Coffee House Forum airs an eclectic
potpourri of current events and public affairs. Host: Mark Cohen
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December
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No one is any longer surprised to hear stories of for-profit
corporations that cut ethical corners but nonprofits face their own
set of ethical challenges. We consider some of them, and how they are
being addressed, with Peter Berns, executive director of the Maryland
Association of Nonprofit Organizations. (Host: Mark Cohen)
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November
|
Charter Schools have been slow to take hold in Maryland and Virginia,
but not so in DC. We talk with the executive director of the DC
Charter Public Schools Association, Ariana Quiñones-Miranda, about
the mushrooming Charter movement in the nation's capital and whether
it is meeting expectations. (Host: Mark Cohen)
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October
|
Six-term Congressman Albert Wynn (D-MD 4th Dist.) talks about the
reliability of electronic voting machines, outsourcing of federal
jobs, his support for casino gambling and the Bush Administration's
energy bill, and why he now thinks his vote to authorize the
president to go to war in Iraq was a mistake. (Host: Mark Cohen)
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September
|
As Walmart and other Big Box developers spread from rural to more
urban areas, communities across the country are attempting to respond
with land use controls. Council Member Tom Perez discusses proposed
footprint limits in Montgomery County. (Host: Mark Cohen)
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July
|
Drugmakers defend high prices for prescription drugs as needed to
finance the discovery of new wonder drugs. But Merrill Goozner,
author of The $800 Million Pill, argues that drugmakers greatly
exaggerate their R&D costs, and that it's taxpayers who are
carrying the heavy load for drug innovation. Goozner is the former
chief economics correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. (Host: Mark
Cohen)
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June
|
The Dust Bowl that ravaged the Southern Great Plains in the 1930s was
caused by tiny anomalies in the sea surface temperatures of the
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, according to Dr. Siegfried Schubert of
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (Host: Mark Cohen)
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May
|
Maryland faces a $1 billion budget hole next year and there is no
consensus in Annapolis about how to close it. Steve Hill, director of
the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute, has some pointed
suggestions. (Host: Mark Cohen)
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March
|
Chris Van Hollen, who unseated popular Republican incumbent Connie
Morella, was one of a very few bright spots for the Democratic Party
in the 2002 congressional elections. Van Hollen talks about his
recent travels to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan; climate change;
Haiti; his work on the House Education and Workforce, and Government
Reform Committees; and his reelection race in November. (Host: Mark
Cohen)
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February
|
Public arts funding has been slashed in the face of tight state
budgets. Now President Bush is proposing a small increase in funding
for the National Endowment for the Arts. How might this affect state
and local arts funding? Theresa Cameron, executive director of the
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and Pamela Holt,
executive director of Maryland Citizens for the Arts comment. Mark
Cohen hosts
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January
|
The City of Baltimore is losing 110,000 trees a year; the DC region
has seen a drop of over 30% in heavy tree cover since the early
1970s. Such tree loss is costing hundreds of millions of dollars in
added storm water and dirty air costs, according to Cheryl Kollin,
director of the Urban Forestry Center at American Forests, and Guy
Hager, Director of the Parks & People Foundation's Great Parks,
Clean Streams and Green Communities program.
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In Sickness & in Health highlights
mainsteam and alternative approaches to wellness. Host: Cathy Kristiansen
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January
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Antibiotics are medicine's "wonder drug." But some bacteria, called
MRSA, have grown insensitive to conventional antibiotics, which poses
a huge public health risk. Commenting is Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD,
MS, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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 Musical
Traditions tunes in a variety of folk, ethnic & world
music host: David Eisner
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December
|
Direct from Russia via the Smithsonian Institution, a return
engagement by the remarkable choral group, Svetilan. (Host: David
Eisner)
|
November
|
The U-Liners sing of a "Walking Boss" and offer their rendition of
the Hank Williams classic, "Jambalaya."
|
October
|
The much honored singer-songwriters, Lori Kelly and Cletus Kennelly,
return with "Snow is Falling" and "Celestial Dance."
|
September
|
Local legend Bill Kirchen is joined by Swedish bluesman Robert
Lighthouse.
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July
|
Folk harmonies with Rick & Audrey.
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June
|
Music by Paul Watson and Judy Luis-Watson, a/k/a BluesWorks.
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May
|
Roots-rock band the U-Liners offer up Steve Earle and Dave Alvin
tunes.
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March
|
Archie Edwards owned a barbershop on Bunker Hill Avenue in Northeast
DC. On Saturdays around noon, Archie, a talented Piedmont bluesman,
would lay down his scissors and pick up a guitar, and jam and bull
with anyone who cared to join in. Archie's now passed away but the
Saturday jam and Archie's spirit live on at the barbershop. (Produced
by Peter Kent and Mark Cohen. Camera, editing and narration by Peter
Kent.)
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February
|
Singer-songwriters Lori Kelly and Cletus Kennelly offer up the
winning entry in the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest. David Eisner
hosts.
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January
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A new guy in town, Nick Annis is an award-winning lyricist. He offers
two of his originals.
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In Step. Innovators and movers in the
world of dance. Host: Liz Lerman
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September
|
Modern dance company, CityDance Ensemble, has achieved, in the words
of the Washington Post, "a uniformly high level of artistry and
excellence." The company performs throughout the region and this
coming January, CityDance will become the resident dance company at
Strathmore Hall in Bethesda. Joining us is associate director Karen
Bernstein. (Host: Liz Lerman)
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May
|
An ensemble of choreographers will present at this month's DC
Contemporary Ballet Festival Theatre, including Vincent Thomas. Also
appearing, festival co-director Rob Bettman. (Host: Sherrie Barr)
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February
|
Dance innovator Joe Goode of San Francisco recently visited the area
for a program at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. He samples
and discusses his work. Peter DiMuro guest hosts for Liz Lerman, who
was under the weather.
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Writers' Bloc allies readers with
authors as they discuss their latest books. Host: Lisa Page
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November
|
Our Reuben Jackson reviews two books by noteworthy local authors,
Nadine Cohodas ("Queen," a biography of Dinah Washington) and George
Pelekanos ("Hard Revolution").
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September
|
The University of Maryland's Susan Leonardi chats about her first
novel, set in an abbey, And Then They Were Nuns. (Host: Reuben
Jackson)
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July
|
From the archives: New York Times correspondent Christopher Marquis
talks about the difference between journalism and novel writing, and
biological and found families, as he discusses his first full-length
work of fiction, "A Hole in the Heart." (Richard McCann hosts.)
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June
|
New co-host Reuben Jackson talks about poetry and politics with Sarah
Browning of DC Poets Against the War.
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February
|
New York Times correspondent Christopher Marquis talks about the
difference between journalism and novel writing, biological and found
families, as he discusses his first full-length work of fiction, "A
Hole n the Heart." Richard McCann hosts.
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Feature Reports
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December
|
According to Councilmember George Leventhal (D-at large), the Mirant
Corp. is by far the largest polluter in Montgomery County, MD. Which
is why a group of protesters recently staged a sit-in at the gates of
Mirant's Dickerson coal-fired, electric generating station.
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November
|
View a clip from "We Are All Smith Islanders," the first film to
document the effects of climate change on a specific region, our own
Chesapeake Bay watershed. Says Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), "This
film will open up some eyes, and get people thinking and talking
about real solutions that will make a difference for our future." For
more information on community screenings of "We Are All Smith
Islanders," contact CCAN: 301-920-1633. "We Are All Smith Islanders"
will be telecast in Montgomery County on Ch.21 on: Wednesday, Nov. 17
at 10 PM; Friday, Nov. 19 at 3:30 PM; and Sunday, Nov. 21 at 4:30 PM.
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October
|
Cat Stevens once recorded a tune, "Miles from Nowhere," which eerily
captures the former pop singer's recent deportation under his adopted
name, Yusuf Islam. (Producer: Mark Cohen)
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September
|
Archie Edwards owned a barbershop on Bunker Hill Avenue in Northeast,
DC. On Saturdays around noon, Archie, a talented Piedmont bluesman,
would lay down his scissors and pick up a guitar, and jam and bull
with anyone who cared to join in. Archie's now passed away but the
Saturday jam and Archie's spirit live on at the barbershop. We pay
another visit. (Produced by Peter Kent and Mark Cohen. Camera,
editing and narration by Peter Kent.)
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July
|
The Smithsonian Anacostia Museum is hosting an exhibit through the
end of 2004 titled, "All the Stories Are True: African American
Writers Speak." Exhibit curator E. Ethelbert Miller takes us on a
tour of the works of children's book authors Eloise Greenfield and
Walter D. Myers; biographer Valerie Boyd; science fiction writers
Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler; local poets Kenny Carroll and
Dolores Kendrick; historical fiction writer and National Book Award
winner Charles Johnson; and acclaimed Haitian-American author Edwidge
Danticat.
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June
|
An excerpt from the new film, "We Are All Smith Islanders" about the
impact of global warming and erratic weather patterns on farming in
Maryland. (See "Save the Date" above.)
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March
|
Sarah Pleydell stars in this excerpt of Sibbie O'Sullivan's one-woman
play, "The Body," a rumination on how one body punishes another,
grief, and coming to terms with death. The play will be performed
April 7-8 at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the
University of Maryland in College Park.
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February
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An Eric Blumrich flash video of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking on
American militarism.
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In Verse
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December
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Poet Holly Bass ruminates on why she tidies public places in "Gleam."
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November
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Poet Adriane Harjo has a "West Side Story."
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November
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Poet Rose Solari reflects on "Her Mother's Elephant."
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October
|
Poet Leah Harris is also thinking about Iraq in "What They're
Selling."
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September
|
"Rap 23", a projects version of the Lord's Prayer by DJ Renegade.
|
July
|
"The Fountain of Youth" is not about Viagra or minoxidil observes
satirist and story teller Chris Chandler, who makes a trip to St.
Augustine. You don't want to miss this!
|
July
|
Lisa Pegram remembers her scandalous "Aunt Jenklee."
|
June
|
Poet DJ Renegade remembers "El Magnifico," Roberto Clemente, and Sami
Miranda offers "Greetings From the War."
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May
|
Slam champ JaHipster returns with "n-a-k-e-d," a drug war lament.
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March
|
Reuben Jackson leads us on a poetic journey from DC's Ward 4 to Iran
("isfahan. where, ellington said, 'all is poetry'. just pronouncing
it is a first class ticket for the tongue.") Jackson is the poet
laureate of the Jazz Journalist Association, archivist of the
Smithsonian's Duke Ellington Collection, and a DC Writers' Corps
teacher.
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January
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Adriane Harjo remembers a home of "pain and fleeting, sacred
moments"; Lisa Pegram witnesses evictions; and Sami Miranda finds
that "soft words sing the pain of waiting."
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A Second Look. Journalists put their
work under a magnifying lens. Host: Howard Kohn
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November
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Long before "Fahrenheit 911," there was "Hearts and Minds" (1974), a
work that Michael Moore touts as the greatest documentary, perhaps
the greatest film, ever made. We talk to "Hearts and Minds" filmmaker
Peter Davis, who was at AFI Silver for the film's re-release. (Host:
Howard Kohn)
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October
|
In his fifth book nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Banking on Baghdad,
Edwin Black reports that all the West has ever cared about in Iraq is
geography, as a colonial stepping stone, and geology, i.e., oil. "The
idea we could suddenly impose democracy in Iraq," Black finds, "goes
against 7,000 years of history..." (Host: Howard Kohn)
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June
|
"No Child Left Behind" is a complex law and a grand idea but its
focus on preparing students for tests in reading, math and soon
science could have the unintended consequence of gutting all other
areas of study, like civics, history and the arts, warns Claus von
Zastrow of the Council on Basic Education and author of "Academic
Atrophy." (Host: Howard Kohn)
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March
|
America has a corrections system that costs taxpayers $40 billion
annually and incarcerates almost one-fourth of the world's prison
population, according to Amnesty International, including increasing
numbers of women. Is the "prison-industrial complex" making us safer?
Reuters national correspondent Alan Elsner joins us to discuss his
new book, "Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons."
(Host: Howard Kohn)
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Weekend Traveler. Quick getaways in
the Washington-Baltimore region.
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Photo Essay
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WorkLife
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December
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Union members comprise only 11% of the electorate but in the 2004
presidential elections, they accounted for approximately 25% of all
voters, notes David Boundy, Deputy Political Director of the AFL-CIO.
Without union voters, who overwhelmingly favored John Kerry, Boundy
says that President Bush would have won in a 55%-44% landslide.
(Host: Fred Feinstein)
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October
|
You may be one of six million people who could lose your right to
overtime pay. Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy
Institute, explains. (Host: Fred Feinstein)
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May
|
"Outsourcing" jobs abroad is becoming a pivotal issue in the 2004
elections. Free traders insist that outsourcing is the flip side of
foreign manufacturers setting up shop in the US and employing
Americans. But Thea Lee, AFL-CIO Assistant Director of Public Policy,
argues the free traders are missing some key distinctions. (Host:
Fred Feinstein)
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March
|
The Southern California supermarket labor dispute over health
benefits lasted 4-1/2 months. The grocery chains involved were
Albertsons, and subsidiaries of Krogers and Safeway. (The United food
and Commercial Workers Union and Safeway will soon be negotiating a
new contract here.) Casting a long shadow over the strike/lockout was
the mega-chain, Wal-Mart, says Susan Phillips, international vice
president of the UFCW. (Host: Fred Feinstein)
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January
|
Pulitzer prize winner Hedrick Smith calls The Betrayal of Work: How
Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families, "must
reading" for anyone concerned about America and its economy. Author
Beth Shulman joins us to talk about the America's hardworking,
permanent underclass.
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Animation
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Artistic Eye
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December
|
A visit to the 8th Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair in Silver Spring,
MD, where books aren't just about text on the page. (Producer: Mark
Cohen)
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December
|
Rembrandt, Vermeer. Meet another Dutch master, Gerard ter Borch.
Fifty-one of his paintings are on exhibit at the National Gallery of
Art. We speak with northern baroque curator Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.,
about ter Borch and his legacy. (Host: Welmoed Laanstra)
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October
|
Artist Linda Hesh proposes placing photo ads in the newspaper that
challenge prejudice. (Producer: Welmoed Laanstra)
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May
|
Randall Packer is the self-declared Secretary of the US Department of
Art and Technology, a virtual agency that exists in Packer's mind and
on the Web, dedicated to bringing the voice of artists to bear on
government. (Host: Welmoed Laanstra)
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February
|
Welmoed Laanstra visits Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring where noted
artist Tim Rollins and his Kids of Survival instruct at-risk youth in
printmaking.
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Willing Spirit
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December
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A conversation with Web blogger and author, Jen Lemen, about a
mindful way for families to celebrate Christmas. (Host: Rev. Heather
Kirk-Davidoff)
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November
|
This new segment looks at the life of religious communities in the
region. We begin with a conversation with Rev. Rebecca Brillhart of
the Sligo Adventist Church broke about why her church broke with its
tradition and recently hosted a gathering of over 1,000
interdenominational social activists. (Host: Rev. Heather
Kirk-Davidoff).
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December
|
Forum
|
No one is any longer surprised to hear stories of for-profit
corporations that cut ethical corners but nonprofits face their own
set of ethical challenges. We consider some of them, and how they are
being addressed, with Peter Berns, executive director of the Maryland
Association of Nonprofit Organizations. (Host: Mark Cohen)
|
Feature
|
According to Councilmember George Leventhal (D-at large), the Mirant
Corp. is by far the largest polluter in Montgomery County, MD. Which
is why a group of protesters recently staged a sit-in at the gates of
Mirant's Dickerson coal-fired, electric generating station.
|
WorkLife
|
Union members comprise only 11% of the electorate but in the 2004
presidential elections, they accounted for approximately 25% of all
voters, notes David Boundy, Deputy Political Director of the AFL-CIO.
Without union voters, who overwhelmingly favored John Kerry, Boundy
says that President Bush would have won in a 55%-44% landslide.
(Host: Fred Feinstein)
|
Artistic Eye
|
A visit to the 8th Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair in Silver Spring,
MD, where books aren't just about text on the page. (Producer: Mark
Cohen)
|
In Verse
|
Poet Holly Bass ruminates on why she tidies public places in "Gleam."
|
Willing Spirit
|
A conversation with Web blogger and author, Jen Lemen, about a
mindful way for families to celebrate Christmas. (Host: Rev. Heather
Kirk-Davidoff)
|
Musical Traditions
|
Direct from Russia via the Smithsonian Institution, a return
engagement by the remarkable choral group, Svetilan. (Host: David
Eisner)
|
Artistic Eye
|
Rembrandt, Vermeer. Meet another Dutch master, Gerard ter Borch.
Fifty-one of his paintings are on exhibit at the National Gallery of
Art. We speak with northern baroque curator Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.,
about ter Borch and his legacy. (Host: Welmoed Laanstra)
|
|
Back to Top of Page
|
|
November
|
Forum
|
Charter Schools have been slow to take hold in Maryland and Virginia,
but not so in DC. We talk with the executive director of the DC
Charter Public Schools Association, Ariana Quiñones-Miranda, about
the mushrooming Charter movement in the nation's capital and whether
it is meeting expectations. (Host: Mark Cohen)
|
In Verse
|
Poet Adriane Harjo has a "West Side Story."
|
A Second Look
|
Long before "Fahrenheit 911," there was "Hearts and Minds" (1974), a
work that Michael Moore touts as the greatest documentary, perhaps
the greatest film, ever made. We talk to "Hearts and Minds" filmmaker
Peter Davis, who was at AFI Silver for the film's re-release. (Host:
Howard Kohn)
|
Writers' Bloc
|
Our Reuben Jackson reviews two books by noteworthy local authors,
Nadine Cohodas ("Queen," a biography of Dinah Washington) and George
Pelekanos ("Hard Revolution").
|
Musical Traditions
|
The U-Liners sing of a "Walking Boss" and offer their rendition of
the Hank Williams classic, "Jambalaya."
|
In Verse
|
Poet Rose Solari reflects on "Her Mother's Elephant."
|
Willing Spirit
|
This new segment looks at the life of religious communities in the
region. We begin with a conversation with Rev. Rebecca Brillhart of
the Sligo Adventist Church broke about why her church broke with its
tradition and recently hosted a gathering of over 1,000
interdenominational social activists. (Host: Rev. Heather
Kirk-Davidoff).
|
Feature
|
View a clip from "We Are All Smith Islanders," the first film to
document the effects of climate change on a specific region, our own
Chesapeake Bay watershed. Says Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), "This
film will open up some eyes, and get people thinking and talking
about real solutions that will make a difference for our future." For
more information on community screenings of "We Are All Smith
Islanders," contact CCAN: 301-920-1633. "We Are All Smith Islanders"
will be telecast in Montgomery County on Ch.21 on: Wednesday, Nov. 17
at 10 PM; Friday, Nov. 19 at 3:30 PM; and Sunday, Nov. 21 at 4:30 PM.
|
|
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October
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Forum
|
Six-term Congressman Albert Wynn (D-MD 4th Dist.) talks about the
reliability of electronic voting machines, outsourcing of federal
jobs, his support for casino gambling and the Bush Administration's
energy bill, and why he now thinks his vote to authorize the
president to go to war in Iraq was a mistake. (Host: Mark Cohen)
|
Feature
|
Cat Stevens once recorded a tune, "Miles from Nowhere," which eerily
captures the former pop singer's recent deportation under his adopted
name, Yusuf Islam. (Producer: Mark Cohen)
|
A Second Look
|
In his fifth book nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Banking on Baghdad,
Edwin Black reports that all the West has ever cared about in Iraq is
geography, as a colonial stepping stone, and geology, i.e., oil. "The
idea we could suddenly impose democracy in Iraq," Black finds, "goes
against 7,000 years of history..." (Host: Howard Kohn)
|
In Verse
|
Poet Leah Harris is also thinking about Iraq in "What They're
Selling."
|
Artistic Eye
|
Artist Linda Hesh proposes placing photo ads in the newspaper that
challenge prejudice. (Producer: Welmoed Laanstra)
|
WorkLife
|
You may be one of six million people who could lose your right to
overtime pay. Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy
Institute, explains. (Host: Fred Feinstein)
|
Musical Traditions
|
The much honored singer-songwriters, Lori Kelly and Cletus Kennelly,
return with "Snow is Falling" and "Celestial Dance."
|
|
Back to Top of Page
|
|
September
|
Forum
|
As Walmart and other Big Box developers spread from rural to more
urban areas, communities across the country are attempting to respond
with land use controls. Council Member Tom Perez discusses proposed
footprint limits in Montgomery County. (Host: Mark Cohen)
|
Feature
|
Archie Edwards owned a barbershop on Bunker Hill Avenue in Northeast,
DC. On Saturdays around noon, Archie, a talented Piedmont bluesman,
would lay down his scissors and pick up a guitar, and jam and bull
with anyone who cared to join in. Archie's now passed away but the
Saturday jam and Archie's spirit live on at the barbershop. We pay
another visit. (Produced by Peter Kent and Mark Cohen. Camera,
editing and narration by Peter Kent.)
|
In Step
|
Modern dance company, CityDance Ensemble, has achieved, in the words
of the Washington Post, "a uniformly high level of artistry and
excellence." The company performs throughout the region and this
coming January, CityDance will become the resident dance company at
Strathmore Hall in Bethesda. Joining us is associate director Karen
Bernstein. (Host: Liz Lerman)
|
Musical Traditions
|
Local legend Bill Kirchen is joined by Swedish bluesman Robert
Lighthouse.
|
In Verse
|
"Rap 23", a projects version of the Lord's Prayer by DJ Renegade.
|
Writers' Bloc
|
The University of Maryland's Susan Leonardi chats about her first
novel, set in an abbey, And Then They Were Nuns. (Host: Reuben
Jackson)
|
|
Back to Top of Page
|
|
July
|
Forum
|
Drugmakers defend high prices for prescription drugs as needed to
finance the discovery of new wonder drugs. But Merrill Goozner,
author of The $800 Million Pill, argues that drugmakers greatly
exaggerate their R&D costs, and that it's taxpayers who are
carrying the heavy load for drug innovation. Goozner is the former
chief economics correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. (Host: Mark
Cohen)
|
In Verse
|
"The Fountain of Youth" is not about Viagra or minoxidil observes
satirist and story teller Chris Chandler, who makes a trip to St.
Augustine. You don't want to miss this!
|
Feature
|
The Smithsonian Anacostia Museum is hosting an exhibit through the
end of 2004 titled, "All the Stories Are True: African American
Writers Speak." Exhibit curator E. Ethelbert Miller takes us on a
tour of the works of children's book authors Eloise Greenfield and
Walter D. Myers; biographer Valerie Boyd; science fiction writers
Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler; local poets Kenny Carroll and
Dolores Kendrick; historical fiction writer and National Book Award
winner Charles Johnson; and acclaimed Haitian-American author Edwidge
Danticat.
|
Writers' Bloc
|
From the archives: New York Times correspondent Christopher Marquis
talks about the difference between journalism and novel writing, and
biological and found families, as he discusses his first full-length
work of fiction, "A Hole in the Heart." (Richard McCann hosts.)
|
In Verse
|
Lisa Pegram remembers her scandalous "Aunt Jenklee."
|
Musical Traditions
|
Folk harmonies with Rick & Audrey.
|
|
Back to Top of Page
|
|
June
|
Forum
|
The Dust Bowl that ravaged the Southern Great Plains in the 1930s was
caused by tiny anomalies in the sea surface temperatures of the
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, according to Dr. Siegfried Schubert of
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (Host: Mark Cohen)
|
Feature
|
An excerpt from the new film, "We Are All Smith Islanders" about the
impact of global warming and erratic weather patterns on farming in
Maryland. (See "Save the Date" above.)
|
A Second Look
|
"No Child Left Behind" is a complex law and a grand idea but its
focus on preparing students for tests in reading, math and soon
science could have the unintended consequence of gutting all other
areas of study, like civics, history and the arts, warns Claus von
Zastrow of the Council on Basic Education and author of "Academic
Atrophy." (Host: Howard Kohn)
|
In Verse
|
Poet DJ Renegade remembers "El Magnifico," Roberto Clemente, and Sami
Miranda offers "Greetings From the War."
|
Musical Traditions
|
Music by Paul Watson and Judy Luis-Watson, a/k/a BluesWorks.
|
Writers' Bloc
|
New co-host Reuben Jackson talks about poetry and politics with Sarah
Browning of DC Poets Against the War.
|
|
Back to Top of Page
|
|
May
|
Forum
|
Maryland faces a $1 billion budget hole next year and there is no
consensus in Annapolis about how to close it. Steve Hill, director of
the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute, has some pointed
suggestions. (Host: Mark Cohen)
|
In Verse
|
Slam champ JaHipster returns with "n-a-k-e-d," a drug war lament.
|
WorkLife
|
"Outsourcing" jobs abroad is becoming a pivotal issue in the 2004
elections. Free traders insist that outsourcing is the flip side of
foreign manufacturers setting up shop in the US and employing
Americans. But Thea Lee, AFL-CIO Assistant Director of Public Policy,
argues the free traders are missing some key distinctions. (Host:
Fred Feinstein)
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Musical Traditions
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Roots-rock band the U-Liners offer up Steve Earle and Dave Alvin
tunes.
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Artistic Eye
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Randall Packer is the self-declared Secretary of the US Department of
Art and Technology, a virtual agency that exists in Packer's mind and
on the Web, dedicated to bringing the voice of artists to bear on
government. (Host: Welmoed Laanstra)
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In Step
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An ensemble of choreographers will present at this month's DC
Contemporary Ballet Festival Theatre, including Vincent Thomas. Also
appearing, festival co-director Rob Bettman. (Host: Sherrie Barr)
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March
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Forum
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Chris Van Hollen, who unseated popular Republican incumbent Connie
Morella, was one of a very few bright spots for the Democratic Party
in the 2002 congressional elections. Van Hollen talks about his
recent travels to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan; climate change;
Haiti; his work on the House Education and Workforce, and Government
Reform Committees; and his reelection race in November. (Host: Mark
Cohen)
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In Verse
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Reuben Jackson leads us on a poetic journey from DC's Ward 4 to Iran
("isfahan. where, ellington said, 'all is poetry'. just pronouncing
it is a first class ticket for the tongue.") Jackson is the poet
laureate of the Jazz Journalist Association, archivist of the
Smithsonian's Duke Ellington Collection, and a DC Writers' Corps
teacher.
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Musical Traditions
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Archie Edwards owned a barbershop on Bunker Hill Avenue in Northeast
DC. On Saturdays around noon, Archie, a talented Piedmont bluesman,
would lay down his scissors and pick up a guitar, and jam and bull
with anyone who cared to join in. Archie's now passed away but the
Saturday jam and Archie's spirit live on at the barbershop. (Produced
by Peter Kent and Mark Cohen. Camera, editing and narration by Peter
Kent.)
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A Second Look
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America has a corrections system that costs taxpayers $40 billion
annually and incarcerates almost one-fourth of the world's prison
population, according to Amnesty International, including increasing
numbers of women. Is the "prison-industrial complex" making us safer?
Reuters national correspondent Alan Elsner joins us to discuss his
new book, "Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons."
(Host: Howard Kohn)
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Sarah Pleydell stars in this excerpt of Sibbie O'Sullivan's one-woman
play, "The Body," a rumination on how one body punishes another,
grief, and coming to terms with death. The play will be performed
April 7-8 at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the
University of Maryland in College Park.
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WorkLife
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The Southern California supermarket labor dispute over health
benefits lasted 4-1/2 months. The grocery chains involved were
Albertsons, and subsidiaries of Krogers and Safeway. (The United food
and Commercial Workers Union and Safeway will soon be negotiating a
new contract here.) Casting a long shadow over the strike/lockout was
the mega-chain, Wal-Mart, says Susan Phillips, international vice
president of the UFCW. (Host: Fred Feinstein)
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February
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Forum
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Public arts funding has been slashed in the face of tight state
budgets. Now President Bush is proposing a small increase in funding
for the National Endowment for the Arts. How might this affect state
and local arts funding? Theresa Cameron, executive director of the
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and Pamela Holt,
executive director of Maryland Citizens for the Arts comment. Mark
Cohen hosts
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Artistic Eye
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Welmoed Laanstra visits Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring where noted
artist Tim Rollins and his Kids of Survival instruct at-risk youth in
printmaking.
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In Step
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Dance innovator Joe Goode of San Francisco recently visited the area
for a program at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. He samples
and discusses his work. Peter DiMuro guest hosts for Liz Lerman, who
was under the weather.
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An Eric Blumrich flash video of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking on
American militarism.
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Writers' Bloc
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New York Times correspondent Christopher Marquis talks about the
difference between journalism and novel writing, biological and found
families, as he discusses his first full-length work of fiction, "A
Hole n the Heart." Richard McCann hosts.
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Musical Traditions
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Singer-songwriters Lori Kelly and Cletus Kennelly offer up the
winning entry in the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest. David Eisner
hosts.
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January
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Forum
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The City of Baltimore is losing 110,000 trees a year; the DC region
has seen a drop of over 30% in heavy tree cover since the early
1970s. Such tree loss is costing hundreds of millions of dollars in
added storm water and dirty air costs, according to Cheryl Kollin,
director of the Urban Forestry Center at American Forests, and Guy
Hager, Director of the Parks & People Foundation's Great Parks,
Clean Streams and Green Communities program.
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In Sickness & in Health
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Antibiotics are medicine's "wonder drug." But some bacteria, called
MRSA, have grown insensitive to conventional antibiotics, which poses
a huge public health risk. Commenting is Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD,
MS, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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WorkLife
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Pulitzer prize winner Hedrick Smith calls The Betrayal of Work: How
Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families, "must
reading" for anyone concerned about America and its economy. Author
Beth Shulman joins us to talk about the America's hardworking,
permanent underclass.
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Musical Traditions
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A new guy in town, Nick Annis is an award-winning lyricist. He offers
two of his originals.
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In Verse
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Adriane Harjo remembers a home of "pain and fleeting, sacred
moments"; Lisa Pegram witnesses evictions; and Sami Miranda finds
that "soft words sing the pain of waiting."
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