How do you do medical research in the field of emergency medicine, when most patients are unconscious and unable to give their consent? Such testing is currently underway at Duke University with an experimental blood substitute called PolyHeme. Host Frank Statio speaks with: Ross McKinney, vice dean of research at the Duke University School of Medicine; Nancy King, professor of social medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Bruce Japsen, reporter with the Chicago Tribune, about the scientific, legal and ethical questions raised by the PolyHeme trials. Listener Call-In. (40:00)
Archive for March, 2006
PolyHeme
Friday, March 17th, 2006Brother Wolf
Friday, March 17th, 2006“Brother Wolf” is an Appalachian adventure set to live mountain music. Host Frank Stasio speaks with the playwright, Preston Lane, about the world premier Thursday night in Greensboro. Also, Laurelyn Dossett and Riley Baugus, of the band Polecat Creek, perform songs from the original score. (17:30)
Bill Moyers in Greensboro
Thursday, March 16th, 2006As a journalist, Bill Moyers has earned virtually every award possible, including over 30 Emmys, a gold baton from the Dupont Journalism awards and a lifetime Peabody award. In a special State of Things broadcast, Bill Moyers speaks to an audience in Greensboro about the challenge of covering religion, the importance of the environment, and the controversy surrounding his public battle with Kenneth Tomlinson, former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Moyers spoke as part of the Bryan Series, presented by Guilford College. (59:00)
Ethnicity In America
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Most Italian-Americans are several generations removed from the mother country. Nonetheless, Americans continue to be obsessed with things Italian, from mafia flicks to meatballs. Host Frank Stasio speaks with Duke University English professor Thomas Ferraro, who explores the historic roots and imagined myth of Italian cultural identity in his new book, “Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America” (NYU Press/2005). Also, producer Katy Barron may not look Italian, and she no longer has an Italian surname, but she’s determined to cling to her heritage, even if it means teaching her children insults in her grandparents’ native language.