For those of you who enjoy your B-Side full-length...here's the 55-minute broadcast version of the Neighbors show (as heard already on KUOW, KXOT and WGBH).  This is also perfect for a long train ride or run.  Let us know in the comments whether you prefer the show in bite sized pieces or as a full hour.  On this episode B-Side's Tamara Keith moves into a new house and introduces us to some unconventional neighborhoods. Also, what happens when a fence falls down, or there never was one.

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An incredible story from Elizabeth Chur about childhood innocence and  inseparable next door neighbors presented in the form of a children's book.  And B-Side's Tamara Keith meets the people who live next door, who she has never actually seen before knocking on their door. 

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On this edition of B-Side we're trying something new...rolling out the show one piece and one adventure at a time.  Host Tamara Keith goes to meet her neighbors and Eve Abrams introduces us to her neighborhood within a neighborhood.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith moves into a new house and introduces us to a couple of unconventional neighborhoods: biosphere 2 and Pitcairn Island.

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In this preview edition of B-Side we spend some time with Sarah Baughn and her husband and boys and mother...who lives right next door.  Sarah's mom lives within hollering distance, and has been known to break in to do Sarah's laundry.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith rides through the streets of Sacramento with a police officer and finds people have varying levels of respect for the authority of a cop. The show includes stories about an authority on fear, a woman who bucked the authority of high school and a lawyer thinking twice about his career choice. Oh, and Officer Eagleton makes an action packed traffic stop.

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From bucking authority to being an authority figure, this edition of B-Side explores how people can change. B-Side's Tamara Keith rides through the streets of Sacramento with a police officer and finds people have varying levels of respect for the authority of a cop. The show includes a story about kid turning his life around and an interview with John Kerry. Warning - one of the people who gets arrested says b***h a lot. All the F-bombs have been silenced for gentle ears.

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We attend a baseball game, fall in love, go to summer camp, fix an air conditioner and go on a cross country trip in a minivan.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith calls up Rob Sachs to talk about a recent summer vacation. Rob went with his wife and child to a family resort where he has a few hangups leftover from when he was 19.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith and Rene Gutel continue their trip to Paris and meet some interesting Parisians along the way. This show explores issues of identity from sexual preference to hair color.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith and Marcos Najera go shopping in LA and reflect on an incident that happened when Marcos was in college. This is a preview edition of B-Side's Voice & Identity show.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith and Rene Gutel go to Paris to explore the topics of voice and identity. Along the way they meet teenagers learning to speak French end up riding a rickety carousel under the Eiffel Tower.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith visits her mom Vikke to talk about karaoke, singing and an embarrassing incident that happened when Tamara was in junior high. In this cast we hear a little Cabaret, a little Crazy and a preview of the upcoming episode of B-Side about voice and identity.

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They say the clothes make the man, or woman. On this edition of B-Side we explore what our clothes say about who we are. B-Side's Tamara Keith visits the threadless.com headquarters in Chicago, a t-shirt company where art is fashion. We meet an artist with an unusual form of expression, a soon-to-be-dad dealing with maternity fashion and woman who knows how to dress up.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith and Jody Avirgan talk about what happens when customized clothing and public radio personalities collide.

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They say the clothes make the man, or woman. On this edition of B-Side we explore what our clothes say about who we are. B-Side's Tamara Keith visits the threadless.com headquarters in Chicago, a t-shirt company where art is fashion.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith and Jody Avirgan talk about ideas for t-shirts with clever slogans. Jody has lots of ideas...but Tamara has trouble pitching them to the folks at Threadless.com.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith attends the E For All gaming convention to learn about games...and nerds. Topics on this edition of B-Side include Dungeons and Dragons, the card game bridge and one crew member's very nerdy dad.

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Just in time for the holidays, the B-Side Radio crew brings you stories of holiday cooking, shopping, tree hunting and charity gone awry. B-Side's Tamara Keith and Erika Kelly visit Union Square in San Francisco and find it filled with holiday cheer - and a couple of hundred intoxicated Santas.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith visits the E For All video game convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center for this show all about games and nerds (in no particular order). On this edition of B-Side, Aaron Henkin tells us the story of a man who played Star Wars Galaxies and got in too deep and David Shurtleff tries to explain the mysteries of the old Nintendo game Duck Hunt.

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In zoology, crepuscular refers to animals becoming active at twilight or before sunrise, as do bats and certain insects and birds. On this edition of B-Side Tamara Keith and Rene Gutel explore dusk, with a walk on a busy trail. Stories include a visit to the National Zoo, an exploration of "magic hour," and a trip to the top of the empire state building with the man who lights it up.

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In zoology, crepuscular refers to animals becoming active at twilight or before sunrise, as do bats and certain insects and birds. On this edition of B-Side we look at what humans do between the hours of 4 and 6 AM. B-Side's Tamara Keith and Rene Gutel visit a 24-hour big box super center to see who works and shops before dawn.

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B-Side's Tamara Keith meets up with her younger brother, Donovan, at a family fun center to play some ski ball and talk about family. From birth to beyond the grave, this edition of B-Side explores our relationships with the people we're tied to by blood and shared history.

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Two shows we love, combined into one: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People meets Clues.  First, B-Side's Tamara Keith suits up for a game of roller hockey and brings us stories of ordinary people with extraordinary lives. Then we retire to the den for a round of Clue as we explore mysteries and clues.

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Golf is the ultimate sport of dads. So in honor of Father's Day, B-Side's Tamara Keith went golfing with her father, husband and father-in-law. On this edition of the show, we bring you some of our favorite stories about dads.

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