THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: The Signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia Many of the delegates at the convention in 1787 did not like all parts of the new document. Several even refused to sign it. Transcript of radio broadc...
Education Report - A Way to Help Students Before They Fail More schools are using a process called response to intervention to see if a child might have a learning disability. Transcript of radio broadcast: 12 March 2008 This is the VOA Special Engl...
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Health Report - Report Points to Limits of Some Antidepressants Researchers say unpublished studies show Prozac and three similar drugs have significant results only in the most severely depressed. 12 March 2008 This is the VOA Special English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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
