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 GoodThings on Public Radio March 1, 2001 We're working hard to tell you what you're missing on public radio, but we don't catch them all. What GoodThings on Public Radio are you recommending next week? When you hear them, think goodthings.com, goodthings.com. . .and share. This week's GoodThings on Public Radio: bring on the cheerleading; the king of all forklift operators; hearing a lost family; the game of school busing; memory for hire; all I need is the air that I breathe; and a pardon lampoon. Be the first to share your favorite goodthing on public radio next week! 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, February 23 | Cheerleading New Wave? Bring It On Youth Radio's Belia Meyeno Choy reports that cheerleading is not just about pom-poms on one end of the spectrum or dirty dancing on the other. It's athletic, a true sport that gained steam during the women's movement of the 1970s (which probably doesn't explain the fact that the current president, along with Eisenhower and Reagan, were all cheerleaders). [All Things Considered] Listen (length of clip 4 min). SATURDAY, February 24 | "This Is for My Parents" To be able to give away $1.3 million in scholarships over a five-year period, you would have needed to be a doctor, a lawyer, or a wildly successful businessperson, right? Try a forklift operator. Matel Dawson, a 79-year-old long-time Ford Motor Company employee, has been on a phenomenal "mission," a tribute to his parents, funding college scholarships mostly for unmarried women with children. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (3:00). SUNDAY, February 25 | Discovering A Lost Family The Harlem Renaissance -- which lasted from around 1915 until 1937 -- is still alive in music and poetry. A period of unprecedented prosperity and creativity, the Harlem Renaissance spawned some of the most important African-American voices of the 20th century. Shawn Amos' new collection of songs and sounds from the Renaissance is rich with "philosophying." As Amos says, if Ken Burns' documentary "Jazz" is the master shot, "Rhapsodies in Black" is the "close-up." [Weekend Edition Sunday] Listen (9:30). Fill your home with the sounds of Harlem. Buy a copy of the 4-CD set "Rhapsodies in Black" from [djangos] or [amazon]. MONDAY, February 26 | Far from Black and White Andrea Cooper's essay on school busing in Charlotte, North Carolina, reveals surprising sides to the issue, such as the fact that white parents aren't always the most vocal opponents of shuttling their children across town to attend school. Cooper personally finds busing "appealing" for its role in integration, but she thinks using children as "chess pieces" in an adult game harms the kids' stability. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:15). TUESDAY, February 27 | Mardi Gras Memory for Hire You really shouldn't be missing Andrei Codrescu's comedy. He'd previously noticed at New Orleans' Mardi Gras a bull mastiff who understood irony, men in tutus, and folks being "blindfolded by naked people holding armadillos on a leash." Overwhelmed by sensory overload, he figured he must be missing something. So what'd he do? What else? He hired a designated scribe from the Midwest. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:30). Codrescu edits the on-line magazine, Exquisite Corpse. WEDNESDAY, February 28 | All I Need Is the Air That I Breathe Fed up with the U.S. Supreme Court lately? This week, the high court upheld the 1970 Clean Air Act. The appeals had called it unconstitutional, arguing that the law had given undue authority to the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate polluting industries. Widely hailed by environmentalists, the majority opinion in the case was written by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. [Morning Edition] Listen (3:49). THURSDAY, March 1 | Begging Your Pardon Americans largely agree: the current presidential pardon imbroglio has the feel of houseguests who have overstayed their welcome. Get a quick laugh out of it by listening to this parody by the comedy group Capitol Steps. [All Things Considered] Listen (1:45). 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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