Remember

The image is hazy, impressionistic, voices are mere echoes, the lens gradually becomes covered in cheesecloth giving the image a ghostly quality. Recall a few weeks ago, on November 28th , Radio Lab looked at how memory works. You can listen to that show. This week, Radio Lab unlocks the vaults, dips into bottomless well, and remembers. Jungles of Memory Vietnam veteran James P. McMullen lives in the Everglades, where the jungles are as thick as Vietnam. His work in the jungle, tracking and protecting the endangered Florida Panther, has become a way to make peace with his memories of the war. Produced by Jay Allison with Christina Egloff. Music by Stacy Bowers, Gary Kvistead and Stew Quimby. Aired in 1989 on the documentary program Soundprint Sound Memories Producer Jim Metzner strikes emotional oil with a simple question: Is there a sound that takes you back to a old memory? Metzner joins Radio Lab to talk about the process of collecting and recreating memories in sound. Producers: Jim Metzner Radio Lab Listener Sound Memories And we include some sound memories from the listeners of Radio Lab. Thanks to those of you who called in with your memories. Sorry that we didn’t have time to include them all. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Don’t forget to fill in a Radio Lab survey. We’d like to hear how the show sounds to you…what you’d like to hear.