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 GoodThings on Public Radio August 9, 2001 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, August 3 | The One That Got Away In a place where normally everything is wet, Floridians are struggling through the worst drought in a century. And what little water is left in the state's lakes and ponds is being used to fight raging forest fires. So when firefighters needed to dip massive buckets into the watery home of Fred, a 14-year-old bass and the subject of reverent local lore, people came out in droves to see if they could lure Fred into a safer place. What happened next only served to further Fred's legend. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 2 min 38 sec). SATURDAY, August 4 | Teaching Media Literacy MediaMania is the first summer day camp of its kind. The Fairfield, Connecticut-program teaches 12 to 14 year olds how to think critically about advertising. For example, what is it that professional basketball star Kobe Bryant is really saying, in a television commercial flashing a corporate logo for a certain sports shoe, when he says it's important for people to be themselves? MediaMania is helping kids understand that the messages are many and often mixed. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (3:00). Learn more about MediaMania. SUNDAY, August 5 | Planet of the Crows Urban populations are booming, and it's not just people. Crows, highly intelligent birds skilled at adapting to high-impact human development, are similar to humans, in that they rely on the city for their social lives and the suburbs for settling down. When a forested area is bulldozed for development, crows -- like squirrels, rats, roaches, and pets -- react as quickly as people and, as a result, put serious pressure on less adaptable animals like songbirds. There's a whole movement afoot of people fascinated by crows and their remarkable ability to make the best of their situations. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (5:30). MONDAY, August 6 | Watching the Waves Gloucester, Massachusetts, has just unveiled a new 12-foot bronze statue honoring the wives of that community's generations of fishermen. Fishermen's wives have long lived a lifestyle without their husbands for days, sometimes weeks, at a time, managing life's joys and sadness on their own. They also have endured amazing uncertainty, considering the dangers of work on the sea, and have been Gloucester's "rock." They've been politically powerful, as well, advocating for the fishing industry and in opposition to dumping and oil drilling off of New England's coast. [All Things Considered] Listen (5:15). Learn more about the new Gloucester Memorial and get more information about the Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association. TUESDAY, August 7 | Take the Underground, er, Underwater The Delaware coast will soon become the home for 400 outmoded subway cars that once rushed through the underground tunnels of New York City. As part of a program to establish artificial reefs along its coast, the state will clean and then submerge the subway cars to create rich habitat for many species of reef fish and mollusks. While some Delawareans have suggested that the state is just taking on New York's trash, the state contends that after a couple of years, when the new reef is teeming with life valuable to divers, fishers, and biologists alike, their negative mental picture will be a thing of the past. [All Things Considered] Listen (4:00). Learn more. WEDNESDAY, August 8 | Techno's Roots in Opera? While on vacation in Lucca, Italy, an American music professor unknowingly discovered a forgotten piece of music by the opera composer Puccini that was an ode to the cutting-edge technology of the turn of the 20th century. A march written to kick off a conference of telegraphers and in tribute to Volta, the inventor of the electric battery, "Scosa Electrica" was uncovered in the composer's hometown in a library the professor was using for shelter from a storm. Now, for perhaps the first time since 1910, it's being performed by an orchestra. [All Things Considered] Listen (6:17). THURSDAY, August 9 | Reversing an Epidemic Type 2, or adult diabetes is the seventh biggest killer in the United States, and despite the devastating disease's genetic roots, a new study suggests that it is largely preventable. Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in a country where over half the population is obese. As many as 16 million people have the disease, with people of color being most susceptible. But new research into treatments may reduce risk, as much as 31% with medication, but as much as 58% with nutritional changes and regular exercise, irrespective of race or gender. [Morning Edition] Listen (4:17). Learn more. [ : 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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