September 17-20

2008 PRPD Conference info

An interview with Sandra about the new book can be found here.

The Loh Down on Science is a fun way to get your daily dose of science in less than two minutes. The program explains the world of science to you with a dash of humor. Each week day, Sandra Tsing Loh, the humorist, pub-radio star (Marketplace, This American Life) and Caltech alumna (BS, Physics) gives us her unique take on important science stories.
For more information about The Loh Down on Science, visit the website.
Order CDs of The Loh Down on Science.

Kathy Gronau is featured on Scanning the Dial with Marty Ronish discussing the state of classical music on radio while looking toward its future on emerging technologies.

What classical music radio needs most at this time?
How do you increase audience size and involvement?
What will be the impact of the Sirius-XM merger?

Read Kathy’s responses to these question here.

Producer Doug Gordon offers his Modest Proposal for Making Public Radio More Entertaining and invites your comments and ideas on DirectCurrent.

Creative PR’s “Not-So Modest Proposal for Making Public Radio More Entertaining”… Play our programs!!

The Story of Lata - A 54 minute radio special that examines a culture reviving ancient traditions as possible solutions to sustain its communities. The forgotten arts of sailing and navigation may be the answer to rising fuel costs for Solomon Islanders in a remote corner of the South Pacific.

Liner Notes: Sand Still in My Shoes - For Labor Day, the 4th installment of the Liner Notes series of specials.

Saving the Sierra - A richly produced one-hour special about how unlikely allies are coming together to preserve rural culture from rapid residential growth, sustain local economies as recreation developments boom, and protect clean water and open space for future generations.

What’s the Word? : Hispanic Heritage Month - For Hispanic Heritage Month (15 Sept. - 15 Oct.), the smart, engaging, and highly produced literary series from the Modern Language Association, presents two half-hour programs celebrating Puerto Rican and Latin American literature.

A complete list of stations and air times can be found here.
For More information about Hearing Voices check out the website.

We were shocked and saddened over the weekend to learn of the untimely death July 10, 2008 (from breast cancer) of our friend and client, Johanna Cooper, whose radio specials (Chanukah: A Time For Schtick, Passover: A Time To Cross Over, One People, Many Stories, to name a few) for the Jewish holidays were unfailingly popular. She was a joy to work with, and had a huge following of friends and admirers, both social and professional. She lived in the L.A. area and we enjoyed her occasional visits to drop off cds or brainstorm ideas. Had we not known of her condition, we never would have guessed it from her always-present cheerfulness and energy. We will miss her.

LINER NOTES redefines Memorial Day programming with an extraordinary hour entitled War and Place -

* Tom Brokaw, shares memories of his moving visits to Normandy and Pearl Harbor - how they changed his life, and enabled him to understand the great sacrifices of ordinary people, from hometowns like his.
* Writer Maxine Hong Kingston helps Veterans put their memories on paper with “healing and writing workshops.”
* Distinguished novelist Robert Stone, (”Dog Soliders”) discusses the cultural legacy of Vietnam.
* Former Marine Wayne Karlin author of “War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam”, shares stories about soldier/authors on both sides of that conflict and discusses how the picture of war in the movies has evolved over the years.
* Writer Dana Sachs, (”A House on Dream Street”) portrays the new Vietnam - a tourist mecca with fine food and beaches. She counsels us on where to travel and explains why Americans are surprisingly welcome.
* Photographer Steve McCurry tells of his famous photo “Afghan Girl,” and what he finds when he travels to war zones.
* Psychoanalyst Emmanuel Kalftal takes a tape recorder with him as he travels to the place his parents met, Dachau, where he finds a living memorial, not a museum.
* Michael Arad, architect of the prize-wining design for the 9/11 memorial at the former World Trade Center, helps us think about the power of place in mourning.
* Phillip Gourevitch, editor of the Paris Review, who wrote “We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Familes”, reflects on those who suffered through the ethnic conflicts in Africa.
* Reporter Deborah George takes us to post war Sierra Leone to meet a young woman who will become her daughter.
* Finally, we travel to a small town in Cornwall, England where a young evacuee from the London blitz, now 80, found a peaceful home for life.

Find more info on Bioneers here.

Find more info on SOMETHING’S HAPPENING with Roy Of Hollywood here.

KPFK can be heard streaming live online at http://www.kpfk.org and click on ‘listen live” Times are Pacific Time.
Archives can be found at http://archive.kpfk.org

As innovators in conservation practice, species recovery, and habitat restoration, the Conservancy is uniquely qualified to produce high quality science-based news stories about the environment and conservation. The Isla Earth Radio Series is one of the ways we share our expertise with the global community and help people understand the connections between themselves and nature.

Congratulations to Executive Producer Leslie Baer, producer Pat Florez, and all the wonderful people that write scripts, review scripts, work on the website, and market and fund raise for the program.

More information about Isla Earth is available here.