Archive for October, 2005

Richard Brodhead

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Duke University employs almost 28,000 people, and the school’s economic impact on the Durham region is estimated at almost $3 billion per year. What would Durham be without Duke? Or Duke without Durham? Host Melinda Penkava speaks with Duke University President Richard Brodhead about town/gown realtions and other issues facing higher education. Listener Call-In. (59:00)

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Welcome to Durham

Monday, October 17th, 2005

For our first broadcast from the new North Carolina Public Radio studios at the American Tobacco Historic District in Durham, we look at our new home city. What makes Durham tick? Host Melinda Penkava explores the city that is home to Duke University, North Carolina Central University, the Durham Bulls, a flourishing intellectual community, crime problems, and Black Wall Street (to name just a few) with: Jim Wise, columnist for the Durham News; Eddie Davis, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators and a longtime teacher at Hillside High School; and Nick Tennyson, mayor of Durham from 1997-2001 and executive vice president of the Homebuilders Association of f Durham and Orange Counties. Listener Call-In. (59:00)

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Bands and Hearing Loss

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Across the nation marching bands are breaking out football tunes and pumping up crowded stadiums – but at what price to themselves. A recent Duke University graduate’s findings show that playing in the band may take a serious toll on long-term hearing. Duke graduate Joseph Keefe talks with host Frank Stasio about his research and what can be done to prevent hearing damage. (7:00)

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Lost City

Friday, October 14th, 2005

A recent discovery made deep in the Atlantic Ocean could change the way scientists think about how life might form on other planets. This cluster of hydrothermal vents formed by exothermic reactions as opposed to volcanic activity has scientist scrambling to explore its potential for new life forms. Host Frank Stasio speaks with Jeffery Karson, professor of geology at Duke University about the Lost City and the surprises it holds.

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Ahmad’s War, Ahmad’s Peace

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Host Frank Stasio speaks with journalist Micheal Goldfarb about his new book, “Ahmad’s War, Ahmad’s Peace: Surviving Under Saddam, Dying in the New Iraq” (Carroll & Graf Publishers/2005). It tells the story of Goldfarb’s friend and translator who was imprisoned and tortured by Saddam Hussein’s government and then executed by militants after Saddam was deposed. (20:00)

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