2004-05-23 Gunther Gebel-Williams
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember. Today, we tell about the famous circusperformer, Gunther Gebel-Williams. He was known for his gentle waysof training wild…
2004-05-16 Thurgood Marshall
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Gwen Outen. VOICE TWO: And this is Doug Johnson with People in America in VOA SpecialEnglish. Every week we tell about a person who was…
2004-05-09 Maria Callas
(THEME) ANNCR: Welcome to People in America in VOA Special English. I’m FaithLapidus. Today, Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about one ofthe most famous opera singers of the twentieth…
2004-05-02 Buffalo Bill Cody
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Gwen Outen. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA SpecialEnglish. Today, we tell the story of a man called “Buffalo Bill.”His…
2004-04-25 Edith Wharton
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program, Peoplein America. Every week we tell about a person who was important…
2004-04-18 Alan Shepard
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the V-O-A Special English program,People in America. Each week we tell about someone important in thehistory of…
2004-04-11 Louis Armstrong
(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Gwen Outen. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember withPeople in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about LouisArmstrong, one of the greatest…
2004-04-04 Walt Whitman
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with People in America in VOA SpecialEnglish. Today we tell about Walt Whitman, one of America’s greatestpoets. (THEME)…
2004-03-28 Lou Gehrig
(THEME) ANNCR: Now, the V-O-A Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. A North American Major League baseball record was established inNineteen-Thirty-Nine. The man who set it played intwo-thousand-one-hundred-thirty games without…
2004-03-21 Cochise
VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice ofAmerica. (THEME) During the Eighteenth Century, Indians tried to halt the move ofwhite settlers into territory in…
2004-03-14 Ray Kroc
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA SpecialEnglish. Today, we tell about Ray Kroc, the man who helped make…
2004-03-07 Ella Fitzgerald
(THEME) ANNCR: Now, the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today,Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the jazz singer, EllaFitzgerald. She was known as America’s first lady of…
2004-02-29 Walt Disney
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person who was important…
2004-02-22 Shel Silverstein
(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with People in America in VOA SpecialEnglish. Today we tell about Shel Silverstein. He was a…
2004-02-15 Harriet Tubman
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Ray Freeman with the Special English program, People InAmerica. Every week we tell the story of someone important in thehistory…