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 GoodThings on Public Radio March 14, 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 8 | Preventing Cultural Extinction Linguistics experts predict that by the end of the 21st century, half of the world's 6,700 currently spoken languages will no longer exist. And as many of 20 of the most threatened are native Alaskan languages, such as Gwich'in. More and more of the world's children grow up speaking English, Spanish, or one of a handful of other dominant languages. Small, spirited groups of people are working tirelessly to ensure the survival of descriptive languages like Gwich'in as symbols of the rich cultures they represent. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 3 min 35 sec). :: Learn more about endangered Alaskan languages like Gwich'in. SATURDAY, March 9 | Life Without Music and Art? Bruce Cole is the chair of the US National Endowment for the Humanities, and he takes the unusual position that the arts and humanities are as important to national security as the military. How? To Cole, the humanities are at the core of who we are and what we believe, and they facilitate democracy at its informed best. Cole laments what he perceives to be the nation's gross knowledge deficiency in culture and general history. In this piece, he describes his own passion for art and how years of pondering works like Sassetta's painting, The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul, have added new layers to his intellectual and emotional consciousness. He also talks about why he believes increased and expanded funding for the arts and humanities is essential. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (6:55). :: Learn more about the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities. :: Learn more about Sassetta's The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul, NEH Chair Bruce Cole's favorite painting. SUNDAY, March 10 | No Pity for Paralympic Athletes The term "Paralympics" refers to the fact that these annual games for people with disabilities are held in parallel with the actual Olympics. The 7th Winter Paralympics are currently underway in Salt Lake City. Skiers, hockey players, biathletes, and the like compete on the same courses that the Olympic athletes used just weeks ago -- and at comparable speeds and skill levels. This piece profiles Andy Parr, a blind skier who is eager for the more than 200 Paralympic athletes to be acknowledged for their abilities to compete at exciting, high levels and not simply because people feel sorry for them. [Weekend Edition Sunday] Listen (6:03). :: Learn more about the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympics. MONDAY, March 11 | Population Bombshell? Encouraging new evidence suggests that startling population trends projected for the coming century may be far lower than once expected. As many as a billion fewer people may be born in the 21st century, likely due to the increasing success of family planning and women's education programs in places like Brazil, India, and Mexico. Women are gaining the skills and the ability to take control of their reproductive health and getting better access to contraception. And while the contraceptive choices in much of the developing world are not as progressive as public health experts would prefer, many remain helpful that youth educational programs will sustain the new positive trajectory of population projections. [All Things Considered] Listen (4:30). :: Learn more from the International Women's Health Coalition and the United Nations Population Fund. TUESDAY, March 12 | "The Right to Mourn" Palestinian-American woman Esmail has been on a six-month dedicated campaign from her suburban Chicago home to educate her fellow Americans about Islam. In the aftermath of the events of September 11, her Bridgeview, Illinois mosque was the target of violent anti-Muslim protests that kept her family from going outside for two days. But Esmail considers herself as American as those who rose up in hate against people of her heritage and background, and she defends her own "right to mourn" for those lost in the attacks. She considers herself a builder of bridges and has spearheaded community meetings designed to erase ignorance and celebrate the diversity that enriches all of our lives. [Morning Edition] Listen (7:26). WEDNESDAY, March 13 | The Greenest Eye Nearly seventeen years ago, a young Afghan girl's piercing green eyes and heartwrenching stare appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine. Her image haunted photographer Steve McCurry so much that he set out on a series of return trips to central Asia to find out what had happened to her. Finally, two months ago, the photographer and his subject -- Sharbat Gula, now a married mother of three -- came face to face once again. Gula has been dividing her time all these years between her permanent home in Afghanistan and a refugee camp in Pakistan. Now, with her rediscovery, National Geographic plans -- at Gula's request -- to fund the education of her daughters and finance her family's pilgrimage (called a Haj) next year to Mecca. [Morning Edition] Listen (6:59). :: Learn more about Sharbat Gula's Life Revealed. [More on the upcoming National Geographic Explorer special] :: Support National Geographic's Afghan Girls Fund. THURSDAY, March 14 | The Same National Family Since September 11, many families have been separated for a variety of reasons. One such family is the Rojas family of Los Angeles. A member of the California National Guard, Victor Rojas received a year-long assignment to serve at a major munitions center in Utah. Among the events he is missing are his wife Betty's ongoing renovation of their home and his daughter Valeria's chicken pox outbreak. In this piece, he shares his perspectives on national service and on his life in the US as an immigrant from Mexico. He came to California at 15 and, through his service in the National Guard, was able to afford to get a college education. [Morning Edition] Listen (7:46). :: More on National Public Radio's coverage of the lives of real people, six months after September 11. [ : 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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