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Brotherly Bond: Anticipating "Quantum of Solace"

Featuring:  Eric Winick and T.J. Winick
Recorded: October 2008, Brooklyn, NY
Music: Jack White & Alicia Keys, with selections by John Barry

With "Quantum of Solace," Daniel Craig's second entry in the long-standing James Bond film franchise, two brothers take the opportunity to discuss a lifelong fixation that has become, in a sense, their most meaningful area of common ground.

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Based in Washington, DC, T.J. Winick is currently a correspondent with ABC NewsOne, the network's affiliate news service.  The material in this piece is an excerpt from a much longer conversation I had with T.J., but is representative of many such conversations from over the years.  The piece was my first attempt to create a timely "soft feature."

Graduation, she spoke

Story by: Dawn Luebbe
Recorded: October 2008, New York, NY
Music: Belle & Sebastian, with selections by John Addison, Edward Elgar, and Alan Menken

High school's a drag for one young woman with a secret, until she decides to turn graduation into a triumph over the forces that threaten to hold her back from achieving her true potential.

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Dawn Luebbe is an NYC-based actor, improviser and, as indicated, a tall drink of water.  Thanks to Michele Siegel for the input on this piece.

Party out of bounds

Story by: Anonymous
Recorded: September 2008, New York, NY
Music: Fatboy Slim, with selections by Steely Dan and Joe Jackson

On the mend from a traumatic break-up, a downtown loft-dweller throws the party of the century, cranks the volume up to eleven, and -- miraculously -- gets away with it.  And then the phone rings.

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The narrator (who has chosen to remain anonymous for professional reasons) is a hedge fund manager and competitive fencer who resides in downtown Manhattan.  Names and vocal inflections in this piece have been altered or excised to protect the "innocent."