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 GoodThings on Public Radio January 31, 2002 We want to hear from you. What's the best public radio story or show you heard this past week? Share. If you want to listen, you'll need RealPlayer on your computer. (If you don't already have it, it's a FREE download.) Visit Real Networks. FRIDAY, January 25 | The Edge of the Earth Once a year, a phenomenon delights the people of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego. In addition to the kinds of stunning, summer sunsets one can only see at the southernmost tip of South America, the ocean waters fill with sardines, so plentiful that even small children can catch them. Fueginos revel in the natural bounty of their homeland, as do adventurers from around the world who delight in the pristine environment of this remote place. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 3 min 14 sec). :: Learn more about Argentina's Tierra del Fuego. SATURDAY, January 26 | Bunker Meets Zorba That's how actor Edward James Olmos describes the duality of his role as the spirited patriarch on the new PBS series, American Family. Created by the director of the film Mi Familia, the series explores the lives of a Latino family in Los Angeles. The show was turned down by CBS but picked up by the public television network as part of its mission to increase the profile of traditionally unrepresented people in media with "unique" programming. Some critics have argued that the show relies on stereotyped characters. Others suggest those sometimes exaggerated characters go a long way towards breaking cultural patterns. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (5:00). :: Learn more about the new PBS series American Family. SUNDAY, January 27 | Beyond Tolerance Dr. Joseph Hough, Jr., president of Columbia University's Union Theological Seminary, is preaching a "new theology" that's getting a lot of attention. In a recent interview in the New York Times, the self-described "passionate Christian" argued that simple tolerance is not good enough in the quest to end the kind of religious violence that plagued the US in the days following September 11. He has been an outspoken critic of what he calls the "exclusionary principle," whereby people of one religion believe that their "god" is the only true god. It is this belief, he suggests, that has been the source of most religious persecution throughout history. He urges that religious passion be combined with a deep mutual respect that acknowledges that all faiths are "equally redemptive." [Weekend Edition Sunday] Listen (9:00). :: Read more about the ideas of Dr. Joseph Hough, Jr. and read a recent interview with him in the New York Times. MONDAY, January 28 | The Lion King of Kabul Marjan, the embattled lion that has survived for 25 long years in the face of relentless violence in the Kabul (Afghanistan) Zoo, has finally succumbed to old age. In recent months, Marjan became symbolic of all the innocents trying desperately to stay alive throughout the series of dire crises. Marjan had been blinded by a grenade and was severly malnourished, but had still lived longer than anyone believed possible. Many Afghan people had adopted Marjan and sacrificed to keep him alive. His cause (and that of the other surviving animals in the Kabul Zoo) also became the impetus for an impassioned fundraising campaign by zoos worldwide. [Morning Edition] Listen (4:17). :: Learn more about the life and death of Marjan, the lion [still more] and find out how you can support the efforts of other zoos to raise money and protect surviving animals at the Kabul Zoo. TUESDAY, January 29 | It Starts With Cows A new Canadian approach to beating the potential devastation of the E. coli O157 bacteria has an unlikely target. While most vaccines are developed to administer to humans, a new vaccine being tested at the University of British Columbia would be given to cows to destroy the bacteria in their intestines. An outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario a few years ago that killed seven people sparked the Canadian government's interest in this innovative approach. The technique has not yet been peer-reviewed so some scientists remain guardedly hopeful. [All Things Considered] Listen (4:15). WEDNESDAY, January 30 | A Real Childcare Benefit A Charlotte, North Carolina working mother's response to the Bush State of the Union address on January 22 is that without an adequate tax deduction for childcare expenses, no amount of job creation or economic stimulus will make any difference to the average American family. Commentator Andrea Cooper argues that the current childcare deduction in the US tax code (a figure that hasn't changed since 1982) is completely outdated and offers no real tax relief. She also wonders why a simple childcare benefit should be so complicated when one considers that failed corporate behemoth Enron avoided paying any taxes in four of the last five years. [All Things Considered] Listen (2:45). THURSDAY, January 31 | Making Volunteering a Priority The nearly decade-old Americorps program - a US government-funded effort to encourage meaningful volunteer work - has never enjoyed the bipartisan support that it has today, almost having been done away with completely by the once-Republican majority in Congress. But now a Republican president is touting the importance of national service in the wake of September 11 with the proposed USA Freedom Corps. The $560 million program would expand the reach of Americorps, making it double the size of the internationally focused Peace Corps. [Morning Edition] Listen (3:37). :: Learn more about volunteer efforts promoted by the existing Americorps program. [ : previous week : ] WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. Did we miss a good public radio story this week? Want to recommend one for next week? Share it with us! |
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