I’ve been experimenting with a new multimedia reporting/profile series called “The Value.” It airs both on public radio via WNYC’s syndicated show The Takeaway, and online at http://www.thetakeaway.org.
The idea is to ask: what’s worth more than money? In some cases, like Anna Deavere Smith, it’s mastery of craft and storytelling. In others, it’s adventure (in Antarctica!); service to people who’ve survived the civil war in Sri Lanka; or creating an urban oasis.
I’m limited by the fact that there is no travel budget, so the series has to be where I am: mainly NY, but also, in the coming weeks, DC, Baltimore, Miami, Northern and Southern California, and St. Louis.
I would LOVE suggestions for stories. Email me via the “contact” link on the top right of this website.
Here are the first four episodes of The Value.
Tags: anna deavere smith, economy, farai chideya, money, pitch, The Takeaway, the value, volunteering, WNYC
I am sure a lot of people say this but for me it’s my health. In 2008 I was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer – an invasive thymoma. I am a college professor and mother to 3 children and the diagnosis was quite a shock especially since there are so few people who know how to treat it and only 2 surgeons proficient in this tumor’s resection. I got lucky and got the head of cardio-thoracic surgery @ Memorial Sloane-Kettering. Now I take care of myself and exercise ands eat better and make sure I don’t have a recurrence of this cancer. They found it on a fluke, and I could have been walking down the street and just dropped dead @ the age of 36.
Hi Keisha:
I am so happy that you’re well, and that your family continues to benefit from your love. Can you tell me more about how you changed your habits?
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