http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr A production of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:43:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These days, outrageous stories aren't reserved for love songs. We read them in the news, see them on the television and hear them from the mouths of politicians. So today, we're talking about tall tales. We'll hear about liars; talk to tall women and learn about the sinister side of ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/11/18/tall-tales/ This week's theme is the underground. We will take you six feet deep with celebrities of yesteryear and the people who just can't let them go. We'll also hear about efforts to ease the environmental cost of funerals. And we'll follow an underground band that plays on ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/11/11/the-underground/ This week's show is all about change, man. Our reporters are looking at some of the big changes happening in West Oakland, where a parking lot is now a skate park, and urban blight has become urban beauty with the arrival of a non-profit farm. We're talking to people whose ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/11/05/change/ The anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake just passed and Halloween is right around the corner. So, today’s show is about all things ominous. We’re looking at everything from disasters to ghosts to Oakland turf wars. We’ll hear from a reporter about his own morbid interest in earthquakes; and then ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/10/28/everything-ominous/ Outsiders are not the norm--they often live and recreate outside of mainstream society. For today's show, we meet people who are outsiders in the communities where they live, places where they work and in the sports that they play. We’ll visit students at the California School for the Blind who are ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/10/21/the-outsiders/ It was just over a year ago that U.S. financial markets melted down.  These days, more than one in ten Californians is without a job. Today we'll take a stroll down economy lane and speak to a Berkeley resident who collects cans for extra cash.  We'll also speak to ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/10/07/the-economy/ Today our theme is "Buttons"--from the buttons we push to the hot-button issues of the day. It’s all things buttons this half hour. California’s housing market has come unbuttoned. We’ll see the effects through the eyes of a local mail carrier. We’ll also discuss the hot-button topic of elderly ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/05/09/buttons/ Today our theme is "Tomorrow." Not tomorrow as in Friday, but more like the future in general. We’ll learn about a shop that’s giving inventors the tools to create tomorrow’s great inventions. We’ll also hear from an ambitious New Zealander who’s making futuristic travel happen today. There are ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/05/07/tomorrow/ Today our theme is "Over and Under." Parts of the Bay Area that aren’t at eye level. For this week’s show, most of our reporters go under. We’ll follow the trail of a real estate broker who got in over his head, and the people who went under because of ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/04/30/over-and-under/ Today we’re talking about backyards. As the weather gets warmer, you might be heading outside. Here are a few things that we found in the backyards of the Bay Area. 62 years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Now America’s backyard game – baseball – in on the decline ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/radio/ngr/2009/04/28/backyard/