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Buddhism Behind Bars
From The Tibet Connection | Part of the Open Mind series | 07:05
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Venerable Aileen Barry, a Buddhist nun from Ireland and formerly of the Liberation Prison Project in Australia, talks about spirituality behind bars — her work with prison inmates and their appreciation for sincere human contact. She also explains what she sees as the differences between a physical prison and the "prison" of our mind.
Saved from Extinction? Primates in South America
From Wayne Mills | Part of the Segue series | 28:35
Our closest living relatives – the primates – are threatened. Many species have long been extinct. In this episode of Segue host Aldemaro Romero talks with anthropologist Jennifer Rehg about her field research on monkeys in South America and what can be done to save the primates.
Our closest living relatives – the primates – are threatened. Many species have long been extinct. In this episode of Segue host Aldemaro Romero talks with anthropologist Jennifer Rehg about her field research on monkeys in South America and what can be done to save the primates.
Health Factors Threaten Gorillas – But Why?
From Catalina Island Conservancy | Part of the March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series series | 01:30
What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease.
What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease. It’s ironic. In the wild, gorillas inch closer to extinction daily from habitat loss and poaching. Because of this troubling outlook for wild gorillas, zookeepers especially want to maintain captive gorillas in good health. Yet male gorillas in zoos and preserves have significant rates of chronic heart disease...
Birds who cache their winter food
From WTIP | Part of the North Woods Phenology series | 07:00
Are chickadees being fussy when they pick up a seed at your feeder and drop it for another? What to blue jays do with all those seeds they gulp down? Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke to local naturalist Chel Anderson about birds who cache.
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North woods naturalist interviews with Chel Anderson can be found on the Boreal homepage and on our website at wtip.org.
#16 - Leaving
From HowSound | 21:04
Whitney Jones tells a powerful story about leaving the Mormon Church.
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Radio stories usually aren't very complicated. Generally speaking, you can probably place stories into two categories. The first is the argument story -- these people say this, these other people disagree. The second is the narrative story -- the piece is organized chronologically as a sequence of events. (To be sure, I'm painting with a broad brush.)
Whitney Jones produced a somewhat different story last fall while he was at the Transom Story Workshop where I teach. His story "Leaving" falls in the "narrative story" category but instead of one single sequence of events, "Leaving" follows two -- a parallel narrative. That's unusual.
The reason you don't hear parallel narratives on the radio too often is because they're complex. They require more attention from a listener who, typically, is doing something else while they listen. So, in recognition of that, producers and editors tend to want to simplify. That's smart, I think. But, if the writer pays close attention to keeping the two separate narratives clear and simple and brings them together in the end in a satisfying manner, then I think a parallel narrative can work on the radio and I'd like to hear more of them.
Definitely, Whitney's parallel narrative works and works well.