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 GoodThings on Public Radio March 7, 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, March 1 | Radio Free Russia The beleaguered Echo Moscow, the premiere independent radio station in Russia, has just received a new lease on life. Long the subject of extreme government scrutiny and limited by the fact that it was state-funded, Echo Moscow has just won a grant that will enable it to occupy a new radio frequency and, as editor Alexei Venediktov suggests, "start from scratch" as a private, independent media outlet. It plans to continue its proven formula, coupling interviews with investigative news reporting. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 3 min 21 sec). :: Learn more about Echo Moscow. SATURDAY, March 2 | Field of Dreams During the Taliban regime, the Kabul, Afghanistan soccer field was the site of grisly executions by Talibs in front of thousands of Afghans forced into the stadium against their will. But now, many residents of Kabul are returning to the stadium in droves to enjoy it for its rightful purpose -- soccer games. Recently, for the first time in years, the local Kabul United soccer team played a game against a team of international peacekeepers. Weekend Edition Sunday host Scott Simon was there and beautifully describes the collective Afghan euphoria when their team scored the game's first goal. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (3:00). SUNDAY, March 3 | "Places of Their Own" A new exhibition at Washington DC's National Museum of Women in the Arts showcases three of North America's most important women artists. Mexico's Frida Kahlo, the US' Georgia O'Keeffe, and Canada's Emily Carr were contemporaries, although they never had any significant encounters. And while Kahlo and O'Keeffe are celebrated internationally, Carr's paintings are little known outside her native Canada. The curators of the new exhibition -- known as "Places of Their Own" -- hope it will give Carr's landscapes and rich depictions of Native American life the acclaim they deserve [Weekend Edition Sunday] Listen (4:30). :: Learn more about "Places of Their Own" on the National Museum of Women in the Arts Web site. :: Learn more about Canadian artist Emily Carr. MONDAY, March 4 | Let's Go Fly a Kite With the steady stream of tragedy from Pakistan a media fixture these days, it's difficult to uncover stories of hope and joy. But the annual festival of Basant may be just that. Every February above Pakistan's Punjab province, the skies are filled with thousands of kites in a colorful, festive celebration of the coming spring. There's laughter in the streets, and all eyes seem to be looking upward to follow the way the kites playfully interact in mid-air. [Morning Edition] Listen (3:18). :: Learn more about Basant, the Pakistan kite festival. TUESDAY, March 5 | "You. You. You." For commentator and flight attendant Hollis Gillespie, air travel brings with it all kinds of uncertainties these days, especially in her role as a foreign-language interpreter. With suspicions running rampant, her role has become increasingly more important -- and more difficult. In this story, she recounts an exchange she had with a non-English-speaking passenger who didn't want to let a large black bag he held on his lap be stored in the overhead compartment. And since the only English word he knew was "you," it turned into a brief game of charades that yielded a single photograph and powerful human emotions. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:30). WEDNESDAY, March 6 | Life's Mental Scrapbook It was not until the death of the father of one of her son's playmates that commentator Marion Winik truly began to understand what she had gained by moving to a small town. Until that point, all she had perceived was her small community's insularity and the hesitation of people who had long lived there to welcome outsiders. As she left the funeral, giving the man's son a ride to his grandmother's house, the familiar strains of children singing "Bingo" brought her to an important realization. [All Things Considered] Listen (4:00). THURSDAY, March 7 | Time for a Change Commentator Paul Terry is founder of the HIV/AIDS outreach and education organization, SHAPE Zimbabwe. In this piece, he laments the magnitude of the AIDS crisis in the southern African nation, where it is predicted that 25% of people between the ages of 15 and 49 are HIV-positive. Terry says this scenario has been made worse by the nation's extreme poverty, lack of educational opportunities, and political chaos. From his perspective, never have Zimbabweans needed to have more courage, and never have they needed an outpouring of support from the international community like they do now. [Morning Edition] Listen (3:16). :: Find out how you can get involved with SHAPE Zimbabwe. :: Learn more about HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe from the World Health Organization. [ : 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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