Thanksgiving Index

By Jacki Lyden

Published November 28, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Jacki Lyden has a few facts of the day and answers to Thanksgiving Day questions you always wanted (or maybe never thought) to ask. For example, where do most of America's turkeys come from? Not from the town of Turkey, Texas, where resident Larry Denton tells Jacki today is an important day.

Jacki Lyden

Longtime listeners recognize Jacki Lyden's voice from her frequent work as a substitute host on NPR. As a journalist who has been with NPR since 1979, Lyden regards herself first and foremost as a storyteller and looks for the distinctive human voice in a huge range of national and international stories.

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