Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'flynn'

Johnny Flynn: Stirring Up 'A Larum'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:58:00 EDT

A 25-year-old singer-songwriter, Flynn makes music that seems to draw equally from William Shakespeare and Bob Dylan: He has the ear of a poet and the mind of a storyteller. Flynn has just made his American debut with A Larum.

Sci-Fi Fans Spar in Light-Saber Combat Clubs

Sat, 03 May 2008 11:03:00 EDT

Flynn, founder of New York Jedi and other light-saber fighting clubs, puts original sci-fi characters in front of an audience to perform elaborately choreographed sword-fighting sequences.

California's Levees Seen Vulnerable to Breach

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:48:00 EST

America is not ready for the next big catastrophe, according to Stephen Flynn, a former Coast Guard commander. Flynn is concerned that California's earthen levees won't hold in the event of an earthquake.

Book Looks at Writer's Homeless Father

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EST

Poet Nick Flynn discusses his new book of prose, a memoir about his homeless father. Flynn describes meeting his father in a homeless shelter. Flynn was a caseworker at the time and struggling with his own demons. Hear Flynn and NPR's Renee Montagne.

'America the Vulnerable' Author Stephen Flynn

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EDT

His new book is America the Vulnerable: How our Government is Failing to Protect us From Terrorism. Flynn is a senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, and served in the White House Military Office during the senior Bush administration. He also was director for global issues on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration.