
1. Heading West
Laura Barton takes to the open road for an audio adventure across the USA. Using the ´óÏó´«Ã½ archives to travel from the bright lights of New York to the pacific breeze of California.
Writer Laura Barton takes to the road for an audio adventure across the United States of America - from New York to California.
In the first of three episodes, her selection from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ archives includes:
* ‘Travel Talk: How The World Lives’ – New York [1947]
* ‘Free Spirit’ by Jonathan Raban [1991]
* American Airwaves’ [1984]
* ‘Sam Shepard at the Battersea Arts Centre: Cruising Paradise’ [1998]
* ‘The Green Book’ extract [2016]
Producer: Luke Doran
Made for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.
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- Wed 4 Dec 2019 11:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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