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Compiled By: Tina Renick

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Episode 16: Lessons in Landslides

From PRX | Part of the Orbital Path series | 22:09

Space science can help track what’s happening on Earth. In this episode, Orbital Path talks landslides and the satellites that monitor them for the third anniversary of the deadliest landslide in US history.

On March 22, 2014 a 650-foot hillside collapsed and covered the community of Oso, Washington. Forty-three people died. Hear from scientists working to investigate this landslide and predict future ones, as well as a woman who witnessed the landslide.

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David Montgomery studied the Oso landslide’s remains as part of the ‘Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance’ (GEER) team that investigated the landslide and tried to pinpoint the causes that lead to the Oso landslide.

Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, studies landslides from space using satellites to create various models. Her goal is to develop a model that can be used as the foundation for a global landslide predicting software that can help keep people living in wet, mountainous regions safe from the slides.

And Asheley Bryson is the manager at the Darrington Sno-Isles Library, which is just a few miles from the site of the landslide. She shares her memories from that day.

JWST is ready for launch and amazing science

From Mat Kaplan | Part of the Planetary Radio series | 28:50

Three astronomers share what they hope the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal about our universe after its launch this month.

Jwst_prep_for_tranport_nasa_chris_gunn_small_small The James Webb Space Telescope will begin its mission of discovery as soon as Dec. 24. René Doyon, Heidi Hammel and Mike McElwain join us for a conversation about what it may reveal from our solar system to the edge of the universe. Doyon is principal investigator for the telescope’s NIRISS imaging spectrograph, Hammel is vice president for science at the Association of University for Research in Astronomy (AURA) and McElwain of the Goddard Space Flight Center is the JWST Observatory project scientist. What do chief scientist Bruce Betts and a horse have in common? Find out in the What’s Up space trivia contest. There’s always more to hear and explore at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2021-jwst-pre-launch-rene-doyon-heidi-hammel-mike-mcelwain

No-No Boy

From L.A. Theatre Works | Part of the L.A. Theatre Works series | 01:58:02

After World War 2, a Japanese-American draft resister tries to find his way

Nnb-digital-cover-r1v1_small Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Kurt Kanazawa as Taro
Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kanno, Mrs. Kumasaka
John Miyasaki as Freddie, Voice 3, Radio DJ
Ken Narasaki as Kenji, Kumasaka-san, Voice 1, Judge
Sharon Omi as Ma
Joy Osmanski as Emi, 2A
Sab Shimono as Pa
Greg Watanabe as Ichiro
Paul Yen as Eto, Jun, Cop, Voice 2, Drunk Guy

TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Jimmy Carter-Rock 'n' Roll President Documentary

From Paul Ingles | Part of the Talk Music With Me series | 58:59

We talk with music documentary director Mary Wharton and writer Bill Flanagan. They’ve collaborated with others to create the documentary we’re spotlighting today called JIMMY CARTER, ROCK AND ROLL PRESIDENT... which looks at how the 39th president’s fondness for music of all kinds really helped drive his successful campaign for president in 1976 and also was in evidence during his presidency as he hosted many great musicians at the White House.

Cartermovieimage_small We talk with music documentary director Mary Wharton and writer Bill Flanagan.  They’ve collaborated with others to create the documentary we’re spotlighting today called JIMMY CARTER, ROCK AND ROLL PRESIDENT... which looks at how the 39th president’s fondness for music of all kinds really helped drive his successful campaign for president in 1976 and also was in evidence during his presidency as he hosted many great musicians at the White House. 

Planetary Radio (Series)

Produced by Mat Kaplan

Most recent piece in this series:

Volcanic Venus? New insights from vintage data

From Mat Kaplan | Part of the Planetary Radio series | 28:50

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Is Venus hiding volcanic secrets beneath its shroud of clouds? Robbie Herrick and Scott Hensley, the minds behind a new paper on recent potential volcanic activity on Venus, join Planetary Radio to discuss their discovery and what it means for the future of Venusian exploration. Then we turn to the night sky with our resident stargazer, Bruce Betts, for What's Up and our space trivia contest.


Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2023-volcanic-venus

L.A. Theatre Works (Series)

Produced by L.A. Theatre Works

Most recent piece in this series:

What You Are Now

From L.A. Theatre Works | Part of the L.A. Theatre Works series | 01:58:01

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Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?
Includes a conversation with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
What You Are Now is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.
Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2022
Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
Carie Kawa as Pia
Tess Lina as Chantrea
Joe Ngo as Darany
Samantha Quan as Siobhan
Mark Jude Sullivan as Evan
Greg Watanabe as the Narrator

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll
Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

The original song “What You Are Now” is by Him Sophy, founder of the Him Sophy School of Music in Pnomh Penh.
Special thanks to Professor Craig Woodson and Dr. Terry Miller for their recording of “The Sorrowful King” from “Roots of Rhythm.net.”

The Children's Hour (Series)

Produced by The Children's Hour Inc.

Most recent piece in this series:

Squid

From The Children's Hour Inc. | Part of the The Children's Hour series | 58:00

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This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about squid with Skype A Scientist, Dr. Sarah McAnulty.  These ubiquitous creatures are the psychedelic acrobats of the ocean.

This episode comes with a free Learn-Along guide which meets and cites US National education standards. Our Learn-Along guides further explore our show themes and provide context and visuals. Plus they’re fun! 

Squid are in the cephalopod family with octopus, cuttlefish, and nautilus. This ancient family of marine invertebrates pre-date trees on Earth, and can be found in all oceans, at all depths.  

Squid can be bioluminescent, like fireflies and some cave creatures we have learned about on The Children’s Hour. The Colossal Squid is the largest of all squid and can eat a whale! They also have bioluminescent eyes that are the size of footballs.

We also learn about Skype A Scientist, the organization that provides free scientific experts to any group on any topic. A science communicator, Dr. McAnulty founded Skype A Scientist to increase direct conversations between the scientific community and the public.

This episode is mixed with excellent music to further educate about squid!

The Long Game: Soccer Stories from Around the Globe

From Rob Sachs | 58:58

All eyes are on Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. But while the rest of the world is focused on what’s happening on the field, we’re going behind the scenes with some transformational stories set in soccer.

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From Rohingya refugees who are creating new soccer teams in Australia, to a Chilean player striving for women on the pitch, to a MLS star who is giving back to his homeland of Sierra Leone, The Long Game examines the power of sports to change the world for the better. The Long Game is hosted by Olympic medalist and change agent Ibtihaj Muhammad and co-hosted by Karen Given who was the Executive Producer and interim host for WBUR's Only A Game which ended production in 2020. 


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Robi Alam is a Rohingya refugee. His family fled violence and persecution in Myanmar. A decade later, Robi was born in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Life was hard in the camps, and Robi and his friends would wrap rubber bands around a wad of plastic bags and play football until the ball fell apart. When Robi was 10, his family emigrated to Australia, where most people have never even heard of the plight of the Rohingya. To help ease their transition, Robi and some of his fellow Rohingya started playing football again, informally at first, in nearby parks. But their passion grew, and they formed an official club. They call themselves Rohingya United, and their goal is to raise awareness of the Rohingya issue. Now there are Rohingya football teams scattered across Australia, as well as in Canada, the US, and other countries.

When Michael Lahoud was six years old, he fled civil war in Sierra Leone and came to the United States. He felt scared and alone. But with help from his favorite sport – soccer – Michael was able to make friends, find a community and earn a college scholarship. Years later, while playing professionally in the MLS, Michael was approached by a stranger who asked him, “How would you like to change the world?” For Michael, the answer was simple. He decided to build a school in Sierra Leone and use his platform as a professional soccer player to make sure that what happened in his home country never happens again.

Iona Rothfeld joined the Chilean women’s national team at just 13 years old. Over the years, she started to get used to playing in men’s hand-me-down jerseys and showering locker rooms that didn’t have hot water. But in 2016, at the age of 23, Iona founded the first union for women’s soccer players in all of Latin America. And things are starting to change in Chile.

Art Works (Series)

Produced by National Endowment for the Arts

Most recent piece in this series:

Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael--the new head of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

From National Endowment for the Arts | Part of the Art Works series | 28:39

Tsione-wolde-michael-prx_small In this podcast,  we meet Tsione Wolde-Michael, the new executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH.) Wolde-Michael talks about her background growing up in the twin cities as a 1st generation child born to Ethiopian immigrants, her pull towards history and her desire to work in public history where she was able to do transformative work that would reach a broad and diverse audience. We discuss her time as part of the inaugural staff at the National Museum of African American Art and Culture, her work on the exhibit “Slavery and Freedom” and the museum’s Slave Wrecks Project, and her founding of the Center of Restorative History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Wolde-Michael gives us a little background about the history of PCAH and President Biden’s recent executive order which not only reinstituted PCAH but expanded its mission.  She also discusses moving from her role as public historian to directing PCAH and the ways in which her previous experience prepared her for this new appointment. Let us know what you think about Art Works—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov

NYP 23-11: The New York Philharmonic This Week!, 11/30/2022

From The WFMT Radio Network | Part of the The New York Philharmonic This Week series | 01:58:30

Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suites Nos. 1 and 2, followed by Tchaikovsky’s melody-rich Symphony No. 5.

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The Retro Cocktail Hour #971

From Kansas Public Radio | Part of the The Retro Cocktail Hour series | 01:58:00

The Retro Cocktail Hour is a finger-snapping, hip-shaking blend of space age bachelor pad music, tiki tunes, private eye jazz and other incredibly strange music.

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The music is served "shaken, not stirred" every week on The Retro Cocktail Hour.  Here you'll find vintage recordings from the dawn of the Hi-Fi Era - imaginative, light-hearted (and sometimes light headed) pop stylings designed to underscore everything from the backyard barbecue to the high-tech bachelor pad. 
Among the artists featured on The Retro Cocktail Hour are lounge legends like Frank Sinatra and Juan Esquivel; tiki gods Martin Denny and Les Baxter; swinging cocktail combos featuring The Three Suns and Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo; and mambo king Perez Prado.  The series also spotlights up and coming lounge/exotica artists, including Waitiki, Ixtahuele, the Tikiyaki Orchestra, Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, the Voodoo Organist and many more.
Each hour of the show is discrete and can be used in a variety of ways - a weekly two-hour show; a weekly one-hour show; or twice weekly one-hour shows.  Custom promos and fundraising pitches available on request.
Join host Darrell Brogdon at the underground martini bunker for the sounds of space age pop and incredibly strange music!

Toasty winter treats with Earth Eats

From WFIU | Part of the Earth Eats: Specials series | 54:00

A winter holiday special with chestnuts roasting, cookies baking and coffee outside.

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“I love cookies. They’re hands-on,there’s a lot of technique involved in them,  they’re really fun and easy to do with kids,  they bake quickly,they’re perfect for gift giving any time of year, and they’re great. 

A winter holiday Earth Eats special with Kayte Young. 

We drop in on a cookie baking workshop with kids at a food pantry, we enjoy a hot cup of coffee on a chilly bike ride, and we toast up a batch of maple granola for holiday gift giving. 

All that, plus CHESTNUTS, on this special episode of Earth Eats.


1359: The Negotiators , 12/1/2022

From Snap Judgment | Part of the Snap Judgment Weekly series | 53:57

This week on Snap Judgment, we drop into the world of a foreign negotiator as he attempts to free an American journalist being held hostage. And we travel through time to remove a classic painting from a woman’s world for reasons that only become clear as her story unfolds.

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The Negotiators

From Rob Sachs | 58:57

Go "inside the room" with the world's best negotiators as they tell the true stories behind the Iran Nuclear Deal and a high stakes prisoners swap with Iran.

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You rarely hear what happens in the room where the world’s biggest agreements are negotiated...until now. 

In this episode listeners will hear two deals that illustrate the challenges and dilemmas involved when negotiating with one of America’s toughest adversaries: Iran.

In the first story, hostage negotiator Mickey Bergman recounts his effort to secure the freedom of Xiyue Wang, a Chinese-American grad student locked up in Iran on charges of spying. 

Next, Wendy Sherman, President Biden’s current Deputy Secretary of State, describes negotiating the landmark Iran nuclear deal in 2015. She led the talks while serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Obama Administration.

Finally in the third segment, host Jenn Williams gets an update on the state of relations between Iran and the United States with Ali Vaez, Iran Project Director at the International Crisis Group. Vaez has written widely on Iran and had contacts with people on all sides of the nuclear negotiation.

The Negotiators is hosted by Foreign Policy deputy editor Jenn Williams, formerly the co-host of Vox’s Worldly podcast. The show is co-produced by Foreign Policy and Doha Debates.

The Catch - How squid explains the state of global fishing.

From Rob Sachs | 58:57

In this one hour special we explore the issue of ocean sustainability. We learn what squid tells us about the state of our oceans. The next time you order up some calamari, stop for a minute and think. Where does this actually come from?
Hosted by Ruxandra Guidi who has worked as a reporter, editor, and producer for NPR's Latino USA, the BBC's The World, the Fronteras Desk, and has covered KPCC Public Radio's Immigration and Emerging Communities beat in Los Angeles.

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The Catch offers a behind the scenes look at the current state of global fishing all by tracking squid—from the waters off the coast of Peru, to the processing plants, all the way to the supermarkets and restaurants, and finally–your plate.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

Host Ruxandra Guidi, along with her Lima-based reporting partner Simeon Tegel (@SimeonTegel), travel to Paita, Peru, to get a firsthand look at one of country's top fisheries: squid.

Reporter Dan Collyns joins the Peruvian Coast Guard as they patrol Peru’s waters and work to prevent illegal fishing.

We hear from local fisherman what it’s like to be out at sea day-in and day-out. 

Edwin Houghton, the president of the Paita Fishing Boat Owners’ Association on why the Peruvian government should do more to help these fishermen.

We take you inside two processing plans to learn how squid has changed the local and national economy 

Also featured: Peruvian Coast Guard Captain Jesus Menacho and Alfonso Miranda, President of CALAMASUR, a group of industry leaders in the squid fishery. We speak to Carlos Martín Salazar with the Instituto del Mar de Peru about ways to improve sustainability with data. And finally, we hear from Patricia Majluf, well-known conservationist and Senior scientist at Oceana, who dared to take on the fishing industry and rein in overfishing while in office.