Two Grains of Sand
Funded by Listener Support
The crunch is on. Nature and humanity are both running off the rails and governments stand seemingly helpless before the juggernaut. But all is not lost. Into the breach are stepping new players, inventing strategies to transform the way we do things on many levels at once. And they’re forging surprising alliances in the process. In this program we’ll hear about two initiatives that seek to move the needle on issues of increasing urgency, one by influencing governmental policies on climate change, the other by changing corporate practices in the global tea industry. LISTEN
Guests:
- Bill McKibben, founder, 350.org; environmental journalist; author, Deep Economy
- Tensie Whelan, President, Rainforest Alliance
- Michiel Leijnse, Global Brand Manager, Lipton Tea (division of Unilever)
A World of Possibilities is an award-winning one-hour weekly public affairs program. Each week, host Mark Sommer talks with social innovators, leading policy analysts and big-picture thinkers on key national and global issues. The program currently airs in 41 states and six Canadian provinces as well as several other countries. Podcasts and other downloads average 125,000 a month.
In 2006, the United Nations awarded A World of Possibilities a Silver Medal “for outstanding achievement in international radio programming that best reflects the global concerns of the United Nations.” The program has also won six awards from the New York Festivals.
A World of Possibilities segments are underwritten variously by many of the country’s largest foundations-Ford, Kellogg, Hewlett, Packard, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Merck Family Fund-as well as by listener contributions.
LENGTH: 55 minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: on CD, MP3, The Content Depot, via Podcast, as well as selected episodes available on MP2 at PRX
We Shall Remain–the five-part television special from PBS’s American Experience, exploring the Native American perspective on pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective will begin Monday April 13th.
Corresponding 5 minute We Shall Remain radio programs produced by Native Public Media and the NFCB in partnership with Boston’s station WGBH will air Mondays on NPR’s All Things Considered, and/or Morning Edition. They will then be available to all stations on the Wednesday following the broadcast through Content Depot, PRX, NV1, and FTP.
In addition, a one-hour special comprised of the short features and additional material will be available in mid-May.
Availability Schedule:
Episode 1 – Nipmuc Language Preservation
AVAILABLE NOW on PRX & Content Depot.
Episode 2 – Sovereignty and Technology
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Tecumseh’s Vision)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available April 22
Episode 3 – Chickasaw Nation
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Trail of Tears)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available April 29
Episode 4 – Icons
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Geronimo)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available May 6
Episode 5 – Identity
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Wounded Knee)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available May 13
May 13: One-hour documentary release on Content Depot, PRX, NV1, CD and FTP
CDs of all the programs available in mid-May.
Introducing Season 1 of a new one hour music show
WBGO presents Living With Music, a show about music, discovery, and music discovery.
Living With Music is inspired by free exchange, improvisation, and the creative process.
Living With Music is based on the idea that music presents a broad and complex set of emotions. So why not spend time with a community of creators speaking a spontaneous and timeless language in an age of instant access and communication?
The programs will feature Academy Award winners, Grammy winners, Pulitzer Prize winners and the new wave of composers making their mark on the cultural landscape: young people with old souls and veterans who are young at heart. All of them come from the loose confederation we call “the music community,” and your listeners will have more in common with them than they ever imagined.
AVAILABLE NOW! Add Living With Music to your station!
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LENGTH: 54 Minutes
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX & Content Depot
Provide your listeners with new and engaging content with these free 90 second modules!
Discovery Now – For your listeners who are fascinated with space and all of its implications in today’s world, Discovery Now brings must-have information from the world of extra-terrestrial aeronautics. Hosted by Jennifer Pulley and produced by the National Institute of Aerospace, this daily 90-second information dynamo covers all kinds of space-related topics. Produced to air daily at the top of the hour or as a drop in to fill those unexpected holes in your programming. AVAILABLE: CD, Downloads, Podcast
The Loh Down on Science - Science with a Sense of Humor! Each weekday, Sandra Tsing Loh — irrepressible humorist, pub-radio celebrity (Marketplace, This American Life), and Caltech alumna–delivers the 90-second modules as only she can, with her own unique brand of “smarts and sass.” Available: CD, ContentDepot(coming soon), FTP, DOWNLOAD
Isla Earth – A radio series that explores today’s most important challenges to the environment and impressive successes in conservation. These modules encourage ecological awareness, deepen understanding of our natural world, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices. Produced by the Catalina Island Conservancy. AVAILABLE: CD, mp2, Podcast
The Plant Detective – Botanical gumshoe Flora Delaterre, aka The Plant Detective, takes listeners around the globe as she explores the uses, benefits, efficacy, history, and conservation issues of medicinal plants. This delightfully informative module is produced by Beth Judy for Montana Public Radio, with content review by the Botanical Medicine faculty of Bastyr University. AVAILABLE: CD, PRX
Perfect for Black AIDS Awareness Day (February 7th), LiveHopeLove is a one hour special that looks at the universal problems faced by people with HIV/AIDS, through the specific lens of Jamaica, where almost no one is unaffected by the disease. What are the unique realities of this small island nation that set its HIV/AIDS sufferers apart from those in the rest of the world? Poet and writer Kwame Dawes travels to Jamaica to explore the experience of people living with HIV/AIDS and to examine how the disease has shaped their lives. Dawes’ poems, inspired by their stories, take this documentary into deep realms of the heart.
LENGTH: 59 minutes, AVAILABLE: Exclusively on PRX
