2008-01-09 These Places are Natural Wonders of the World
VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we bring you the second of three programs about beautiful…
2008-01-02 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Plus a Few More
VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we present the first of three programs about some of…
2007-12-26 Protecting Native American Languages and Culture
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This is the last in our series of reports about efforts to keep…
2007-12-19 For Art Lovers, Art Basel in Miami Beach Was the Place to Be
VOICE ONE: I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Pat Bodnar with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we travel to the warm and sunny city of Miami, Florida to…
2007-12-12 Erie Canal: How an Idea That Some Laughed at Became America’s First National Waterway
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. In the early eighteen hundreds, traveling in the United States was dangerous. Business…
2007-11-28 American Folklife Center: Preserving the Voices, Songs and Stories of Everyday People
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. We continue our series of reports about efforts to keep alive some traditional…
2007-12-05 The Power of Crowds: Designing a Way to Harvest Electricity From People in Motion
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we tell about a system of planets orbiting a star called…
2007-11-21 Voyager: The First Airplane to Fly Around the World Nonstop
EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. It was called the last great goal in flying. It would be a flight around the world without…
2007-11-14 Making Soaps with a Story
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Have you ever wondered when washing your hands what materials go into a…
2007-11-07 Around the World, a Language Dies Every Two Weeks
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we travel far and wide to learn about some of the rarest…
2007-10-31 How to Build a House With Bales of Straw
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. We continue our series of reports about efforts to keep alive traditional ways…
2007-10-24 Green Festival: A Party With a Purpose
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the Washington, D.C. Green Festival that took place earlier…
2007-10-17 National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, Honors Leaders in Flight
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about some men and women who are members of the…
2007-10-10 Making Art From Glass, and Shaping It With a Message of Healing
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, you can see a large heart-shaped sculpture…
2007-10-03 La Brea Tar Pits: Where Animals Lived, and Died, Thousands of Years Ago
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about an unusual scientific research area in the United States.…