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Betting
On Indian Country -- And Cashing In
Sat, Nov 2, 1pm; Wed, Nov 6, 8pm
In this Inside Out documentary, Anthony Brooks reports
on the immense wealth that is being generated by tribal-owned
casinos and gaming tables and asks, "Who benefits?"
Today, Indian gaming has resulted in a previously unimaginable
economic rebirth on tribal lands. Moving from one reservation
to another where the clatter of slot machines and the
shouts of the croupiers have replaced traditional tribal
dances and songs, Brooks documents the daily life of
these tribal casinos and their effect on local communities.
He probes whether these operations are helping to resurrect
Indian culture and Indian identity or smothering them.
He also investigates the money and politics behind the
process that can propel a nearly extinct and dispersed
Indian tribe into a wealthy enclave of privilege.
Election Results Coverage
Tuesday, Nov 5, 8pm; Wed, Nov 6, 6-9am
KQED Public Radio will present election results and
analysis of key political contests, including the gubernatorial
and Congressional races and key ballot initiatives.
The California Report will present live Election Night
coverage and results and analysis the next morning.
KQED Radio News will report of important local election
issues.
Surviving the Bataan Death March
Sat, Nov 9, 1pm; Wed, Nov 13, 8pm
This one-hour examines the experience of U.S. Army veteran
Ken Porwoll, who survived the Bataan Death March in
1942.
Nature's Revenge: Louisiana's Vanishing
Wetlands
Sat, Nov 16, 1pm; Wed, Nov 20, 8pm
Every year, a chunk of land almost the size of Manhattan
turns into open water in Louisiana. After decades of
ignoring warnings from scientists and environmentalists,
the state's business leaders are taking notice because
they say this could doom the state's economy and threaten
vital American industries like seafood, gas and oil.
Louisiana is getting ready to go to Congress with a
bold and expensive plan to unleash the Mississippi to
restore the wetlands -- and they want the American taxpayer
to help pay for it.
The Third Coast International Audio
Festival
Sat, Nov 23, 1pm; Wed, Nov 27, 8pm
This program is a two-hour presentation of winners of
the Third Coast International Audio Festival, a competition
that selects the best documentary and feature works
from around the world. This broadcast is hosted by former
NPR correspondent Robert Krulwich.
Pax Americana
Inside Out Documentary
Thu, Aug 1, 8pm
The United States of America is the most powerful nation
on Earth; some would say the most powerful nation in
history. In previous eras one word has been used to
describe nations with comparable power: empire. But
America isn't an empire, or is it?
Since September 11th, the nature of American power has
come under closer scrutiny at home and abroad. Now is
the time for a full debate on that power. The latest
piece from WBUR's Inside Out Documentaries, "Pax
Americana: Inside Out," does just that.
"Pax Americana," written and reported by Inside
Out Senior Correspondent Michael Goldfarb, looks at
definitions of Empire, traces the growth of what some
would call an American Empire, compares the United States
today with the great empires of Western civilization
and asks what it means for America's citizens if their
republic has become an imperial power.
The documentary contains original interviews with leading
thinkers on the subject, including Gore Vidal, Chalmers
Johnson and Paul Kennedy. In addition, "Pax Americana:
Inside Out" contains significant sound elements
such as a 100-year-old recording of William Jennings
Bryan, prairie populist and three times presidential
candidate in the Gilded Age, as well as other remarkable
archive extracts.
Gray Matters: Surgery and the Brain
Thu, Aug 8, 8pm
"Surgery and the Brain" takes the listener
into the world of brain surgery and neurosurgeons. The
hour takes a look at the men and women who touch the
brain, and at the patients who rely on their skills.
Justice On Trial
American RadioWorks Documentary
Thu, Aug 15, 8pm
In July, a new International Criminal Court will come
into existence. What promise do war crimes tribunals
have to end massive crimes against civilians? This special
report examines the promise of justice through war crimes
courts in Nuremberg, Bosnia and Rwanda.
In the first segment, we look at the Nuremberg and the
other war crimes tribunals that followed WWII. While
many point to these trials as a triumph of international
justice, others, including American prosecutors who
were there, are less enthusiastic. For this story, American
RadioWorks brings listeners back to the Nuremberg tribunals
-- in which 150 people were convicted and 24 executed
-- that shocked the world with graphic testimony of
brutality. ARW also investigates how, as the Cold War
gained momentum, politicians and public opinion in the
U.S. and Germany turned against these prosecutions.
By the mid-1950s every German convicted and jailed in
these trials was quietly released.
For the second segment, ARW correspondent Michael Montgomery
travels to The Hague and to the former Yugoslavia to
follow the story of 15 Bosnian Croats indicted for massacres
in the Lasva River Valley. The International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) promised to
punish the perpetrators of ethnic cleansing and other
international crimes. In the Lasva River Valley cases,
half the defendants were released due to insufficient
evidence or appeal and have since returned home to live
alongside the Muslims who testified against them and
who feel betrayed by the tribunal. ARW interviewed alleged
perpetrators, witnesses, judges, lawyers and investigators
for this powerful segment on the difficulties of prosecuting
war crimes.
The final segment focuses on Rwanda, where more than
100,000 people accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide
are still in prison awaiting trial. The Rwandan government
is about to launch a massive experiment in popular justice
by setting up thousands of genocide courts in nearly
every village in the country. They'll be presided over
by village elders and community leaders. ARW goes to
one of the first "gacacas" where 20 genocide
suspects faced their former neighbors.
Testing DNA and the Death Penalty
Inside Out Documentary
Thu, Aug 22, 8pm
The advent of DNA testing has contributed to a procession
of high-profile death-row exonerations, shaking public
confidence in the fairness of a system that could be
killing innocent people. Since 1973, 100 men have walked
away from death row -- 12 of them since 1993 -- after
DNA testing proved they were innocent of the crimes
of which they were accused. These facts prompted Governor
George Ryan to halt executions in Illinois, and Supreme
Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a staunch supporter
of the death penalty, to declare that it is possible
that states are executing innocent people.
In "Testing DNA and the Death Penalty" Anthony
Brooks profiles two death penalty cases that illustrate
the power of DNA testing; how it can free the innocent;
how it can reach back in time and answer the question,
did the state of Virginia execute an innocent man ten
years ago? And how is it shifting the debate for and
against capital punishment?
Deadly Decisions
American RadioWorks Documentary
Thu, Aug 29, 8pm
Largely off limits to press and public scrutiny, jury
proceedings remain the most opaque component of our
criminal justice system. Yet jurors in capital cases
wield the highest power a government can hold over its
citizens: life or death. Independent producer and veteran
journalist Alan Berlow explores American court cases
where death sentences were handed down, even though
the jurors were known to be confused about the proceedings
or biased against the defendant.
Watergate
30th Anniversary Documentary Special
Saturdays at 1pm
NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr narrates a five-part
documentary series commemorating the 30th anniversary
of the Watergate break-in. Each one-hour segment chronicles
a chapter in the Watergate saga and includes numerous
interviews and excerpts from the Watergate tapes. This
series was originally produced as television documentary
for the Discovery Network several years ago.
Part 1
Sat, Aug 3, 1pm
In Part One, the events leading up to the break-in,
the identity of the Watergate burglars and the many
mistakes this team, supposedly experienced at covert
operations, made that led to their arrest.
Part 2
Sat, Aug 10, 1pm
In Part Two, the very beginnings of the cover-up, as
members of President Nixon's staff take steps to keep
the Watergate burglars quiet and to bring a halt to
the FBI investigation into the matter. While all of
this is going on, President Nixon secures his re-election
by the widest margin in history.
Part 3
Sat, Aug 17, 1pm
In Part Three, at the beginning of President Nixon's
second term in office, the Watergate cover-up was proving
difficult to control. The Watergate burglars, facing
jail time, begin demanding more money in exchange for
silence. The money is forthcoming, but the walls begin
to crumble when one of the burglars breaks ranks and
offers up names of White House staff members involved
in the cover-up. As the story unfolds, we learn that
President Nixon had been secretly recording Oval Office
conversations that might conclusively prove the case
against him.
Part 4
Sat, Aug 24, 1pm
In Part Four, President Nixon begins a battle with Special
Prosecutor Archibald Cox. As Nixon's Vice President,
Spiro Agnew, faces prosecution for bribery, Cox begins
to subpoena information that would confirm the allegations.
Nixon's determination to fire Cox leads to the resignation
of Justice Department officials in an event that came
to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre.
Part 5
Sat, Aug 31, 1pm
As congressional hearings into Watergate gain momentum,
and as the evidence from tapes and testimony begins
to mount, the coalition supporting President Nixon begins
to erode. When it becomes clear that impeachment is
imminent, Nixon makes the difficult decision to resign
from office.
LA Theatre Works Presents
Saturdays at 9pm
"Weekend Quartet"
by Gao Xingjian (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Sat, Aug 3, 9pm
Certainly, the ambiance of "Weekend Quartet,"
written in 1995, is more European than Chinese. The
play explores the shifting dynamics and chemistry between
four characters brought together for a weekend in the
country. The story is made up of everyday happenings
one finds in real life -- an elderly couple, owners
of an old farm in the country is visited by a young
couple whose relationship is as unstable as their older
counterparts. The uneventful plot revolves around their
romantic entanglements that, like all of their lives,
lead nowhere. Weekend Quartet is made up less of external
actions than the interior landscapes of the soul. The
characters are like musical instruments playing life's
sorrowful song.
"Magpies" by Thomas
King (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Sat, Aug 10, 9pm
Imagine a Canadian prairie landscape of rolling hills
covered with yellow grasses, sage and milkweed. Far
away in the West, the blue shadows of the Rocky Mountains
grow out of the foothills. If we follow a rutted track
southeast, we come to a bank gouged by an ancient glacier,
a coulee. In the cottonwood trees along the river below,
magpies gather to gossip. Some people say they are bad
luck; some say they are a nuisance; some say they do
some necessary cleaning up. Along the coulee, and across
the river, the houses of the Indian reserve are dotted
according to a plan that came before the practicalities
of electricity. Of course, this is an idyllic Indian
reserve outside a mythic, mostly white, smallish town
in Alberta. And we're here to visit one of the elders,
a man who tells stories.
"Maia" by Joan
Ambrose (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Sat, Aug 17, 9pm
Set in the breathtakingly beautiful farmlands and wine
belt of the South West of Western Australia, Maia is
a love story. It is about a family who, for generations,
have bred cattle, raised their children and been at
the respectable center of the close-knit farming community.
Jack, a widower, and his son Peter run the farm together.
Then Peter meets Maia. He marries her and brings her
back to the farm to live. A native of Zurich, Maia is
not used to farm life, but lovingly gives herself over
to Peter and this new lifestyle.
"Omega" by Mike
Walker (BBC Worldwide Service)
Sat, Aug 24, 9pm
John Stone is a civil engineer, building what is going
to be the world's tallest tower -- a "visionary
city" above the cloud line over London. He is a
man happy in his work and supported by a loving wife
and daughter. Then John discovers faith. He does so
as a result of what is plainly a miracle. But did a
miracle really take place? What is John's whole life
is a fiction. Mike Walker's Omega takes us into a fascinating
and disturbing vision of the near future, where the
most human and endearing character we meet has, it transpires,
no real existence at all.
"Crackin' Amerika" by
Thomas McLaughlin (Radio Telefis Eireann)
Sat, Aug 31, 9pm
Courtesy of Mr. McLaughlin:
"I like music.
I was in a band.
And country music is very popular in Ireland -- my party
piece -- you'd be standing in your place while your
aunts and uncles and cousins stand in their turn, and
you knew it was going to get to you pretty soon. So
I was ready. I had a party piece. My party piece was
a heartfelt rendition of Jim Reeves 'He'll Have To Go.'
And damn good I was, though I say so myself -- certainly
all my relatives told me so. I guess I was about 5 years
old.
Country and western music … a band … Irish
people going to America (where so many have gone before).
But this is now! This not emigration, starvation, desperation!
This is opportunity! This the promised land -- '13 minutes
we'll be landing at the terminal gate!'
This, surely, is where dreams become reality."
Still Standing Tall: A Fourth Of
July Special Edition Of Talk Of The Nation
Thu, Jul 4, 11am
This Fourth of July, NPR and Talk of the Nation will come
to you live from historic Battery Park in New York City
(steps away from the World Trade Center site) for a special
July 4th concert called "Still Standing Tall."
Neal Conan will anchor a special broadcast exploring themes
of freedom and democracy through what trumpeter and bandleader
Wynton Marsalis calls "The Most Democratic of Art
Forms," jazz.
Marsalis, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center,
will be live on stage at Battery Park with Lincoln Center
Jazz Orchestra along with performers Arturo O'Farrill
and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, the Juilliard Jazz
Ensemble, and other special guests. The event will be
a highlight of New York City's "River to River Festival."
Gray Matters: "Alzheimer's &
the Brain"
Wed, Jul 3, 8pm, repeats Sat, Jul 6, 1pm
"Alzheimer's and the Brain," hosted by Diana
Nyad, emphasizes the importance of research to improve
our understanding of the devastating disease on a cellular
level as well as the value of focusing on early diagnosis
and treatment to significantly delay its course.
Fast Food And Animal Rights: McDonald's
New Farm
Wed, Jul 10, 8pm, repeats Sat, Jul 13, 1pm
Behind the business of fast food is the reality of animal
welfare -- how the burger gets from feed lot to fast food
chain. Now, one of the world's major fast food players
is doing something about it.
In the June American RadioWorks special, correspondent
Daniel Zwerdling investigates how executives at McDonald's
have turned to an autistic woman to help transform their
industry. McDonald's has launched the first campaign of
its kind to pressure slaughterhouses to dispatch animals
more humanely and force farmers -- from egg suppliers
to cattle ranchers -- to change the way they raise their
livestock.
McDonald's is partly reacting to political pressures,
Zwerdling reports, but whatever the motives, the company
is prompting the entire U.S. food industry to make "animal
welfare" a major issue. And executives say they couldn't
have done it without Temple Grandin, who some praise as
the "Queen of the Slaughterhouse."
A Conversation
With John Nash
Wed, Jul 17, 8pm, repeats Sat, Jul 20, 1pm
The remarkable story of John Nash has captivated audiences
around the world. In "A Beautiful Mind," author
Sylvia Nasar profiled the brilliant mathematician who
suffers from schizophrenia. The Academy Award-winning
film of the same name paints a fascinating portrait of
genius, delusions, and madness.
Hosted by noted psychologist Dr. Dan Gottlieb, "A
Conversation with John Nash" takes the critical next
step. For one compelling hour, listeners hear how Nash
himself experienced his illness and share in his account
of how he used his exceptional mind to control his ailing
brain.
Throughout their conversation, Gottlieb draws on his extensive
experience as an interviewer and psychotherapist to encourage
Nash to share insight on his life, mental illness, and
eventual recovery. In the process, Nash reveals a side
of himself rarely seen -- he is charming, funny, and touching,
yet at times withdrawn and insensitive.
The program also explores research on schizophrenia and
its treatment with Dr. Richard Nackamura, acting director
of the National Institute of Mental Health, and Rick Josiassen,
executive director and chief scientist of the Arthur P.
Noyes Foundation.
First Person: Revenge And Justice:
Reflection On The Death Penalty
Wed, Jul 24, 8pm, repeats Sat, Jul 27 at 1pm
The American public supports the principle of capital
punishment. But there is a growing consensus among Jewish
and Christian thinkers -- across traditional liberal-conservative
dividing lines -- that it should be abolished in this
country or suspended while the system for imposing it
is made more just. What can "an eye for an eye"
mean in America today? Host Krista Tippett engages "Dead
Man Walking" author Sr. Helen Prejean, Rabbi Elie
Spitz, civil rights pioneer Rev. Joseph Lowery, and Debbie
Morris, author of "Forgiving the Dead Man Walking."
You'll also hear the voices of Ronald Frye, a North Carolina
convict executed for murder; and the voices of his family,
his victim's family, and his warden. Their reflections
on revenge, justice, forgiveness, and the nature of God
shed new light on America's death-penalty debate -- an
issue of heightened significance after the September 11
terrorist attacks, particularly with the establishment
of secret military tribunals.
NPR Playhouse II: Jazzplay
Saturdays, 9pm
Hosted by Gregory Hines, Jazzplay explores the medium
of jazz through the collaboration of arresting contemporary
playwrights with premiere composers and musicians, resulting
in half-hour performance works that range from biographies
to poetic medications, celebrating the history of jazz
and the people, places, and stories that make up the form
Wynton Marsalis has called "the real feeling of the
world."
"The King of Jazz"
by Donald Barthleme, adapted by Andrew Joffe
July 6
An aging bluesman is crowned king of jazz, but is almost
immediately challenged for the title by an upstart,
in this comic tale by longtime New Yorker contributor
Barthleme. Starring Michael Keck, with original music
by Douglas Anderson.
"Been Here and Gone"
by David Dalton adapted by Sarah Montague
July 13
Adapted from a widely praised novel. Fictive bluesman
"Coley Williams" falls asleep on his 100th
birthday, and conjures up a funny, furious, and funky
century of musical ghosts and memories. Starring Tony
Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
"Sonny's Blues"
by James Baldwin, adapted by Andrew Joffe
July 20
Two brothers, alienated by temperament -- one a teacher,
one a jazzman -- are reunited by music in this classic
tale by one of the century's most significant writers.
Starring Joe Morton and Reggie Montgomery, with original
music by Eli Yamen. Recorded live in the WBGO studios.
NPR Playhouse II: A Yuri Rasovsky
Festival
Yuri Rasovsky has worked professionally in theater and
broadcasting as actor, writer, director and producer for
some thirty years. Since founding the National Radio Theater
(1972-1987) in Chicago, he has created hundreds of radio
productions heard on commercial and public radio outlets
around the world. He also works as a columnist, reviewer,
cartoonist and humorist. His productions have been honored
with virtually every broadcast award, including: George
Foster Peabody (2), Ohio State (5), APA Audie, Major Armstrong
(4), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (2), Gabriel,
NFCB Golden Reel, and the SFWA Bradbury Award. This miniseries
celebrates a variety of his shorter productions
"Dynamite Hill"
by Kenn Robbins
July 27
William Marshall and Brock Peters star in a CPB Award-winning
drama about the bombing of A.D. King's house and a crisis
of conscience.
NPR Playhouse I: The Complete Works
Of Winnie The Pooh
Sundays, 6:30pm
For years, the Pooh stories have been relegated to children's
bookshelves and cartoon schedules. A.A. Milne, however,
did not write these only for juveniles -- the poems made
their first appearances in those very adult magazines
Punch and Vanity Fair.
The stories and poems are read by Peter Dennis, whose
evocative presentations have won accolades from Christopher
Robin Milne. Dennis also tours with a one-man A.A. Milne
show that has garnered rave reviews wherever it has played.
Producer for the series is Christopher Toyne.
July 7
Featured in this episode are the stories "In which
Pooh invents a new game and Eeyore joins in," with
a reprise of "Eeyore has a birthday;" and
the poems "Knight-in-Armor," "The Charcoal
Burner," "Cherry Stones," "Lines
and Squares," and "The Island."
July 14
Featured in this episode are the stories "In which
Tigger is Unbounced," with a reprise of "Piglet
has a Bath;" and the poems "Cradle Song,"
"Emperor's Rhyme," "In the Fashion,"
and "The Good Little Girl."
July 21
Featured in this episode are the stories "In which
Piglet does a Very Grant Thing," and a reprise
of " Expotition to the North Pole;" and the
poems "Summer Afternoon," "Twice Times,"
"The Alchemist," "At the Zoo," and
"Pinkle Purr."
July 28
Featured in this episode is are the stories "In
which Eeyore finds the Wolery and Owl moves into it,"
and a reprise of a different portion of "Exposition
to the North Pole;" and the poems "Furry Bear,"
"Puppy and I," "The Four Friends,"
"The King's Breakfast," and "A Thought."
Outright Radio
Thursdays, 8pm
Produced and hosted by award-winning producer David Gilmore,
Outright Radio presents compelling first-person narratives
from the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community.
School Days
Thu, Jun 6, 8pm
An update on the state of growing up queer in America.
Producer Dmae Roberts profiles Moe, a young woman who
is out -- and very in love -- at her Portland high school.
Listeners also meet Ryan Gill, the first openly gay
fraternity brother at Indiana University's Phi Kappa
Psi, who discusses how he finds acceptance with most
of his brothers. The program's final stop is at an Arizona
high school, where listeners meet members of a gay-straight
alliance -- teens who advocate for the rights of young
queer students.
Out on the Rez
Thu, Jun 13, 8pm
Stories from gay Native Americans. This program features
a rare inside look at "Two-Spirit" people
-- Native Americans who identify as gay, bisexual or
transgendered. Producers Daniel Kraker and Eulynda Toledo
Benalli bring us a collection of touching personal stories
from the Navajo, Crow and Southern Ute tribes as told
by Sage, Dee, Betty, Carrie and Danielle. Living on
or near their reservations, they discuss the importance
of home, family and their return to the tribe later
in life.
Making a Difference
Thu, Jun 20, 8pm
Stories from gay people who have made a mark in the
world Reporter Paul Mueller shares the story of a gay
fireman who survived the scene at Ground Zero on September
11. Gillian Kendall tells of her work to transform a
small Methodist college in Birmingham by founding its
first gay organization. Finally, producer Barbara Bernstein
gets up-close and personal with the Oregon Citizens
Alliance - a group she befriends, exposes, and ultimately
defeats at the polls.
Bashing Back
Thu, Jun 27, 8pm
Stories of gay folks who stood up to their oppressors.
Writer Tom Truss remembers his high school days, when
he didn't stand up to the kids who harassed him. He
discusses how gay assertiveness training has since helped
him confront his oppressors in a non-violent manner.
Next, Terry Gilbert describes how she exposed a Christian
high-tech company and its bad mannered CEO. Then, Kevin
Barker succeeds at deflating the "God Hates Fags"
protestors by beating them at their own game. Finally,
writer John Brennan tells of his high school depression
and the "nothing left to lose" attitude that
fueled his fury against the bigots who tormented him.
Voices of Public Intellectuals: Feminisms,
Family and the State in Transition
Saturdays at 1pm
In the United States and abroad, families and state policies
are converging in new and sometimes unexpected ways.
Gwendolyn Mink - From
Welfare to Wedlock: Should Social Policy Promote Marriage
and Fatherhood?
Sat, Jun 1, 1pm
Arlie Hochschild - The Care Drain:
Third World Women, First World Work
Sat, Jun 8, 1pm
Dorothy Roberts - Feminisms, Race
and Child Welfare Policy
Sat, Jun 15, 1pm
Death and a Hunger for a Faith with
Studs Terkel
Sat, Jun 22, 1pm
Join Steve Edwards in "Death and Hunger for a Faith
with Studs Terkel," an exclusive hour-long interview
with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author discussing his
newest oral history. Terkel explains what it was like
at the age of 89 to write "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?",
a book about life, death and the possibility of life afterward.
Relating his own experiences to those of his subjects,
he describes how one man reacted with a mix of relief
and sadness when his father died after a long illness,
and he explores the continuance of life after death with
the story of a young neurosurgeon, Dr. Marvin Jackson.
Terkel describes the impact Dr. Ron Sable's death had
on Kathy Fagan and Linda Gagnon and their two sons --
boys who were conceived thanks to Sable's sperm donation.
This compelling program allows listeners to hear Terkel's
subjects in their own voices. Social worker Matta Kelly
talks about how she battled a hospital's bureaucracy to
guarantee her client, transvestite Norma Sanders, a dignified
death.
African American Mamie Mobley remembers her teenage son,
Emmett, who was brutally killed by white men while on
vacation in Mississippi in 1955. His body in pieces, the
remains were shipped home to Chicago in a simple box.
Mobley explains how her religious faith helped her heal
from the pain of the tragedy.
In this riveting special, Terkel explains his intrigue
with death, a universal yet seldom discussed issue. Emphasizing
the importance of dying with dignity, Death and Hunger
for a Faith powerfully conveys the sense of hope that
prevails in human suffering.
First Person: The Power of Fundamentalism
Sat, Jun 29, 1pm
September 11 displayed the destructive potential of religious
fundamentalism. More than six months later, the world's
attention is riveted as suicide bombers help fuel the
Middle-Eastern conflict. What goes on in the mind of a
suicide bomber? Is all fundamentalism dangerous? On this
show, we explore the appeal of fundamentalism in Islam,
Christianity and Judaism, as experienced from the inside.
We'll speak with three deeply religious men -- Muslim,
Christian, and Jewish -- who were religious extremists
at one time in their lives. When they criticize fundamentalism,
they do so out of their own experience, in the "first
person."
American RadioWorks Documentary:
Corrections, Inc.
Wednesday, May 1 at 8pm; Thursday, May 2 at 2am
How do those with a vested interest in the $50 billion
a year corrections industry influence the way U.S. criminal
justice is carried out? Correspondent John Biewen investigates
how unions, corporations, and law enforcement agencies
-- all of whom can benefit from a full and expanding prison
system --work to influence sentencing and other law enforcement
policies.
As prison populations have grown, so have prison guard
unions and their political clout. In some states -- most
notably California -- prison guard unions have become
powerful interest groups. They lobby not only for better
pay and working conditions, but also for tough sentencing
policies that, some argue, help fill both prisons as well
as union coffers.
A little-known but highly influential organization funded
by corporations, including private prison companies and
prison construction firms, draws up "model legislation"
to get tough on criminals. State lawmakers take those
models back to their capitals and turn them into laws
that, incidentally, result in the need for new prison
cells. ARW connects the dots and takes you to the conference
where legislators and prison business interests meet.
In the mid '80s, as the war on drugs gained steam, changes
in federal law allowed local police agencies to keep a
bigger share of assets confiscated in drug busts. A decade
later, these confiscations were worth $5 billion. Would
police chiefs and sheriffs enforce drug laws as strictly
without these civil forfeitures? ARW investigates.
Voices of Public Intellectuals: Feminisms,
Family and the State in Transition
Saturdays, 1pm
In the United Sates and abroad, families and state policies
are converging in new and sometimes unexpected ways.
Feminism, Race and Child
Welfare Policy -- Dorothy Roberts
Saturday, May 4
Gay Marital Suitors and Social
Science Spin-sters -- Judith Stacey
Saturday, May 11
The Price of Safety: Implications
for Women, Families and Communities Today --
Anannya Bhattacharjee
Saturday, May 18
Inheriting Family Values: The Politics
of Transmitting Property -- Sylvia Yanagisako
Saturday, May 25
Inside Out Documentary:
Fighting The Next War
Wednesday, April 17 at 8pm
"Fighting the Next War" is an in-depth examination
of the effort to transform the U.S. military. Since the
end of the Cold War, the American military has struggled
to redefine its mission. The events of September 11th
have added urgency to the challenge, and focused new attention
on the question: is the military prepared to confront
the threats of tomorrow?
Correspondent Anthony Brooks explores efforts by the Army
to build a more agile fighting force. He looks at the
growing reliance on technological innovations, and the
debate around the so-called revolution in military affairs.
Will this revolution really allow the soldiers of tomorrow
to pierce the fog of war? (from WBUR)
Gray Matters: Bioterrorism And the
Brain
Wednesday, April 24 at 8pm
Since the September 11th air attacks and subsequent anthrax
assaults, Americans have been concerned about possible
future attacks that could be even worse. These attacks
could, for example, involve a contagious disease that,
unlike anthrax, would be communicated directly from person
to person.
Hosted by Garrick Utley, "Bioterrorism and the Brain"
addresses this and other big "what-if" questions.
The program also reviews the wealth of information that
has been generated over the last decade by research in
brain science and immunology.
First Person, Speaking of Faith:
"The Problem of Evil"
Saturday, April 6 at 1pm
Many around the world labeled the events of September
11th as evil. And President Bush, in his State of the
Union speech, described Iran, Iraq and North Korea as
an "axis of evil." But what does that word mean?
It is the subject of enduring theological debate.
With Rami Nashanashibi, a Muslim social activist and founder
of the Inner City Muslim Action Network; Holocaust survivors
Leon Weinstein and his daughter Natalie Gold; Robert Pollack,
director of Columbia University's Center for the Study
of Science and Religion; Lisa Lampman, formerly of Prison
Fellowship, a crisis worker who responds to school shootings;
and psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, author of "People
of the Lie."
California Connected
Saturday, April 27 at 1pm
A radio broadcast of the premiere of California Connected,
a new weekly magazine about people, issues and trends
across the Golden State.
To Cherish The Life Of The World:
100 Years Of Margaret Mead
Saturday, March 2 at 1pm and Wednesday, March 6 at 8pm
This year marks the centennial of the birth of perhaps
the most famous anthropologist and certainly one of the
most remarkable public figures of the 20th century —
Margaret Mead. To mark the occasion, WAMU's Diane Rehm
presents a special two-hour program on Mead: her mission,
her method, and her message.
The Russia Project
The collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the most significant
events of the 20th Century. How have 10 years of tumult
changed the lives of ordinary Russians? A KQED Public
Radio Presentation. Hosted by Walter Cronkite.
Part I: Can This Be
Democracy?
Saturday, March 9 at 1pm and Wednesday, March 13 at
8pm
Russia faces an uphill battle to establish democracy
while it copes with looming disasters.
Part II: Ten Years After the Soviet
Collapse
Saturday, March 16 at 1pm and Wednesday, March 20 at
8pm
Producer Reese Erlich discovers how citizens' lives
have paralleled the ups and downs of the new Russia.
Revolutionary Islam: Inside Out
Saturday, March 23, 1pm and Wednesday, March 27, 8pm
Political Islam is the revolutionary political movement
of our time. It began with the overthrow of the Shah of
Iran and has culminated in its most radical act yet, the
events of September 11, 2001. In this program, correspondent
Michael Goldfarb tells the story of this modern phenomenon
with reports from Iran and Egypt.
Who Bought the Farm?
Saturday, March 30 at 1pm and Wednesday, April 3 at 8pm
American RadioWorks examines the current health of the
family farm in the U.S. and looks at the role subsidies
play in the new global marketplace. ARW's Daniel Zwerdling
investigates how the use of antibiotics on livestock may
cause health problems for humans
Destination Freedom
Saturday, February 2 at 8pm
Two half-hour biographical dramas on Langston Hughes and
Dr. Charles Drew. (From PRI)
Remembering Jim Crow
Thursday, February 7 at 8pm
For much of the 20th Century, African Americans in the
South were barred from the voting booth, sent to the back
of the bus, and walled off from many of the rights they
deserved as American citizens. Until well into the 1960s,
segregation was legal. The system was called Jim Crow.
In this documentary, Americans—black and white—remember
life in the Jim Crow times.
For more information: Remembering
Jim Crow: Presented by American Radio Works
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate
Debates
Wednesday, February 13, 8pm
Three Republican candidates for the Governor of California,
California Secretary of State Bill Jones, former Los Angeles
Mayor Richard Riordan and businessman William Simon have
agreed to debate at California State University, Long
Beach.
Radio Fights Jim Crow
Thursday, February 14 at 8pm
Producer Stephen Smith documents a pioneering effort to
break the hold of Jim Crow laws and customs that gripped
the nation in the early 20th century. The program is rich
in archival tape, including the voices of Paul Robeson,
Richard Wright, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Studs Terkel.
For more information: Radio
Fights Jim Crow: Presented by American Radio Works
Democracy's Denial: Revolutions In
Wilmington
Thursday, February 21 at 8pm
One hour-long special on a pivotal moment in American
racism and its continuing effects.
The BBC'S Story Of Africa: History
From An African Perspective
Saturdays at 1pm
Four one-hour broadcasts on Africa, from the origin of
humanity to the 1990s.
Origins of Humankind
& Africa and the Nile Valley
Saturday, February 2 at 1pm
The Coming of Islam & The Empire
of Ancient Ghana
Saturday, February 9 at 1pm
The Transatlantic Slave Trade &
East African Slavery
Saturday, February 16 at 1pm
Apartheid & The Nation State
Saturday, February 23 at 1pm
Third Coast International Audio Festival
Saturdays at 1pm: January 5, 12 and 19
The first Third Coast International Audio Festival was
held in Chicago in October 2001. Hosted by Ira Glass of
"This American Life," the three one-hour Festival
programs for radio feature winning entries by U.S.-based
and international producers.
With This Ring:Following The International
Diamond Trade
Saturday, January 26 at 1pm
How have diamonds become a symbol of love and fidelity
and fuel for war and destruction? Follow the international
diamond trail from the buckets of child miners in war-torn
Western Africa to America's jewelry counters, and learn
all about diamonds and the people involved in mining,
trading, polishing, cutting, and marketing these gems.
(A documentary from American RadioWorks)
The Bancroft Lectures
Thursdays at 8pm: January 10, 17 and 24
"The California
Mission as Symbol and Myth" by James J.
Rawls
Thursday, January 10 at 8pm
"The Origins and Power of
California's Image" by J. S. Holliday
Thursday, January 17 at 8pm
"Heaven on the Half-Shell:
Mark Twain in California" by Robert Hirst
Thursday, January 24 at 8pm
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