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 GoodThings on Public Radio June 20, 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, June 14 | Leaving Violence in the Past? With the publication of The Initiative of Stopping the Violence and three other books, former Egyptian Islamic militants are once again at the center of attention in Egypt. Many of them the same radicals responsible for the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 and the Luxor tourist massacre in 1997, they are now publicly renouncing violence as an effective strategy for making change in the Middle East. A debate has ensued as to whether their contrition is legitimate. Some are convinced it is a move as groundbreaking as it sounds; others suggest the group can't be trusted. But it does mark the start of refreshing new dialogue on this weighty topic. [Morning Edition] Listen (5:17). :: Learn more about this issue from PBS' Now with Bill Moyers. SATURDAY, June 15 | Water, Water Everywhere The world's largest wetland covers a vast area of Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia that's the size of England. It's also one of the most richly diverse ecological areas on the planet. In this piece, Jim Metzner, host of Pulse of the Planet, shares his field recordings of some of the birds, aquatic animals, and other fauna that give the Pantanal region its wonderfully unique voice. Metzner traveled to the Pantanal with the Earthwatch Institute to explore the region and to learn more about the human pressures it faces. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (6:54). :: Learn more about the Earthwatch Institute's expeditions in the Pantanal region, threats to the region's ecological heritage, and Jim Metzner's radio program Pulse of the Planet. SUNDAY, June 16 | "Connecting Through Activity and Action" Tension has historically defined the relationship between African Americans and Jewish Americans. In Boston, that has been no exception. But a new recording by the city's Freedom Music Project has brought black and Jewish youth choruses together to share each others different and inspiring freedom songs. Peri Smilow, the project's coordinator, says she had grown tired of the promise of "dialogue" that was forever going to happen between the two groups, and wanted to create something that would forge friendships between blacks and Jews. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (5:58). :: Learn more about the Freedom Music Project. MONDAY, June 17 | Music for the Imagination A new release by rock band (and voice of TV's Malcolm in the Middle theme song) They Might Be Giants takes the group's childlike style in an obvious direction. It's an album of children's songs of their own quirky creation, and it's called No! Somewhere between the legendary Spike Jones and Schoolhouse Rock, there's something for everybody on TMBG's children's album. It's different from typical children's music in that sense that it doesn't talk down to kids but connects with their wild imaginations by referring to the realities of their lives. Fibber Island, I Am Not Your Broom, I Am a Grocery Bag, and John Lee Supertaster are some of No!'s most memorable moments. [All Things Considered] Listen (8:00). :: Learn more about the new album of children's music from They Might Be Giants. TUESDAY, June 18 | Making A Fowl Situation Better A controversial measure by the Kansas City Zoo is attempting to make the best of a difficult situation. Like so many parts of North America in recent years, the zoo has been overrun with Canada geese who no longer migrate as far north as they once did. The super-abundant geese create multiple public health hazards, and the zoo has tried every strategy imaginable to keep them under control. Now, with the help of biologists from the Missouri Department of Conversation, the zoo is "rounding up" all of the 300 geese to be processed into food to feed the poor and hungry. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:00). :: Learn more from the Missouri Department of Conservation. WEDNESDAY, June 19 | Women and Sports Sports curmudgeon Frank DeFord says it's time to call college football what it really is: institutional advertising. In this piece, DeFord offers his refreshing perspective on Title IX and debunks criticisms of the 30-year-old law that made it mandatory for high schools and colleges to spend equally on sports programs for men and women. When opponents to Title IX cry "reverse discrimination," DeFord says men's football -- with no women's analog -- throws off the whole balance promised by Title IX. Women's tennis isn't threatening men's wrestling programs; football is. Further, football -- with its roll in fundraising and the business of universities -- doesn't represent the spirit of other sports. Title IX, on the other, has helped increase athletic opportunities for women in leaps and bounds since its inception. [Morning Edition] Listen (3:09). THURSDAY, June 20 | Focusing Medicine on the Person Ever think you and your doctor come from different planets or are doomed to speak completely different languages? Well, by 2005, you may not have to worry about that anymore. US medical schools are soon to begin institutionalizing training in so-called "bedside manner" in an effort to improve the experience of patients. Medical schools and Tufts University and Brown University are including intensive role-playing in training that has more traditionally focused on anatomy and biochemistry. By 2005, incoming fourth-year medical students will face standardized evaluations of their communication skills before they are able to continue their training. [Morning Edition] Listen (7:42). [ : 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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