New Orleans Eyewitness tell the stories of what REALLY happened

[Up2Late]

on this weeks "This American Life" from WBEZ Chicago and P.R.I. (Public Radio International)

Here's a link to Public Radio Fan .com, where they list all local radio stations that have on-line streaming of this show, and when the show plays: <http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=28>

The stations that are currently broadcasting this program are in bold type. NOTE: This weeks show is all about Katrina survivors and the Florida FEMA trailer park, if the feed you choose is about Garbage, that's last week's show.

The Show will be available from the WBEZ archive on Tuesday or so:

<http://www.thislife.org/>

After the Flood

Surprising stories from survivors in New Orleans. Broadcast the weekend of September 9-11 in most places, or available via RealAudio next week.

One of the teenagers interviewed in "After the Flood," Ashley Nelson, is the author of an amazing book called The Combination, about her neighborhood in New Orleans. All the copies that were available are now underwater. But The Neighborhood Stories Project, which collaborated with Ashley and several other New Orleans teenagers on books about their neighborhoods, plans to print another run as soon as possible.

The show is presented in "Acts"

Act 1: Is an interview with a African-American Nurse, who was kicked out of the room she hoped to weather the Hurricane in with her Kids, in favor of two "white" Nurses. She ended up at the New Orleans Convention Center, she describes what was actually going on and how she saw the "Thugs" turn to protecting the Old People and the Mothers with children and how they went out and "Looted" the near by Drug Store, only to bring the stuff back to distribute among the Old and Young at the New Orleans Convention Center

Act 2: Is told by one of the Tourists who was there for a "Paramedics Convention." She also tells about how they wouldn't let them cross the Bridge to cross over to the Un-flooded side of Gretna. The Gretna Police were pointing their guns and shooting in the air to keep the people of New Orleans from crossing over to the "West Bank."

[madame defarge]

1. Great show

I missed this one, but have listened to it in the past and it is indeed a great show.

Chicago Public Radio also produces a couple of other shows that may not be heard all over the country but should be: Worldview with Jerome McDonnell & Odyssey with Grechen Helfrich.
If you don't get them, you can listen to their archives here:

Worldview: http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/programs/worldview/worldview.asp
Odyssey: http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/programs/odyssey/odyssey_v2.asp

Unforutunately, the Chicago Public Radio board has decided to cease funding to Odyssey, after 7 year of broadcasting. If you do listen to them live or even some of their archives, perhaps you can drop a line to the powers that be and ask them to reconsider... [e-mail]

[Up2Late]

3. I wish more people here would check out some more of the Local

Public Radio shows, and not just judge all Public Radio from what they hear on the National show.

I don't have a problem with them, but some seem to have judged what they heard during the run up to the 2004 Election and decided that All of Public Radio has sold out.

[Up2Late]

4. Anyone know were this Ponchartrain Expressway Bridge is?

The bridge to Gretna.

[Up2Late]

2. More show description

Act 3(I think, might be Act 4) is told by an 18 year old who spent 2 days without water, she describes what that was like and what it was like to hear * tell FEMA Brown "You're doing a Heck of a Job..."

Act 4) Is about the way FEMA is treating last years Hurricane Charlie survivors in the FEMA Trailers.

I think I missed one one more, because I was posting this:

<http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=28>

<http://www.thislife.org/>

<http://www.wbez.org/>

[Up2Late]

5. So, did anyone listen?

What did you think?

[crispini]

8. it was fantastic

well worth the download

[Window]

6. Couldn't get to a radio, but this sounds very interesting.

Is it possible to get a transcript?

Thanks for sharing.

Peace

[Up2Late]

7. Here's the transcript questions answer from the TAL website.

How can I get a transcript of a broadcast?

Sadly, we don't offer show transcripts. It's an expensive service, and we don't get nearly enough requests to justify it. You always can order a CD copy of anything you hear, though.

Sorry, but their are a few more replays tonight at 10:00pm and 11:00pm EDT tonight, go to this web site and scroll to the bottom of the list:

<http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=28>

[Window]

9. Thanks so much.

Peace