Search results for

HURRICANE VAN: Tropical storm Sebastien is just the latest in this usiest hurricane season ever. Essayist Van Williamson has been waiting atiently, and may finally get his wish: "Hurricane Van."

A sound portrait of the Texas State Fair, produced by Bill eeble of member station KERA in Dallas. The Fair is the largest in the country, nd ends today.

Liane Hansen speaks with Wallace Clayton, editor and publisher of he Tombstone Epitaph, which reported the shootout at the OK Corral 114 years go this week.

This hotline is for WEEKEND SUNDAY ONLY; also, PUZZLE answers ill NOT be accepted on the comment line -- they must be MAILED IN!! Also, isteners who respond to the PUZZLE via e-mail to include their street ddress and phone number in case of on air credit.

BATS: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NATURALIST PAT SUTTON, OF THE NEW JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY'S CAPE MAY BIRD OBSERVATORY. FOR SOME MYSTERIOUS REASON, CAPE MAY IS SEEING A HUGE MIGRATION OF BATS THIS YEAR.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. (This week's on-air player is from Konosha, isconsin, and listens to public radio station WBEZ out of Chicago.)

B-B Bing - Susan reflects on the singing of Bing Crosby, whose song 'White Christmas' remains one of the most popular tunes of the holiday season. In the '20's and 30's Crosby was the first performer to incorporate jazz techniques into his singing. He later became the first singer to have his own radio program.

We play a reading from a 100-year old newspaper account from the Chicago Tribune which describes the first automobile race in America. The 55-mile race was held on Thanksgiving day 1895...from downtown Chicago to Evanston, Illinois.

Liane speaks with author Chris Claremont, who for 17 years rote the Marvel comic book "The Uncanny X-men," which became the most popular omic in the Western hemisphere. He is now writing a new comic book for DC, alled "Sovereign Seven," which he not only created, but owns as well. He also as just co-authored with George Lucas the first book of a fantasy trilogy alled "Shadow Moon," (Bantam Books), which continues the adventures begun in ucas' film, Willow."

NPR's Melissa Blocks leads us through the pages of a new book...an encyclopedia of New York City. The book is huge...it weighs more than seven pounds. It took 13 years to put together at a cost of one million dollars.