Trash

Trash: Mongo is New York City street slang for trash scavengers’ loot. Host Melinda Penkava talks to Ted Botha, author of “Mongo: Adventures in Trash” (Bloomsbury 2004) about mongo collecting. Melinda also speaks with Ann Woodward, program director of The Scrap Exchange in Durham, a re-use arts organization, and with Bryant Holsebeck, a nationally known environmental and community artist. Also, Asheville musician Billy Jonas takes SOT fill-in host, David Crabtree, on a tour of WUNC to see what music he can make from items found in and around the station. (59:00) (JG)

(Program originally aired July 13, 2004.)

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