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 GoodThings on Public Radio October 11, 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, October 5 | The Invisible Children Commentator Matt Miller explores the gap in many Americans' minds that leads to overwhelming outpouring of support and financial relief in the wake of something like the September 11 events but to a puzzling capacity for turning a blind eye to intractable social ills, like under-funded public education or the plight of the working homeless. He agrees that, of course, the struggling and very visible airlines need governmental bailout, but wonders why we don't all agree on the same kind of help for 10 million urban kids enduring miserable schools in forgotten school districts. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 2 min 41 sec). SATURDAY, October 6 | Can We Laugh? Film critic Elvis Mitchell considers recent entertainment television treatment of the September 11 attacks, especially the special pre-season episode of The West Wing, the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, and the comments of David Letterman immediately following the disaster. Mitchell suggests that when entertainment has truly succeeded during crises, it's been in cases like the television show M*A*S*H* which relied more on challenging people to think and feel than it did on trying too hard to earnestly express sincerity. [Weekend Edition Saturday] Listen (4:30). SUNDAY, October 7 | An Afghan's Perspective Ashraf Ghani, a native of Afghanistan and professor at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, believes the attempts by the Bush administration to distinguish between terrorism suspects and both Muslims and the Afghani people opposing the Taliban were genuine, but he believes the jury is still out. Will the administration become actively involved in addressing the tremendous refugee crisis and in rebuilding a stable and prosperous Afghan state or will it attempt to walk away? Ghani argues that a new political infrastructure may not yet be in place to govern in the event that the Taliban falls. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (4:36). TUESDAY, October 9 | When October Goes September and October are normally booming months for tourism in New England, but all that appeared to have changed this year. Until this long Columbus Day weekend. People from around the country have held their fears in check and flocked to Vermont and Maine to see the changing fall foliage. And while many aren't spending as much money as they may have in past years, they're reveling in foliage tours as needed respites from the heavy events in the news. [Morning Edition] Listen (2:41). TUESDAY, October 9 | Irreplaceable Universe Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum is now hosting an exhibition called "The Art of War and Peace." It was already scheduled prior to the current war on terrorism. The exhibition features the work of 60 artists who have been personally affected or touched by war and focuses on the idea that war is profoundly difficult to comprehend, particularly when the attention is on numbers of casualties. Some artists' work deals with all that is lost from our lives and our world during wartime. Others' work explores the use of art to conceptualize peace. The exhibition's curator believes it is timely since American civilians now have a real perspective on the effects of war. [Morning Edition] Listen (6:48). Learn more about the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. WEDNESDAY, October 10 | The Web Changes Charity Since September 11, $840 million has been raised to support relief efforts. $100 million of that has been raised directly though Web sites. Many charitable-giving Web sites had been struggling until recent events created a deluge of people seeking to help in some way. One small site -- FireDonations.com -- had previously worked to raise money for rural fire departments. In the four days following the attacks, however, the site raised $4 million from people in 45 countries for disaster relief. Many large e-commerce sites have lent their credit-card-processing ability to the effort because non-profit sites (like the American Red Cross') have simply been overwhelmed. [All Things Considered] Listen (4:00). Visit FireDonations.com and other Web sites taking donations for disaster relief. THURSDAY, October 11 | Woman Rising U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi -- who represents San Francisco in Washington DC -- has just been elected House Minority Whip, making her the second-ranking Democrat and the highest-ranking woman to ever serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. She has served on the influential House Intelligence committee and has been invigorated by the bipartisan support in Congress to rebuild New York City. She hopes to use her new position to draw attention to the facts that the struggling economy not only affects large industries but also low-wage workers with families, that environmental protection needs continued vigilance, and that access to quality health care is a persistent societal concern. [Morning Edition] Listen (3:51). [ : 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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