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The broadcast is on Saturdays at 10 AM on WXOJ-LP Northampton MA, 103.3 FM, the webstream can be found at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org. This show is a rebroadcast of the radio show, A Baha''i Perspective, produced by Warren Odess-Gillett.">A Baha'i Perspective</a> | <a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/15" rel="tag" title="These are audio only podcasts.">Audio Podcast</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p class="audioPodcast"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060821164637/http://media1.bahai.us/bahaius/podcast/abp-023.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a></p><p>The co-administrator of the Green Acre Baha'i Conference Center in Eliot ME with his wife, Jeannine. Jim got his doctorate in education at the University of Mass. After getting married and having two small children, Jim quit his job as an assistant professor at the University of MD to go to serve the Baha'i Faith in Paraquay. Eventually the Saccos ended up in Brazil starting up a school called the School of Nations, which is a Baha'i inspired school in the town of Brazilia. In this interview Jim shares his thoughts and experiences of living as an American in Brazil.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>  </td> <td id="rightCell"> <div id="right"> <div class="rightBlockWhole"> <div class="block block-similar" id="block-similar-0"> <div class="rightBlockContent"> <h2>Similar entries</h2> <div class="item-list"><ul><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/node/108">A Baha'i Perspective: Jeanne Swinney</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/node/102">A Baha'i Perspective: Ash Hartwell Part 2</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/node/101">A Baha'i Perspective: Ash Hartwell</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-learning-centers">Learning Centers</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/node/109">A Baha'i Perspective: Jacki Odess-Gillett</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/node/113">A Baha'i Perspective: Nathan Rutstein</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/node/114">A Baha'i Perspective: Alfred Kikoti</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060821164637/http://www.bahai.us/node/100">A Baha'i Perspective: Martha Martinez</a></li></ul></div> <div class="rightBlockClear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="footer" class="centeredBox"> <p>Copyright © 2006 The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. 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