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 GoodThings on Public Radio March 22, 2001 Are you listening to "American Routes" on public radio? Broadcast from New Orleans, the show covers a new theme every week in its quest to map the American musical landscape. ("Routes" as in "roots," get it?) This week, it's the best American music from the best American films. Click here to find out where to listen near your spot on the map. But back to our regularly scheduled program -- check out our public radio favorites this week: the unexpected on Aisle 5; Shakespeare's dictionary; bulbs spared bulldozers; Paul Brady's "World"; toys not sold in stores; New York's loss, America's gain?; and the Southern cooking of Georgia Gilmore. We want to hear from you. What's the best public radio story 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 16 | Unexpected Hug on Aisle 5 Find yourself cruising all the grocery store aisles until you remember everything you need? Who needs a grocery list when you've got memory? And if you've lived in the same place for 20 years, names come back to you easily, as well. But, as Shelley Mickle happily realizes, only if you still have your memory. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 2 min 12 sec). Buy Shelley Mickle's new book The Kids Are Gone, The Dog's Depressed, & Mom's on the Loose from [amazon]. SATURDAY, March 17 | Shakespeare: Oh, So Cliche William Shakespeare benefited tremendously from writing in the beautifully "elastic" language that is English. Author Michael Macrone says he shaped it more than it shaped him. He may not have been solely responsible for words like "amazement" or "epileptic" or phrases like "wearing my heart on my sleeve" or "in my mind's eye," but he brought them into common usage. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (2:45). Buy Michael Macrone's book Brush Up Your Shakespeare from [powell's] or [amazon]. SUNDAY, March 18 | Daffodil Rescue Mission During the difficult period following her divorce, Meg Barnhouse found new meaning. When it became clear that bulldozers clearing the way for yet another strip mall were about to destroy a meadow she knew was full of jonquil, narcissus, and daffodil bulbs, she moved the bulbs herself and watched them -- slowly but surely, just like her -- come back into bloom. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (2:45). MONDAY, March 19 | Not Just the Luck of the Draw Paul Brady is more than just one of the legends of traditional Irish music. He also writes celebrated pop songs, including tunes for Tina Turner, Carlos Santana, and Cher, as well as Bonnie Raitt's Luck of the Draw. And now, well into his career, he's becoming a pop star in his own right with the release of Oh, What a World. Sometimes compared to Van Morrison and Bruce Cockburn, Brady's fans are forever moved by his voice and the simple sincerity of his songs. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:45). Buy your own copy of Paul Brady's Oh, What a World from [djangos] or [amazon]. TUESDAY, March 20 | "Not Sold in Stores" A nine-year-old Kenyan boy has inspired a new exhibit currently on display at the Simon Weisenthal Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. Thomas' model sailboat, ingeniously made from whatever he could find (mostly garbage), is one of many such toys made by children in countries struggling with war, intolerance, disease, and natural disaster that are on display. And like his boat, toys like soccer balls made from plastic bags, rubber bands, and coconuts are inspiring American children while making them more aware of the difficult realities of their world. [Morning Edition] Listen (6:29). Learn more about the Weisenthal Museum of Tolerance. WEDNESDAY, March 21 | New York's Loss, America's Gain? Many New Yorkers -- long proud of the uniqueness of their experience -- are finding that their lives are increasingly similar to those of folks in the American heartland. Paul Goldberger says it's because of the not-so-gradual move away from the street, the part of the city that, unlike malls, "belongs to all of us." People are driving more in the Big Apple when, in the past, they might not have even obtained driver's licenses. But Goldberger says the chain coffeehouses and bookstores that are hurting New York may be just the things that are opening up the world to people in small towns. [Morning Edition] Listen (6:50). THURSDAY, March 22 | Georgia's Southern Cooking Georgia Gillmore kept the civil rights movement going by taking care of one of its most essential elements -- its food. Thirty-six years ago, in and around the inspired march on Montgomery, Alabama, in support of African-American voting rights, Gillmore made food for huge gatherings of people in the movement and even fed Martin Luther King, President Johnson, and Robert Kennedy in her own kitchen. John T. Edge of the Oxford American delivers a fitting tribute. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:30). We love the Oxford American magazine. Learn more about their current Travel issue, including John T. Edge's story on down-home Parisian cuisine. 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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