WGBH Morning Stories Podcast

It took Lois Frazier 51 years to find a way out of the street. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Artemis for the use of "Subterranean" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/artemis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

It took Lois Frazier 51 years to find a way out of the street. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Artemis for the use of "Subterranean" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/artemis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Jay Allison recalls how guns got under his skin. Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

David Isay of StoryCorps talks with Tony Kahn about the power of telling stories, and of the love in listening. http://www.storycorps.net/ Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Jeff Wahl for the use of "Freedom" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/jeff_wahl http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Pauline Chen, a surgeon, learns what it means to take care of somebody. Pauline's latest book is Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality http://paulinechen.typepad.com/ Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Suzanne Teng for the use of "Light of the Heart" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/teng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Chef Franco Onorato mixes chicken, cream and a car dealership into a dish you'll never forget. Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Harriet Reisen holds on for dear life atop a mountain in China. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Suzanne Teng for the use of "Above the Clouds" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/teng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Rachel Zorn wants all her dates to have a chance to shine. ?So she calls their moms. ?Also, Kate McGovern connects with others through storytelling. Thanks to The Lascivious Biddies for the use of "Betty," off their album "Get Lucky." http://biddies4ever.com Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

From Jordan, Peg Clement sees light in the African darkness. Also, we honor our transcribers' "prolifigancy." Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Daniel Berkman for the use of "Two Rings," "Baboullai and Me," and "Jala" in the production of this week's podcast. These are sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/berkman http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Liz from Georgia, Georgia from Utah, Cyndy from Virginia, and the Bride of Frankenstein tell us about new things they've been hearing in old stories. Also, news about our Transcription Project. transcripts_liz@bellsouth.net Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Jeff Wahl for the use of "Longing" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/jeff_wahl http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

A Pit Bull mothers a pig, a Rottweiler practices cardiology, and a Mutt gets rich quick, from the pages of Ken Foster's new book, "Dogs I Have Met." http://kenfoster.blogspot.com Thanks also to Magnatune recording artist Telemann Trio Berlin for the use of "Triosonate in D-Dur - Allegro un poco (C.P. Bach)" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.0 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/telemann_trio http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Tony Kahn tells of a devoted mother duck who led her babies down the straight and narrow path...to disaster. ??Also, a devoted listener makes a surprising offer. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Cheryl Ann Fulton for the use of "Megan's Daughter" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/fulton http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Pastor Anne Robertson meets up with her father's ghost in Scotland. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Cheryl Ann Fulton for the use of "The Minstrelsey of Chirk Castle" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/fulton http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Mark Jenkins celebrates the joys of "inner space" on Martha's Vineyard; Tony Kahn tries to a help a frightened visitor from outer space on Cape Cod. Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Author and Neurologist Oliver Sacks sees the person behind the mental illness. Dr. Sacks' latest book is Musicophilia. http://musicophilia.com Susan Wadle's blog is http://cookinandbookin.blogspot.com/ Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Andreas Haefliger for the use of "Sonata in B flat minor KV 570" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://www.magnatune.com/artists/haefliger http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories, and on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/morningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Julie Nardone thanks friends, her dentist, and the one person in her life who already has everything. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Justin Bianco for the use of "Baron" and Lara St. John for the use of Bach's Violin Concerto BWV 1041: 1. Allegro in the production of this week's podcast. These are sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/bianco http://magnatune.com/artists/lara_st_john http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Tony Kahn remembers life on the run from the Hollywood Blacklist. To hear Tony's radio series called Blacklisted, visit http://wgbh.org/blacklisted Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Ginny Mazur says goodbye to the hearing world. When I first started to lose my hearing I got hearing aids. One of the biggest surprises that I had was that the directional signal on my car made a sound. Imagine a symphony orchestra, it's like you can't hear either highs or lows, the violins or the basses. Sounds become muddled and override one another. It's not quiet. It's often clangy and clashing and confusing, kind of like the lid of a trash can as it bangs together. Initially, you really feel like your world is shrinking and shifting. What was once utterly familiar and commonplace, that's no longer accessible. I've already said goodbye to a lot of birds. I miss them. I miss the sound of the leaves rushing in the trees. I don't hear that. Kids I've lost much of an ability to hear. I don't know if I'm going to completely lose the human voice. That would be the hardest thing to lose. I still have some recordings of my husband's voice which I listen to and though there's just elements of his voice that I can perceive, there is incredible familiarity. A lovable, lovable, sweet teacher and musician. A person most dear to me. Bob died over three years ago. Since he died, I feel like I wish I had a reprieve from Mother Nature around loss. You know, alright already. And that's not the way it's going. I think I'm saying goodbye to the hearing world altogether. I have to ask people for help and I've become more human on account of that, to seeing that other people need help. I've a sense now that things don't last in life, so it's important to love and to care about what's important right now. There's a lot more to pay attention to. I can see the twinkle in your eye a lot more than I would have been paying attention because I'd just be listening to your voice. My Mom used to have a little poster on the wall of her kitchen that said, "Bless This Mess." We kids thought this was the queerest thing. Now, when I think back and now, looking at my life, I think I have a little bit more of a clue of what she was trying to get at. We are human. I don't want it to be perfect. 'Cause then I'm afraid I'll forget that pain that comes out of love. Honey, you are loved. Carry that with you wherever you go . . . Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Vito Paternoster for the use of "Suite VI in Re magiore - prelude" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://www.magnatune.com/artists/paternoster http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Tony and Gary take a long walk to the Italian Riviera, Southern China, Singapore, and the donut shop across the street in search of old friends. Erica Ferencik blogs at http://wakeupandsmelltheblog.com Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Pianist Cathy Fuller digs deep and finds her inner Mozart. Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Kevin Jankowski grew up in a trailer, but his home was a house full of art. Also, Cyndy McCollough and Cristina Quinn feel Elvis in their crocodile brains. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Gerard Satamian for the use of "Chansons des Paroles (1989) Op. 2 Elegie" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/satamian http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

5 year old Marga Dieter knew how to keep quiet, and survive, in wartime Germany. Also, a powerful letter from the other side. Thanks to Magnatune recording artist Vito Paternoster for the use of "Suite II in re minore - prelude" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/paternoster http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Marga Dieter is the author of "Aamie's War: Women and Children on the German Homefront." http://aamieswar.com Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Tony Kahn finds his first love in high school hard to remember. Thanks to Magnatune recording artists Rob Costlow for the use of "L.A. Passing By" and Heavy Mellow for the use of "Long Ago and Far Away"in the production of this week's podcast. These are sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/costlow http://magnatune.com/artists/heavy_mellow http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ More about the book "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World" at http://giving.clintonfoundation.org/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Betsy Bunn finds an unexpected gift in an empty wallet, while Simon Rich ponders another desperate situation. Thanks to Magnatune recording artists Mountain Mirrors for the use of "Rain" in the production of this week's podcast. This is sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/mountain_mirrors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Simon Rich's Ant Farm, And Other Desperate Situations is published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. http://www.randomhouse.com/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Anne Bernays reveals all, nearly, in the Harvard Bookstore. Thanks to Magnatune recording artists Philharmonia Baroque for the use of "Entree des Pelerins - Air de Furie" and "Gavottes - Air pour les Pagodes" in the production of this week's podcast. These are sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/pbo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Information about the film Vienna's Lost Daughters at http://viennaslostdaughters.at Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

From "Elvis the Pelvis" to "Elvis the Pinata," Ken Bader stayed with The King till the end. Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

Since she was a little girl, Deborah Henson-Conant has heard the same voice singing in her head. "The Nightingale" was produced and performed by Deborah, and appears on her 2006 CD & DVD entitled "Invention & Alchemy." Deborah's website is http://hipharp.com. Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

The third of three half-hour Morning Stories programs, originally produced for radio. Thanks to Magnatune recording artists for providing some of the music used in this program: touchingGrace for "Eastern Sky," Five Star Fall for "What Planet," Jay Kishor for "Raga Malgunji - vilambit teentaal," and John Williams for "Days End." These are sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/touching_grace http://magnatune.com/artists/fivestarfall http://magnatune.com/artists/jay_kishor http://magnatune.com/artists/john_williams http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Also, to the Lascivious Biddies for their recording of "Ozone Haze." http://biddies4ever.com Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

The second of three half-hour Morning Stories programs, originally produced for radio. Thanks to Magnatune recording artists for providing some of the music used in this program: Suzanne Teng for "Light of the Heart," Reza Manzoori for "Union," and Rhonda Lorence for "Eastern Rising." These are sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/teng http://magnatune.com/artists/reza http://magnatune.com/artists/rhonda_lorence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories

The first of three half-hour Morning Stories programs, originally produced for radio. Thanks to Magnatune recording artists for providing some of the music used in this program: Antonio Meneses for "Suite 2 BWV 1008 prelude" and Elizabeth Wolff for "Rachmaninoff, 6 Moments Musicaux Op. 6, Andantino." These are sampled under an Attribution 2.5 Creative Commons license. http://magnatune.com/artists/meneses http://magnatune.com/artists/wolff http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Morning Stories on Flickr, http://flickr.com/photos/wgbhmorningstories Support Morning Stories at our website, http://wgbh.org/morningstories