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Carole King: Tapestry
01/31/2009
CAROLE KING: TAPESTRY is a one-hour radio special that tells the story of Carole King's classic album, Tapestry through its songs and insightful interviews with Carole King, producer Lou Adler, her friend Graham Nash and journalist David Wild of Rolling Stone. Their comments touch on nearly every aspect of the album's production, its impact on the music industry, Carole King's songwriting process, and how her career developed from the Brill Building to Tapestry and beyond. Besides the album tracks, you will also hear bonus live performances.
Dover Adult Learning
By Deborah Schachter on Saturday, January 31, 2009.Good jobs depend on good education and training. Just ask Linda Scorfano. She has a good job today, but when she first walked into Dover Adult Learning Center she was a high school dropout worried about passing her GED.
The Lumberjack and the Mathematician
By Sean Hurley on Friday, January 30, 2009.With the downturn in the economy and rising unemployment rates the newly jobless might be thinking about a career change.
To help people figure out what might work best, JobsRated.com has published its list of the “Best & Worst Jobs” in the United States.
NHPR Correspondent Sean Hurley has seen the list and files this report.
Is Your Mind Always Somewhere Else?
By Avishay Artsy on Friday, January 30, 2009.
Monday on Word of Mouth, a look at Elsewhere U.S.A. It's a place we know well, in which we’re all feeling a little anxious, insecure and overextended. We're juggling more roles than ever, and dropping the ball in the process. Work has taken over our lives, and the separation between family and career continues to dissolve.
RadioLab: Stress
01/30/2009
The body has a system for getting out of trouble. Back when trouble meant being chased by a tiger, that system gave us a real survival edge. But these days, "trouble" is more likely to mean waiting in traffic... and "the system" is more likely to make us sick. Stanford University neurologist (and part-time "baboonologist") Dr. Robert Sapolsky takes us through what happens on our insides when we stand in the wrong line at the supermarket and offers a few coping strategies -- gnawing on wood, beating the crap out of somebody, and having friends.
The Wonderous Wandering Falcon
By Rosemary Conroy on Friday, January 30, 2009.Peregrine Falcons travel enormous distancees, and Rosemary has begun following a few of them online.
