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November 3, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Russian Politics
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Human Migrations
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Food and Sustainability
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Russian Politics
SEGMENT 1:
NPR correspondent Anne Garrels tells Steve Paulson what's
really going on behind the Kremlin walls and why
Yeltsin's future is a matter of great concern to both
Russians and the West. Also, Murray Feshbach - a
demographer at Georgetown University who's written
extensively about the Russian health care system - tells
Jim Fleming that some Russian hospitals don't even have
water and sewer systems. He says a massive program of
vitamins and innoculations is needed to prevent public
health crises in Western Europe.
SEGMENT 2:
Russian playwright Edvard Radzinsky was haunted by the
memory of Soviet strongman Josef Stalin. Radzinsky
researched and wrote a new biography - "Stalin" - and
explains to Steve Paulson why he concluded that Stalin
was murdered.
SEGMENT 3:
Ilya Ehrenburg was the leading Russian journalist of his
generation. He was an apologist for Stalin but he was
also a Jew who helped the families of many of Stalin's
victims. Joshua Ruenstein tells his story in a book
called "Tangled Loyalties: The Life and Times of Ilya
Ehrenburg," and in this conversation with Judith
Strasser. Rubenstein is a regional director of Amnesty
International, USA.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
11-03-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Human Migrations
SEGMENT 1:
Anthropologist John Moore tells Jim Fleming about the
Human Genome Diversity Project which hopes to trace the
path of human migration from DNA analysis of blood
samples from hundred of ethnic groups around the world.
The project is controversial among some indigenous
peoples who don't understand it and fear exploitation.
Also, National Geographic reporter Thomas Allen tells
Anne Strainchamps about an astonishing cache of
apparently Caucasian mummies disovered in China.
SEGMENT 2:
The discovery of a 9,000 year old skeleton of a white man
in Washington state threatens to re-write history.
Scientists are going to court in an attempt to gain
access to the remains; Native Americans want them
reburied. Anthropologist C. Loring Brace tells Jim
Fleming why this is such an important find. Also, Lakota
scholar Vine Deloria tells Steve Paulson why Indian
tribes are skeptical of science and scientist. Deloria
teaches law and history at the University of Colorado and
is the author of "Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans
and the Myth of Scientific Fact."
SEGMENT 3:
Richard Rodriguez is an editor for Pacific News Service
and writes for Harper's. He tells Steve Paulson how the
reality of the immigrant experience runs counter to
America's myths about itself.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
11-03-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Food and Sustainability
SEGMENT 1
Alice Waters, founder and chef of Chez Panisse in
Berkeley, California, believes in sustainable
agriculture, and starting young! She tells Jim Fleming
about her latest project: helping middle-schoolers build
a garden and grow, prepare and serve their own food.
Also, Odessa Piper, chef and founder of L'Etoile in
Madison, Wisconsin tells Anne Strainchamps how she cooks
exclusively with local foodstuffs, even in the middle of
winter.
SEGMENT 2:
Lester Bown of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington,
D.C. tells Steve Paulson that China's move up the food
chain is creating a demand for grain and no-one can fill.
The repercussions will be devastating for poor countries,
and Americans will experience higher food prices for
grain-dependent products like meat and dairy products.
SEGMENT 3:
Marion Cunningham is the author of five cookbooks,
including the 100th anniversary edition of Fanny Farmer.
She tells Anne Strainchamps that even busy families can
and should enjoy home-cooked meals together and has a few
suggestions on how to do it. Also, Bob Ottum, senior
editor of "Taste of Home" magazine, tells Jim Fleming
that readers send him six to nine thousand recipes per
issue and that comfort food is good food.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
11-03-C.
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