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American Public Media's Weekend America Newsletter
Weekend America
For the Weekend of July 19, 2008
What Are You Doing This Weekend?
Driving up our cholesterol levels at Akron, Ohio's National Hamburger Festival, where 25 featured restaurants will serve more than 50 hamburgers to hungry festival visitors, who will be entertained by the Ohio Hamburger Eating Championship, the Miss Hamburger Festival and a Bobbing for Burgers in a pool of ketchup contest, which used to be a qualifying event for the Hamburglar Olympics.
In This Week's Show, We...

? Go to a bake sale ? in prison.
A few San Quentin State Prison inmates are buying and reselling food to other inmates this weekend to raise funds for under-privileged youth on the outside. TRUST, a prison program that teaches inmates social skills, provides the opportunity to order real food - barbecue chicken and ribs, real baked beans, NY cheesecake, and more. Prisoners only have the tiny amount they earn for discretionary income to purchase the food, so it takes more than 200 hours of labor to afford a $17 chicken dinner.
? Where to Listen This Weekend

... Cook a Wolf.
As the cost of food soars alongside gas prices, we reexamine an era that was so different and is yet similar to our own: one in which war and food do not come cheaply. "How to Cook a Wolf" was published in 1942, at the height of WWII-era food shortages. It was written by celebrated food-writer MFK Fisher, whose essays about food read like love letters. Chapters with titles like "How To Keep Alive" and "How to Be Cheerful Though Starving" were a guide on how to cook meals cheaply.
? Where to Listen This Weekend

... Go to Superman's House.
Most people think Superman was born on Krypton, but Jefferson and Hattie Gray know he was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In fact, he was born in their house ? the house where author Jerry Siegel first created Superman. Now, hardcore comic book fans come to visit, usually unannounced, but the Grays welcome them in.
? Where to Listen This Weekend


On Last Week's Show, We...

... Heard the Godfather of Soul Save Boston.
Rioting erupted in more than 100 U.S. cities following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. But many say Boston was spared similar violence, thanks in large part to a live TV broadcast of a James Brown concert at the Boston Gardens.
? Hear the Story

... Went From Golf Hustler to PGA Pro.
Al Duhon started out as a golf hustler in South Los Angeles and began making money playing golf before the first African-American player broke the PGA race barrier. Now, Duhon teaches kids about the game that has him hooked. Last weekend, we revisited the spry 83-year-old and had him tell us his story.
? Hear the Story

... Were Prepared.
All summer long we'll bring you stories about to the longest and best weekend of all -- the summer vacation. Last week, we re-broadcast our first Summer Travel segment on how a Boy Scout motto helped Jonathan Goldstein indulge his daughter's fascination with camping.
? Hear the Story

Where To Listen
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What's Your Hot Summer Story?
August is approaching and the mercury is rising, so Weekend America is turning up the heat. We?re looking for your hottest, steamiest, most mercury-driven summer stories. Take for example, "A Streetcar Named Desire." Where would Blanche and Stanley have been without New Orleans? stifling heat? The oppressive temperature is like a separate character in the story ... whispering nothing but bad advice in their ears. But stagnant summertime heat can cause friction and tension too. So how does summer heat drive you? What has the hot weather inspired you to do? Share your story. Tell us your story of one dramatic summer day or night when the temperature was unbeatable. Cool off here »


40 And Extra, Extra Long

Tiki the Giraffe lives at the Oakland Zoo and she's cold. If you've ever tried to put a blanket on a giraffe, you know how hard it is to keep it on. So the zoo hired a tailor to make a special winter coat for a very tall client.
» Hear the Story »

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