Special Programming

Friday, February 19, 7pm-The Moth Radio Hour #5.    The Moth Radio Hour features true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment. Each hour mixes humorous and heartbreaking tales told with honesty, bravery, and wit. http://www.themoth.org/radio

Friday, February 26, 7pm-Finding Our Bootstraps:    Americans Deal With Recession. Since late 2007 America has been in an economic crisis. From a story about a family living on a beach, to a former GM employee looking to downsize his life, to a teenager weighing options for after high school, this one hour newscast compatible documentary explores how people are finding the strength and situations that get them through economic hard times by presenting personal stories and intimate portraits alongside contextual interviews and reports. Jennifer White is the program's host. "Finding Our Bootstraps: American’s Deal with Recession" was produced at Michigan Radio and showcases work from independent and station-based contributors. http://www.michiganradio.org/findingourbootstraps.html

Friday, March 5, 7pm-Prime Time Radio:    Trucking My Blues Away. Host Barry Yeoman takes us into the lives of colorful musicians named Captain Luke, Guitar Gabriel, Boo Hanks, Eddie Tigner and Little Freddie King. Working men in their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s who have written, sung and played songs about their world all their lives. http://www.primetimeradio.org/

Friday, March 12, 7pm.   The Chieftains and Ry Cooder:   The Chieftains rekindle Grammy-winning partnership with Ry Cooder for San Patricio illuminating musical and historical bonds between Ireland and Mexico. http://www.publicmediaservice.org/2010/01/chieftains-cooder/

Friday, March 19, 7pm. The Really Big Questions: Mortality.     Death is a fact of life, an absolute and unavoidable certainty. Yet we don’t want to believe it will happen to us or those we cherish. NPR's Lynn Neary wonders if we are psychologically and physiologically equipped to deal with constant reminders of death. This leads to a really big question: How do we face our own mortality?
http://www.trbq.org/

Friday, March 26, 7pm. TBA

Thursday, April 1, 7pm-The Capitol Steps     April Fool’s edition of Politics Takes a Holiday. Our favorite satirical troupe presents the latest tongue in cheek look at the political scene. http://www.capsteps.com/

Friday, April 2, 7pm. Radio Lab.    popular show kicks off its seventh season. www.radiolab.org