Spencer is a normal nine year old boy...except for one thing.  He has Tourettes. His mother and father, Hayley and Richard have been to hell and back looking for answers as he increasingly twitches and yells out inappropriate comments.  For the sake of Spencer and his little brother, Lewis, they try to keep family life normal.  This is thier story.  The song at the end is by Nick Tatham who was a competitor in The Voice and also has Tourettes.   

MEX FACTOR TIC TALK

To what extent is it a storyteller's job to subvert our expectations? "Footsteps" explores the rules of fiction, finding a plot twist in the boundlessness of truth. Produced by nomadic storytellers Emma Knight and Anthony Green from their home town of Toronto, and featuring interviews with Dan Yashinsky, Ian Hamilton, Lisa Moore, Sam Taylor, and Ozgun Atasoy, and music by Lee Reitelman.

FLAMENCO SKETCHES: Footsteps

Philadelphia is crammed full of history. On my last day in this fair city, I learned what is quite possibly the most disturbing tidbit of history I've learned all summer about what lies beneath a children's playground.

This piece was produced by Ann Marie Awad, as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer Project

The Secret History of Weccacoe Playground

When tragedy strikes his high school friend, David Epstein vows to find out what happened.

David Epstein is author of the recent New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene, an exploration of the genetic basis of athleticism. He is currently an investigative reporter at the non-profit ProPublica. Up until September, he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated. He has been a crime reporter at the New York Daily News, and an education reporter at Inside Higher Ed. In his past life, David was a geology grad student. He has lived in the Sonoran Desert, on a ship in the Pacific Ocean, in the Arctic in Alaska, and -- like every other writer -- in Brooklyn.

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[APWW #678] [Originally aired 2013]
The legendary Cuban pianist / bandleader / composer Ramón "Bebo" Valdés used to say, el día que me muera, no quiero lloradera. Que toquen una rumba, que tomen ron y coman chocolate, y que toquen mi música más bailable. The day I die, I don’t want weeping. Have a rumba, drink rum and eat chocolate, and play my most danceable music. 

Bebo passed on March 22, 2013 at the age of 94, and to honor his memory in high spirits, Afropop Worldwide producer Ned Sublette travels to the Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival for an exclusive presentation: highlights from the historic Rumba Para Bebo – part concert, part memorial, part Cuban jazz jam, part rumba, and part Kongo ceremony. 

The show features Bebo's son and former pupil, the reigning grandmaster Cuban pianist / bandleader / composer Jesús "Chucho" Valdés and the Afro Cuban Messengers, and with special guests Jerry González, Omar Sosa and Malongo, Mayra Caridad Valdés, Lázara Cachao, Javier Massó “Caramelo,” Javier Colina, Mauricio Vallina, Paloma Manfugás, Eladio Reinón, David Pastor, and more! 

Rumba Para Bebo

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It’s hard to imagine downtown Baltimore’s skyline without the warm, neon glow of the Domino Sugars sign.  It’s a beloved icon, and as of this month – April 25th to be exact – it’s been shining bright for 62 years.  Signal contributor Melissa Gerr brings us a story about the history of that giant sign, and the secret of what really makes it glow.


A Sweet Glow--the Secret Behind the Domino Sugars Sign

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