"Do not be too timid and squeamish. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Get Involved
|
|
"Do not be too timid and squeamish. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
Get Involved
|
|||||
|
December 1, 2008 | |||||||
|
|||||||||||||
|
 GoodThings on Public Radio November 15, 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, November 9 | Blurred Borders At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the town of Rodemack in eastern France commemorates Armistice Day and the end of World War I. Commentator Nancy Koons lives there and is struck by the ways the occasion, despite the annual rain and the yearly recitation of the names of the community's war dead, seems to change slightly every year. The event has become a village ritual, even though no one still living remembers the war. Koons ponders Rodemack's complex history -- as both a French and German town -- and how as time passes, the side you were on tends to lose its meaning. [All Things Considered] Listen (length of clip 5 min). SATURDAY, November 10 | The Old Ways At Thomas House, an elderly care center in Washington DC, the residents come from all walks of life. Among them are those who escaped the Holocaust or endured the attack on Pearl Harbor. Many have reacted to the events of September 11 with a "seen-it-all demeanor," which some experts say may simply be a defense mechanism. Researchers at the Tallahassee, Florida-based Center for the Study of Senior Stress say it's critical to keep the lines of communication open with the elderly during stressful times. Asking them historical questions may be a place to start. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (6:00). SUNDAY, November 11 | Subterranean Poetry Author Paul Auster has a personal love affair with the New York City subway. Adored by many, maligned by some, the subway is full of some of Auster's own favorite goodthings: Finding a seat at a busy time of day. Seeing newspapers from many different languages. Diverse skin tones. The wonderful singularity of people. The sounds. The lurches. The rare silence. [Weekend All Things Considered] Listen (2:30). MONDAY, November 12 | "I'll Meet You There" With so much attention paid to the chasm that seems to exist between the US and Afghanistan, it's remarkable that perhaps the most popular poet in the US is also the most popular in Afghanistan. Born in 1207 in what is now Afghanistan, the Sufi mystic, Rumi, continues to be celebrated for his remarkable poetry. He fled the wrath of Genghis Khan and endured the murder of a best friend before gaining poetic inspiration. Contemporary readers continue to marvel at the wisdom of Rumi's humanistic vision and the passion of his words. The poet Coleman Barks, a frequent translator of Rumi's work, reads some selections from his newest compilation, The Soul of Rumi. [Morning Edition] Listen (8:36). :: Buy a copy of Coleman Barks' new translation The Soul of Rumi. TUESDAY, November 13 | Autumn in New York Special correspondent Susan Stamberg continues her series on the music Americans are listening to in the wake of recent events. Richard Jenkins, the pianist at New York City's St. Regis Hotel, tells Stamberg that he has played music at the hotel to match the mood of the day. One of his favorites is Autumn in New York, a song made famous by the great jazz singer Sarah Vaughan. Jenkins loves the song for the way it evokes powerful feelings of joy, sadness, and wonder. [Morning Edition] Listen (4:35). :: Learn more about the series on Music for America. :: Hear Sarah Vaughan sing Autumn in New York on your copy of her Golden Hits CD. WEDNESDAY, November 14 | Bridge to Survival Many humanitarian aid organizations are suggesting that a bridge now closed over the Amu Darya River between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan is a vital link for 12 million Afghans who are relying upon an influx of aid supplies by the end of December. They need these supplies to ensure their survival during the country's brutal winter months and a crippling drought. A key United Nations storehouse is on the Uzbek side of the river in Termez. Currently, supplies from the storehouse are transported to Afghanistan via barge. It's slow and labor-intensive, as supplies must be hauled up a steep riverbank to get delivered. [All Things Considered] Listen (3:00). THURSDAY, November 15 | Little Kabul, USA In Fremont, California, a suburban community near San Francisco and Oakland, many Afghan-Americans are celebrating recent news that the Taliban have been driven out of the Afghan capital of Kabul. Fremont is home for the largest community of Afghans in the US and contains an area known as "Little Kabul." Many settled in Fremont after fleeing Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of the late 1970s. Some look forward to the day when they can return to an Afghanistan with a multi-ethnic government and clear personal freedoms. Said one Little Kabul resident of the fall of the Taliban: "It's the best news I've had." [Morning Edition] Listen (3:15). [ : 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! |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
