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ArchivesA New Heating Fuel is Catching FireBy Anna Ravana on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.There's a new home heating fuel on the market that seems to combine the best qualities of regular wood and wood pellets. listen:
  Hollis is Thinking About Buying Silver Lake State ParkBy Sheryl Rich-Kern on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.The town of Hollis is considering a first for New Hampshire. In the middle of town sits Silver Lake State Park, complete with a 34 acre pond and beaches. It’s popular too. About 35 thousand people visit a year. And Hollis is thinking about either buying it or leasing it from the state. NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern reports. listen:
August 13, 2008Today on Word of Mouth, new takes on elder care. Dr. Denis McCullough advocates for “slow medicine,” a mix of long-term planning and justification for every drug and procedure. Plus, a new device uses sunlight to make water drinkable in a Kenyan slum. And we meet a playwright who’s adapting interviews with Iraqi refugees into a new theatrical work. Plus, bloggers write first-person accounts of the violence in Georgia. (Photo by James Gordon) listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Global Voices: Bloggers React to Conflict in GeorgiaBy Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
Thanks to the immediacy and accessibility of the internet, though, we no longer have to wait for a journalist to find those people and tell their stories. Bloggers have been posting their own first-person accounts since the fighting began. The website Global Voices collects the stories found on blogs around the world, and we often turn to one of its editors and writers, Deborah Dilley, to fill us in. Deborah joins us on Word of Mouth to review some of the blogs from Georgia, and to highlight some other stories buzzing around the international blogosphere. (Map courtesy WikiMedia Commons)
Georgia, Russia: Tbilisi Reports Georgia, Russia: Blogger From Poti Recounts the Bombing Georgia, Russia: More Reports On the Conflict From Russophone Bloggers India: Abortion, Parents and the Indian Law listen:
Embracing Slow MedicineBy Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.Dr. Denis McCullough is a New Hampshire geriatrician who’s concerned with how millions of baby boomer families will deal with what he calls "the looming tsunami of elder care needs."
McCullough has written a new book, "My Mother, Your Mother," in which he advocates for a new model: slow medicine. McCullough joins Word of Mouth to talk about rejecting high-tech, industrialized, impersonal modern medicine in favor of family-centered care that is more compassionate and, frankly, more affordable. (Photo by Sarah Murray) listen:
Putting Iraq's Refugee Crisis On StageBy Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.Since the war in Iraq began in 2003, it’s believed that more than 4 million Iraqis have fled their homes. About half of the displaced are still living within Iraq, and the other half in neighboring countries, mostly in Jordan and Syria.
Two playwrights from New York, Jessica Blank and her husband, Eric Jensen, travelled to Amman, Jordan last summer to interview some of those refugees. Those conversations are now being transformed into a series of monologues that will be performed at Dartmouth College this weekend, as part of the New York Theatre Workshop. Jessica Blank joins Word of Mouth to discuss the process of turning interview transcripts into documentary theater. You can catch a performance of the "Iraq Refugees Project" at Dartmouth's Warner Bentley Theater on Friday, August 15 at 8 pm, and on Saturday, August 16 at 5 pm. Tickets are $10, Dartmouth students $3, all other students $6. (Photo by James Gordon) listen:
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The recent conflict between Georgia and Russia pulled headlines away from the start of the Olympics over the weekend, and for the past few days we’ve heard stories of military clashes, causalities, and – now – negotiations to end the fighting in the region. As often is the case with tragic stories like this, the most difficult voices to hear can be from those who are affected the most – the ordinary citizens who watch as armies roll into their towns and drop bombs on their buildings, those who huddle in their homes or flee them as they piece together what’s happening around them. 
Modern medical interventions make unexpected death in one's sleep a rare event today. Families now care for their loved ones through months and even years of decline, often diminishing the quality of life for the patient, and putting distress on the family.
It’s a growing humanitarian disaster. Without legal status, refugees are forced to turn to crime or prostitution. Aid groups are overwhelmed, and governments are afraid that sectarian tensions could spill over among the exiles.