Independent producer Dan Collison, on Pilottown and a feature story that fell apart. (10 minutes)
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Act Two: Classified Dad
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Act Three: This Must Be the Place
For more than a decade, Boris Furman has meticulously tracked the whereabouts of his family members, averaging the latitude and longitudes to arrive at “The Family Average Location.” But nobody really knows why.
Act One: 1.5 Degrees of Separation
Producer Aviva DeKornfeld was interested in the toll that having a wakeup-moment could have on a family, and she heard about someone who had a moment like that over a decade ago.
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Act Three: The Port Chicago 50
The story of the worst stateside disaster during World War II, at Port Chicago, an ammunition dump for the navy just north of San Francisco.