Shared Weight

The stories of former gang members and convicts, the struggles of low wage workers and recovering addicts, the rural homeless and inner city mothers-these voices, often ignored by traditional mass media, tell their own stories, in their own words, in Just Words, the 55 part documentary feature series.

May 30, 2017

Shared Weight: The Gilchrest Brothers

May 29, 2017 - Segment 2 - We listened in to the moving and inspirational story of The Gilchrest Brothers: former Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, his brothers Jeffrey and Alan who served with him in Viet Nam, their brother Richard who served in the Navy, and Clifford, who remained home to teach.
May 30, 2017

Shared Weight: Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

May 29, 2017 - Segment 1 - We hosted an episodes from our series Shared Weight, featuring the voices of those who served in the Viet Nam War. We listened in to the segment M*A*S*H 1969 - Visions of War, Dreams of Peace and heard the compelling stories of poet George Evans and the late author and nurse Lynda Van Devanter.
May 28, 2015

Shared Weight: Artists Born of War

May 25, 2015 - Segment 1 - We listen to another episode of our documentary series about the Vietnam War, Shared Weight. We hear Artists Born of War, where artists and writers from all sides of the Vietnam War reveal how that conflict influenced – and maybe even birthed – their work.
July 25, 2014

Shared Weight: M*A*S*H 1969 – Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

July 24, 2014 - Segment 3 - We listen to another episode of our documentary series about the Vietnam War, Shared Weight. Today it's M*A*S*H 1969-Visions of War, Dreams of Peace. We hear the compelling stories of poet George Evans and the late author Linda Van Devanter.
July 25, 2014

Shared Weight: Artists Born of War

July 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - We listen to another episode of our documentary series about the Vietnam War, Shared Weight. We hear Artists Born of War, where artists and writers from all sides of the Vietnam War reveal how that conflict influenced - and maybe even birthed - their work. Featured authors include: Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried); Bao Ninh (The Sorrow of War); and Wayne Karlin (Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam).
July 25, 2014

Shared Weight: The Gilchrest Brothers

July 23, 2014 - Segment 3 - We listen in to a special broadcast of another episode of our documentary about the Vietnam War, Shared Weight. In this episode, The Gilchrest Brothers, you will hear the heart-rendering story of the Gilchrest brothers
July 23, 2014

Shared Weight: Woody Curry’s Journal

July 21, 2014 - Segment 3 - We continue listening back to our series on the Vietnam American War, Shared Weight. In this segment, we meet Woody Cuury, a veteran from the Baltimore ghetto, who talks about how he survived the despair of war and transformed himself.
July 22, 2014

Shared Weight: Wandering Souls Part One

July 21, 2014 - Segment 2 - We listen back to our series on the Vietnam American War, Shared Weight. Two young soldiers meet on a jungle trail, one lives, one dies. Their fates are connected for 40 years. This is the story of Homer Steedly, and the journal of the young soldier he killed.
May 7, 2014

Shared Weight: The Gilchrest Brothers – How Five Brothers Were Impacted By The War

May 7, 2014 - Segment 3 - We bring you the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the five Gilchrest brothers, four of whom were actively involved with the War but who had never discussed it among themselves before our interview. Listen in as former congressman Wayne Gilchrest and his four brothers - Jeffrey, Alan, Richard, and Clifford - reflect on how they were affected by the war and how their views of the world evolved in the years hence.
May 7, 2014

Shared Weight: Wandering Souls – US Viet Nam Veteran Meets Family of Young Soldier He Killed

May 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - Two young soldiers meet on a jungle trail in Viet Nam. One lives, one dies, and their fates are connected for over 40 years. This is the story of Homer Steedly, and the journal of the young soldier he killed. Wandering Souls is a story of patriotism, mysticism, remorse, and redemption. This is part of our acclaimed documentary series, Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later.
May 6, 2014

Shared Weight: Mash 1969 – Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

May 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - We broadcast another segment of our series on the Viet Nam War, Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later. This segment is called Mash 1969 - Visions of War, Dreams of Peace. We turn to the stories of two writers: poet George Evans and the late Lynda Van Devanter.
May 6, 2014

Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later – Woody’s Journey

May 5, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out Monday's show with another special archive edition from our acclaimed series Shared Weight: The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later. Today we feature the inspirational story of Vietnam vet and addiction recovery counselor Woody Curry: Woody's Journey.
November 19, 2013

Shared Weight: The Artist Born Of War

November 15, 2013 - Segment 2 - Artists reveal how their work was born of war. Featured are authors Tim O’Brien ("The Things They Carried"), Bao Ninh (The Sorrow of War), and Wayne Karlin (Crossover, Lost Armies).
December 17, 2012

Wandering Souls

Two young soldiers meet on a jungle trail, one lives, one dies. Their fates are connected for 40 years. This is the story of Homer Steedly, and the journal of the young soldier he killed.
December 17, 2012

Artists Born of War

Artists reveal how their work was born of war. Featured are authors Tim O’Brien ("The Things They Carried"), Bao Ninh (The Sorrow of War), and Wayne Karlin (Crossover, Lost Armies).
December 17, 2012

The Gilchrest Brothers

The story of the Gilchrest brothers, including Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, who’s represented the 1st Congressional District in Maryland for eight terms and his brothers Jeffrey and Alan who served with him in Vietnam, and their brother Richard who served in the Navy, and Clifford, who remained home to teach. We join the brothers as they reflect on how their views of the world have grown since that war and been affected by that war.
December 17, 2012

MASH 1969-Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

The stories of poet George Evans, who served as an Air Force medic and who was the first soldier to defeat his court martial, in a tale that could come straight out of the movie and TV series, MASH. And then we hear the story of Lynda Van Devanter, who was a surgical nurse in 1969 and 70, whose memoir and life story inspired the TV hit series, China Beach.
December 17, 2012

Unpredictable Journey

Take a journey through Vietnam with a group of eight people who went there to produce these radio documentaries. We find the unpredictable, the complexity of the Vietnamese world. We delve into the world of Buddhism we find is the underpinning of the society, and we find a land caught between the hopes of its past and the dreams of its future. We meet the poets, the writers, and the artists who fought during the war with the Americans, and we meet the young people who have come after them with their hopes and dreams for the future.
December 17, 2012

Video: The Streets of Hanoi

While in production for Shared Weight: "The Fall of Saigon, 30 Years Later," Producer Steve Elliot took his camera, and his life, in his hands to film a taxi ride through the streets of Hanoi.
December 17, 2012

Wandering Souls – Come Home

In the final segment of Wandering Souls, we continue the journey with Vietnam Veteran Homer Steedly as he meets with the family of the Vietnamese soldier he killed forty years before.