http://www.soundprint.org/ SOUNDPRINT is broadcast weekly on public radio stations nationwide, and is the longest-running documentary series on public radio. The SOUNDPRINT series provides a national vehicle for long-form non-fiction works by outstanding producers, while fostering the development of emerging producers to encourage innovation and new voices on public radio. Each SOUNDPRINT program explores one subject in depth, from the impact of AIDS in Haiti, to civil rights issues in Mississippi, to what it means to learn differently from your peers. SOUNDPRINT exploits the richly imaginative, personal medium that radio can be, brings its listeners stories from around the world, and has won virtually all major broadcast awards. en-us copyright 2005, SOUNDPRINT Media Center, Inc Fri, 11 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT info@soundprint.org 1 Sam was brought to the United States by his parents as a young child, but his family overstayed their visas. Over the past fourteen years, Sam has grown from a small boy to a young man -- taught in American schools and churches, he grew up like any other American kid. But when he was asked to fill in his social security number on a financial aid form, he began to realize the consequences of being undocumented. Long Haul Productions picks up Sam's story as he's graduating from high school in Elkhart, Indiana, and looking to start his first year of college. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://soundprint.org/radio/display_show/ID/806/name/Sam%27s+Story/ How many stars and how many stripes and what do they mean? You need to know this and many more flag questions to pass the US Naturalization test. Judith Kampfner recorded an audio diary about the process of becoming an American citizen, and about what it was like taking on a second identity. Was it a betrayal of her British roots? Or was it a very logical step to take for someone who thinks of herself as in internationalist? Many more people are becoming dual or multiple citizens today as more countries accept the idea - Mexico, Columbia and the Dominican Republic for instance. Does this dilute the concept of citizenship? Indeed perhaps we are less likely to identify ourselves as citizens today because we are part of a global culture and travel more. Kampfner discovers that going through the paperwork, the test and the ceremony does not help her feel American - that is something she and all the others who are processed have to do for themselves. Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://soundprint.org/radio/display_show/ID/771/name/Citizenship+Diary/