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Honor the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps with Peace Corps Voices

Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy issued a stirring call to college students to become volunteers in developing countries around the world. This speech led to the creation of the Peace Corps, which, a half-century later, is still inspiring Americans to serve.

From September 22nd through September 25th, the National Peace Corps Association will host a 50th Anniversary Celebration in Washington D.C. To honor the anniversary and in time to coincide with those celebrations, we offer Peace Corps Voices from independent producer Amy Mayer. This one-hour radio documentary features stories from generations of volunteers. Their original recordings are interspersed with recent interviews.

Listeners will hear excerpts from President Kennedy’s send-off speech to the first volunteers, plus stories and music from a cross section of volunteers who served in a dozen different countries.   AVAILABLE August 26th

LENGTH: 1 Hour
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX, Content Depot, Download(request info)
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What is Record Bin Roulette?

Every week, Record Bin Roulette’s producer/hosts John Kessler and John Maynard put a unique “spin” on a century’s worth of discarded vinyl. Kessler and Maynard are heroes of cultural preservation, having devoted their young lives to exploring and honoring the creative output of the once proud megabillion-dollar recording industry, and then sharing what they find.

How do they do it?

Kessler and Maynard comb the flea markets, troll the thrift shops, camp out at the choice three-car garage sales, wheedle their way into friends’ musty basements, and just generally make a nuisance of themselves wherever old LPs, 45s and 78s are found.  Then, they grab a random pile of discs and try to come up with a pithy, enlightening, illuminating or entertaining (to them, anyway) theme around which to build the weekly episode of Record Bin Roulette.

Schedule + Listen = HAPPY AUDIENCE

The results are heard each week on flagship station KPLU-FM in the Seattle area, on the web, and via growing network of Record Bin Roulette Affiliated Stations in the US and abroad.

LENGTH: 3 min 30 sec
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: Download (request info), CD, PRX (select episodes)
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