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Golden Gate Bridge Replica		 Show# 450 - Date aired: November 2014
  • A father and son build a 150-foot replica of the Golden Gate Bridge in their backyard.
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with Cathy Wolf.
  • Playwright Graeme Simsion is back for his favorite place in America.

Charlie Rose, Part III		 Show# 449 - Date aired: November 2014
  • Charlie Rose is our guest. This is the third installment of Senator Bill Bradley's interview with Charlie Rose.
  • Author Earl Swift on his favorite place in America.

Charlie Rose, Part II		 Show# 448 - Date aired: October 2014
  • Charlie Rose. Part II of his conversation with Senator Bradley.
  • Harvey Araton is back to tell us about a favorite place in America.

Charlie Rose, Part I		 Show# 447 - Date aired: October 2014
  • Senator Bill Bradley interviews Charlie Rose. We'll hear about his life and work. Part I of III.
  • StoryCorps
  • Food writer Ruth Reichl is back to talk about her favorite sound in America.

Curtis Sharif		 Show# 446 - Date aired: September 2014
  • Helping immigrant women find better jobs through baking bread. Jessamyn Rodriguez of Hot Bread Kitchen.
  • Our famous American voices quiz with Curtis Sharif.
  • Chef Ben Ford on his favorite place in America.

Ari Goldman		 Show# 445 - Date aired: September 2014
  • Author and professor Ari Goldman, who took up the cello as an adult.
  • StoryCorps
  • Author Earl Swift is back to tell us about another favorite place in America.

Stove Team International		 Show# 444 - Date aired: August 2014
  • Open fire kitchen stoves kills millions around the world. Nancy Hughes of Stove Team International.
  • StoryCorps
  • Author Eben Alexander on his favorite place in America.

Harvey Araton, When the Garden was Eden		 Show# 443 - Date aired: September 2014
  • Mary Chapman from An Elderly Wish Foundation.
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with Brett Bowden.
  • Author Harvey Araton on his Favorite Place in America.

Ruth Reichl		 Show# 442 - Date aired: August 2014
  • Part two of Senator Bradley's conversation with Ruth Reichl.
  • Our famous American voices quiz with John Tieszan
  • Author James Bradley on his favorite place in America.

Wanda Butts		 Show# 441 - Date aired: August 2014
  • Food writer Ruth Reichl
  • Teaching children how to swim. Wanda Butts of The Josh Project.
  • Author Earl Swift on his favorite place in America.

Graeme Simsion		 Show# 440 - Date aired: August 2014
  • When grandparents are the sole guardians. Sylvie de Toledo.
  • StoryCorps
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz.
  • Graeme Simsion on his favorite place in America.

James Higa		 Show# 439 - Date aired: August 2014
  • Philanthropist James Higa.
  • StoryCorps
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz.
  • Richard Shell on his favorite place in America.


Margaret Thornton		 Show# 438 - Date aired: August 2014
  • Author Margaret Bradham Thornton. Part two.
  • StoryCorps
  • Eben Alexander on his favorite place in America.

Sarah the Cheese Lady		 Show# 437 - Date aired: August 2014
  • Author Margaret Bradham Thornton on her book "Charleston: A Novel."
  • StoryCorps
  • Sculptor Sarah the Cheese Lady.
  • Author Amir Aczel is back to tell us about his favorite place in America.

Lava Mae		 Show# 436 - Date aired: August 2014
  • Converting old busses into showers for the homeless. Doniece Sandoval of Lava Mae.
  • StoryCorps
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz.
  • Chef Ben Ford on his favorite place in America.

Ernie Andrus		 Show# 435 - Date aired: July 2014
  • WWII veteran Ernie Andrus runs across America to help bring a WWII ship back to Normandy.
  • StoryCorps
  • Food critic Ruth Reichl on her favorite place in America.

Joe West		 Show# 434 - Date aired: July 2014
  • Veteran umpire Joe West.
  • StoryCorps
  • Author Richard Shell on his favorite place in America.

Amir Aczel		 Show# 433 - Date aired: July 2014
  • P. Scott Cunningham on the O' Miami Poetry Festival.
  • StoryCorps
  • Paleontologist Amanda Adams.
  • Author Amir Aczel on his favorite sound.

Nicholas Epley		 Show# 432 - Date aired: July 2014
  • Dr. Lawrence Bone, who enlisted in the Armed Forces at age 64. He went to Afghanistan to help save lives.
  • StoryCorps
  • Author Nicholas Epley is back to tell us about his favorite sound in America.

Eliza Gilkyson		 Show# 431 - Date aired: June 2014
  • Singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson, Part II.
  • StoryCorps
  • Author Therese Anne Fowler on her favorite place in America.

Dan Harris		 Show# 430 - Date aired: June 2014
  • Singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson, Part I.
  • StoryCorps
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with NBC anchor Dan Harris.
  • Brandon Webb on his favorite place in America.

Vijay Gupta of Street Symphony		 Show# 429 - Date aired: June 2014
  • Vijay Gupta of Street Symphony, Part II.
  • StoryCorps
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz.
  • Author Nicholas Epley on his favorite place in America.

Melinda Schmidt		 Show# 428 - Date aired: May 2014
  • Bringing free classical music concerts to the mentally ill and incarcerated: Vijay Gupta of Street Symphony.
  • StoryCorps
  • Hugging a stranger every day. Melinda Schmitt, who did this to combat loneliness.
  • Historian Jeremy Black on his Favorite Place in America.

Surfers Healing		 Show# 427 - Date aired: May 2014
  • Izzy Paskowitz of Surfers Healing. They teach children with autism how to surf.
  • StoryCorps
  • Richard Aldous is back to tell us about his Favorite Place in America.

Paul and Leon McCarthy		 Show# 426 - Date aired: April 2014
  • A father makes a prosthetic hand for his son using a 3D printer: Paul and Leon McCarthy.
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with Andrew Falzon.
  • Rick Ungar on his Favorite Place in America.

Art Shay		 Show# 425 - Date aired: April 2014
  • A love story. Photographer Art Shay documents the life of his late wife.
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with Will Glass.
  • World War Z writer Max Brooks is back to tell us about another Favorite Place is America.

Music of the Civil War		 Show# 424 - Date aired: May 2014
  • Producer Randall Poster on the music that was popular during the Civil War.
  • StoryCorps
  • Author Scott McEwen on his Favorite Place in America.

Kirk Bloodsworth		 Show# 423 - Date aired: March 2014
  • The Innocence Project. Kirk Bloodsworth was wrongly sentenced to death.
  • StoryCorps
  • Snowboard champion Seth Wescott on his Favorite Sound in America.

Doc Hendley		 Show# 422 - Date aired: March 2014
  • Doc Hendley of Wine to Water.
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with Brittany Forgione.
  • Author Anthony Bozza on his Favorite Place in America.

Richard Rinaldi		 Show# 421 - Date aired: February 2014
  • Photographer Richard Renaldi, who gets strangers to pose together as if they're old friends or family.
  • StoryCorps
  • George Richardson on his family's corn maze (one of the largest).
  • Former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb on his Favorite Sound in America.

Dan Dewey		 Show# 420 - Date aired: February 2014
  • Dan Dewey, who gets coffee each week for cancer patients, as they sit in the hospital waiting room.
  • StoryCorps
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with Nancy Piranian.
  • Richard Aldous on his Favorite Place in America.

Peter Mehlman		 Show# 419 - Date aired: January 2014
  • The Handy Dandy Handyman, Peter Brady.
  • StoryCorps
  • Seinfeld writer Peter Mehlman on what it was like writing for the hit show.
  • Author Max Brooks on his Favorite Place in America.

Jesse Levine		 Show# 417 - Date aired: July 2014
  • Jesse Levine, who sustained serious injuries from a car accident including the loss of a leg, becomes a bodybuilder.
  • StoryCorps
  • Our Famous American Voices Quiz with Alan Dubin.
  • Author Alex Espinoza on his favorite place in America.