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Aug 27
by Angela in Radio & Audio, World 0 comments tags: American cars, Orsa, raggare, Rättvik, rockabilly

PRI’s The World: Why Swedes Love Classic American Cars

Ulf Witasp, 46, was just a kid when he started obsessing over “mopars” – that's American muscle cars outfitted with Chrysler’s special line of motor parts. “When I was 10, there was illegal street racing in my town, Rättvik,” he said. “It was a ‘68 Hemi ‘cuda, which is very, very rare. And the other car was a ‘71 Charger RT. Both mopars. So, then I became a mopar man.”
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Aug 02
by Angela in Travel, World 0 comments tags: Angie in Sweden, immigration, Livstykcet, Stockholm Zombie Walk

Angie in Sweden Mini-Doc Series

"Angie in Sweden" is a 14-part travel-doc series. Join Angie as she learns to speak Swinglish, visits 17th century castles, basks in Midsummer, explores immigration, walks with zombies, covers classic car culture, seizes medieval Visby, and savors fika!
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Apr 02
by Angela in Health, Identity, Video, World 0 comments tags: durban, HIV-positive, nosipho dludla, south africa, university of kwazulu-natal

Flash of Life: Ending Mother-to-child HIV in South Africa

Durban, South Africa boasts some of the most beautiful beaches and busiest ports in the country, but the country is also known for its staggering HIV rate among women and children. In March 2009, I traveled to South Africa to report on the innovative ways that researchers and public health experts are helping HIV-positive mothers breastfeed their babies without transmitting the virus. This video examines the pros and cons of a PMTCT (prevention of mother-to-child transmission) method called "flash heating," as told by experts and a 34-year-old HIV-positive mother of one, Nosipho Hilda-Dludla.
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Nov 17
by Angela in Activism, Business, Radio & Audio, World 0 comments tags: international day of protest against big box chain stores, kpfa radio, walmart

Protesting Big-Box Stores and Other Stories for KPFA News

An internship at 94.1 FM KPFA Radio News in 2007 resulted in stories about The National Day of Action Against Big Box Chain Stores, The United Nations' UNiTE to End Violence Against Women Day, a nationwide rally against global warming and a San Francisco protest against U.S. government support for what some Pakistani Americans are calling a military dictatorship in the South Asia country.
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