 2006 ·
Louisiana Storm Protection: Past, Present Future [Part 1]
Living On Earth, June 2, 2006 ·
High Utility Bills Hit New Orleans Residents
Day to Day, September 27, 2006 ·
Oil Spill Troubles Chalmette Residents
Day to Day, August 18, 2006 ·
Reporting About Louisiana
Low and Behold: Louisiana filmmakers Find Inspiration After the Storm
Day to Day, February 28, 2007 ·
Torch-Bearing Tradition Changes in New Orleans
Day to Day, February 20, 2007 ·
As Saints Near the Super Bowl, New Orleans Is Abuzz
All Things Considered, January 19, 2007 · McHardy’s and Parkway Tavern Saints fans were plenty hopeful…before the Bears game.
Fixing a Flat is Big Business in New Orleans
Day to Day, October 5, 2006 ·
Superdome Reopens for Monday Night Football
Day to Day, September 25, 2006 ·
Fixes Elude New Orleans’ Juvenile Justice System
Day to Day, September 19, 2006 ·
Skipping the Katrina Rhetoric for Block Party
Day to Day, August 30, 2006 ·
Headaches of Running a Nightclub in New Orleans
Day to Day, August 29, 2006 · A profile of the owner of Chickie Wah Wah, who talks about the expected and unexpected challenges of getting a venue going on Canal Street.
Homeowners Bet on Rebuilding in New Orleans
Day to Day, August 28, 2006 ·
Trailer a Tight Squeeze for Couple
Day to Day, August 25, 2006 ·
New Orleans Ready for Somber Anniversary
Day to Day, August 24, 2006 ·
A New School Year Begins in New Orleans
Day to Day, August 16, 2006 ·
New Orleans Stands to Lose Trees
Day to Day, August 14, 2006 ·
No More Free Rides For Residents
Day to Day, August 4, 2006 ·
An Anti-Crime Night Out
Day to Day, August 2, 2006 ·
Black Catholics in Standoff with Catholic Church
Day to Day, March 23, 2006 ·
DJ Spooky’s Sounds of Katrina
Weekend America, February 25, 2006 ·
Robert Walter Holding Fast to the Sound of New Orleans
Day to Day, November 28, 2005 ·
Restaurants Sign of New Orleans Recovery
Day to Day, November 15, 2005 ·
Producing for American Routes
Pine Leaf Boys
American Routes, originally aired February 28, 2007 ·
Rod Bernard
American Routes, originally aired January 31, 2007 ·
Sam Cooke segment excerpted here
American Routes, originally aired December 13, 2006 ·
Marcus Roberts
American Routes, originally aired November 29, 2006 ·
Hugh Masekela Segment Part I here and Segment Part II here
American Routes, originally aired October 18, 2006 ·
k.d. lang
American Routes, originally aired September 13, 2006 ·
Congo Square
from the show After the Storm VIII: A Year in the Storm’s Wake
American Routes, originally aired August 23, 2006 ·
Andrews Brothers
American Routes, originally aired May 23, 2006 ·
Robbie Fulks
American Routes, originally aired June 21, 2006 ·
Rosanne Cash
American Routes, originally aired April 4, 2006 ·
Flambeaux and If Ever I Cease to Love
American Routes, originally aired February 22, 2006·
B-Side…Stories With a Different Spin
One of Us
B-Side Radio, February 2007 ·
La Madrugada Dusk and Dawn
B-Side Radio, January & February 2007 ·
History
Poet August Kleinzahler
KQED, November 26, 2004
Manzanar Internment Camp
KQED, April 23, 2004
San Joaquin Water Stories
KQED, November 21, 2003
Comedy is Karaoke’s Newest Permutation
Morning Edition, April 7, 2005
California Law Would Regulate Foie Gras Production
Day to Day, July 13, 2004 ·
Ancient History
A Need to Belong: Citizenship in a Post-9/11 America
NPR/KQED, September 11, 2002 ·
Muslim Immigrants and Arab Americans
KQED, September 6, 2002
Present at the Creation: National Lampoon’s Animal House
Morning Edition, July 29, 2002 ·
Against the Tide: One Man’s Quest to Save a Vanishing Island
Morning Edition, July 17, 2001 ·