Archive for August, 2005

Legislative Update

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

After a couple of extra months and a final 18-hour marathon session, the North Carolina General Assembly is going home. Or is it? While the Senate has left Raleigh, the House has declared it will stay one more week. What can get done? And what’s still left to? Host Frank Stasio speaks with North Carolina Public Radio — WUNC capitol reporter Laura Leslie about the “end” of the legislative session. (12:00)

Legislative Update

Nnenna Freelon

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

The latest album by Durham jazz artist Nnenna Freelon tells a new story about the great jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Famous for her singular sound and her tragic life, Billie Holiday has inspired countless musicians. Freelon’s interpretation of her work brings out Holiday’s courage and originality. Host Frank Stasio talks with Nnenna Freelon about the new album, “Blueprint of a Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday.” (59:00)

Nnenna Freelon

Southern Identity

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

The American South is still stereotyped and misunderstood. Its cultural and political vibrancy, which seems to set it apart from the rest of the country, stirs pride in Southerners. Are Southern stereotypes founded in fact? What is Southern identity? Host Frank Stasio talks with two long-time scholars of the American South, William Ferris, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and John Shelton Reed, professor emeritus of sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Listener Call-In. (59:00)

Southern Identity

Scott Simon

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

NPR’s Scott Simon, veteran journalist, war correspondent and host of Weekend Edition with Scott Simon talks to host Frank Stasio about his new novel, “Pretty Birds” (Random House/2005.)
“Pretty Birds” tells the story of Irena, a basketball playing, Madonna loving, half Serb, half Muslim teenager in Sarajevo about the seige of the city and the brutal Bosnian war. (59:00) (Listener Call-in)

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Camp

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Commentator John Rosenthal was anxious to read Michael Eisner’s book “Camp”, because Rosenthal also spent his summers at Kewaaydin, in Vermont, with Eisner. Rosenthal believes that the Disney CEO’s net worth of 800 million dollars pales in comparison to the legacy of beauty that Rosenthal accumulated through his time at Kewaaydin and his time away. (6:00)

Camp