2005-06-01 The Story of Radio
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. You are listening to our program today on a…
2005-05-25 The Guitar: an Instrument for Any Kind of Music
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a very popular musical instrument. Listen and see…
2005-05-18 Amelia Earhart: She Showed That Women, Too, Could Set Flight Records
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about Amelia Earhart. She was one…
2005-05-11 Unusual creatures live on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and…
2005-05-04 Wade Davis: Scientist, Explorer and Writer
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about scientist, explorer and writer Wade…
2005-04-27 The Indiana Dunes: Beautiful Sand Hills and Wildlife in America’s Midwest
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit the Indiana Dunes. These hills of…
2005-04-20 How Robert Goddard Helped Lead America Into Space
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today, we report on some of the early research…
2005-04-13 Around the World, Helping Victims of War and Natural Disasters
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we report on the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement…
2005-04-06 How the Internet Grew from a Simple Idea
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we finish our three-part series about the history…
2005-03-30 The Internet: Linking People in a Way Once Thought Impossible
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the second part of our series…
2005-03-23 Information Age, Part 1
VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we begin a series of three programs about modern…
2005-03-16 SPACE DIGEST
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about information sent to Earth from the Cassini spacecraft…
2005-03-09 The Columbia River
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the Columbia River that flows…
2005-03-02 Koshland Science Museum
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a new effort to help the public…
2005-02-23 Albert Einstein
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Today we tell about a scientist who changed the way…