A packed Albert Hall at the BBC Proms Where can you hear some of best western classical and contemporary music in Britain? The answer is at the annual Proms concerts. Every summer for the past 111 years people have enjoyed the widest possible range...
By Zulima Palacio Albuquerque, New Mexico 08 August 2007 Navajo rugs are highly regarded for their fine hand weaving and designs. They are often expensive and are considered by many to be quite beautiful. Producer Zulima Palacio traveled to Albuquerq...
Steve Inskeep: Each Friday morning, we bring you another installment of StoryCorps, the oral history project that travels the country, collecting the stories of everyday people. They interview each other. Excerpts are archived at the Library of Cong...
Anchor: From its massive trade surplus with United States to its funding of America's ballooning deficit, China's economy has become increasingly intertwined with her own. And this wouldn't be possible without the extraordinary thrift of ordinary Chi...
(France is known for its hundreds of) cheeses. The most famous is perhaps the soft round Camembert, now enjoyed all over the world, but to be considered a real Camembert, the cheese must be made in Normandy, in northwestern France from the milk of No...
By Paige Kollock Washington 28 June 2006 Surfing has fascinated Americans for decades, and in some parts of the country has given birth to its own surfing culture and dialect. Some people grow up surfing, while others come to it from other sports li...
By Charlene Sarmiento Washington, DC 24 January 2006 watch State of Union report President Bush will make his State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 31st to both houses of Congress, members of...
THIS IS AMERICA - New Year Traditions By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, December 27, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: On December thirty-first, Americans and other people around the world welcome the New Ye...
THIS IS AMERICA - December 30, 2002: New Year's Traditions By Jerilyn Watson (THEME) VOICE ONE: On December thirty-first, Americans and other people around the world welcome the New Year. I’m Mary T...
THIS IS AMERICA -December 23, 2002: Christmas Traditions and Music By Shelley Gollust (THEME) ANNCR: Millions of Americans will celebrate Christmas on December Twenty-Fifth. It is the most widely-cele...