Radio
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. And, for that matter, on Queena & Tanya Jo Miller’s show, Cyberfrequencies.
Finding Solid Ground
So this is how I spent a chunk of time. It has aired in New Orleans, and in New York, Austin, the Pacific northwest, Vermont, and in the Gulf Coast. More about the project, including audio, can be found at the tricked-out website.
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