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Celebrating Four Years Of 'This I Believe' ()  During its four-year run on NPR, This I Believe engaged listeners in a discussion of the core beliefs that guide their daily lives. We heard from people of all walks of life — the very young and the very old, the famous and the previously unknown. The Beatles Live On()  March 15, 2009 Macklin Levine was born more than 25 years after the Fab Four broke up, but at 12, she has a deep appreciation for Beatles music. As old as the songs are, you can learn a lot about yourself from the lyrics, she says. And the Beatles help her remember her Dad, too. Transcript On Weekend Edition SundayPlaylist Work Is A Blessing()  March 1, 2009 When he was 12, Russel Honore got his first job helping a neighbor milk 65 dairy cows twice a day. Fifty years later, the retired Army lieutenant general believes hard work helps build character, strengthen communities and promote freedom. Transcript On Weekend Edition SundayPlaylist Seeing Beyond Our Differences()  February 26, 2009 Scientist Sheri White says that despite differences in size, shape and color, all humans are 99.9 percent biologically identical. White believes we should embrace our similarities and honor the differences that make each of us unique. Transcript On Tell Me MorePlaylist.
This I Believe from NPR is a public radio project that invites prominent and everyday Americans from all walks of life to share brief essays describing the core values that guide their lives. The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow. National Public Radio will air the best of these three-minute essays on its newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered and feature them on the NPR website. Go to This I Believe on the NPR website to listen to recent essays, experience the original 1950s series, and to submit your own This I Believe essay to NPR for possible broadcast and/or posting. In addition, we invite listeners to submit This I Believe essays for possible use on North Country Public Radio, during The Eight O'Clock Hour and on the ncpr.org website. You can submit your essay to NCPR only(below), to NPR only (above), or to both. Submit Your This I Believe Essay to North Country Public Radio Please limit your essay to 500 words or fewer. Type or paste your essay into the Your Essay box below. Your Essay* Name* Town* E-mail* (NCPR will use this e-mail address to contact you regarding your essay. It will not be posted or broadcast.)    * required.
This I Believe is an international organization engaging people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives. Over 125,000 of these essays, written by people from all walks of life, have been archived here on our website, heard on public radio, chronicled through our books, and featured in weekly podcasts. The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow. This I Believe: Philadelphia Click here to pre-order our next book, This I Believe: Philadelphia, an anthology of essays from the birthplace of the original This I Believe radio series. With 30 essays from that series and 30 contemporary essays, the book will be published in October, but you can order now! Defining Family Many a poet has written that blood is thicker than water. But today, blood and DNA do not necessarily define a family. The following essayists agree with Maya Angelou, who said “family isn’t always blood.it’s the ones who love you no matter what.” Click here to read their essays. 1950s Essay: Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger was born on this day in 1879. She believed it was important to work not just for herself, but for greater good in the world. As a social activist, she believed that all children should be wanted before they are conceived. Click here to hear her read her essay. Top 100 Essays USB Drive This USB drive contains 100 of the top This I Believe audio broadcasts of the last ten years, plus some favorites from the 1950s series. It can be loaded to your computer, your mobile device, or plugged straight into your car. Perfect for personal or classroom use! Click here to learn more. Newsletter Sign up here for the free Weekly News or monthly Educator News electronic newsletters. Email: Privacy by SafeSubscribeSM.
We invite you to participate in this project by writing your own statement of personal belief. We understand how challenging this is—it requires intense self-examination, and many find it difficult to begin. To guide you through this process, we offer these suggestions: Tell a story about you: Be specific. Take your belief out of the ether and ground it in the events that have shaped your core values. Consider moments when belief was formed or tested or changed. Think of your own experience, work, and family, and tell of the things you know that no one else does. Your story need not be heart-warming or gut-wrenching—it can even be funny—but it should be real. Make sure your story ties to the essence of your daily life philosophy and the shaping of your beliefs. Be brief: Your statement should be between 500 and 600 words. That’s about three minutes when read aloud at your natural pace. Name your belief: If you can’t name it in a sentence or two, your essay might not be about belief. Also, rather than writing a list, consider focusing on one core belief. Be positive: Write about what you do believe, not what you don’t believe. Avoid statements of religious dogma, preaching, or editorializing. Be personal: Make your essay about you; speak in the first person. Avoid speaking in the editorial “we.” Tell a story from your own life; this is not an opinion piece about social ideals. Write in words and phrases that are comfortable for you to speak. We recommend you read your essay aloud to yourself several times, and each time edit it and simplify it until you find the words, tone, and story that truly echo your belief and the way you speak. For this project, we are also guided by the original This I Believe series and the producers’ invitation to those who wrote essays in the 1950s. Their advice holds up well and we are abiding by it. Please consider it carefully in writing.
Nubar Alexanian Series Producer Dan Gediman NPR.org, April 4, 2005 · This I Believe® is an exciting national project that invites you to write about the core beliefs that guide your daily life. NPR will air these personal statements from listeners each Monday on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. By inviting Americans from all walks of life to participate, series producers Dan Gediman and Jay Allison hope to create a picture of the American spirit in all its rich complexity. This I Believe is based on a 1950s radio program of the same name, hosted by acclaimed journalist Edward R. Murrow. In creating This I Believe, Murrow said the program sought to point to the common meeting grounds of beliefs, which is the essence of brotherhood and the floor of our civilization. In spite of the fear of atomic warfare, increasing consumerism and loss of spiritual values, the essayists on Murrow's series expressed tremendous hope. We hear a country moving toward more equality among the races and between genders, says Gediman. We hear parents writing essays that are letters to their newborn children expressing the hopes and dreams they have for them. And we hear the stories of faith that guide people in their daily experiences. Each day, millions of Americans gathered by their radios to hear compelling essays from the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller and Harry Truman as well as corporate leaders, cab drivers, scientists and secretaries -- anyone able to distill into a few minutes the guiding principles by which they lived. Their words brought comfort and inspiration to a country worried about the Cold War, McCarthyism and racial division. As in the 1950s, this is a time when belief is dividing the nation and the world, says Allison about life today. We are not listening well, not understanding each other -- we are simply disagreeing, or worse.