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CDs AND TAPES

  The Yiddish Radio Project
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All ten episodes of the Yiddish Radio Project on two CDs or cassettes. This collection features newly recorded introductions by NPR's Scott Simon, four bonus tracks, and a beautiful twenty-page booklet with historic photos and an essay by series co-producer Henry Sapoznik about the making of the documentaries.




  Soundtrack to the Yiddish Radio Project
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A musical voyage to the wonderful -- and sometimes strange -- Yiddish-radio universe of the 1930s to '50s. The CD includes songs by the Yiddish Melodies in Swing Orchestra, the dueling saxophonists Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein, and Seymour Rexite, who was adored for his Yiddish versions of classic songs like "Surrey with a Fringe on Top." Also featured: the unforgettable commercial jingles of Joe and Paul Clothiers, Manischewitz Matzo, Hebrew National Meats, and many more.




  Witness to an Execution
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The stories of men and women involved in the execution of deathrow inmates at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas. (Also available on cassette.)




  The Jewish Giant
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An audio biography of Edie Carmel, "The Jewish Giant," by his cousin Jenny Carchman. (Also available on cassette.)




  The Sunshine Hotel
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A journey into one of the few remaining flophouses on the Bowery in New York City, led by Nathan Smith, the hotel's longtime manager.




  Ghetto Life 101 and Remorse
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The acclaimed documentaries by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, two young boys living in one of the most notorious public housing projects in America.


  Holding On
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The voices of eleven amazing American characters holding on to a tradition, trade, or obsession.




  A Sound Portraits Sampler
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A two-CD compilation of radio documentaries by producer David Isay.


 
AUDIO DOWNLOADS

Many Sound Portraits documentaries are available as downloadable audio files from Audible.com. Similar to MP3s, the files you purchase from Audible can be played on a computer, transferred to a portable audio player, such as an iPod or an Audible Otis, or burned to CD. Visit the Sound Portraits storefront on Audible's site for the full selection: www.audible.com/soundportraits.


 
BOOKS

Sound Portraits books are available at bookstores everywhere, including Amazon.com:

Cover of the book The Forgotten Ones  

Milton Rogovin: The Forgotten Ones

By Dave Isay, David Miller, and Harvey Wang

Four decades of portraits from Buffalo's inner city by photographer Milton Rogovin, with oral histories by Sound Portraits.


 
Cover of the book Flophouse
 

Flophouse

By David Isay and Stacy Abramson
Photographs by Harvey Wang


Flophouse chronicles the vanishing world of the flophouses along America's largest and most infamous skid row, the Bowery. Shimmering with humanity and utterly devoid of false sentiment, the voices of residents in these shelters are a powerful reminder that even on the margins, life defies all attempts at reduction.



Cover of the book Our America
 

Our America

By LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman
with David Isay
Photographs by John Brooks


LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, two young men living in one of the most notorious public housing projects in America, have made it their mission to be loud voices out of a dark place. Set against stunning photographs by John Brooks, another young resident of the projects, Our America evokes the unforgiving world of these two amazing young men and their struggle to survive unrelenting tragedy. With a gift for clear-eyed journalism, they tell their own stories and the stories others, including that of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was dropped to his death from the fourteenth floor of an Ida B. Wells apartment building by two other boys.



Cover of the book Holding On
 

Holding On

By David Isay
Photographs by Harvey Wang


Holding On is a tribute to some of America's greatest characters, people holding on to unique ways of life at all costs. David Isay's compelling, often humorous profiles are accompanied by Harvey Wang's portraits of fifty such people, die-hard individualists who speak for themselves, illuminating their remarkable lives and personalities.



Cover of the book Twelve American Voices
 

Twelve American Voices

By Maurice Cogan Hauck
with Kenneth MacDougall
Based on radio documentaries by David Isay


Twelve American Voices is unique textbook for students studying English as a second language that uses Sound Portraits radio shorts to explore the rich regional and ethnic varieties of the language. Part of the Yale Language Series for English as a Second Language from Yale University Press.

 


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