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335: Big Wide World
Act Two

A Sense Of Place

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Filmmaker Tony Hill took his friend Sally Goode, who was born blind, to a place she'd never been before, then taped her trying to figure out where she was. We first heard Hill's story care of our colleagues at the Third Coast International Audio Festival. They got it from the Audible Picture Show. (5 minutes)

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