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ArchivesBeyond Education's Three RsBy John Walters on Friday, February 27, 2004.Dan Hebert left a career in the banking industry to become head of New Hampshire Jumpstart, a NH chapter of a national group, The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. The aim is to improve personal financial literacy among children in NH and prepare them to intelligently manage their finances as adults. Dan is also head of New Hampshire Partners in Education, a non-profit that promotes voluntarism in the schools by encouraging parents, community members, and businesses to participate in children's education. Grassroots JournalismBy John Walters on Thursday, February 26, 2004.Eesha Williams is a freelance journalist and author of the book Grassroots Journalism. He believes that a lot of reporting is disconnected from the lives of everyday people and tilted toward the powerful in government and business. He says grassroots journalism is objective and includes all sides of a story, but also inspires readers to get involved and take action. Eesha was an award-winning reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer until May of last year. He was fired for what the paper called a breach of journalistic ethics; he believes he was fired for trying to organize a union. Public readings and discussions: A Life in Contra Dance MusicBy John Walters on Wednesday, February 25, 2004.Bob McQuillen has been playing piano and accordian at contra dances for over a half a century. He's also written more than a thousand dance tunes. Bob talks about his long life in music and his trio, Old New England. Buliding Better CommunitiesBy John Walters on Tuesday, February 24, 2004.Lew Feldstein is head of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and co-author of Better Together. The book describes 12 local projects across the country that met a need, solved a problem, and built community ties. Lew says stronger communities are vital to our social, political, and economic health. Seeing the Forest, Rather than TreesBy John Walters on Monday, February 23, 2004.For more than 30 years, John Aber has been studying ecosystem ecology and helping the rest of us understand how the planet works. He was recently named among the top 20 in his field by the Institute for Scientific Information for his ground breaking research. John is Vice President for Research and Public Service at U.N.H. He talks to John about his work, his views on climate change, and how his life changed on the very first Earth Day. Andrew CarnegieBy John Walters on Friday, February 20, 2004.As a child he was poor. As an adult, he built an empire that made him the richest man in the world. Carnegie was complicated man- a completely ruthless businessman and a great philanthropist, who gave away the bulk of his fortune. We hear his story from Peter Krass, a New Hampshire writer who?s written a biography titled Carnegie. It's just come out in paperback. The Music of the BirdsBy John Walters on Thursday, February 19, 2004.Judy Pelikan is an artist and illustrator from New Hampshire's North Country. She's adapted and illustrated a classic hundred-year-old field guide by another New Hampshire native, naturalist, and musician, Schuyler Mathews. The book is The Music of Wild Birds. It explains the songs of birds, comparing them to classical music pieces and showing the songs in musical notation. From Japan with LoveBy John Walters on Wednesday, February 18, 2004.New Castle resident Sam Asano loves America. He grew up in war-torn Japan, but came to the U.S. as Fulbright Scholar at MIT. He went on to develop many inventions (including the fax machine as we know it), work for NASA, and start a couple of companies. His latest business venture America Takeout, allows consumers to order take-out food from their favorite restaurants using their home computers. Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay MarriageBy John Walters on Tuesday, February 17, 2004.In December 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court ordered the state legislature to extend the equal rights and responsibilities of marriage enjoyed by heterosexual couples to same-sex couples. The battle that ensued is described in the new book, Civil Wars, by David Moats. David writes editorials for the Rutland Herald and won a Pulitzer Prize for his editorials on the civil union issue. Freedom SummerBy John Walters on Monday, February 16, 2004.Two Granite Staters share their memories of Freedom Summer. Jim Kates and Peg Dobbie went to Mississippi in 1964 to take part in the struggle for civil rights. They join John to talk about their time in the South and a republished collection of letters from Freedom Summer volunteers in the re-released book Letters from Mississippi. |
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