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The meaning of America [street stall]

An urban hot dog stand: part livelihood, part miniature microcosm. America as seen through the eyes of a sausage-selling street preacher. An unexpected lesson in the art of being real.

Wholesale [market]

The aisles of Costco are full of anything and everything anyone could want. A small nation – or maybe two – could live here, quite happily, for decades.

Closeout [freestyle: shopping center]

Regardless of the blight that is the suburban Big Box Store, when one closes its doors, its death knell can bring out the worst in us.

State of the Heart [charity]

“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.” – Jack London

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Three writers, two countries, one hour. Each week, we choose a different place that exists in each of our three locations: a bus stop, for example, or an emergency room, or a family dinner table.

Over the course of one hour, we find a story. Then we share it with you.

Over the course of one year, these stories will form a collective whole, illuminating the surprising ways in which our worlds are uniquely different and remarkably the same.

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