AMERICAN STORIES - Short Story: 'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe BARBARA KLEIN: Now the Special English program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called The Purloined Letter. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is generally kno...
AmericanQuizShowOnAirfor50Years The longest-running TV quiz show in the world is beginning its second half-century on the air. It's Academic is a Washington program that lets high school students showcase their brainpower. It's a Saturday morning, an...
THEMAKINGOFANATION-AmericanHistory:TheColdWar STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about the period known as the Cold War. The Cold War began after World War Tw...
AmericansHoldSomberObservancesofSeptember11Attacks A decade after Islamic terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and turned them into weapons to claim nearly 3,000 lives, people in the United States on Sunday somberly marked the September 11 anniv...
WeakJobMarketHitsAfricanAmericansHard President Barack Obama is proposing several measures his administration says will create millions of jobs and stimulate the sluggish economy. The nation's high unemployment rate has hit minority groups in the Uni...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Americans and their Pampered Pets BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. Today, we play new music by Malaysian singer and songwriter Zee Avi. We also answer a question about the U.S. Open ten...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: The Election of 1952 STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (MUSIC) This week in our series, we look at the presidential election campaign...
Education Report - American Music Students in Kenya This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Current and former students from Berklee College of Music in Boston recently returned to the United States after three weeks in Kenya. They were par...
People in America - Aaron Copland, 1900-1990: He Taught Americans About Themselves Through Music STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Aaron Copland, one of...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: How the Berlin Airlift Got Off the Ground STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (MUSIC) The Second World War ended with the surrender of Japa...
