PRX Hangs up the Shorts
Current Berkman People and Projects 2013-09-06
This week’s picks for stations: diplomacy and war, AIR events at the PRPD conference, and the High Holy Days.
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September 3, 2013 PRX Hangs up the Shorts
Hi friend of PRX,
Summer gone already? The school buses ruined the morning commute. Co-workers with that last weekend tan of the year-look groggily attended the staff meeting. The Fall catalogs came Saturday full of fleece. It’s enough to make you a fan of global warming. Too early, we say!
Happy Halloween. ;-( -John
Diplomacy and War
Various perspectives
- From the Chautauqua Institution, a presentation by Dennis Ross, peace negotiator.
- And, Aaron David Miller on how we see the Middle East.
- Backstory gives us the history on ethics in warfare. Updated to reflect the conflict in Syria.
- The Air Force practice-flies its premier attack drone over upstate New York.
- NPR’s Kelly McEvers’ intimate portrait of the sacrifices war correspondents and their families make.
Reality Radio
Meet AIR and Indies at PRPD
Be there! AIR has many events at the PRPD conference Sept. 17-19th, including a Mingle with former WBEZ Manager Torey Malatia and Snap Judgment’s Glynn Washington.
Check out the AIR event schedule.
Get ready with Reality Radio, a popular special on PRX from AIR that celebrates tales from some of public radio’s most venerated independent story-makers — Ira Glass, The Kitchen Sisters, and Jay Allison.
High Holy Days
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
- From classical gems to raucous klezmer fiddling, superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman shares musical memories of the High Holy Days.
- Stories Make the World is a doc celebrating the rich tradition of Jewish storytelling.
- Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, Birthday of the World is music for both holidays: Parts One and Two.
More for the High Holy Days and Jewish history
Other Good Stuff
- Coming Oct. 18: We Knew JFK: Unheard Stories from the Kennedy Archives. An hour-long special of never-broadcast vignettes of John F. Kennedy, hosted by Robert MacNeil.
- It’s never too early to plan for Thanksgiving. Best of the Best: The Third Coast Festival Broadcast will be on PRX Nov. 18!
- Coming Sept. 30: Preview the 75th anniversary broadcast of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds presented FREE by Southern California Public Radio. And, stay tuned for a companion special, telling the behind-the-story of that famous broadcast.
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