Ranked #1
BEST OF THE STORY: Grizzly Bear Attack [10.1.2013]
BEST OF THE STORY: Grizzly Bear Attack [10.1.2013]
Joe Williams was a 20-year-old looking for adventure at Montana’s Glacier National Park when he ran into a grizzly bear ... Read more
1 Oct 2013
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Ranked #2
Chef and The Farmer [9.12.2013]
Chef and The Farmer [9.12.2013]
A southern girl moves to New York City to become a chef and swears she’ll never look back. But now Vivian Howard is home... Read more
12 Sep 2013
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For Accused Witches, A Last Resort [9.19.2013]
For Accused Witches, A Last Resort [9.19.2013]
When Leo Igwe was a child in Nigeria, he saw his father get beaten for being accused of witchcraft. Igwe has made it his... Read more
19 Sep 2013
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Ranked #4
Diary Of A Bad Year: A War Correspondent’s Dilemma [8.27.2013]
Diary Of A Bad Year: A War Correspondent’s Dilemma [8.27.2013]
As friends and collegues were kidnapped and killed, Kelly McEvers continued to report for NPR in the Middle East during ... Read more
27 Aug 2013
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Ranked #5
When Women Were Birds [9.6.2013]
When Women Were Birds [9.6.2013]
Western writer Terry Tempest Williams spent 25 years sorting out the message her mother gave her when she left her three... Read more
5 Sep 2013
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Ranked #6
After Innocence: Jennifer Thompson & LaMonte Armstrong
After Innocence: Jennifer Thompson & LaMonte Armstrong
Jennifer Thompson was a college student when she was raped. During the attack Jennifer tried to memorize what the man lo... Read more
2 Sep 2013
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Ranked #7
After Innocence: Scott Hornoff & Julie Baumer
After Innocence: Scott Hornoff & Julie Baumer
This is one episode in our four-part series "After Innocence: Exoneration in America." Guests include Scott Hornoff, a R... Read more
29 Aug 2013
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Ranked #8
A Couple's 'Edge Of the World' [9.18.2013]
A Couple's 'Edge Of the World' [9.18.2013]
Eight years ago, Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler moved to a brick farmhouse in rural Ohio. Their band Over the Rhi... Read more
18 Sep 2013
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Ranked #9
Three Miles Under The Sea [8.14.2013]
Three Miles Under The Sea [8.14.2013]
Jon Copley dove more than three miles in the first manned mission to the deepest known hot water vents in the world. And... Read more
14 Aug 2013
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Ranked #10
Fire Ants Taking Over [8.17.2013]
Fire Ants Taking Over [8.17.2013]
After he and his girlfriend were swarmed by fire ants one day, writer Justin Nobel set off to figure out how they got to... Read more
19 Aug 2013
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Ranked #11
Fighting For A New Heart [9.16.2013]
Fighting For A New Heart [9.16.2013]
Paul Corby is a 23-year old Pennsylvania man in need of a new heart, but he has not been placed on a transplant list. Pa... Read more
16 Sep 2013
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Ranked #12
BEST OF THE STORY: Growing Up In The White House [9.28.2013]
BEST OF THE STORY: Growing Up In The White House [9.28.2013]
Luci Baines Johnson was 16 when her father Lyndon Johnson was thrust into the presidency. When her family moved to the W... Read more
30 Sep 2013
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Ranked #13
After World War II, Only A Scarf As A Reminder [9.25.2013]
After World War II, Only A Scarf As A Reminder [9.25.2013]
When Sheila Hutton was a seven-year-old girl growing up in England before the war, her parents shipped her away to the U... Read more
25 Sep 2013
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Ranked #14
A Soldier's Eye: Rediscovered Photos From Vietnam (9.13.2013)
A Soldier's Eye: Rediscovered Photos From Vietnam (9.13.2013)
Charlie Haughey shot almost 2000 photographs of his fellow soldiers in Vietnam, but left the photo negatives untouched i... Read more
13 Sep 2013
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Ranked #15
Stepping Into The Black: A Hotshot Firefighter’s View [8.15.2013]
Stepping Into The Black: A Hotshot Firefighter’s View [8.15.2013]
As western forests continue to burn every summer, new technology is helping fight them. But Rick Cowell, a veteran hotsh... Read more
15 Aug 2013
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Ranked #16
President John F. Kennedy’s Last Exhibit [08.15.2013]
President John F. Kennedy’s Last Exhibit [08.15.2013]
The night before he was killed, President John F. Kennedy spent the night surrounded by a one-of-a-kind collection of ma... Read more
16 Aug 2013
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Ranked #17
After Innocence: The Puracals & Greg Hampikian
After Innocence: The Puracals & Greg Hampikian
Jason Puracal was working in Nicaragua when he was wrongfully convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering, and organ... Read more
30 Aug 2013
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Ranked #18
A Prisoner And A Guard From The Attica Prison Riots [11.11.2013]
A Prisoner And A Guard From The Attica Prison Riots [11.11.2013]
Memories of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971.
11 Nov 2013
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Ranked #19
The Pizza Purist And The Cutgirl [10.28.2013]
The Pizza Purist And The Cutgirl [10.28.2013]
When other kids were out riding bikes, Anthony Mangieri was in his grandmother’s kitchen experimenting with ancient doug... Read more
28 Oct 2013
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Ranked #20
Grayson: The Baby Whale [8.2.2013]
Grayson: The Baby Whale [8.2.2013]
Swimmer Lynne Cox meets a baby whale. Also in this show: The Purple Hotel is a Chicago landmark.
2 Aug 2013
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