2011-01-23 Dian Fossey, 1932-1985: She Worked to Protect the Mountain Gorillas of Central Africa
STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today…
2011-01-16 Patsy Cline, 1932-1963: Fans Were ‘Crazy’ About This Young Country Music Star
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. DOUG JOHNSON: And I’m Doug Johnson with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…
2011-01-09 Bob Feller, 1918-2010: One of Baseball’s Finest Pitchers
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2011-01-02 Remembering Six People Lost in 2010
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2010-12-26 Flannery O’Connor, 1925-1964: She Told Stories About People Living in the American South
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I’m Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program, People in America.…
2010-12-19 Harry Houdini, 1874-1926: The Great Escape Artist
BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2010-12-12 Maria Callas,1923-1977: A Beautiful Voice and Intense Personality
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to People in America in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman…
2010-12-05 Milton Hershey, 1857-1945: He Created a Successful Business and Built a Sweet Town
BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2010-11-28 F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940): What ‘The Great Gatsby’ Means to American Literature
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every…
2010-11-21 F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940): He Wrote About the ‘Roaring Twenties,’ America’s Wildest Party
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2010-11-14 Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973: Writer was Most Famous for “The Good Earth”
FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus. JIM TEDDER: And I’m Jim Tedder with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today…
2010-11-07 John Coltrane, 1926-1967: The Famous Saxophone Player Helped Make Modern Jazz Popular Around the World
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) He was one of…
2010-10-31 Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849: His Poems and Stories Are Strange and Frightening.
STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus with PEOPLE IN AMERICA from VOA Special English. Today,…
2010-10-24 Edith Wharton, 1862-1937: She Wrote About the Young and Innocent in a Dishonest World
PHOEBE ZIMMERMANN: I’m Phoebe Zimmermann. DOUG JOHNSON: And I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2010-10-17 Soupy Sales, 1926-2009: He Made People Laugh for More Than 40 Years
BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein. DOUG JOHNSON: And I’m Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today,…