"All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination."
- Barbara Harrison
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 GoodThings on Public Radio May 10, 2001 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, May 4 | The Soul of Unseen America Bus drivers, CEOs, plumbers, farm workers, computer programmers, and janitors are all around us. But when their work days are done, they are real people who are "more than what they do for a living." Now displaying the everyday lives of these folks through photography, the Bread and Roses Cultural Project's Unseen America exhibition transcends gender, race, age, and class and suggests that the world around us is about much more than the love lives of celebrities. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 5 min 54 seconds). Learn more about Bread and Roses. SATURDAY, May 5 | "I'm Not Half the Man I Used to Be" Helen Davies, a University of Pennsylvania Medical School microbiology professor who says her age is "24 on the Celsius scale" (you do the math!), has a rather unorthodox way of teaching her students about infectious diseases. It's not that mnemonics are that revolutionary for aiding in memorization. But Davies rewrites familiar tunes like "Yesterday," "I Will Survive," and "The Sounds of Silence" to add new life and humor to the study of leprosy and STDs. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (5:10). SUNDAY, May 6 | A Jockey Ahead of His Time While a treasured and popular American tradition, horseracing -- both the practice and appreciation of it -- conjures up images of white American privilege. However, prior to the Civil War, Abe Hawkins, a former slave from Louisiana, was the most famous and successful jockey around. He pioneered a long line of triumphant black riders in the U.S., who proceeded to win 15 of the first 28 Kentucky Derbies. By 1911, though, they had become an historical artifact. [Weekend Edition Sunday] Listen (3:25). MONDAY, May 7 | Obesity: An Urban Design Problem? Recent findings by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta suggest that the blame for American obesity may lie with urban planners and designers. It seems the more suburban our culture becomes, the more likely we are to have weight problems. The CDC has even proposed a National Obesity Map to analyze trends. One commentator disagrees with this strategy, saying it's not where we live but how we live. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:30). TUESDAY, May 8 | Tibetans Relate to "Minnesota Nice" Named a resettlement area for exiled Tibetans nine years ago, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area has the group's second largest concentration in the United States after New York City. And many Tibetans have found it easy to relate to the Minnesota way of life. The challenge of passing on the soul of Tibetan culture to youth who are growing up in America, however, is much more difficult. [Morning Edition] Listen (4:54). WEDNESDAY, May 9 | Attacking Ills with Early Education A study from the Journal of the American Medical Association may provide evidence for the importance of early education in stemming the tide of many societal problems associated with poverty. The Child Parent Center, a pre-kindergarten program in Chicago, is teaching the kinds of positive behavioral traits that may keep low-income children in school and away from crime. The program's long-term success, though, requires the dedication of parents. [Morning Edition] Listen (4:22). 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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