Alan Berliner dives headfirst into the American name pool.

The Sweetest Sound POV

Premiered June 26, 2001
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The Sweetest Sound

Names are the opening words to our life stories. With intimacy, humor and his own inimitable style, Alan Berliner dives headfirst into the American name pool in search of the treasures and traps hidden in names - especially his own. "The Sweetest Sound" starts out as a search for identity, leaving a keen sense of the power and mystery embedded in every name.

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