http://www.radiocurious.org Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:31:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org Radio Curious clean Radio Curious curious@radiocurious.org curious@radiocurious.org (Radio Curious) Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Radio Curious Radio Curious, Interviews, Environment, Education, Chautauquan, Psychology/Psychaitry, Sex, Mendocino, Law, Religion, Feminism http://www.radiocurious.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/radio-curious-rss-logo.jpg http://www.radiocurious.org/category/education/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/21/laura-fogg-travelling-blind/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/21/laura-fogg-travelling-blind/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:11:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5393 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/21/laura-fogg-travelling-blind/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity. I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, Click here to begin listening. The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity. I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, and also wondered about their dreams. From time to time, over the years, I would see an attentive woman walk past my office window next to a young person of student age. They would walk together talk, and the young person almost always carried a white cane with a red tip. Laura Fogg is this woman, the author of “Traveling Blind: Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” and our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious. Laura Fogg worked as a Mobility and Orientation Instructor for the Blind in Mendocino County for over 35 years beginning 1971. She pioneered the use of the red tipped white cane with very young blind students some of whom had multiple impairments. She traveled long distances over the rather spectacular back roads of Mendocino County to work with each student his or her home. When she visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 1, 2008, I asked her about the lessons that she learned that have changed her life. The book Laura Fogg recommends is “My Year of Meats,” by Ruth Ozeki. Published in 1999. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:00:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5348 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States, one of the few countries remaining in the world to employ the death penalty. In this edition of Radio Curious, Click here to begin listening. To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States, one of the few countries remaining in the world to employ the death penalty. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit with Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served as chaplain for the Texas Department of Corrections from 1982 to 1995 and counseled 95 inmates on their way to death by lethal injection. “At the Death House Door: No Man Should Die Alone,” is a independent film documentary, directed and produced by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, that presents a personal and intimate look at the death penalty in Texas through the eyes of Pastor Pickett, a Presbyterian minister. Over the years, after each of the 95 executions, Pickett would record his experiences with that person on the tape he used to practice his sermons. Although he never listened to those tapes, they became the thread and primary source for the movie. I spoke with Pastor Carroll Pickett on May 23, 2008 from his home in Texas, after hearing him speak at a special hearing on capital punishment in San Francisco, CA, while he was on a break from a national publicity tour. We began when I asked him to explain what brought him to work with condemned men and be with them in their last hours. This program was originally broadcast on June 25, 2009. The book Carroll Pickett recommends is “Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist,” by Mike Farrell and Martin Sheen. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/15/kate-magruder-celebrating-community/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/15/kate-magruder-celebrating-community/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:55:48 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5339 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/15/kate-magruder-celebrating-community/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Ukiah, California, a small vibrant community, approximately 100 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge is the home to the Ukiah Players Theater. An annual May fundraiser for the theater offers a tour of old and new hom... Click here to begin listening.  Ukiah, California, a small vibrant community, approximately 100 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge is the home to the Ukiah Players Theater. An annual May fundraiser for the theater offers a tour of old and new homes on the west side of town, offered by the residents willing to share their history with community members. Kate Magruder, a founder of Ukiah Players Theater and considered by many to be the soul and life force of the UPT, successfully strives to search out and tell historical stories of the Ukiah, the ancestral home of the Pomo people who called the area Yokayo, meaning long narrow valley. In this program Kate Magruder explains the importance of place, knowing where we come from and our history, and in the benefits of telling communities’ stories. This interview was recorded May 11, 2008. The books Kate Magruder recommends are, “Our Land Ourselves, Readings on People and Place,” and “The Great Remembering: further Thoughts on Land, Soul, and Society,” both published by The Trust for Public Land. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/08/mary-roach-human-sexuality-a-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/08/mary-roach-human-sexuality-a-conversation/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:47:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5336 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/08/mary-roach-human-sexuality-a-conversation/feed/ 1 Click here to begin listening.  - Sex, something that all creatures seek to achieve in one form or another, is often more than discreet among humans. In this discussion with science journalist, Mary Roach, author of, “Bonk, Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/ROACH_INTERVIEW_8.8.24%20IA.mp3) Sex, something that all creatures seek to achieve in one form or another, is often more than discreet among humans. In this discussion with science journalist, Mary Roach, author of, “Bonk, The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex,” we have a direct and frank conversation about human sexuality, including orgasms, what they are, how you know if you have one, and the difference between the male and female human sexual response. This program was recorded on April 14, 2008. The book Mary Roach recommends is, “The Atlas of Human Sex Anatomy.” Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/01/amy-sutherland-lessons-about-ourselves-from-animal-trainers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/01/amy-sutherland-lessons-about-ourselves-from-animal-trainers/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2024 03:50:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5332 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/08/01/amy-sutherland-lessons-about-ourselves-from-animal-trainers/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Reinforcement of desired behavior is the key to animal training. As humans, we are subject to the same way of learning. Amy Sutherland, author of, “What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/SUTHERLAND_8.1.24%20IA.mp3) Reinforcement of desired behavior is the key to animal training. As humans, we are subject to the same way of learning. Amy Sutherland, author of, “What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers,” shares many ideas about how to achieve more desirable relationships with friends and loved ones. This Program was recorded on March 19, 2008. The book Amy Sutherland recommends is, “Demonic Males: Apes and the Origin of Human Violence,” by Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/18/francis-moore-lappe-toward-understanding-the-predicament/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/18/francis-moore-lappe-toward-understanding-the-predicament/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2024 05:14:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5325 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/18/francis-moore-lappe-toward-understanding-the-predicament/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - There is a lot of discussion about hope in this time of the pending election for president.  Francis Moore Lappe, author of, “Diet for a Small Planet,” discusses the need to give up certain old assumptions in her new ... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/LAPPE_INTERVIEW_7.18.24%20IA.mp3) There is a lot of discussion about hope in this time of the pending election for president.  Francis Moore Lappe, author of, “Diet for a Small Planet,” discusses the need to give up certain old assumptions in her new book, “Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad.”  One path to abandoning old assumptions comes from curiosity, which is also a guiding principal for this program.  When I visited with Francis Moore Lappe on Feburary 20, 2008, from her office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we discussed curiosity and her reflection that she should have included “curiosity” in her title of, “Getting a Grip.” The book she recommends is, “The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe,” by Lynne McTaggart Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/27/michael-adair-william-ray-shakespeare-was-really-edward-de-vere/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/27/michael-adair-william-ray-shakespeare-was-really-edward-de-vere/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2024 04:26:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5315 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/27/michael-adair-william-ray-shakespeare-was-really-edward-de-vere/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Of two people, William Shakespeare and Edward De Vere, whose lives overlapped, De Vere had many of the experiences described in the literary works attributed to William Shakespeare. Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/ADAIR_and_RAY_6.27.24%20IA.mp3) Of two people, William Shakespeare and Edward De Vere, whose lives overlapped, De Vere had many of the experiences described in the literary works attributed to William Shakespeare. This conversation with Michael A’Dair and William Ray, two gentlemen intellectuals from Willits, California explores some of the reasons they believe De Vere wrote what is generally attributed to Shakespeare. This program was originally broadcast March 27, 2008. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/13/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centuries-of-jewish-voices-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/13/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centuries-of-jewish-voices-in-america/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:48:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5306 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/13/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centuries-of-jewish-voices-in-america/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - North America, as we have known for millennia, has been populated by ethnic groups looking for a new place to live. Beginning in the early 17th Century and through the present time, Click here to begin listening.  North America, as we have known for millennia, has been populated by ethnic groups looking for a new place to live. Beginning in the early 17th Century and through the present time, Jewish people from around the world have seen North America as a favored place to live and in waves of migration over time have come here to make a new life as part of the American fabric. In the winter of 2008 the Public Broadcasting System presented a major six hour television series: “The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America.” A companion book to this series with the same name, written by Beth Wenger, the Director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, is a collection of first person stories about lives of American Jews who maintained their own culture as they became part of the American culture. Our visit with Beth Wenger in January 2008, by phone from her office at the University of Pennsylvania, began when she described the distinctions and similarities of the Jewish American experience as compared to other immigrant groups. This program was originally broadcast January 30, 2008. The book she recommends is, “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union,” by Michael Chabon. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/28/hanna-rosin-gods-harvard/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/28/hanna-rosin-gods-harvard/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:44:29 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5266 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/28/hanna-rosin-gods-harvard/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally recorded on July 21, 2007. - Since 2000, ambitious young evangelicals have made their way to Patrick Henry College, a small Christian school near Washington, D.C. Click here to begin listening.  Originally recorded on July 21, 2007. Since 2000, ambitious young evangelicals have made their way to Patrick Henry College, a small Christian school near Washington, D.C. Most of them are home schoolers whose idealism and discipline put the average American teenager to shame. At “God’s Harvard” they are groomed to become tomorrow’s elite, dispatched to the front lines of politics, entertainment and science to “take back a godless nation.” Hanna Rosin, author of “God’s Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America,” visits the nerve center of the evangelical movement and describes who they are, their background, goals and desires. The book Hanna Rosin recommends is “The Golden Compass,” by Philip Pullman. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/07/27/gordon-neufeld-hold-on-to-your-kids-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/07/27/gordon-neufeld-hold-on-to-your-kids-2/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2023 05:54:40 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5145 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/07/27/gordon-neufeld-hold-on-to-your-kids-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. Hold On to Your Kids, Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in the past fifty or so years have resulted in today’s children looking to... Click here to begin listening. Hold On to Your Kids, Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in the past fifty or so years have resulted in today’s children looking to and associating with their peers instead of their parents, for direction, for a sense of right and wrong and for values, identity and codes of behavior. This peer orientation works to undermine family cohesion. It interferes with healthy development and fosters a sexualized youth culture in which children lose their individuality and tend to become conformist, desensitized and alienated. These concepts and what to do about them to develop strong families and emotionally healthy children are explained in “Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers, “ by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. and Gabor Mate, M.D. When I spoke with Dr. Gordon Neufeld from his home in Vancouver, British Columbia we began our conversation with a discussion of the importance of the development of an attachment between the adult caregiver and the child, beginning at infancy. www.GordonNeufeld.com (http://www.gordonneufeld.com/) Gordon Neufeld recommends “The Anatomy of Dependence,” Takeo Doi. Originally Broadcast: October 25, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/03/02/eric-liu-the-benefits-of-mentoring-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/03/02/eric-liu-the-benefits-of-mentoring-2/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2023 04:04:12 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5061 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/03/02/eric-liu-the-benefits-of-mentoring-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life - Every one of us, in every social role that we play, is a teacher and a mentor. Who has influenced us, and how we pass that influence along is a ques... Click here to begin listening.  Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life Every one of us, in every social role that we play, is a teacher and a mentor. Who has influenced us, and how we pass that influence along is a question that goes to the heart of both learning and mentoring. The concepts of mentoring are set out in the book “Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life,” by Eric Liu. In this interview, recorded n February 2005, Eric Liu discusses his experiences a mentor, a mentee, and an observer of both. For more information see www.ericliu.com. www.ericliu.com Eric Liu recommends “All the King’s Men,” by Robert Penn Warren. Originally Broadcast: February 15, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/13/4909/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/13/4909/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:06:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4909 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/13/4909/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/23/dr-sally-shaywitz-how-to-identify-and-overcome-dyslexia-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/23/dr-sally-shaywitz-how-to-identify-and-overcome-dyslexia-2/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:35:54 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4897 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/03/23/dr-sally-shaywitz-how-to-identify-and-overcome-dyslexia-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/02/09/nelson-alondra-health-care-the-black-panthers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/02/09/nelson-alondra-health-care-the-black-panthers/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:54:42 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4868 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/02/09/nelson-alondra-health-care-the-black-panthers/feed/ 0 Originally Broadcast: February 13, 2012 - Click here to begin listening.  - The exodus of approximately six million black people from the American South between 1915 and 1970 had a significant role in setting the stage of the civil rights movement of... Originally Broadcast: February 13, 2012 Click here to begin listening.  The exodus of approximately six million black people from the American South between 1915 and 1970 had a significant role in setting the stage of the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Many of the children of those who left the south participated in desegregation efforts which included the Freedom Rides and lunch counter sit-ins. The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 which attempted to resolve employment discrimination and define voting rights, only changed the law. Many young blacks however did not see changes in their everyday life. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was born out of this disillusionment. Although infiltrated and feared by the F.B.I., the Black Panther Party pioneered social and community programs, including free medical clinics, free meals, and educational programs. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Columbia University Sociology and Gender Studies Professor Alondra Nelson, author of “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination.” We visited by phone from her Office in New York City, on February 13, 2012 and began our conversation when I asked her to describe the Black Panther Party. The book she recommends is “Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems,” by Elizabeth Alexander. Professor Nelson’s website is http://www.alondranelson.com (http://www.alondranelson.com/). Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/06/lerner-gerda-ph-d-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/06/lerner-gerda-ph-d-the-foremother-of-womens-history/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2021 03:16:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4771 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/06/lerner-gerda-ph-d-the-foremother-of-womens-history/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/04/14/dr-jane-m-healy-children-versus-television-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/04/14/dr-jane-m-healy-children-versus-television-2/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2021 04:37:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4662 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/04/14/dr-jane-m-healy-children-versus-television-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  Endangered Minds & Failure to Connect It used to be that children would play with objects, be told or read stories, or perhaps listen to the radio during a significant portion of their early years. Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-HEALY_JANE_4.14.21_IA.mp3) Endangered Minds & Failure to Connect It used to be that children would play with objects, be told or read stories, or perhaps listen to the radio during a significant portion of their early years. With the advent of television, videos and computers, that tactile and oral world is often left behind. Children who are frequently exposed to television, videos and computer games in the first seven years of life have been found to develop pathways in the brain that later are significantly deficient in reading, studying and socialization skills. Dr. Jane M Healy is an educational psychologist with expertise in developmental psychology, and specialist in the brain development of young children. Her recent books, “Endangered Minds,” and “Failure to Connect,” discuss how television, videos and computers affect the minds of children. Dr. Jane M. Healy recommends “The Goddess in Older Women,” by Jean Bolden. Originally Broadcast: May 9, 2001 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/17/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/17/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word-2/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2021 02:13:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4633 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/17/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Few words in the English language have caused so much pain, hurt and emotion as the N-word. It is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. The long history of the pejorative use of the N-word... Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-KENNEDY_RANDALL_N-WORD_3.17.21_IA.mp3) Few words in the English language have caused so much pain, hurt and emotion as the N-word. It is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. The long history of the pejorative use of the N-word has given it an unusual power that extends to the judicial system, literature and social settings. Randall Kennedy, a professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, is the author of “Nigger-the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.”  His book chronicles the history of this word, in an effort to diffuse and neutralize it. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/12/23/andy-case-an-aquarium-for-kids-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/12/23/andy-case-an-aquarium-for-kids-2/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2020 04:13:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4576 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/12/23/andy-case-an-aquarium-for-kids-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. Have you ever wanted to look at penguins while they look at you, or crawl past giant clams, or see eye to eye with tropical sharks? Well, you can do that at Monterey Bay Aquarium, in Monterey, California. Click here to begin listening. Have you ever wanted to look at penguins while they look at you, or crawl past giant clams, or see eye to eye with tropical sharks? Well, you can do that at Monterey Bay Aquarium, in Monterey, California. Splash Zone was an exhibit featured in the summer of 2000. It was designed for families with children from infants to age 9, but was also very fun for adults. I visited Splash Zone early in that summer and spoke with Andy Case, the special projects coordinator at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He was on the team that created Splash Zone. Andy Case recommends “Tropical Nature,” by Adrian Forsyth & Ken Miyata. Originally Broadcast: June 27, 2000 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/12/09/gilbert-van-dykhuisen-sea-life-mysteries-explained-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/12/09/gilbert-van-dykhuisen-sea-life-mysteries-explained-2/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2020 01:32:12 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4567 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/12/09/gilbert-van-dykhuisen-sea-life-mysteries-explained-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  71% of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans which are home to 99% of the life on earth. About 250,000 species of ocean life have been discovered so far, but the ocean is home to an estimated 10 million species. Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-VAN_DYKHIESEN_GILBERT_12.9.20_IA.mp3) 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans which are home to 99% of the life on earth. About 250,000 species of ocean life have been discovered so far, but the ocean is home to an estimated 10 million species. The Monterey Bay Aquarium on the central coast of California holds more than 300,000 creatures, representing over 500 species that live in 34 major aquarium galleries. Under the direction of Gilbert Van Dykhuisen, a senior research marine biologist, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has created deep-sea life exhibit which is reflective of the deep-sea canyon located in the Monterey Bay and comparable in size to the Grand Canyon. Gilbert Van Dykhuisen recommends “The Universe Below,” by William Broad. Originally Broadcast: October 3, 1999 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/06/03/donner-dr-stanley-origins-of-public-television-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/06/03/donner-dr-stanley-origins-of-public-television-2/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:11:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4523 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/06/03/donner-dr-stanley-origins-of-public-television-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - We all know that people listen to radio and watch television. The difference between radio and television is in the image. When you listen to radio, your mind creates the image for you. When you watch television, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Dr._Stanley_Donner_6.3.20_IA.mp3) We all know that people listen to radio and watch television. The difference between radio and television is in the image. When you listen to radio, your mind creates the image for you. When you watch television, a ready-made image is flashed before your eyes. The early days of television were days of great creativity, when the questions of “how” and “what should we do” were present at all levels of production, ownership and programming. In the early 1950s, a young professor from Stanford University named Stanley Donner was creatively engaged in the development of public television in San Francisco, California. In the last 50 or so years, Professor Donner has participated in and followed the development of this mind-boggling medium. Dr. Stanley Donner recommends “The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History,” by Sir Isaiah Berlin. Originally Broadcast: September 11, 1998 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/15/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/15/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:54:48 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4509 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/04/15/gurian-michael-let-boys-be-boys/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man - Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-4.15.20_Michael_Gurian_IA.mp3) The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of behavior is frequently expected of boys and girls, often without recognizing the special and different needs of boys. Testosterone is a prime mover in the shaping of boys’ behavior resulting in their special and different needs. This is a two-part program from the archives of Radio Curious with Michael Gurian, the author of a 1997 book entitled, “The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do To Shape Boys Into Exceptional Men.” I spoke with Michael Gurian in January of 1998 from his home in Spokane, Washington. Michael Gurian recommends “Sex on the Brain,” by Deborah Blum & “Beyond the Birds and the Bees,” Beverly Engle. Originally Broadcast: January 23, 1998 & January 30, 1998 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/05/28/cole-dr-jim-teaching-tolerance/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/05/28/cole-dr-jim-teaching-tolerance/#comments Tue, 28 May 2019 18:21:24 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4431 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/05/28/cole-dr-jim-teaching-tolerance/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Prejudices exist in almost every human context, but how do we overcome them and act without stereotypes? This program’s guest is Dr. Jim Cole, who lives in Ellingsburg, Washington and is a psychologist. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-Cole_Jim_5-28-19.mp3) Prejudices exist in almost every human context, but how do we overcome them and act without stereotypes? This program’s guest is Dr. Jim Cole, who lives in Ellingsburg, Washington and is a psychologist. We discussed diversity training – the process of becoming more aware of the prejudices we have. This program was originally broadcast in November of 1993, when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas. Dr. Jim Cole recommends books by Jane Lovelock. Originally Broadcast: November 23, 1993 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/04/30/boyer-william-the-rights-of-our-children/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/04/30/boyer-william-the-rights-of-our-children/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:12:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4423 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/04/30/boyer-william-the-rights-of-our-children/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century - William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawaii, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-Boyer_William_4-30-19_IA.mp3) America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawaii, is the author of a book called “America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century.” In this program, we discussed the rights of future generations, how to protect those rights, what they are, and what right we have to determine the rights of future generations. This program was originally broadcast in March of 1993, when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas. Originally Broadcast: March 30, 1993 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/09/donner-dr-stanley-origins-of-public-television/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/09/donner-dr-stanley-origins-of-public-television/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:53:56 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4369 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/09/donner-dr-stanley-origins-of-public-television/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - We all know that people listen to radio and watch television. The difference between radio and television is in the image. When you listen to radio, your mind creates the image for you. When you watch television, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-10-09-18_Dr._Stanley_Donner_Published.mp3) We all know that people listen to radio and watch television. The difference between radio and television is in the image. When you listen to radio, your mind creates the image for you. When you watch television, a ready-made image is flashed before your eyes. The early days of television were days of great creativity, when the questions of “how” and “what should we do” were present at all levels of production, ownership and programming. In the early 1950s, a young professor from Stanford University named Stanley Donner was creatively engaged in the development of public television in San Francisco, California. In the last 50 or so years, Professor Donner has participated in and followed the development of this mind-boggling medium. Professor Stanley Donner in the Radio Curious Studios in September 1998 to share the story of how KQED was organized and successfully applied for funding within a very few days, just before the opportunity lapsed. Dr. Stanley Donner recommends “The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History,” by Sir Isaiah Berlin.   LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/02/neufeld-dr-gordon-hold-on-to-your-kids-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/02/neufeld-dr-gordon-hold-on-to-your-kids-2/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:50:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4367 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/10/02/neufeld-dr-gordon-hold-on-to-your-kids-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in the past fifty years have resulted in today’s children looking to their peers, instead of their parents, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-PUBLISHED-GORDON_NEUFELD_10-02-18.mp3) The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in the past fifty years have resulted in today’s children looking to their peers, instead of their parents, for direction; for a sense of right and wrong; and for values, identity and codes of behavior. This peer orientation works to undermine family cohesion. It interferes with healthy development and fosters a sexualized youth culture in which children lose their individuality and tend to become conformist, desensitized and alienated. These concepts—and what to do about them to develop strong families and emotionally healthy children—are explained in the book “Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers,“ by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. and Gabor Mate, M.D. When I spoke with Dr. Gordon Neufeld from his home in Vancouver, British Columbia, we began our conversation with a discussion of the importance of developing an attachment between the adult caregiver and the child, beginning at infancy. The book Dr. Neufeld recommends is "The Anatomy of Dependence,”  by Takeo Doi. More information about Dr. Neufeld’s work may be found on his website. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/03/fogg-laura-traveling-blind/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/03/fogg-laura-traveling-blind/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:48:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4253 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/03/fogg-laura-traveling-blind/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity. I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-FOGG_LAURA_2014_CA.mp3) The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity. I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, and also wondered about their dreams. From time to time, over the years, I would see an attentive woman walk past my office window next to a young person of student age. They would walk together talk, and the young person almost always carried a white cane with a red tip. Laura Fogg is this woman, the author of “Traveling Blind: Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” and our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious. Laura Fogg worked as a Mobility and Orientation Instructor for the Blind in Mendocino County for over 35 years beginning 1971. She pioneered the use of the red tipped white cane with very young blind students some of whom had multiple impairments. She traveled long distances over the rather spectacular back roads of Mendocino County to work with each student his or her home. When she visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 1, 2008, I asked her about the lessons that she learned that have changed her life. The book Laura Fogg recommends is “My Year of Meats,” by Ruth Ozeki. Published in 1999. LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/14/chidekel-dr-dana-whos-in-charge-your-young-child-or-you/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/14/chidekel-dr-dana-whos-in-charge-your-young-child-or-you/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:08:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4183 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/14/chidekel-dr-dana-whos-in-charge-your-young-child-or-you/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Are you or do you know someone who is tired of endlessly negotiating with a 5-year-old? How about taking a 3-year-old to a restaurant? Children are too often seen and treated as small adults, dressed as adults, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Radio_Curious_-_20170214_-_Chidekel_(Archive).mp3) Are you or do you know someone who is tired of endlessly negotiating with a 5-year-old? How about taking a 3-year-old to a restaurant? Children are too often seen and treated as small adults, dressed as adults, and sometimes have their lives planned out for them to be as busy as adults. Treating children as people older than they are overlooks their cognitive abilities. This can lead to unsatisfying and sometimes traumatic relationships between the child and the parents. Parents in Charge: Setting Healthy, Loving Boundaries for You and Your Child was written by Dr. Dana Chidekel in 2002. She’s a child psychologist near Los Angeles, California. Dr. Chidekel argues that the developing brain of toddlers does not give them the capacity to respond to being placed on equal ground with their parents. She encourages parents to assume their rightful role of authority. I spoke with Dr. Dana Chidekel in the winter of 2002 from her office in Southern California. We began our conversation by talking about the developing brain of young children. I asked her what the brain of a young child is can and cannot assess. The books that Dr. Chidekel recommends for young children are the Berenstain Bears series. The book she recommends for older people is “Seabiscuit.” LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/07/janssen-susanna-words-how-we-learn-what-they-mean-when-they-are-spoken-and-heard/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/07/janssen-susanna-words-how-we-learn-what-they-mean-when-they-are-spoken-and-heard/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:05:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4181 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/02/07/janssen-susanna-words-how-we-learn-what-they-mean-when-they-are-spoken-and-heard/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Words: what they mean to the speaker and what they mean to the listener are the bedrock of human communication and cultural understanding. - In this edition of Radio Curious, we talk with Susanna Janssen, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Radio_Curious_-_20170207_-_Janssen.mp3) Words: what they mean to the speaker and what they mean to the listener are the bedrock of human communication and cultural understanding. In this edition of Radio Curious, we talk with Susanna Janssen, the author of Wordstruck! The Fun and Fascination of Language. She discusses the multiple aspects of the meanings of words, how they translate from one language to another, and how Janssen sometimes seems to have a different personality in different languages. Susanna Janssen is dedicated to changing the linguistic culture of America by advocating the learning of foreign languages. She is a foreign language educator, as well as author, speaker, and newspaper columnist on all topics related to words, language, and culture. She is particularly interested in the benefits of learning two or more languages, and how doing so affects brain development, especially in early childhood. This interview was recorded on February 5, 2017. The book she recommends is A Book of Roads: Travel Stories from Michigan to Marrakech, by Phil Cousineau. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/01/31/neufeld-dr-gordon-hold-on-to-your-kids/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/01/31/neufeld-dr-gordon-hold-on-to-your-kids/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:02:24 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4179 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/01/31/neufeld-dr-gordon-hold-on-to-your-kids/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in the past fifty or so years have resulted in today’s children looking to and associating with their peers, instead of their parents, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Radio_Curious_-_20170131_-_Neufeld.mp3) The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in the past fifty or so years have resulted in today’s children looking to and associating with their peers, instead of their parents, for direction; for a sense of right and wrong; and for values, identity, and codes of behavior. This peer orientation works to undermine family cohesion. It interferes with healthy development and fosters a sexualized youth culture in which children lose their individuality and tend to become conformist, desensitized and alienated. These concepts—and what to do about them to develop strong families and emotionally healthy children—are explained in the book “Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers,“ by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. and Gabor Mate, M.D. When I spoke with Dr. Gordon Neufeld from his home in Vancouver, British Columbia, we began our conversation with a discussion of the importance of developing an attachment between the adult caregiver and the child, beginning at infancy. Dr. Gordon Neufeld is the author of “Hold on to Your Kids:  Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. The book he recommends is “The Anatomy of Dependence,” by Takeo Doi. This interview was originally broadcast on October 25, 2005. More information about Dr. Neufeld’s work may be found on his website, www.GordonNeufeld.com. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/29/bishop-becky-reading-dogs-3/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/29/bishop-becky-reading-dogs-3/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2016 23:57:42 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4082 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/29/bishop-becky-reading-dogs-3/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This radio program is about reading. Learning to read is often confusing and frustrating. Parents and teachers sometimes create stress that flows from their personal angst to the frustration of the child trying to read. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-2016-BISHOP-BECKY-CA.mp3) This radio program is about reading. Learning to read is often confusing and frustrating. Parents and teachers sometimes create stress that flows from their personal angst to the frustration of the child trying to read. Reading to a nonjudgemental creature, who never comments and always appears to pay attention, often helps to create reading fluency. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Becky Bishop, founder of Reading With Rover, a program to help children learn to read. Becky Bishop also operates Puppy Manners, a dog training school located in Woodenville, Washington, about thirty miles from Seattle. Becky Bishop relies on the close bond between children and dogs that creates calm moments and encourages a learning environment. Her organization, “Reading With Rover” couples children who have difficulty reading with a dog who has no trouble listening. When Becky Bishop and I visited by phone from her home in Washington on February 22, 2010, we discussed why dogs are better listeners than teachers or parents, and we began with Becky explaining how dogs help children to read. The books Becky Bishop recommends are “Living Life As A Thank You: The Transformative Power Of Daily Gratitude,” by Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammon, and “Walter the Farting Dog,” by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Elizabeth Gundy, and Audrey Coleman. LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/02/allen-dr-elizabeth-changes-in-segregation-since-1952-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/02/allen-dr-elizabeth-changes-in-segregation-since-1952-part-2/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2016 23:40:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4073 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/02/allen-dr-elizabeth-changes-in-segregation-since-1952-part-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - In this edition of Radio Curious, we'll visit again with Dr. Elizabeth Allen, a Professor of nursing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As a high school student, Dr. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Allen_Elizabeth_Dr_Pt_2_YK.mp3) In this edition of Radio Curious, we'll visit again with Dr. Elizabeth Allen, a Professor of nursing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As a high school student, Dr. Allen was one of the first African American students to integrate the West Virginia high schools in 1957. We begin our conversation with Dr. Allen when she discusses how she was able to successfully get through the educational system, and what changes have occurred in education since then, as they relate to African American students. The book she recommends is 'The Price of Loyalty' by Ron Suskind, with former US Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neil. This episode originally broadcast in May, 2004. LeGov clean 28:52 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/02/23/allen-dr-elizabeth-changes-in-segregation-since-1952/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/02/23/allen-dr-elizabeth-changes-in-segregation-since-1952/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:37:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4071 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/02/23/allen-dr-elizabeth-changes-in-segregation-since-1952/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - In May, 1954 the United States Supreme Court unanimously declared, ”segregation in public education is a denial of the equal protection of the laws.” Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Allen_Elizabeth_YK.mp3) In May, 1954 the United States Supreme Court unanimously declared, ”segregation in public education is a denial of the equal protection of the laws.” Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, was a leader of many that gave strength and support to the initial struggles for equal civil rights and equal access for all people regardless of skin color. Now 62 years later the concept of affirmative action admission policies for racial equality in public universities continues. In this 2004 archive edition of Radio Curious we visit with Dr. Elizabeth Allen, now a Professor Emeritus of Nursing at the University of Michigan. As a high school student in 1957, Dr. Allen was one of the first African-American students to integrate the West Virginia high schools. Later she was a Captain in the U.S. Army as Combat Nurse in Viet Nam, prior to obtaining a Master’s Degree and Ph.D. in nursing and becoming a professor of nursing at the University of Michigan. This is the first of a two part series recorded in April 2004, in commemoration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, recorded in late April 2004, Dr. Elizabeth Allen and I began our visit with her description the changes in racial segregation between 1954 and 2004. Dr. Elizaeth Allen is an avid romance reader and recommends any book written by Linda Howard. She also recommends “The Price of Loyalty” by David Suskind with former US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. This interview as originally broadcast in May 2004. LeGov clean 28:52 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/10/20/barnes-annie-ph-d-racism-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/10/20/barnes-annie-ph-d-racism-in-america/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:46:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3879 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/10/20/barnes-annie-ph-d-racism-in-america/feed/ 0 race,racism Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Annie Barnes author of "Everyday Racism, A Book for All Americans.” Barnes describes effects of racism on black people, and what people can do to combat it. Racism has, for too long, been a part of the American experience: the Civil War and the constitutional amendments that followed, the Supreme Court decisions ordering the desegregation of schools, and the Civil Rights movements did not end racism in America. Annie S. Barnes, holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Virginia and is a retired professor of sociology and anthropology at Norfolk State University in Virginia. She is the author of "Everyday Racism, A Book for All Americans," a book based on the racist experiences suffered by 146 black college students. Professor Barnes describes the effects of racism on black people, and what all people can do to combat it. The book Annie S. Barnes recommends is “Driving While Black: Highways, Shopping Malls, Taxi Cabs, Sidewalks: How to Fight Back if You Are a Victim of Racial Profiling,” by Kenneth Meeks. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/12/shaywitz-dr-sally-overcoming-dyslexia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/12/shaywitz-dr-sally-overcoming-dyslexia/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:56:07 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3793 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/12/shaywitz-dr-sally-overcoming-dyslexia/feed/ 0 Radio Curious explores dyslexia and proven methods for overcoming the condition in an archived conversation with Yale University Medical School Professor, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, author of “Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for ... Approximately one child in five suffers from dyslexia, a condition that makes learning to read difficult and in some cases seemingly impossible. In this archive edition of Radio Curious, originally broadcast in August of 2003, we visit with Dr. Sally Shaywitz, a Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale University Medical School and the co-director of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention. Dr. Shaywitz discusses early diagnosis of dyslexia in young children, older children, and adults, and what can be done to assist people who suffer from this disability. In her book, “Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level,” Dr. Shaywitz describes the research, including brain imaging studies, and how they are able to uncover the mechanics underlying and overcoming what to some seems to be the insurmountable problem of learning to read. When I spoke with Sally Shaywitz from her home near Yale University in August 2003, we began when I asked her to describe dyslexia. The books Dr. Sally Shaywitz recommends are “Emperor of Ocean Park,” by Stephen Carter and “Samaritan,” by Richard Price. This program was originally broadcast August 5, 2003.  Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/04/mayer-schonberger-viktor-remembering-to-forget-in-the-digital-age-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/04/mayer-schonberger-viktor-remembering-to-forget-in-the-digital-age-part-two/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:30:08 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3386 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/04/mayer-schonberger-viktor-remembering-to-forget-in-the-digital-age-part-two/feed/ 0 internet,privacy Radio Curious discusses the impact the internet has on our privacy and memory with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, author of “Delete: The Virtue Of Forgetting In The Digital Age." What happens to the digital trails of our personal information and ideas that remain online when we research or upload data? Is this information accessible to others? Could it be used later to our potential detriment or character defamation? In this, the second of a two part archived conversation with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University, and author of “Delete: The Virtue Of Forgetting In The Digital Age,” we discuss methods by which people may protect themselves from revealing personal information online and how personal information may be deleted. His book asserts that the capacity for eternal memory can have unanticipated and often unwanted consequences. In this two part archive edition of Radio Curious with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, we explore some of the ways in which our personal information, data, conversations and experiences are forgotten by us as individuals, but remembered digitally. We consider the future potential effects on society of digitally preserved information, as well as the consequences of remembering what is sometimes best forgotten. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, joined us by phone from his then home in Singapore on January 4th 2010. We began the second part of our conversation by discussing how to delete personal information so that it is no longer available. The book Viktor Mayer-Schönberger recommends is “Collected Fictions,” by Jorge Luis Borges. The film he recommends is “The Lives Of Others,” directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below.   Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/07/22/bishop-becky-reading-dogs-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/07/22/bishop-becky-reading-dogs-2/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:06:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3371 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/07/22/bishop-becky-reading-dogs-2/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Becky Bishop, founder of Reading with Rover, a non profit organization that helps children learn how to read with the support of animal companions. This radio program is about reading. Learning to read is often confusing and frustrating. Parents and teachers sometimes create stress that flows from their personal angst to the frustration of the child trying to read. Reading to a nonjudgemental creature, who never comments and always appears to pay attention, often helps to create reading fluency. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Becky Bishop, founder of Reading With Rover, a program to help children learn to read. Becky Bishop also operates Puppy Manners, a dog training school located in Woodenville, Washington, about thirty miles from Seattle. Becky Bishop relies on the close bond between children and dogs that creates calm moments and encourages a learning environment. Her organization, “Reading With Rover” couples children who have difficulty reading with a dog who has no trouble listening.  When Becky Bishop and I visited by phone from her home in Washington on February 22, 2010, we discussed why dogs are better listeners than teachers or parents, and we began with Becky explaining how dogs help children to read. The books Becky Bishop recommends are “Living Life As A Thank You: The Transformative Power Of Daily Gratitude,” by Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammon, and “Walter the Farting Dog,” by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Elizabeth Gundy, and Audrey Coleman.  Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/06/10/franklin-benjamin-archbold-ralph-two-visits-with-benjamin-franklin-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/06/10/franklin-benjamin-archbold-ralph-two-visits-with-benjamin-franklin-part-two/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:47:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3329 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/06/10/franklin-benjamin-archbold-ralph-two-visits-with-benjamin-franklin-part-two/feed/ 1 Radio Curious visits with Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, as portrayed by Ralph Archbold in the second of a two part, archived conversation. We continue with the second of two archive visits with Benjamin Franklin, as portrayed by Ralph Archbold. Archbold has made a career of interpreting Benjamin Franklin for over 30 years.   In part one of this series we discussed Benjamin Franklin's early life, his inventions, his role in the secession from England and in the formation of the Confederation and later the United States of America. This second part was recorded in July 1994, at the City Tavern, as it has been called since it opened in 1774.  It quickly became a center of political events of the times.  Paul Revere went there to announce the news that the British government closed the Port of Boston.  Many influential people in the colonies gathered in Philadelphia to decide on a response to the British government's closing of Boston’s port and other acts.  When John Adams, who later became the second President of the United States, went to Philadelphia in August of 1774 to attend the first Continental Congress, he was greeted by leading citizens and immediately taken to the City Tavern.  He characterized it as “the most genteel tavern in America.”  For the next decades, the City Tavern would be a familiar sight to leading figures of the American Revolution. When Benjamin Franklin, as portrayed by Ralph Archbold, and I visited at the City Tavern over lunch, we considered many aspects, past and present, of American life.   We began our conversation when I asked Benjamin Franklin about the history of the City Tavern. The book Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Archbold recommend is “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.”   Click here or on the media player below to listen to part two. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/31/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/31/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-two/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:25:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3252 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/31/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses youth, substance abuse and effective treatment models with Ron Arkin, a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Child Protective Services and John Kirchiro the Director and Principal of the Willits Charter School in a two part series. Lack of trust is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, the second of a two part series with Ron Arkin and John Kirchiro.  Ron Arkin is a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Mendocino County, California, Child Protective Services.  John Kirchiro spent 13 years working as a Crisis Counselor, Intervention Specialist and Substance Abuse Counselor in multiple school districts throughout Mendocino County before becoming the Director and Principal of the Willits, California, Charter School, Grades 6 to 12.  Their counseling work focuses on youth from families where abuse of drugs and alcohol is common, often among both the parents and children.  This abuse frequently results in serious family dysfunction and lack of trust, making school and home life more than difficult. In part one, recorded on March 21, 2014, we began with John Kirchiro’s description of the substance abuse problem in rural northern Mendocino County.  In part two, we begin with John Kirchiro's description of his counseling work, known as the "Laytonville model." The book Ron Arkin recommends is “YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger,” by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz. The book John Kirchiro recommends is “The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time,” by Matthew Fox.  Click here or on the media player below to listen to part two. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/25/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/25/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-one/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:57:35 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3245 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/25/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-one/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses youth, substance abuse and effective treatment models with Ron Arkin, a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Child Protective Services and John Kirchiro the Director and Principal of the Willits Charter School in a two part series. Lack of trust is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, the first of a two part series with Ron Arkin and John Kirchiro.  Ron Arkin is a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Mendocino County, California, Child Protective Services.  John Kirchiro spent 13 years working as a Crisis Counselor, Intervention Specialist and Substance Abuse Counselor in multiple school districts throughout Mendocino County before becoming the Director and Principal of the Willits, California, Charter School, Grades 6 to 12.  Their counseling work focuses on youth from families where abuse of drugs and alcohol is common, often among both the parents and children.  This abuse frequently results in serious family dysfunction and lack of trust, making school and home life more than difficult. We begin part one, recorded on March 21, 2014, with John Kirchiro’s description of the substance abuse problem in rural northern Mendocino County.  In part two, John Kirchiro and Ron Arkin discuss the counseling work they do, known as the "Laytonville model." The book John Kirchiro recommends is the “The Warrior’s Journey Home:  Healing Men, Healing the Planet,” by Jed Diamond.  The book Ron Arkin recommends is “The Soul’s Code:  In Search of Character and Calling,” by John Hillman.  Click here or on the media player below to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:44:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3240 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/feed/ 0 blind,disabilities Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Laura Fogg, author of “Traveling Blind:  Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” a memoir of her experiences and the people she met teaching blind students, in Mendocino County, Ca for over 35 years. The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity.   I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, and also wondered about their dreams.  From time to time, over the years, I would see an attentive woman walk past my office window next to a young person of student age.  They would walk together talk, and the young person almost always carried a white cane with a red tip.  Laura Fogg is this woman, the author of “Traveling Blind:  Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” and our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious.   Laura Fogg worked as a Mobility and Orientation Instructor for the Blind in Mendocino County for over 35 years beginning 1971.  She pioneered the use of the red tipped white cane with very young blind students some of whom had multiple impairments.  She traveled long distances over the rather spectacular back roads of Mendocino County to work with each student his or her home. When she visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 1, 2008, I asked her about the lessons that she learned that have changed her life.  The book Laura Fogg recommends is “My Year of Meats,” by Ruth Ozeki. Published in 1999. Click here or on the media player below to listen. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/10/nuland-dr-sherwin-body-wisdom/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/10/nuland-dr-sherwin-body-wisdom/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:25:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3224 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/10/nuland-dr-sherwin-body-wisdom/feed/ 0 Radio Curious pays tribute to the life of Dr. Sherwin Nuland, author of several books, including “How We Die,” and “The Wisdom of the Body,” with an archived conversation from 1997. Dr. Nuland died on March 3, 2014 at the age of 83. Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, our guest in this archive edition is the author of several books, including “How We Die,” and “The Wisdom of the Body.”  He died on March 3, 2014, at his home in Connecticut, at the age of 83.  Dr. Nuland and I visited, shortly after “The Wisdom of the Body” was published, in the back of a bookstore in Santa Rosa, California on May 6, 1997. In “The Wisdom of the Body,” Dr. Nuland, describes the synergistic functions of the human body and considers the brain, language, and civilization from developmental perspectives.  He reflects on children, and humankind as a whole, and explores aspects that have separated our species from the rest of the animal kingdom. In this interview, originally broadcast in May, 1997, we began with his answer to the question, what is it about the human species that has allowed us to learn so much about ourselves. The book Dr. Nuland recommended is “The Meaning of Yiddish,” by Benjamin Harshav. Click here or on the media player below to listen. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/03/brown-don-make-dreams-a-reality/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/03/brown-don-make-dreams-a-reality/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:57:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3099 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/03/brown-don-make-dreams-a-reality/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Don L. Brown, author of “Morphine Dreams”, a memoir about attending college later in life with only a 6th grade education, going to Harvard Law School and then walking across the country, Imagine being about 36 years old having completed only the 6th grade, worked for years as a laborer, and one day waking up in a hospital from knee surgery to a dream induced by morphine for your severe pain.   In the unrelentingly dream you to college, Harvard Law School and then walk across the United States from Boston, Massachusetts, to Big Sur, California. Those sixty-three words summarize the story of Donald L. Brown, now 67 years old who had that dream and lived it.  He’s the author of “The Morphine Dream:  Delusions of Grandeur or Relentless Ambition?  Sometimes it’s Hard to Tell the Difference.” He has 6 other forthcoming books some of which will be published in 2014. Donald L. Brown visited the studio of Radio Curious on November 9, 2013 to share his story.   We began our visit with his description of this morphine dream an actual event in his life and how he lived it. The book Donald L. Brown recommends is “The Glass Castle,” by Jeannette Walls. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=72937&version_id=80673&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/22/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/22/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-two/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:43:56 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3003 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/22/czifra-steven-eight-years-in-solitary-confinement-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part two of a discussion about incarceration from the prisoner's perspective with Steven Czifra, a 38 year old student at the UC Berkeley, who beginning at age 14, spent 16 years in prison. This is our second interview with Steven Czifra, a 38 year old undergraduate student at the University of California at Berkeley who spent almost 16 years in prison beginning when he was 14 years old.  For almost eight of those years he was held in solitary confinement.  Having been held in a solitary confinement facility known as the SHU, security housing units of California’s juvenile and adult prisons, for almost eight years, he recently participated in the hunger strikes in solidarity with current prisoners to end the use of those facilities. In the first of a two-part series on prisons from the prisoner’s perspective, Steven Czifra shared his story and experiences.  Our first conversation ended when he was about to explain his desire to give a voice to the segment of the population which ends up in prison, and is otherwise not heard.  Who they are and why they are there.  In this second conversation recorded from his home in Berkeley, California in September 14, 2013, Steven Czifra tells more of his personal story, his background and reflections and how he chose to turn his life around.   The book Steven Czifra recommends is "We’re All Doing Time:  A Guide to Getting Free,” by Bo Lozoff.   Click here to listen to part two of our interview with Steven Czifra or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=71332&version_id=78970&version=1) to download the podcast. Click here to listen to part one.   LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/27/levitin-dr-daniel-your-brain-on-music-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/27/levitin-dr-daniel-your-brain-on-music-part-two/#comments Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:57:47 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2964 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/27/levitin-dr-daniel-your-brain-on-music-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part two, of a 2006 conversation with Dr. Daniel Levitin about the relationship between music and the brain. Dr. Levitan is author of “This Is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession.” The understanding of how we humans experience music and why it plays a unique role in our lives is this topic of two interviews with Dr. Daniel Levitin, author of “This Is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession,” recorded from his home in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in late October 2006. Professor Levitin runs the Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.  He asserts that our brains are hardwired for music and therefore we are all more musically equipped than we think.  He says that music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, perhaps even more fundamental to our species than language.  Professor Levitin believes that the music we end up liking meets our expectations of what we anticipate hearing just enough of the time that we feel rewarded, and the music that we like violates those expectations just enough of the time that we’re intrigued. In the first interview Dr. Levitin begins by describing how the human brain learns to distinguish between music and language. The second interview begins with a discussion of what happens when people listen to music they like. Professor Daniel Levitin's website is www.yourbrainonmusic.com. The books Dr. Daniel J. Levitin recommends are, “Another Day in the Frontal Lobe,” by Katrina Firlik, and, “The Human Stain,” by Philip Roth. Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006 November 8, 2006 Click here to begin listening to part one. Click here to begin Listening to part two or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=20418&version_id=23947&version=2) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/19/levitin-daniel-dr-your-brain-on-music/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/19/levitin-daniel-dr-your-brain-on-music/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2013 02:20:26 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2955 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/19/levitin-daniel-dr-your-brain-on-music/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a 2006 conversation with Dr. Daniel Levitin about the relationship between music and the brain. Dr. Levitan is author of “This Is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession.” The understanding of how we humans experience music and why it plays a unique role in our lives is this topic of two interviews with Dr. Daniel Levitin, author of “This Is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession,” recorded from his home in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in late October 2006.    Professor Levitin runs the Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.  He asserts that our brains are hardwired for music and therefore we are all more musically equipped than we think.  He says that music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, perhaps even more fundamental to our species than language.  Professor Levitin believes that the music we end up liking meets our expectations of what we anticipate hearing just enough of the time that we feel rewarded, and the music that we like violates those expectations just enough of the time that we’re intrigued. In the first interview Dr. Levitin begins by describing how the human brain learns to distinguish between music and language.  The second interview begins with a discussion of what happens when people listen to music they like. Professor Daniel Levitin's website is www.yourbrainonmusic.com The books Dr. Daniel J. Levitin recommends are, “Another Day in the Frontal Lobe,” by Katrina Firlik, and, “The Human Stain,” by Philip Roth. Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006 November 8, 2006 Click here to begin listening to part one. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/07/buron-melissa-french-impressionists/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/07/buron-melissa-french-impressionists/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:28:01 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2940 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/07/buron-melissa-french-impressionists/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Melissa Buron, art historian and curator of the French Impressionist exhibit, Impressionists on the Water, currently at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California.  The travel facilitated by the industrial revolution in 19th century Europe opened vistas for those who could afford the excursion and vistas for the painters who became known as the Impressionists.   In this edition of Radio Curious, we discuss the work of the French Impressionists, what they saw and what they chose to portray.  Our guest is art historian, Melissa Buron, the curator of Impressionists on the Water, the current exhibit at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California.  Melissa Buron and I visited by phone from her office at the Palace of Legion of Honor Museum, one of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, on August 5, 2013.  We began our conversation with her description of the exhibit, Impressionists on the Water. The book she recommends is “Possession,” by A.S. Byatt. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/05/19/edelman-debra-melenlander-adina-you-too-may-be-a-naturalist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/05/19/edelman-debra-melenlander-adina-you-too-may-be-a-naturalist/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2824 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/05/19/edelman-debra-melenlander-adina-you-too-may-be-a-naturalist/feed/ 7  Radio Curious visits with Debra Edelman, Adina Merenlender, co-authors, with Greg de Nevers of “The California Naturalist Handbook.”  You too may be a naturalist, as we find out in this interview with Deborah Edelman, holder of a Master’s Degree in ecology from the University of California at Davis, and Adina Merenlender, holder a doctorate in biology and a University of California Cooperative Extension Specialist.  Together, along with Greg de Nevers they wrote “The California Naturalist Handbook.”  This handbook is an easy to follow guide as well as a text for anyone with interest in nature. Deborah Edelman and Adina Merenlender visited the studios of Radio Curious on May 17, 2013. We began our conversation with Adina’s description of what a naturalist does. The books Deborah Edelman recommends are “Story of Stuff:  The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better,” by Annie Leonard, and “The Forest Unseen:  A Year’s Watch in Nature,” by David George Haskell. The books Adina Merenlender recommends are “The Song of the Dodo:  Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction,” by David Quammen, and “The Weather Makers:  How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth,” by Tim Flannery. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-EDELMAN-MERELANDER_CA_2013.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=68529&version_id=75993&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/04/30/makepeace-anne-we-still-live-here-revival-of-the-wampanoag-language/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/04/30/makepeace-anne-we-still-live-here-revival-of-the-wampanoag-language/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:05:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2795 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/04/30/makepeace-anne-we-still-live-here-revival-of-the-wampanoag-language/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Anne Makepeace, the writer and director of the documentary film, “We Still Live Here,” which chronicles the movement to reclaim the lost Native American language of the Wampanoag people. The film “We Still Live Here,” tells the story of the revival of an indigenous Native American language that was not spoken or written for over 100 years. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Anne Makepeace, the writer and producer of the documentary film. The Wampanoag people of Southeastern Massachusetts ensured the survival of the Pilgrims in New England, and lived to regret it. After nearly 400 years of forced cultural assimilation the Wampanoags have brought their language home again. Radio Curious visited with Anne Makepeace from her home in northwestern Connecticut on April 29, 2013, and she began by pronouncing "We Still Live Here" in Wampanoag. The films Anne Makepeace recommends are “The Beasts of the Southern Wild” and “Dersu Uzala.” Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:37:09 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2737 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation about the history and future of feminism with History Professor, Estelle B. Freedman, author of ““No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.” The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past.  Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. Our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious is Estelle B. Freedman, a professor of history at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who has a specialty in feminism.  She is the author of “No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.” Originally Broadcast: April 2002. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/12/lerner-gerda-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/12/lerner-gerda-the-foremother-of-womens-history/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:46:12 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2721 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/12/lerner-gerda-the-foremother-of-womens-history/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Dr. Gerda Lerner, a founder of the academic genre called Women's History. Lerner died January 2, 2013 at the age of 92. The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received recognized academic attention.  Our guest, Professor Gerda Lerner was a pioneer in the movement to study and record the history of women. Gerda Lerner led an extraordinary life from April 30, 1920 to January 2, 2013.  She was a historian, author and teacher, and ultimately a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin.  Her academic work was characterized by the attention she drew to the differences among women in class, race and sexual orientation. Professor Lerner and I visited by phone in October 2002, began with her description why the distinctions among women of class, race and sexual orientation are important. Originally Broadcast: October 1, 2002. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:03:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2697 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Chautauqua scholars Sally Wagner & Charles Pace who portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass. The two friends were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks in the 19th century. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives.  From time to time they got together to visit and talk about America, as they knew it. In this archive edition of Radio Curious recorded in May 1996, I met with Chautauqua scholars Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace who portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. We began our conversation when I asked them each to tell us what it was like to be an American during their life time. Originally Broadcast: July 3, 1996. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/18/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/18/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:14:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2682 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/18/kennedy-randall-can-you-say-this-word/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses the N-word with law professor, Randall Kennedy, author of “Nigger-the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.” Few words in the English language have caused so much pain, hurt and emotion as the N-word. It is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. The long history of the pejorative use of the N-word has given it an unusual power that extends to the judicial system, literature and social settings. Randall Kennedy, a professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, is the author of “Nigger-the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.”  His book chronicles the history of this word, in an effort to diffuse and neutralize it. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 2002 Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:08:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2670 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Gary T. Lowenthal, Emeritus Law Professor at the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State University and author of "Down and Dirty Justice: A Chilling Journey into the Dark World of Crime and the Criminal Courts." Crime and criminal justice is the topic.  Our guest is Emeritus Law Professor Gary T. Lowenthal, at the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State University.  He’s the author of the 2003 book, "Down and Dirty Justice:  A Chilling Journey into the Dark World of Crime and the Criminal Courts." This program, recorded on January 7, 2004, and first broadcast in February 2013, began with our discussion about the power structure in the American criminal court systems, where the judge has the authority, but the power often rests with the prosecutor.  We later visit the background of sentencing laws first promoted by President Richard Nixon. The book Gary Lowenthal recommends is “Seabiscuit” by Laura Hillenbrand. You may learn more about Professor Lowenthal’s work here. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/29/jergensen-richard-railroads-as-a-life-line-then-now-and-the-future%e2%80%a6/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/29/jergensen-richard-railroads-as-a-life-line-then-now-and-the-future%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:12:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2666 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/29/jergensen-richard-railroads-as-a-life-line-then-now-and-the-future%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Richard Jergensen, a collector of maps, books, histories, posters and other memorabilia about the railroad system in Mendocino County, Ca.  We discuss the history and how to foment future railroad travel.  Local railroad systems were once the primary, if not the exclusive means of shipping and travel between nearby communities as well as links to those far away.  The California Western Railroad and the Northwestern Pacific Railroad met in Willits in rural Mendocino County in northern California, about 135 miles north of San Francisco.  Virgin old growth redwood trees were logged in the forests along the 40 miles of track to the coastal town Ft. Bragg.  Rail Villages, those isolated communities accessible only by train track prospered and grew.  Then came the automobile and trucks. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Richard Jergensen, president of the Mendocino Country Railroad Society, about the history of the California Western and the Northwestern Pacific Railroads, and what their presence did and can do in the future.  He is also the co-author of “How to Build with Grid Bean: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything.”  Among a small part of his vast collection of maps, books, histories, posters and other memorabilia laid out throughout his home in Willits for our visit, Richard Jergensen shared a small part of this long story on January 20, 2013. The book he recommends is “A Confederacy of Dunces,” by John Kennedy Toole. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-JERGENSEN_RICHARD_INTERVIEW_2013_CA.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=65896&version_id=73186&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/17/the-art-of-political-song-part-one-with-david-rovics/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/17/the-art-of-political-song-part-one-with-david-rovics/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2612 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/17/the-art-of-political-song-part-one-with-david-rovics/feed/ 0 The Art of Political Song is the topic of Radio Curious with singer – songwriter, David Rovics who discusses how he creates his songs, some of which he’ll sing, and what he hopes they will achieve.  Songs of a political nature are not surprising given the similarities and parallel community structures of politics and religions with each community promoting the behaviors and concepts it supports as being the most appropriate.  The art of Political Song which has been crafted and heard world wide since time immemorial is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. In this program we visit with singer–songwriter David Rovics, a veritable troubadour and folk musician of our time.  He visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 9, 2012, and began our conversation when he described his work, his songs, and how he creates them. The following is his biography taken from his website (http://www.davidrovics.com):  ”David Rovics grew up in a family of classical musicians in Wilton, Connecticut, and became a fan of populist regimes early on. By the early 90's he was a full-time busker in the Boston subways and by the mid-90's he was traveling the world as a professional flat-picking rabble-rouser. These days David lives in Portland, Oregon and tours regularly on four continents, playing for audiences large and small at cafes, pubs, universities, churches, union halls and protest rallies. He has shared the stage with a veritable who's who of the left in two dozen countries, and has had his music featured on Democracy Now!, BBC, Al-Jazeera and other networks. His essays are published regularly on CounterPunch and elsewhere, and the 200+ songs he makes available for free on the web have been downloaded more than a million times. Most importantly, he's really good. He will make you laugh, he will make you cry, he will make the revolution irresistible.” Based in Portland, Oregon, David Rovics spends most of his time on tour.  The book he recommends is “Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves,” by Naomi Aldort. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/19/kleinedler-steven-a-word-for-everything/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/19/kleinedler-steven-a-word-for-everything/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:38:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2571 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/19/kleinedler-steven-a-word-for-everything/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Steve Kleinedler, the Supervising Editor of the new American Heritage Dictionary. What does that word mean?  Why don’t you hear it on this radio station?  Can you use it in Scrabble?  Do you want some answers?   If so, don’t touch your radio dial even if your radio doesn’t have one. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is the Steven R, Kleinedler, the Supervising Editor of the 5th Edition of the American Heritage English Language Dictionary. Curious as I sometimes am, I wanted to know where all the words came from in the 2,084 pages of the American Heritage Dictionary.   So, when Steven Kleinedler and I visited by phone from his home near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 16, 2012, we began when I asked to explain the origin of word lists that we now call dictionaries. The book that Steve Kleinedler recommends is “Cryptonomicon,”  by Neil Stevenson. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-KLEINENDLER_STEVEN__INTERVIEW_11-16-12_CA.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=64465&version_id=71643&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/13/miller-geoffrey-%e2%80%94-sex-evolution-and-consumer-behaviour/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/13/miller-geoffrey-%e2%80%94-sex-evolution-and-consumer-behaviour/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:26:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2558 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/11/13/miller-geoffrey-%e2%80%94-sex-evolution-and-consumer-behaviour/feed/ 0 Consumer behavior is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious in a conversation with Geoffrey Miller, professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of New Mexico, and the author of “Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior”. Consumer behavior is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious in a conversation with Geoffrey Miller, professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of New Mexico, and the author of “Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior”. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/24/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/24/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-two/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:29:07 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2541 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/24/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part two of a conversation about America's Great Migration with Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer winner and author of "The Warmth of Other Suns.". We continue our conversation with Pulitzer winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.”  In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedom and a better life. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for her book. She is the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Her parents were part of the great migration, journeying from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington D.C. In part 2 of our conversation, recorded from her home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, Isabel Wilkerson describes the inspiration behind her narrative non-fiction story of the six million African-Americans who migrated from the south between 1915 and 1970. The books Isabel Wilkerson recommends are “The Ark of Justice,” by Kevin Boyle and “The Optimist’s Daughter,” by Eudora Welty. Part one of our interview with Isabel Wilkerson is here. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-WILKERSON_ISABEL_INTERVIEW_RC_CA_.mp3) to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=63880&version_id=71019&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:09:29 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2535 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/feed/ 0 african american,great migration Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” when almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities... In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedom and a better life. Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Her book tells the untold experiences of the African-Americans who fled the south over three generations. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for her book. She is the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Her parents were part of the great migration, journeying from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington D.C. In the first of two interviews recorded from Isabel Wilkerson’s home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, she begins with a description of the “biggest untold story of the 20th century.” The book Isabel Wilkerson recommends is “The Ark of Justice,” by Kevin Boyle. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/03/miles-steven-a-blind-eye-to-torture/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/03/miles-steven-a-blind-eye-to-torture/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:11:28 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2475 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/03/miles-steven-a-blind-eye-to-torture/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation about torture with Dr. Steven Miles, author of “Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity and the War On Terror.” Radio Curious brings you an interview about torture from our archives in 2006.  Our guest is Dr. Steven Miles, author of “Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity and the War On Terror,” a book based in part on eyewitness accounts of actual victims of prison abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan and more than thirty-five thousand pages of documents, autopsy reports and medical records. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:42:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2289 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/feed/ 0 Watershed restoration is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious. Host and Producer Barry Vogel speaks with volunteers at Gibson Creek in Ukiah. They restored a portion of the creek bed and discussed watershed restoration, Standing in the knee-high, flowing waters of Gibson Creek in Ukiah, California we visit with some of the 35 Volunteers from Watershed Stewards Project, The Friends of Gibson Creek and The California Department of Fish and Game, in this edition of Radio Curious.  The project, organized by Chelsea Neill, an Americorps Volunteer is meant to stop the erosion of a cliff at a bend in the creek that was ruptured by a falling tree. We visited on April 14, 2012.  First I spoke with Chelsea Neill who describes the work being done, then with Linda Sanders of The Friends of Gibson Creek and finally with Chelsea’s mentor Dan Resnick of the California Department of Fish and Game. You can hear the water running under our feet and the snapping sounds of volunteers working to build a barrier made of willow branches to retain the cliff.   We begin our conversation with Chelsea Neill explaining why this area was chosen for creek restoration. The book Chelsea Neill recommends is “Deep Survival:  Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why,” by Laurence Gonzales.  You can listen to a Radio Curious interview with Gonzales about the book here (http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/19/gonzales-laurence-why-do-smart-people-do-stupid-things-part-1/). Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/14/nelson-alondra/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/14/nelson-alondra/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:21:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2206 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/14/nelson-alondra/feed/ 0 The Black Panther Party and its health care work in black communities is the topic of Radio Curious this week, in an interview with Professor Alondra Nelson author of “Body and Soul:The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medial Discrimination.” The exodus of approximately six million black people from the American South between 1915 and 1970 had a significant role in setting the stage of the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Many of the children of those who left the south participated in desegregation efforts which included the Freedom Rides and lunch counter sit-ins. The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 which attempted to resolve employment discrimination and define voting rights, only changed the law. Many young blacks however did not see changes in their everyday life. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was born out of this disillusionment. Although infiltrated and feared by the F.B.I., the Black Panther Party pioneered social and community programs, including free medical clinics, free meals, and educational programs. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Columbia University Sociology and Gender Studies Professor Alondra Nelson, author of “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination." We visited by phone from her Office in New York City, on February 13, 2012 and began our conversation when I asked her to describe the Black Panther Party. The book she recommends is "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems," by Elizabeth Alexander. Professor Nelson’s website is http://www.alondranelson.com (http://www.alondranelson.com). Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/07/dole-professor-robert-homosexuality-and-schizophrenia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/07/dole-professor-robert-homosexuality-and-schizophrenia/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:57:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2040 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/07/dole-professor-robert-homosexuality-and-schizophrenia/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Robert Dole, a Professor of English as a Foreign Language at the University of Chicoutimi in Quebec, Canada, about his personal experiences with schizophrenia and homosexuality as described in his book published in 2000, One man’s personal experience in recognizing his homosexuality, is the subject of this program.  Until the mid 1970s homosexuality was considered by many people to be a mental disorder and/or a crime, as it still is in some personal and political belief systems.  Homosexual people sometimes were housed in mental institutions, given medication and suffered an array of treatment methods, including shock therapy and other forms of behavior modification. Professor Robert Dole, our guest in this edition of Radio Curious, was one of many individuals subjected to behavior modification of that period in time. In his book, “How to Make a Success of Your Schizophrenia,” he explains how the “treatment” he endured as an attempt to alter his homosexual preference made him schizophrenic.  His personal memoir describes his experiences growing up in the 1960s as a gay man, his institutionalization at the McLean Hospital in Massachusetts, the schizophrenia that consumed him as a result of his treatment, his self-led recovery, partially based on a spiritual experience, and his subsequent extraordinary life in academia. Professor Dole, who is fluent in seven languages, teaches English as a Foreign Language at the University of Chicoutimi in rural Quebec, Canada, where he has lived for 30 plus years.  He and I visited by phone from his office at the University of Chicoutimi on November 4, 2011 and began our conversation when I asked to describe the schizophrenia he experienced. The books Professor Robert Dole recommends are: “The Death of Ivan Ilych,” by Leo Tolstoy and any book from Stefan Zweig. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 28:59 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/11/farr-sam-rep-who-controls-congress-2011/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/11/farr-sam-rep-who-controls-congress-2011/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:51:47 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2006 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/10/11/farr-sam-rep-who-controls-congress-2011/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with law school friend and peace corps ally Sam Farr (D), Congressman for Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties to discuss the political climate with Tea Party members in congress. Radio Curious host Barry Vogel visits with his law school friend and Peace Corps cohort, Sam Farr, Congressman from Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, California.  They discuss the political climate the new Tea Party members in Congress since the current session began in January 2011.  They also discuss the Peace Corps and the burgeoning war debt, and the House leadership's move to eliminate the recycling program and prohibit education about climate change and energy conservation from public schools. This conversation with Rep. Sam Farr was recorded in his Washington D.C. office September 29, 2011. The book Rep. Sam Farr recommends is, "Home Grown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America," by Garrison Keillor. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/20/martin-buzzy-dont-shoot-im-the-guitar-man/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/20/martin-buzzy-dont-shoot-im-the-guitar-man/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:47:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1562 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/20/martin-buzzy-dont-shoot-im-the-guitar-man/feed/ 0 Buzzy Martin taught guitar in San Quentin Prison for three and a half years, where he gained a unique "insiders" perspective about prison life, prisoners, and the guards. He chronicles his experience in a book, "Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man." Buzzy Martin began teaching music to at risk kids in Juvenile Hall.  He then taught guitar in San Quentin Prison for three and a half years, where he gained a unique "insiders" perspective about prison life, prisoners, and the guards.  His book, "Don't Shoot!  I'm the Guitar Man," chronicles his experiences teaching prison inmates, including rapists, child molesters and murderers how to play the guitar.  Martin shares his experiences with incarcerated youth, to teach them that prison is not a “badge of honor,” and he reveals how music can be a universal language to open the hearts of people who may think they don't have one. Buzzy Martin's memoir will be made into a movie.  His website is http://buzzymartin.com/ The interview with Buzzy Martin was recorded on October 11th, 2010.  The book he recommends is, “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book,” by don Miguel Ruiz. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=48079&version_id=54035&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/13/joy-melanie-ph-d-why-we-eat-some-animals-and-not-others/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/13/joy-melanie-ph-d-why-we-eat-some-animals-and-not-others/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:46:07 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1553 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/13/joy-melanie-ph-d-why-we-eat-some-animals-and-not-others/feed/ 0 Why do we eat some animals and not others? That is the topic of this conversation with Melanie Joy, Ph.D. She is the author or Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism. Carnism is the invisible belief system, or ideology, that conditions people to eat certain animals. It is the opposite of vegetarianism or veganism; “carn” means “flesh” or “of the flesh” and “ism” denotes a belief system. Most people view eating animals as a given, rather than a choice; in meat-eating cultures around the world people typically don’t think about why they find the meat of some animals disgusting and the meat of other animals appetizing, or why they eat any animals at all.  This is the topic of a conversation with Melanie Joy, Ph.D., author of , "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows, an Introduction to Carnism." The interview with Melanie Joy, Ph.D. was recorded in Ukiah, California on November 29, 2010.  Joy's website is www.carnism.com (http://www.carnism.com) (http://www.carnism.com) The book she recommends is, "Food Revolution: How your diet can save your life and our world," by John Robbins. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=47883&version_id=53825&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/07/munoz-maca-community-radio-in-the-americas/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/07/munoz-maca-community-radio-in-the-americas/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:43:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1542 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/07/munoz-maca-community-radio-in-the-americas/feed/ 0 Radio Curious speaks with Maca Munoz, an organizer with Palabra Radio, a group that facilitates low power radio stations in the America’s, from immigrant communities in the U.S. to indigenous communities in Latin America. As part of our ongoing series of community radio around the world, Radio Curious speaks with Maca Munoz, an organizer with Palabra Radio.  Radio Curious host and producer Barry Vogel and Maca Munoz both attended the 10th international congress of Community Radio Broadcasters in La Plata, Argentina, along with approximately 500 other community radio delegates from 86 countries who gathered to discuss community radio around the world. Palabra Radio is an organization that facilitates low power radio station projects in the America’s, from immigrant communities in the United States to rural indigenous communities in Latin America.  Palabra Radio provides training, technical support and other assistance to communities, collectives and social organizations that want to operate a low-power community radio station.  Their website is www.palabraradio.org The interview with Maca Munoz was recorded on November 12, 2010 in La Plata, Argentina.  The book Maca Munoz recommends is, "Open Veins of Latin America," by Eduardo Galeano. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-MUNOZ_MACA_11-29-10_CA.mp3) to listen to this weeks program, or on the player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=47761&version_id=53691&version=1) to listen to and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/06/abuzada-fadi-rahman-ahm-bazlur-community-radio-around-the-world/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/06/abuzada-fadi-rahman-ahm-bazlur-community-radio-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:43:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1528 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/12/06/abuzada-fadi-rahman-ahm-bazlur-community-radio-around-the-world/feed/ 0 AMARC In this edition of Radio Curious, the first in a series about local community radio around the world, we visit with Fadi Abuzada, a community radio activist in Palestine and AHM Bazlur Rahman, the CEO of the Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Commun... Radio Curious host and producer Barry Vogel and associate producer Janet Mendell attended the 10th international congress of the World Association of Community Broadcasters, known as AMARC.  AMARC is a network of more than 4,000 community radio stations, in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1983, its goal is to democratize the media sector. AMARC advocates for the right to communicate at the international, national, local and neighborhood levels. It defends and promotes the interests of the community radio movement through global solidarity, networking and cooperation. The 10th AMARC congress was held near Buenos Aires, Argentina the second week of November 2010, with 500 delegates from 86 countries present. In addition to presenting a workshop on interviewing skills, Radio Curious interviewed conference delegates from several different countries. In this edition of Radio Curious, the first in a series about local community radio around the world, we visit with Fadi Abuzada, a community radio activist in Palestine and AHM Bazlur Rahman, the CEO of the Bangladesh NGO's Network for Radio and Communication. The interviews were recorded in November 2010, in La Plata, Argentina. Fadi Abuzada recommends the movie, The Little Town of Bethlehem. AHM Bazlur Rahman recommends visiting his organizations website, www.bnnrc.net, instead of reading a book. Click here to listen to the interview with Fadi Abuzada and AHM Bazlur Rahman, or click on the player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=47710&version_id=53640&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/08/16/ward-peter-a-world-without-ice-caps/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/08/16/ward-peter-a-world-without-ice-caps/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:48:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1262 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/08/16/ward-peter-a-world-without-ice-caps/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/08/02/wells-spencer-the-unforseen-cost-of-civilization/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/08/02/wells-spencer-the-unforseen-cost-of-civilization/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:07:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1239 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/08/02/wells-spencer-the-unforseen-cost-of-civilization/feed/ 0  - In this edition of Radio Curious we visit again with Spencer Wells and discuss his new book, “Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization,” published n 2010.  Our interview is a follow-up to a 2004 conversation about his book,  In this edition of Radio Curious we visit again with Spencer Wells and discuss his new book, “Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization,” published n 2010.  Our interview is a follow-up to a 2004 conversation about his book, "The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey," in which Wells traces our routes as small bands of hunter-gatherers when our ancestors walked out of Africa approximately 60,000 years ago and began populating the world.  Our 2004 interview may be found here (http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/02/10/spencer-wells-the-peopling-of-the-world/). “Pandora’s Seed” tells the story of what we humans, with our hunter-gatherer biological construct have created in the past 10,000 years. These multiple live style changes have produced what we call “civilization,” with systems and mechanisms that will not allow us to continue the life-styles to are emulated by many people world-wide, and exploited by those who have access to them. In other words we can’t last much longer doing what we are doing without radically reducing the way we all live, if not outright killing our species. Spencer Well is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., where he leads the Genographic Project, which is collecting and analyzing hundreds of thousands of DNA samples from people around the wold in order to decipher how our ancestors populated the world.   He is also a professor a Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. In this interview with Spencer Wells, recorded on July 19, 2010, we began by describing the changes necessary for our species survival. The book Spencer Wells recommends is “The Histories," by Herodotus, the 5th century B.C. Greek historian. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/44618/50309/65742/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-WELLS_SPENCER.2_1_CA_7-19-10.mp3) to begin listening. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=44618&version_id=50309&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/05/11/cohen-joel-understanding-the-language-of-the-cello/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/05/11/cohen-joel-understanding-the-language-of-the-cello/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 22:13:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1150 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/05/11/cohen-joel-understanding-the-language-of-the-cello/feed/ 0 The sound of the cello may, if you listen, be heard in the heart invoking a kaleidoscope of emotions on a “magic carpet ride” of sound. Joel Cohen, cellist extraordinaire has performed with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, The sound of the cello may, if you listen, be heard in the heart invoking a kaleidoscope of emotions on a “magic carpet ride” of sound. Joel Cohen, cellist extraordinaire has performed with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and currently lives in Mendocino County.  When Joel Cohen visited the Radio Curious studios on April 26, 2010 he described his friend the cello, bowed it to life, and it sung and spoke to us.  Our conversation began with Joel Cohen describing his relationship with the cello. This interview was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on April 26, 2010. The book Joel Cohen recommends is “Skinny Legs And All” by Tom Robbins. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/42605/48103/63968/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-COHEN_JOEL_04-26-10_HB_WEB_MONO_COHEN_INTRO.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=42605&version_id=48103&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/23/raffles-hugh-insects-galore/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/23/raffles-hugh-insects-galore/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:52:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1082 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/23/raffles-hugh-insects-galore/feed/ 0 Insects and the world we humans share with them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is anthropologist Hugh Raffles, the author of “Insectopedia,” an exploration of some of the most beautiful creatures in the world, Insects and the world we humans share with them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is anthropologist Hugh Raffles, the author of “Insectopedia,” an exploration of some of the most beautiful creatures in the world, or depending on one’s personal and cultural perspective, some of the most scary. I spoke with Hugh Raffles by phone from his home in New York City, on March 22, 2010, and began by asking him, “What is an insect.” The books Hugh Raffles recommends are both by Roberto Bolano: “The Savage Detectives,” and “2666.” Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/40904/46485/63208/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-raffles,_hugh_3-22-10_hb__wvhr_2.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=40904&version_id=46485&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/12/bishop-becky-reading-dogs/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/12/bishop-becky-reading-dogs/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:17:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1065 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/12/bishop-becky-reading-dogs/feed/ 0 Learning to read is often a confusing and frustrating experience.  Parents and teachers sometimes create stress flowing from their personal angst to the frustration of the learner.  Reading to a non-judgemental creature, Learning to read is often a confusing and frustrating experience.  Parents and teachers sometimes create stress flowing from their personal angst to the frustration of the learner.  Reading to a non-judgemental creature, who never comments and always appears to pay attention helps to create reading fluency.  In the second of a series inspired by Jane Goodall’s movie “When Animals Talk,” we visit with Becky Bishop, founder of Reading With Rover, (www.readingwithrover.org (http://www.readingwithrover.org/)), a program to help children learn to read, and Puppy Manners, (www.puppymanners.com) a dog training school located in Woodenville, Washington, about thirty miles from Seattle.  Becky Bishop relies on the close bond between children and dogs creating calm moments and encouraging a learning environment. “Reading With Rover” couples children who have difficulty reading with a dog who listens.  Becky Bishop joined us by phone from her home in Washington on February 22, 2010, began by explaining why dogs are better listeners than a teacher or parent and what methods Becky uses to train these pets. The books Becky Bishop recommends are “Living Life As A Thank You: The Transformative Power Of Daily Gratitude,” by Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammon, and (http://www.amazon.com/Walter-Farting-Dog-Goes-Cruise/dp/0142411426/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266873328&sr=1-4)“Walter the Farting Dog,” by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Elizabeth Gundy, and Audrey Coleman. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/40515/45907/62553/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-bishop,_becky_interview_02-22-10_hb_mono.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=40515&version_id=45907&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/09/bell-susan-cone-a-memorial/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/09/bell-susan-cone-a-memorial/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:43:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1062 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/09/bell-susan-cone-a-memorial/feed/ 0 Susan Cone Bell, born July 5, 1946, created a legacy of leadership that will long out live her life which sadly ended in Honduran waters on December 17, 2009.  In a few short words she might be described as a woman who had a talent to spark imagination... Susan Cone Bell, born July 5, 1946, created a legacy of leadership that will long out live her life which sadly ended in Honduran waters on December 17, 2009.  In a few short words she might be described as a woman who had a talent to spark imagination and encourage creativity in many people.  In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Neill Bell who spent 44 plus years with Susan, and hear from Sally Miller Gearhart and Jade Power who share their insights about the remarkable woman Susan Cone Bell was, and still is.  Neill Bell visited the studios of Radio Curious on March 1, 2010 and we began our conversation with his story about how he and Susan met. The book Neill Bell recommends is “Wet Grave,” by Barbara Hambly You can visit the website created by Neill Bell in memory of Susan at www.susanbell.org (http://www.susanbell.org/) Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/40514/45906/62552/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-bell,_neill_on_susan_3-1-10_hb_mono.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=40514&version_id=45906&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/26/zinn-howard-memorial/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/26/zinn-howard-memorial/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:09:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1056 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/26/zinn-howard-memorial/feed/ 0 Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010.  This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not broadcast interview with Howard Zinn, recorded on July 7, 2006, Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010.  This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not broadcast interview with Howard Zinn, recorded on July 7, 2006, where he discusses the important role of civil disobedience in creating new social and legal policies which he states are impossible to foment using established legislative or judicial practices.  Radio Curious host, Barry Vogel, Esq. begins this memorial program with the last few paragraphs of the first chapter of “A People’s History of the United States, 1492 to Present,” written by Zinn and published in 1988.  Vogel also shares his recollection of Zinn when they met in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1963.  The song “Ain’t Gonna Let Segregation Turn Us Around,” sung by the Freedom Singers is found on Broadside Records #301, recorded in 1962. The books Howard Zinn recommends are “Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal,” by Anthony Arnov, and “Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq,” by Stephen Kinzer. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/40195/45568/62190/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-zinn_final_bv_2-24--10.mp3) to begin listening. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=40195&version_id=45568&version=1) to download the podcast LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/16/project-pooch-dogs-in-juvenile-hall/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/16/project-pooch-dogs-in-juvenile-hall/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:48:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=987 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/16/project-pooch-dogs-in-juvenile-hall/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/09/menasian-helen-no-child-left-inside/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/09/menasian-helen-no-child-left-inside/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:01:13 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=973 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/09/menasian-helen-no-child-left-inside/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/01/26/freed-charlie-a-vets-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/01/26/freed-charlie-a-vets-life/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:50:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=961 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/01/26/freed-charlie-a-vets-life/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation with the late Dr. Frank Grasse, a local veterinarian in Willits, California, who under the pen name, Charlie Freed authored, "Vet Tails: Small Stories, From A Small Town, Small Animal Veterinarian." Our animal friends and companions often fill important roles in our lives as we do in theirs. And when a beloved pet falls sick it is a veterinarian to whom we look to help make the lives of our pets, and ourselves, more healthy and happy. Frank Grasse practiced veterinary medicine in Willits, California, and under the pen name, Charlie Freed, authored "Vet Tails: Small Stories, From A Small Town, Small Animal Veterinarian." Freed described the daily emotional roller coaster of his 35 years of large and small animal medicine and shared what he  learned about the bond between us and our animals. Hannah Bird, Assistant Producer at Radio Curious visited with 'Charlie Freed' on January 18th, 2010 and began by asking him to describe the special relationship between people and their animal pets. Dr. Frank Grasse passed away in 2011. The book that 'Charlie Freed' recommends is "Marnie," by Winston Graham. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. 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LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/11/16/alexander-rudolph-jr-phd-from-the-death-penalty-to-a-doctorate/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/11/16/alexander-rudolph-jr-phd-from-the-death-penalty-to-a-doctorate/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=877 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/11/16/alexander-rudolph-jr-phd-from-the-death-penalty-to-a-doctorate/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/14/vogel-barry-consequences-of-measure-a-in-mendocino-county/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/14/vogel-barry-consequences-of-measure-a-in-mendocino-county/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:36:23 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=746 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/14/vogel-barry-consequences-of-measure-a-in-mendocino-county/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:08:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=480 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:27 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=560 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:11:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=511 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:09:17 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 01:11:04 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/sutherland-amy-lessons-about-ourselves-from-animal-trainers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/sutherland-amy-lessons-about-ourselves-from-animal-trainers/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:21:55 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/sutherland-amy-lessons-about-ourselves-from-animal-trainers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/sutherland-amy-lessons-about-ourselves-from-animal-trainers/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:07:57 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/roach-mary-human-sexuality-a-conversation/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/27/michael-adair-wm-ray-shakespear-was-really-edward-devere/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/27/michael-adair-wm-ray-shakespear-was-really-edward-devere/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:11:01 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/03/27/michael-adair-wm-ray-shakespear-was-really-edward-devere/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/27/michael-adair-wm-ray-shakespear-was-really-edward-devere/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:35:03 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/07/toward-understanding-the-predicament/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:43:39 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/beth-wenger-jewish-americans-three-centureis-of-jewish-voices-in-america/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/07/21/rosin-hanna-gods-harvard/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/07/21/rosin-hanna-gods-harvard/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:16:14 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=639 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/07/21/rosin-hanna-gods-harvard/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/02/21/roger-brandt-the-oregon-caves/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/02/21/roger-brandt-the-oregon-caves/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:14:23 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/roger-brandt-the-oregon-caves/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/02/21/roger-brandt-the-oregon-caves/feed/ 0 The Oregon Caves, located about 70 miles northeast of Crescent City, California in the Oregon Caves National Monument, are a place full of interest, mystery, and history. The caves were located in 1874 when Elijah Davidson chased his dog into the what ... The Oregon Caves, located about 70 miles northeast of Crescent City, California in the Oregon Caves National Monument, are a place full of interest, mystery, and history. The caves were located in 1874 when Elijah Davidson chased his dog into the what appeared to be a hole in the earth. The Oregon Caves are unique, possibly due to the fact that it is one of the few cave systems located on tectonically active ground, known as a subduction zone.  This uniqueness may also be due to the fact an old growth Douglas Fir forest grows directly above the caves, or the fact that they were created from what used to be a tropical reef that was pushed about 12 miles below the surface of the earth and then brought back up to its current location, and is still rising.  I visited the Oregon Caves in 2006 and spoke with Roger Brandt, the manager of visitor services and education of the Oregon Caves in the summer of 2006.  We began when I asked him about the Oregon Caves and what they represent. Roger Brandt recommends “Golden Days and Pioneer Ways,” by Ruth Phefferle. This program was originally broadcast on February 21, 2007. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070320-BRANDT_ROGER_6-28-06.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/02/15/eric-liu-the-benefits-of-mentoring/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/02/15/eric-liu-the-benefits-of-mentoring/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:03:42 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/eric-liu-the-benefits-of-mentoring/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/02/15/eric-liu-the-benefits-of-mentoring/feed/ 0 Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life Every one of us, in every social role that we play, is a teacher and a mentor. Who has influenced us, and how we pass that influence along is a question that goes to the heart of both l... Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life Every one of us, in every social role that we play, is a teacher and a mentor. Who has influenced us, and how we pass that influence along is a question that goes to the heart of both learning and mentoring. The concepts of mentoring are set out in the book “Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life,” by Eric Liu. In this interview, recorded n February 2005, Eric Liu discusses his experiences a mentor, a mentee, and an observer of both. For more information see www.ericliu.com. www.ericliu.com (http://www.radio4all.net/dl.php/1197-1-20050319-LIU__ERIC_2-15-05.mp3?file_id=21002&protocol=http&session=682548536615f08573f9c61885bedf00) Eric Liu recommends "All the King's Men," by Robert Penn Warren. Originally Broadcast: February 15, 2005 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/11688/13867/21002/?url=http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/archive/04.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050319-LIU__ERIC_2-15-05.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/16/edward-fiske-the-college-admissions-process/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/16/edward-fiske-the-college-admissions-process/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:02:14 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/edward-fiske-the-college-admissions-process/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/16/edward-fiske-the-college-admissions-process/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/08/05/dr-sally-shaywitz-how-to-identify-and-overcome-dyslexia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/08/05/dr-sally-shaywitz-how-to-identify-and-overcome-dyslexia/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:16:10 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/dr-sally-shaywitz-how-to-identify-and-overcome-dyslexia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/08/05/dr-sally-shaywitz-how-to-identify-and-overcome-dyslexia/feed/ 0 Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level Approximately one child in five suffers from dyslexia, a condition that makes learning to read difficult and in some cases seemingly impossible. Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level Approximately one child in five suffers from dyslexia, a condition that makes learning to read difficult and in some cases seemingly impossible. In this edition of Radio Curious, originally broadcast in August of 2003, we visit with Dr. Sally Shaywitz, a Professor of Pediatrics at Yale University and the co-director of the Yale justify for the Study of Learning and Attention. She discusses early diagnosis of dyslexia in young children, older children, and in adults, and what can be done to assist people who suffer from this disability. In her book, “Overcoming Dyslexia,” Dr. Shaywitz describes how current research, including new brain imaging studies, are uncovering the mechanics underlying this problem, and have led to effective treatments. Dr. Sally Shaywitz recommends "Emperor of Ocean Park," by Stephen Carter & "Samaritan," by Richard Price. Originally Broadcast: August 5, 2003 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060418-SHAYWITZ__Sally_5-14-03.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/05/09/dr-jane-m-healy-children-versus-television/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/05/09/dr-jane-m-healy-children-versus-television/#comments Wed, 09 May 2001 17:57:38 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/dr-jane-m-healy-children-versus-television/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2001/05/09/dr-jane-m-healy-children-versus-television/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/10/31/glenn-langer-enhancing-education-and-heart-disease/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/10/31/glenn-langer-enhancing-education-and-heart-disease/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:14:22 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/glenn-langer-enhancing-education-and-heart-disease/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/10/31/glenn-langer-enhancing-education-and-heart-disease/feed/ 0 Understanding Disease, How Your Heart, Lungs, Blood, and Blood Vessels Function and Respond to Treatment In this two-part series with Dr. Glenn Langer, former Professor of Medicine, specializing in Cardiology, Understanding Disease, How Your Heart, Lungs, Blood, and Blood Vessels Function and Respond to Treatment In this two-part series with Dr. Glenn Langer, former Professor of Medicine, specializing in Cardiology, at UCLA we discuss the Partnership Scholars Program and heart disease. In the first interview Dr. Langer describes the Partnership Scholars Program and how attention and exposure to new ideas can create a whole new world for children, whose life experiences might otherwise be forever limited. In the second program, we discuss folklore, literature, psychology as they relate to cardiology and the heart. Dr. Langer is the author of “Understanding Disease, How Your Heart, Lungs, Blood, and Blood Vessels Function and Respond to Treatment,” a book attempting to demystify medicine. Both parts of this program were originally broadcast in October of 2000. Glenn Langer recommends “Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea,” by Gary Kinder and “Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography,” by Marion Meade. Originally Broadcast: October 24, 2000 and October 31, 2000 Click here to begin listening to part one. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060802-Langer__1_10-24-00.mp3) Click here to begin listening to part two. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060802-Langer__2_10-31-00.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/10/03/gilbert-van-dykhuisen-sea-life-mysteries-explained/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/10/03/gilbert-van-dykhuisen-sea-life-mysteries-explained/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 1999 18:46:49 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/gilbert-van-dykhuisen-sea-life-mysteries-explained/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1999/10/03/gilbert-van-dykhuisen-sea-life-mysteries-explained/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/11/27/elliott-norse-trawling-the-ocean-floor/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/11/27/elliott-norse-trawling-the-ocean-floor/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:35:50 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/elliott-norse-trawling-the-ocean-floor/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/11/27/elliott-norse-trawling-the-ocean-floor/feed/ 0 Once, fishes as big as turkeys and sheep swam the seas. Now, most of their few remaining descendants would fit into a frying pan. Dr. Elliot A. Norse, president of the Marine Biology Conservation Institute in Redmond, Washington, Once, fishes as big as turkeys and sheep swam the seas. Now, most of their few remaining descendants would fit into a frying pan. Dr. Elliot A. Norse, president of the Marine Biology Conservation Institute in Redmond, Washington, believes that this radical reduction in the size and number of the world’s fishes comes not only from over fishing, the catching of fish at a faster rate than they can breed, but also from bottom trawling. Dr. Norse writes that bottom trawling crushes, buries, and exposes marine creatures like lobsters, crustaceans, clams, corals and sponges that live on or in the seabed, damaging or killing them. In August of 1999, Dr. Norse visited with Radio Curious to discuss the effects of bottom trawling, how and where it’s done, and some of the concerns and causes of global warming and the effects it has on the oceans. Elliott Norse recommends “The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction” by David Quammen. Originally Broadcast: November 27, 1998 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060719-NORSE__ELLIOTT_8-10-99.doc.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/07/03/mike-halle-brady-life-in-vladivostok-russia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/07/03/mike-halle-brady-life-in-vladivostok-russia/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 1998 19:47:35 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/mike-halle-brady-life-in-vladivostok-russia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/07/03/mike-halle-brady-life-in-vladivostok-russia/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/31/richard-brodie-how-ideas-travel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/31/richard-brodie-how-ideas-travel/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 1996 22:31:55 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/richard-brodie-how-ideas-travel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/31/richard-brodie-how-ideas-travel/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/03/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/03/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 1996 12:58:26 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/03/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/feed/ 1 Radio Curious visits with Chautauqua scholars Sally Wagner & Charles Pace who portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass. The two friends were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks in the 19th century. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives. From time to time they got together to visit and talk about America, as they knew it. In this archive edition of Radio Curious recorded in May 1996, I met with Chautauqua scholars Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace who portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass and asked them each to tell us what it was like to be an American during their life time. The book Frederick Douglass recommends is, “The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces Together With Rules, Which Are Calculated to Improve Youth and Others, in the Ornamental and Using Art of Eloquence” by Caleb Bingham. The book Charles Pace recommends is, “W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868 to 1919,” by David Levering Lewis. The book Elizabeth Cady Stanton recommends is, “The Woman’s Bible” edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The book Sally Wagner recommends is, “The Homesteader: A Novel,” by Oscar Micheaux. Originally broadcast: July 3, 1996 Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/12/05/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/12/05/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 1994 22:50:19 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/12/05/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/feed/ 0 The Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. The Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. Rather it brought about many intense and emotional experiences that most of us could not imagine. She had a large part of her lower jaw removed when she was about nine and half and for two and a half years had weekly chemotherapy treatments. Throughout her teenage years, she had multiple surgeries to reshape her jaw. Her book, “Autobiography of a Face,” reveals her experiences, her mistaken conflation of beauty and love, and what she learned about emotions, both her own and other people’s. Lucy Grealy recommends “100 Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Originally Broadcast: December 5, 1994 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060725-_118__Grealy__Lucy_12-5-94.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/03/30/william-boyer-the-rights-of-our-children/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/03/30/william-boyer-the-rights-of-our-children/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 1993 23:06:36 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/william-boyer-the-rights-of-our-children/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/03/30/william-boyer-the-rights-of-our-children/feed/ 0