"Do not be too timid and squeamish. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Do not be too timid and squeamish. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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 GoodThings on Public Radio October 25, 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 19 | Life Over Death Joel Achenbach reiterates something few would deny: life has changed. But he suggests that perhaps the most dangerous security threats the world faces are the "imaginary terrorists" we create ourselves out of fear. Achenbach finds himself reading up on Central Asia, making somewhat awkward connections to Muslim-Americans in his community, and considering what his garden will be like next summer. It's all part of his strategy that living fully is the best defense. [Morning Edition] Listen (length of clip 3 min 26 sec). SATURDAY, October 20 | Enduring the Troubles The people of Northern Ireland and in much of the world are no strangers to coping with fear. Journalist Suzanne Rodgers recalls the sectarian violence in the troubled neighborhoods of Belfast, Derry, and elsewhere in Northern Ireland that defined life there for thirty years and how much it made her feel abnormal when she would travel to more peaceful parts of the world. Checkpoints, heightened security, and a loss of innocence became the rule in Northern Ireland, but so did a resolve to continue on with the routines of daily life. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (3:45). SUNDAY, October 21 | Hopeful Hours In a recent gathering at Madison Square Garden, over 5000 New York City firefighters and police officers were able to spend just a few happy hours -- after weeks of tragedy -- being both celebrated and entertained. Some of the biggest names in popular music, including icons like Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Billy Joel as well as younger stars like Macy Gray and the Goo Goo Dolls, performed their hearts out for the delighted crowd. To add even more of a sense of hope to the occasion, the event was also a fundraiser for low-income families of victims of the attacks. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (2:00). Learn more about this event. MONDAY, October 22 | Now, Everyone's a Philosopher As part of a program designed to help working artists to derive inspiration from the views of New York's urban culture, many creative studios were housed in the upper floors of the World Trade Center. Many artists worked for five-month periods in the towers, which were otherwise entirely corporate. Some struggled with it as a creative environment. Still, they were able to form surprising communities and make inspired art there. Much of the work in progress was lost on September 11. Some artists feel that the attacks brought their community closer to mainstream society in many respects. [Morning Edition] Listen (7:41). Learn more about art in the World Trade Center. TUESDAY, October 23 | Contract for Tolerance At Amos Alonzo Stagg High School outside of Chicago, tolerance among teenagers is being tested. The school and the surrounding communities are home to large numbers of Arab-Americans, many Palestinian. And while the tensions in the classroom may lie just below the surface, students are exercising great restraint in living together and may be relating better to each other than their adult counterparts in the community at large. The students have created a tolerance banner -- they call it a "contract" -- that hangs prominently in the school and is covered with messages of peace. [Morning Edition] Listen (4:41). TUESDAY, October 23 | Great Ceiling Eleven years ago, a tradition emerged out of nowhere at Dennett's Wharf restaurant in Castine, Maine. People came to the restaurant from all over and would attach dollar bills to its ceiling. When restaurant owners Carolyn and Gary Brouillard learned that people in the Windows on the World restaurant had been lost in the World Trade Center attacks, they set out to make a connection. They learned about a man who had worked in the building as the restaurant elevator operator and decided to give the money on their ceiling to his family, having no idea how much was actually there. In the end, they pulled down $12,313 and gave it to his wife. As word of their deed has spread, they have started receiving dollar bills in the mail to build the ceiling fund back up again. [All Things Considered] Listen (4:00). Learn more about Dennett's Wharf and how you can contribute to the ceiling fund. THURSDAY, October 25 | Appalachian Spring NPR's Susan Stamberg has been asking musicians what music has inspired them the most during recent events. National Symphony Orchestra conductor Leonard Slatkin says the works of Beethoven and Mozart have a stirring effect, but there is nothing more appropriate to him than Aaron Copland's masterpiece "Appalachian Spring." Slatkin calls it "hopeful" and "expansive" in a uniquely American way. [Morning Edition] Listen (3:10). Learn more about this series. [ : 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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