Radio Master's Projects 2008

Listen to the Radio Master's Documentaries produced in 2007-2008. Each is a radio documentary report or series of reports exploring a single topic, totaling approximately 25-30 minutes of air time. Master's documentaries aim for the highest level of sound production and storytelling achievement, including scene building and multilayered sound mixing using Pro Tools. Most projects are available for broadcast by contacting the reporter.

Listen to archives of Masters' projects from previous years.

	Aaron Scott: The Science of Love The mystery of love has captivated people from Plato to Freud to Phil Collins. What is love? Why do we feel it? No one has answered those questions on the level of science. That is, until now. Advances in brain imaging technology in the past two decades have opened love to advanced scientific techniques. Aaron Scott reports on the science of love.
Ailsa Chang: Career Transitions Finding your passion in life might sound like a cliché, but more people seem to be doing it. The idea that you have only one career in a lifetime is now old-fashioned. The duration of the average job in the U.S. is declining. After years of investing in their first careers, many people are switching professions to find more meaningful work. Ailsa Chang reports.
	Deborah Lee: The Emergence of Progressive Evangelicals For over two decades the majority of evangelical Christians have associated with the Republican Party. But that's changing now that a growing minority of evangelicals is broadening the agenda. Many have deserted the Republican Party, looking to break the link between their faith and party politics. Deborah Lee reports.
Kristel Mucino: The Immigrant Experience: Suicide Increases Among Hispanics.
	Andrea Mustain: Prenatal Testing and Down Syndrome It is the most common chromosomal abnormality that affects human beings. Down syndrome is diagnosed in about 1 of every 700 births in the U.S. And the likelihood that a baby will have Down syndrome sharply increases with the age of the mother. By age 40, the chances of having a child with the disorder can be as high as 1 in 100. The condition can be detected before birth, often resulting in a decision to terminate a pregnancy. Andrea Mustain reports.
Sivan Raviv: Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors Over the years, there has been vast research and documentation about Holocaust survivors, and their children, the second generation. But grandchildren of Holocaust survivors have a distinct relationship with both the Holocaust and their grandparents who survived it. Sivan Raviv reports.
	Adam Serwer: Blogging while Black Black orators like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X come from a time when black Americans were mostly united against Jim Crow segregation. Today progress has been made, and the racial dialogue has become more complicated and nuanced. So are the voices speaking about them. A new generation of black activists has emerged. They're confronting lingering issues of poverty and discrimination. But unlike their predecessors, who inspired millions by speaking, these activists have made their presence known with the written word -- entirely online -- as bloggers. Adam Serwer reports.
Rhema Thompson: The Long Road Home It's been over 30 years since millions of U.S. military veterans returned from the Vietnam war. In the decades since, thousands have struggled to find their way as they travel from streets to shelters. The Veterans Administration says about 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night and nearly half of those served in Vietnam. Now they are being joined by a new generation: the veterans of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The VA says 2,000 new veterans have already sought homeless services and that number is expected to jump in the war's aftermath. Rhema Thompson reports.
	Cissy M. Rebich - Serbian Church Choirs: A Musical Tradition The Serbian orthodox Christian religion embraces cherished traditions. Ornate churches trimmed in bright turquoise and gold leaf. Hand-painted icons, candles, and incense -- the sound of a priest who sings the prayers, and a choir who responds in four-part harmony. There are approximately fifty Serbian church choirs in the United States and Canada, and they are deeply linked to the Serbian identity. Through world wars, civil wars, and Communism, the choirs are a constant. In this series on Serbian choral music and its role within the church, Cissy Rebich returns to the Serbian community where she grew up, to see if Serbian choirs are as alive today as they were when she left home thirty years ago.