An exercise in time condensation, or more simply time travel, in which the cave wall serves as interface between past and present, human and animal, Philip Smith, librarian, reads excerpts from two books about Upper Paleolithic cave art. (more)

The world makes its own music, but we rarely listen with fresh ears says Aaron Ximm, sound artist, field recordist and founder of quietamerican.org. (more)

This hour: climbing, flying and facing your fears. (more)

On the flight back from her honeymoon, Mary Beth loses her luggage and thinks it's a sign that her marriage might be a mistake. (more)

How can a producer prepare to make radio stories about distant lands and the people who live there, and why tell those stories anyway? (more)

One man, one motorcycle, 13,843 miles, 89 days, 37 states, 166 interviews. (more)

When you stroll through the maze of streets in Fez, Morocco, it's as if you are walking back in time. (more)

The Tourist is lost. He can't sleep or tune out the music that comes from everywhere. Secretly, he's looking forward to the journey home. (more)

This hour: the halls of a high school and the alleys of one of the oldest cities in the world. (more)

An 80-day bicycle trip from New York City to Seattle, camping and recording along the way, condensed into three minutes. (more)

Sound artist Sylvi MacCormac tells this story about coming home by train along the Canadian Railway Lines. (more)

This is a story about human love, fear, loneliness and self perception in the neverending journey of life in the modern world. (more)

This hour: a tall, white New Zealander heads to Mumbai to try and land a role in one of the hundreds of Bollywood films the industry churns out each year. (more)

You might recognize Andrei Codrescu's voice from his insightful commentaries on NPR, but Codrescu has also brought his unique perspective on American culture to the silver screen, via the movie Road Scholar. (more)

In the 1930's, the Great Depression and Dust Bowl drove farmers and their families from the central states to California. (more)

As a young boy, Earle Reynolds had a dream to build and sail a boat around the world. (more)

Busting out, breaking down, success, failure, positive thinking, and finding the right trailer hitch. (more)

For one month during the summer of 1996, producer Brenda Hutchinson drove her piano from New York City to San Francisco in the back of a U-Haul truck. (more)

A meandering train of thought arrives at a Dollar Storey connnection just in time. (more)

What is it about train travel that inspires music and memory? And why do people tend to confess their innermost thoughts once they get on board? (more)