Take a trip with PRE and Rick Steves

Public Radio East is pleased to announce that beginning Sunday, May 25th we will begin airing Travel with Rick Steves at 10:00am on the News and Ideas Network. Each program includes interviews with travel experts, call-ins with questions and comments, and music. Rick Steves travels extensively across America, Europe and throughout the rest of the world to exciting destinations.  With all this travel he brings along with him interesting tips as well as information as far flung as keeping healthy on the road, bicycling, sabbaticals, pilgrimages, sailing, fear of flying, and more.

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Coming up on Public Radio East

This Week on the Down East Journal...  After a tornado wreaked havoc on the community of Bellgrade, the Onslow County Red Cross is coming to the aid of families seeking shelter.  And the NC Community College System is changing its policy toward undocumented illegal immigrants.  Those stories and the weekly arts calendar, this week, on The Down East Journal. Fridays at noon on all of the Public Radio East Stations and Saturdays at noon on the News and Ideas Network.

LISTEN TO YOUR NEIGHBORS

Listen to ENC Stories From StoryCorps StoryCorps, the nation's largest oral history project, was in  Eastern North Carolina for 6 weeks recording interviews with area residents. Public Radio East is broadcasting interviews recorded by StoryCorps during its residency. To hear these stories tune to Public Radio East Wednesday through Friday at 6:50 am and 8:50 am. Below are a few stories already broadcast on PRE. Listen to a few stories from Eastern North Carolina Friends Sunny Williamston and Dennis Chadwick are Down East natives.  They discuss their patience… and sometimes impatience with visiting tourists. Francisco Castillo and his 12 year old daughter Amanda discuss life at home while Amanda’s mother serves in Iraq. Down East native, Jack Spencer Goodwin discusses his love of books with his friend Craig Brake.  You can hear this StoryCorps interview Friday at 6:50 am and 8:50 am during Morning Edition on Public Radio East. More Stories From Eastern North Carolina StoryCorps residency in Eastern North Carolina was made possible by Ward and Smith, PA,  Safrits Building Supply, Jacksonville Builders Supply, and The Inlet Inn of Beaufort.

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