Archive for September, 2004

Comedy and Politics/Polecat Creek

Friday, September 10th, 2004

Comedy and Politics: North Carolina Senator John Edwards first announced he would run for president of the United States on the late-night comedy television program ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Melinda Penkava hosts a discussion that looks at the role of comedy television shows in an election season with Bernard Timberg, author of “Television Talk” (University of Texas/2002), and Steve Greene, professor of political science at NC State. Listener Call-in. (30:00)

Polecat Creek: Host Melinda Penkava talks with Laurelyn Dossett, Kari Sickenberger, and Riley Baugus, members of the Triad-based band Polecat Creek. Polecat Creek’s newest CD is “Leaving Eden.” (30:00)

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Editors/Change Baby/Weekend

Thursday, September 9th, 2004

Editorial Editors: In Fayetteville people are worried about the economy, the war and annexation. In Asheville the post-Frances flooding has taken over the news pages. As part of our ongoing series, host Melinda Penkava speaks with regional editors Joy Franklin of the Ashville Citizen Times and Tim White of the Fayetteville Observer. (12:00) (SD)

Change Baby: Host Melinda Penkava speaks with June Spence about her debut novel “Change Baby” (Riverhead Books/2004). The book is set in the fictional NC town of Regina and follows the story of young Avie Goss, who returns from a wayward life in Ohio to take care of her elderly mother and, ultimately, to unravel and make peace with the secrets her family has harbored for years. (20:00) (SD)

This Weekend in NC: We take a look ahead at the weekend and all the activities available at Hanging Rock State Park in Danbury, North Carolina. (http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/haro/home.htm) Host Melinda Penkava speaks with the park’s Superintendent Erik Nygard, and with rock climber Jim Trogdon. (17:30) (JD)

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Dixie Lullaby

Wednesday, September 8th, 2004

In the early 1970’s, Mark Kemp was a teenager in Asheboro when he first heard the music of the Allman Brothers. It was a southern rock sound that gave him and others like him a sense of purpose and community. Host Melinda Penkava speaks with Mark Kemp about southern rock and its social and political influence, which he writes about in his new memoir, “Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South” (Free Press/2004). Listener Call-In. (59:00)

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Political Cartoonists

Tuesday, September 7th, 2004

Host Melinda Penkava talks with a roundtable of North Carolina political cartoonists, including: V.C. Rogers of the Independent Weekly, John Cole of the Durham Herald-Sun, and Dwane Powell of the Raleigh News and Observer. The three appear in the book “Attack of the Political Cartoonists: Insights & Assaults from Today’s Editorial Pages” edited by J.P. Trostle (Dork Storm Press/2004). Listener Call-In. (59:00) (CP)

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The State Of Teaching

Monday, September 6th, 2004

The teaching profession has undergone a great deal of change over the years. The pressures have increased, as have the number of teachers who leave the profession after only a few years. Host Melinda Penkava talks with Barbara Chapman, the principal of New Hope Elementary School in Orange County; Kenneth Parker Dobyns, an English teacher at West Johnston High School in Benson, NC; and Jason Lengberg, a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate who is starting his first teaching job, about how the profession of teaching has changed. Listener call-in. (59:00)

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