News/Talk Highlights - Friday, June 4 presents:

News/Talk Highlights - Friday, June 4

News/Talk Highlights – Friday, June 4

Just the highlights…
(The entire schedule  is now posted at the top of the page)
 
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Charles Socarides' Warning
The Moth radio hour
09:00
Episode 203
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Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
09:01
 
Selected Shorts
10:00
Love on the Rocks
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Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
 
Zero Hour
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
 
Sound Opinions
01:00
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Talk of the Nation, Science Friday
02:00
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Charles Socarides' Warning – (read by Brandon Vealey)
 
The Moth Radio Hour (9:00)
True stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment.  Each hour mixes humorous and heartbreaking tales told with honesty, bravery and wit.  
Today:
– A man in a mid-life crisis takes a terrifying parachute jump;
– An Iraq war veteran comes out of the closet;
– A daughter "pulls the plug" on her ailing father;
– A fireman tries to save two children;
– A would-be Romeo laments the agony of platonic love
 
Selected Shorts (10:00)
Love on the Rocks
"A Mouthful of Cut Glass," by Tessa Hadley, performed by Lois Smith
"Blowing Shades," by Stuart Dybek, performed by James Naughton
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Jim and Greg are joined by Dave Tompkins, author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach, a history of the vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop. Tompkins reveals the instrument’s secret military past and funk roots.
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Hour 1
A look at the film “Splice”
Breast cancer update
The science of lightning
Hour 2
The oil spill and the limits of science
The mental effects of bad news and how to get relief
 
The Progressive Radio Show (4:30)
Suzanne Gordon, author of "When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough: Stories of Nurses Standing Up for Themselves, Their Patients, and Their Profession."

Dennis J

    June 4th, 2010

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, May 24 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, May 24

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, May 24

Just the highlights…
(The entire schedule is now posted at the top of the page)
 
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Who said that?
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Living on Earth
09:00
More on the BP oil spill  -and-
Sustainable city gardening
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Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
09:01
Jackson State
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
 
Homespun CSPAN
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
 
Mental Health Matters
01:00
Do Men and Women Seek Mental
Health Care Differently?
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Talk of the Nation
02:00
 
 
Thank you for clicking "read more>>"  Here are the extra details…
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Who Said That?  Johnny Mathis  (read by Dustin Richardson)
 
Living on Earth (9:00)
  • Another link between cell phone use and brain cancer?
  • Investigating the criminal intent of the BP oil spill
  • A look at the damage taking place in the gulf
  • Sustainable city gardening
  • Could you be allergic to you perfume/cologne?
  • The book and film:  "Living Downstream" about linking cancer to environmental toxins
  • This week's Earthear selection
Hidden Histories (9:01)
"Jackson State" 
 

Mental Health Matters (1:00)

Do Men and Women Seek Mental Health Care Differently?

with guest Eric J. Oritt, Ph.D, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Dennis J

    May 24th, 2010

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, May 21 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, May 21

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, May 21

Welcome to the News/Talk Highlights
(the blog entry formerly known as the News/Talk Preview)
 
Now that today's schedule is posted permanently on this page (above)… all that's left to do is provide some highlights.
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Harvey Milk Day
The return of The Moth radio hour
09:00
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Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
09:01
  
Selected Shorts
 10:00
Math and pickled herring
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Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
 
Zero Hour
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
 
Sound Opinions
01:00
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Talk of the Nation, Science Friday
02:00
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Congrat's on clicking Read More…  for your trouble, here's some more information about the shows featured today.
 
The Moth Radio Hour (9:00)

True stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment.  Each hour mixes humorous and heartbreaking tales told with honesty, bravery and wit.
 
Selected Shortsn (10:00)
Memories of Math and Pickled Herring
"The Mathematician," by Daniel Kehlmann, performed by B.D. Wong
"I Was Really Very Hungry," by M.F.K. Fisher, performed by Christina Pickles
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Rock Doctors Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot conduct their first rock and roll intervention. They help a listener with a musical addiction…before it’s too late.
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Hour 1
Booting up a synthetic cell
Stem cell research update
Hour 2
Online Privacy
The origin of the word "scientist"
 
The Progressive Radio Show (4:30)
Dorceta Taylor, author of "The Environment and the People in American Cities."
 

Dennis J

    May 21st, 2010

Posted In: News

Today’s News/Talk Highlights presents:

Today’s News/Talk Highlights

Today’s News/Talk Highlights

Welcome to the new News/Talk Preview!

Because today's schedule is now automatically posted on the main page the only thing for me to post is today's highlights.  So, without further adieu, here they are:

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:

– Oscar Wilde's Lost Letters — on The Rainbow Minute

– Climate change and poverty — on Living on Earth

– Treating sexual addiction — on Mental Health Matters

http://www.loe.org=””>Living on Earth with Steve Curwood (09:00 – 10:00)

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Today:

– Climate action, at home and abroad

– Carp cuisine – what to do with invasive carp

– 40 years later, is Earth Day still relevant

– In forests, the challenges of climate change and poverty

– Human rights in cancer alley

– My Planet Harmony – a new Living on Earth sister show

– Earth Poetry from Ross Gay

– Earth Day comments from all over

Dennis J

    April 26th, 2010

Posted In: News

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