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ArchivesThird Coast Festival Broadcast HourBy NHPR Staff on Friday, November 27, 2009.Each year, the Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to U.S. airwaves in a special two-hour program. Hosted by award-winning writer, producer and humorist Gwen Macsai, the Third Coast Festival broadcast features documentaries that prove just how powerful radio can be. Innovative and insightful, the stories engage, provoke, entertain and transport listeners, proving that all one needs to discover new worlds is a little box and an antenna. Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food and GratitudeBy NHPR Staff on Thursday, November 26, 2009.The Exchange takes a break for a Thanksgiving holiday special. Giving Thanks is a music-and-stories celebration of Thanksgiving. Host John Birge creates a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday. In this hour, they remember John Updike, who in 2002 read his poem “To a Skylark” for “Giving Thanks” and shared some holiday memories. Plus, All Things Considered commentator Kevin King reads a humorous holiday story he wrote and violinist Pam Frank plays Beethoven with her father, pianist Claude Frank. New Hampshire’s Role in ThanksgivingBy Laura Knoy on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.Massachusetts gets a lot of credit around the founding of Thanksgiving, but what many don’t know is the role New Hampshire played. Our state’s first permanent resident, David Thompson, helped Miles Standish and many of the Pilgrims survive a few years after their historic feast. Then there’s Sarah Josepha Hale, who lobbied for over twenty years to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. We’ll learn more about New Hampshire’s role in this cherished holiday as well as how we’ve celebrated it over the years. Guests
This program was originally broadcast on November 26, 2008 Socrates Exchange: Has technology helped or hurt us?By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, November 24, 2009.Since the beginning of time, human beings have been making tools to make life easier, better, faster or more efficient, but is that always a good thing? Are human beings happier today, whether individually or collectively, because of telephones, washing machines, text-messaging cell-phones, and iPods? Are there limitations on how much technology we should produce, or allow in our lives? Guest
An Astronomical UpdateBy Laura Knoy on Monday, November 23, 2009.American scientists recently crashed a probe into the moon and found lots of frozen water, a discovery that could have major implications for future space exploration. Also, the end is in sight for the shuttle program, and new images from a souped-up Hubble telescope give us the best pictures ever of the birth of a star. We’ll talk about these and other ‘out of this world’ news from space. Guest
New Challenges for Body ImageBy Laura Knoy on Friday, November 20, 2009.For decades many Americans have struggled with how their bodies look, even to the point of danger. But in 2009, new challenges have come up, like cyber-anorexia clubs, the rise of eating disorders in men and boys and the tension between the "big is beautiful" movement versus America’s war against obesity. Guest
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Redesigning and Rethinking During a RecessionBy Laura Knoy on Thursday, November 19, 2009.Granite State business has been forced to think outside the box in order to survive. We'll see what businesses are doing to adapt to our ever-changing economic times. Guests
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State Laws: Who has the final say?By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.Over the last two decades voters have passed their own laws and overturned legislation more often than ever before. We’re looking at this growing trend toward direct democracy, how it affects the way we govern ourselves, and whether citizen lawmaking truly reflects public opinion. Guests
A New Challenge on the First AmendmentBy Laura Knoy on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.Free speech allows us to say what we want, but it does have its limits. A new case being heard by the New Hampshire Supreme Court brings the First Amendment to 2009; in question, whether media outlets can protect the identities of anonymous online commenters. It’s a case that with not only bring the First Amendment to posting sites, blogs and citizen journalists, but also see where they fit in today’s media landscape. We’ll look at this case and what it may mean to the future of online posting. Guests
Lessons Learned From the RecessionBy Laura Knoy on Monday, November 16, 2009.When the downturn began, the causes were well-documented: consumers drowning in debt, lenders handing out subprime mortgages and banks gambling with money they didn’t have. We said we’d change, but have we? What happens once better times return - will these lessons stick, or are we destined to repeat past mistakes? Guests
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