Simple Podcast Cloud: The Art of Great Storytelling

Kent Butcher has been putting up Christmas lights for 30 years. With an entire corner property full of lights and decorations, his display draws a crowd. Christmas is a time when Kent's lights bring smiles to the faces of others, but being visually impaired, the lights are also an opportunity for him to see.

A Portrait of Linda Smith, by filmmaker Judi Voye, celebrates Linda Smith's lifelong dedication to dance and her 40-plus years of commitment to Repertory Dance Theatre. Smith is one of the founding members of Repertory Dance Theatre, a modern dance company based in Salt Lake City and one of the most well established and creative repertory dance companies in America. The film also explores the conflicts of balancing an individual's need for artistic expression against the problems of aging in a physically demanding art form, and the challenges of keeping a dance company alive amidst the realities of America's constantly changing economic and artistic climate.

This documentary is part of the series "The Conquerors of the Impossible (2/3)". From the 1950s to the 1980s, René Desmaison achieved a large number of "firsts". A specialist in normal routes (west face of Les Drus, Pilier du Freyney, Shroud...), he experienced a tragedy at the Grandes Jorasses, where his exceptional resistance allowed him to survive against all logic. He is the first to claim the practice of the mountain as a high level sport. A man of contrasts, his apparent strength hides great shyness and an unalterable enthusiasm despite the years. Beyond mountaineering, it is the spirit of adventure that has always inhabited him. A whole life devoted to mountaineering.