In this episode: Portraits of irrepressible drive and determination. A self-made cosmetics mogul opens up a school of makeup artistry, a local fashion entrepreneur delivers a searing sociopolitical critique, a hair stylist runs a one-man business and wears his heart on his sleeve, and a sanitation worker trades in his drug-dealing past for a career cleaning the streets.
Chicago, North Lawndale, part 1: Tears Watering Flowers
Introducing Theo
700 Fallsway: Masterpiece in the Mire
Working behind the Wall: Conversations with Jailers
300 E Eager St: I'm Fighting for Me
Pine Ridge Reservation, part 2: One Heart, One Mind, One Prayer
Pine Ridge Reservation, part 1: Meeting a Prayer Halfway
Pennsylvania Avenue, part 3: It Still Gets Still
Pennsylvania Avenue, part 2: Born in a Tornado
Pennsylvania Avenue, part 1: Resurrection Intersection
Love Stories
Faith
American Dream
Fast Friends
This Isn't What I Used to Do
Strong Women
Odd Jobs
Atlanta, West End, Part 2: The Crossroads
Atlanta, West End, Part 1: Meditations on Heritage
When Aaron Met Wendel
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It is Free
The Modern West
Midday
Essential Tremors
Foreman and Wolf on Food and Wine on WYPR
On The Record
Future City on WYPR