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"His hospitality, candidness, sense of
humor, optimistic view and amazing memory had a great impact on me…
I've said this before and I'll say it again, 'He's a really cool man!'"
- Nineteen-year-old Radio Rookie Graduate Kady Bulnes (photo above)
about 75-year-old Wally Linder (photo above)
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"I was worried it would be kind of boring
or I wouldn't be able to relate to a lot of his stories… But
it turned out there are a few things we do relate on. He tends to
talk a lot about women, like he's a player. He says girls always stop
him and try to holler at him. I guess we both have a keen interest
in women."
- Eighteen-year-old Radio Rookie Graduate Jose Lopez in "Baseball
Back in the Day" about getting to know then 91-year-old Stephen
Ucciardi (photo of Jose and Stephen above)
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After a few years of helping young people tell their own stories, Radio
Rookies took on a new adventure: pairing Rookie Graduates with Senior
Citizens for intergenerational exchange -- to share stories of both younger
and older New Yorkers. Two Rookie-Senior pairs began meeting regularly
to talk about life in New York City back when pushcarts still dotted Union
Square and Joe Dimaggio was king.
Over the past two years, the first two
Rookies-Senior teams got to know each other. The Seniors told the Rookie
Graduates about their experiences in the past, and also talked about what
matters to them today. Rookie Graduate Jose joined Stephen and his family
on his 92nd birthday and recorded the festivities, and Rookie Graduate
Kady taught Wally some of what she knew about radio, including how to
hold a mic and use a recorder.
 Past Senior Project Stories
Esther and Abuelita
March 18, 2005
Radio
Rookie Graduate Kady Bulnes and 75-year-old Wally Linder share a story
about two of the more amazing women in their lives: Esther, who was Wally's
first wife, and Kady's grandmother - her "Abuelita".
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New York City Marathon
November 6, 2004
In honor of the New York City Marathon, Kady Bulnes and Wally Linder,
shared this story.
listen
Baseball Back in the Day
June 16, 2004
Radio Rookie Graduate Jose Lopez received what he thought would be a tough
assignment: interview life-long New Yorker Stephen Ucciardi, who still
remembers when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn, and the Babe was unbeatable.
listen
Young And Old Look Back On World Series
October 24, 2003
An avid sports fan, Wally Linder told Kady Bulnes, about his first trip
to see the Yankees.
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