Archive for September, 2005

Michael Parker

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

Host David Crabree talks with author Michael Parker about his new book, “If You Want Me to Stay” (Algonquin/2005). The novel takes its title from a song by Sly and the Family Stone. Music, in particular soul music, plays a significant role in the novel. Fourteen-year-old narrator Joel Junior listens to songs in his head as he deals with the trouble and violence in his family. (20:00)

Michael Parker

Drought

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

Host David Crabtree asks Ryan Boyles, a climatologist at the State Climate Office at NC State University, about the level one drought affecting North Carolina. (6:00)

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Taming of the Shrew

Wednesday, September 21st, 2005

Mike Munger reviews the Burning Coal Theater’s production of “Taming of the Shrew.” (3:00)

Review

Citizen Legislature

Wednesday, September 21st, 2005

The notion of a citizen legislature is the bedrock of North Carolina’s General Assembly. But is the job of lawmaker accessible to the average citizen? With longer sessions and only part-time pay, some say the job of legislator is limited only to the upper class who can afford to live far from home for more than half the year. Host David Crabtree examines the notion of legislator pay and session limits with: Laura Leslie, reporter at North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC; John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation; Chris Fitzsimon, executive director of the Common Sense Foundation; and Leah Rush, a researcher with the Center for Public Integrity. (45:00)

Citizen Legislature

Child Labor

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

Approximately 248-million children work at the bottom of the global economy. Modern-day child labor ranges from illegal agricultural work on migrant farms in the United States to forced servitude in carpet factories in Nepal. And despite child labor laws and international sanctions, products made at the hands of children ages 5-to-14 still find their way into the domestic economy. Host Connie Walker talks to Len Morris, director of the documentary “Stolen Childhoods”; Reed Maki, director of the Children in the Fields Campaign; and Gerald Friedman, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Listener Call-In. (40:00)

Child Labor