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It's only February, but this is easily some of the best journalism of the year. Take the time out of your week to listen!

Quote:We spent five months at Harper High School in Chicago, where last year alone 29 current and recent students were shot. 29. We went to get a sense of what it means to live in the midst of all this gun violence, how teens and adults navigate a world of funerals and Homecoming dances. We found so many incredible and surprising stories, this show is a two-parter; Part One airs this week, Part Two is next week.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-ar...l-part-one

Here's a related, interesting statistical discussion about guns...

http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/02/14/h...o-podcast/

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Part II is now available:

Quote:We pick up where we left off last week in our second hour of stories from Harper High School in Chicago. We find out if a shooting in the neighborhood will derail the school's Homecoming game and dance. We hear the origin story of one of Harper's more prominent gangs. And we ask a group of teenage boys: where do you get your guns?

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-ar...l-part-two

(02-23-2013 01:47 AM)stdatwmu Wrote:  Bump...

Part II is now available:

Quote:We pick up where we left off last week in our second hour of stories from Harper High School in Chicago. We find out if a shooting in the neighborhood will derail the school's Homecoming game and dance. We hear the origin story of one of Harper's more prominent gangs. And we ask a group of teenage boys: where do you get your guns?

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-ar...l-part-two

I'll have to check this out. Alex Kotlowitz is involve, no surprise. His books "There are No Children Here" on the Henry Horner Projects and his book about race relations in BH/St. Joe are incredible.

It was definitely an enlightening series. Certainly a window into a world many of us have little if any idea about. Highly recommend taking the two hours to listen when you have the chance.