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Fri 9:40 | 'Letters From Almeda' feature oral histories from Almeda fire survivors in song

Composer/Music Director Jesse Sanchez, director Dalia Ashurina and lyricist Sami Horneff have been collecting oral histories from survivors of the Almeda Fire. They join Vanessa Finney to discuss their transformation of the collected histories into the basis of a song cycle called "Letters From Almeda."

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Vanessa Finney is JPR's All Things Considered host. She also produces the Jefferson Exchange segments My Better Half - exploring how people are thriving in the second half of their lives - and The Creative Way, which profiles regional artists.