Agriculture Report

• Cherries (1.5 minutes)
  • Read by Steve Ember.

American Mosaic

• Jazz (50 seconds)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• The Golden Gate Bridge (2.6 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• Sudoku (2.4 minutes)
  • Read by Pat Bodnar.
• The Word "Ain't" (2.1 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• American and British English (3.5 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• Benjamin Franklin (2.5 minutes)
  • Read by Faith Lapidus.

American Stories

• The Law of Life - Written by Jack London.
  (On YouTube.com)
  • The Law of Life (1/2) (10 minutes)
  • The Law of Life (2/2) (4 minutes)
• To Build a Fire - Written by Jack London.
  • Read by Harry Monroe.
• The God of His Fathers - Written by Jack London.
  • Read by Shep O'Neal.
• The Return of a Private - Written by Hamlin Garland.
  • Read by Harry Monroe.
• The Line of Least Resistance - Written by Edith Wharton.
  • Read by Larry West.
• John Henry - Traditional, Adapted by George Grow.
  • Read by Shep O'Neal.

Environment Report

• Light Pollution (3.4 minutes)
  • Read by Bill White.

Health Report

• Importance of Hand Washing (3 minutes)
  • Read by a female VOA announcer.

People in America

• Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) - 5 Parts (10.4 minutes)
  Read by Steve Ember and Phoebe Zimmerman.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 1
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 2
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 3
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 4
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 5
• American Baseball Legend Babe Ruth (10.8 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson and Shirley Griffith.

Science in the News

• A Good Night's Sleep May Improve Memory (1.8 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson and Sarah Long.
• Why You Shouldn't Smoke (1.5 minutes)
  • Read by Bob Doughty.
• How to Stop Smoking (4.2 minutes)
  • Read by Bob Doughty.

About "Listen and Read Along"

These are all things that I adapted from material produced by the Voice of America (VOA).

Some of these are in Flash, some are MP3 files played by a Flash player and some are hosted on YouTube.com.