My Mother's Birthday:
Family birthdays are usually straightforward. You buy a present, you sing, you eat some cake. But for Jean Yoon it's complicated. She's Korean and her parents follow the lunar calendar which means their birthdays move around every year. And as far as the accuracy of their birth dates, well, because of superstitions around the Year of the Horse...a horse isn't always a horse.
This piece was produced by Kent Hoffman.
There's way too much audio in the world to catch everything that comes out of your clock radio. Public Radio Redux shines a spotlight on stories that makes you turn and look at your speakers. It's a curated list, a place to make comments, and a blog about making radio. Consider it the espresso in your daily public radio fix.
Public Radio Redux was started by two friends who bonded over the joys and pain of making radio. Jen Nathan and Erin Mishkin met at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies and quickly bonded over a shared love of podcasts and bloody marys. Rather than boring their friends with another unrehearsed live re-enactment of their favorite radio shows, they started this blog.