Rosa DeFerrari interviews her father, life-long social activist Mel Packer, about his time hitch-hiking across the country after dropping out of high school and the foundations of his political beliefs.
StoryCorps Pittsburgh: Mel Packer
Bob is a host for JazzWorks. Bob has been working in different areas of the radio industry for 33 years. He thinks “public radio is a forum for ideas and entertainment unavailable on commercial radio and that makes it indispensable.” Bob is a lifelong Pittsburgher who married and raised both of his children in his home city.
