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Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families
 Most Americans know little about where their food comes from and even less about the lives of farming families who plant, water, feed, herd, harvest and deliver that food to market. Produced by Wesley Horner Productions in association
with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and distributed by PRI, Five Farms: Stories From American Farm Families takes us into the lives and work of five farm families.
KGOU will air these one-hour documentaries Mondays in June (beginning June 8) in the 11 a.m. time slot. This audio slideshow serves as an introduction to the series.
 KGOU's News Department is working on companion reports to air during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. KGOU News Director Kurt Gwartney is talking with Oklahoma farmers and ranchers about their successes and struggles in keeping up with ever-changing and more competitive food markets.
We'll also look into the way Oklahoma's farm families take care of their land for the next generation, and whether the next generation even wants to remain on the farm.
If you have a farm story you would like to tell, contact Kurt by e-mail at kgwartney@ou.edu.
Upcoming Series: Rethinking Retirement
 Few Americans are confident that they are saving enough money for a comfortable retirement, and for those who have been saving, the stock market's downward turn has rendered many retirement accounts insufficient.
Starting Monday, June 1, All Things Considered will begin looking at a number of issues that affect workers' ability to retire now and in the future. Before the series begins, NPR News wants to know what issues
are important to you. Submit your questions and ideas at NPR.org.
Morning Edition and The NewsHour Follow 'Generation Next'
 Today's 18 to 25-year-olds grew up in a period of relative prosperity. But now they're trying to start their adult lives in one of the most challenging economic times in recent history.
In a follow-up to the 2006 series Generation Next, Morning Edition and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS are again examining this demographic, Mondays during June. Correspondent Judy Woodruff will profile young people who are making sacrifices, adapting to change, and trying to stay hopeful as they ponder an uncertain future. The weekly series begins Monday, June 8.
ATC's Michele Norris Takes Leave of Absence
Highlights from the Networks:
NPR Launches New News Blog
NPR News has launched a new blog called The Two-Way. It's an online place for breaking news, analysis and for stories that are just too interesting – or too entertaining – to pass up. The name is "newsspeak" for an interview, usually between a broadcast journalist and a newsmaker. Likewise, this blog is to be a two-way conversation with you, the listeners and readers, about the day's news. It's hosted by veteran journalists Mark Memmott and Frank James in collaboration with the staffs of Morning Edition and All Things Considered. NPR Examines the Science of Spirituality
 More than half of adult Americans report they have had a spiritual experience that changed their lives. Scientists are using the latest technologies to examine spirituality, or at least the human experience of it. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports in a five-part series that aired on All Things Considered last week, May 18 - 23. NPR also has an interactive feature linking you to the latest thought and research.
In Civil War, Woman Fought Like A Man For Freedom
 The military knew that Albert D.J. Cashier was the shortest soldier in the 95th Illinois Infantry. But the military apparently didn't know Cashier was actually Jennie Hodgers, an Irish immigrant with few economic opportunities. Over the course of the Civil War, she marched thousands of miles and took part in more than 40 skirmishes and battles. Weekend Edition told what's known of her story on Sunday, May 24.
Summer of Love: Words to Last Several Lifetimes
 Shakespearean sonnets have endured for 400 years; are there any words of love from our time that will last as long?
NPR's Morning Edition is asking for your ideas on which passage from poetry or song might still ring true in the year 2409. Add your ideas to the hundreds of comments left so far at NPR.org.
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