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At a time when the airwaves are filled with commercials, venom and trivia; it is still possible to find islands of sanity, intelligence, wit, useful information and respectful debate. The programs below offer such fare. You should find much that you'll want to share and explore with your students.

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Fresh Air

Fresh Air is a daily (Monday-Friday) hour of conversation with academics, writers, artists, scientists, entertainers and newsmakers on topics of note in American culture.

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Here is a sampler of programs from 1998 that illustrate Fresh Air's breadth and brilliance.

January 22, 1998 (the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade) - Medical Ethicist Dr. Art Caplan and Medical Theologian Dr. James McCartney discuss the effect of technological advances on the abortion debate.

January 27, 1998 - Gail Collins puts the attacks on President Clinton into historical perspective. She is the author of Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics (1998).

May 28, 1998 - a tribute concert to Eubie Blake (1883-1983) with singer Vernel Bagneris (Bahn-yur-REECE), pianist Dick Hyman and theater historian Robert Kimball.

August 5, 1998 - Holly Burkhalter, advocacy director of Physicians for Human Rights, and researcher Zohra Rasekh ("Zora RAH-sick") talk about the report their group released on the health and rights of women in Afganistan under the Taliban.

August 17, 1998 - biologist Robert Sapolsky discusses his book Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping (1995).

September 9, 1998 - journalist Adam Hochschild discusses his book King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998).

September 24, 1998 - Here is a program that marks George Gershwin's centennary unlike any of the flood of other celebrations. Robert Kimball and Edward Jablonski recount little known aspects of Gershwin's life and play rare Gershwin songs.

October 22, 1998 - American Egyptologist KENT WEEKS talks about his discovery of one of the largest tombs ever found in Egypt. It's called KV5 and is the burial ground for the sons of the Pharaoh Ramses the Second who many scholars believe ruled during the Jewish exodus from Egypt. If you want to give your students an insight into the life of an archaeologist, this broadcast is for you.

November 6, 1998 - On the occasion of the re-release to theaters of The Wizard of Oz, here are interviews with Aljean Harmetz (author of The Making of the Wizard of Oz), John Lahr (son of the cowardly lion, Bert Lahr), and Lorna Luft (daughter of Judy Garland). Taken together, they give a marvelous behind-the-scenes look at a larger than life film.

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Soundprint

Soundprint produces outstanding weekly documentaries.

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To the Best of Our Knowledge

To the Best of Our Knowledge is a weekly program exploring timely and interesting topics.

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