Past Programs
Death - 2008
The Final My Street Sampler
07/12/2008
The My Street project asked people to create a story about their street, using any available digital technology and then to upload it to the Pool website. Browsing through the stories you get a strong sense of place and the emotions that we feel about our neighbourhood and immediate surroundings.
In this final showcase of stories you will hear stories about the following:
a beautiful description of Life in a Pilbara Town,
a sad tale about a man who lost his eye in a work accident but still manages to play the violin as he awaits surgery for a glass eye,
a death in The Ukraine,
a charming story about a clash of rednecks and drug users in a country town,
a sharehouse progressive dinner,
first time sex in the red light district of Singapore and
a reflection on four generations who have lived in the same house.
Life Beyond Death
06/07/2008
In a remarkable gesture of peace and humanity Palestinian and Israeli families talk about the decision to donate the organs of their dead family members to patients on the other side of the Middle Eastern conflict.
'My son was dead, but six Israelis now have a part of a Palestinian in them, and maybe he is still alive in them.'
The words of the Palestinian father Ismail Khatib, who donated his son Ahmed's organs to Israelis after the 12-year-old, while holding a toy gun, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers.
This is not the first time victims of the conflict have given life to people on the other side of the Arab-Jewish divide.
This year is the 5th anniversary of the death of Yoni Jesner, a 19-year-old Jewish religion student murdered in the bombing of a Tel-Aviv bus. Part of his body went to save the life of a Palestinian girl from East Jerusalem.
In this moving program we take a closer look at the generosity and faith of these two families, the Jesners and the Khatibs. Can a person live on in some way through organ donation?
This is a production of the BBC World Service and is part of the Crossing Boundaries program exchange.
Sticks and Stones
11/05/2008
Claude Ranger was a legendary Canadian jazz drummer who disappeared into thin air seven years ago. Through his friends and admirers we piece together the remarkable journey that led to this talented but tortured musician's demise.
Claude Ranger is probably the finest jazz drummer Canada has ever produced, he played with the country's best musicians, and visiting jazz greats from the United States asked for Claude by name. He had his own band full of young, talented, untried players who were willing to put it all on the line to play with their hero.
But there was nothing smooth or maninstream about his life; as a composer and a player he pushed the envelope. His burning no-compromise dedication to music gave him his sweetest moments, but the price in real life was high. He entered re-hab a little while before he vanished, leaving his friends and fellow musicians mystified yet somehow not surprised.
This program was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
