Archive for November, 2005

Women’s Music

Friday, November 18th, 2005

It’s the 30th anniversary of Cris Williamson’s landmark album, “The Changer and the Changed.” In 1975 it was the second release from Olivia Records — the country’s first women owned and operated label. The album went o to become one of the best-selling indie releases of all time. Olivia has morphed into a travel company but Durham based Ladyslipper Music is now a premier recording company for female artists. Ladyslipper sponsors a weekend of concerts and workshops and Cris Williamson and Durham native Teresa Trull talk to host Melinda Penkava about 30 years of music and the women’s movement. Listener Call-In. (40:00)

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Training Doctors

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Every year, the medical schools of North Carolina graduate roughly 430 doctors. Years of grueling 80-hour weeks great many of these new doctors in residency programs, but is the system of training doctors outdated? Host Melinda Penkava speaks with Ed Halperin, the vice dean of the School of Medicine at Duke University; Allen Hamrick, the associate director of the Counseling and Psychological Services at UNC-Chapel Hill; Dr. Nortin Hadler, professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology at UNC-Chapel Hill; and a third-year medical student, about educating and training doctors. Listener Call-In. (59:00)

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Sainthood

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Commentator Justin Catanoso tells what it was like to be there when the Pope canonized a member of his family. (3:00)

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Fever

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Melinda Penkava talks with Sean Rowe, author of the novel “Fever” (Little, Brown and Company/2005). The book is a thriller set on a Miami-based cruise ship. Rowe, a Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and former journalist, says he might never have completed the book if he had not nearly died in an accident with a train. Listener Call-In. (37:00)

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Drought

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Reservoirs that supply communities around Raleigh and Durham are at their lowest levels in years, and city governments are enacting water restrictions. Host Melinda Penkava talks with associate state climatologist Ryan Boyles about the reasons for the drought and what it means for businesses and the environment. (12:00)

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