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WXXI’s Center for Public Affairs is Rochester’s most relevant and trustworthy source for news, information, and dialogue about the economy.

Together with NPR and PBS, we are your best resource when it comes to understanding the economic crisis and how it affects you.

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Pictured: Moderator John Donvan.
Photo Credit: ABC

Intelligence Squared U.S.: Guns Reduce Crime

Saturday, November 15 at 3 p.m.

Recently in the U.S. it seems as if partisan rancor has replaced reasoned debate; mainstream media has become contentious and ideological; and discussions of important issues are being dominated by emotion rather than by facts and analysis. The debate series Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) attempts to change this trend and raise the level of public discourse on the key issues of our day. Intelligence Squared U.S.: Guns Reduce Crime airs Saturday, November 15 at 3 p.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2.

 

For more information, visit www.intelligencesquaredus.org.

 

Pictured: Host Ray Suarez.
Photo Credit: America Abroad Media

America Abroad presents Winning the Peace: Rebuilding Nations from the Ashes of Conflict

Saturday, November 22 at 3 p.m.

In America Abroad's Winning the Peace: Rebuilding Nations from the Ashes of Conflict, airing Saturday, November 22 at 3 p.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2, former Secretary of State Colin Powell was fond of citing the so-called Pottery Barn Rule, "You break it, you own it." The U.S. had no trouble breaking the Taliban's hold in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. But rebuilding those nations has proved much more difficult.

Winning the Peace: Rebuilding Nations from the Ashes of Conflict takes a look at why the U.S. has struggled to put Humpty Dumpty back together again in Iraq and Afghanistan. It treads the halls of the Pentagon, Foggy Bottom and Capitol Hill to see how many of the problems of rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan begin here at home. And it heads to Baghdad to take a look at how U.S. military and civilian teams have made a course correction that could help to stabilize Iraq. The program also revisits lessons learned and forgotten of past U.S. efforts to help reconstruct broken nations after war.

For more information, visit www.americaabroadmedia.org

 

Giving Thanks with WXXI Radio

Thursday, November 27 beginning at 11 a.m. - Saturday, November 29 at 5 p.m.

Give thanks this Thanksgiving with WXXI Radio and tune in to hear these great programs and more:

The Splendid Table's Turkey Confidential 2008 airs Thursday, November 27 at 11 a.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2
Two hours of Thanksgiving morning triage for cooks across the nation. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of American Public Media's The Splendid Table, will be taking listener calls in a live, two-hour broadcast when it’s needed most, on the biggest cooking day of the year. Phone lines (800-537-5252) open for calls at 11:00 a.m. EST, and the program will be simulcast live on the web at www.splendidtable.org.

Giving Thanks airs Thursday, November 27 at 1 p.m and 9 p.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2 and at 2 p.m. on Classical 91.5/90.3/HD 91.5-1
As Thanksgiving brings family together to share common blessings and a bountiful meal, host John Birge brings music and stories together in a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday.

Harvest Home: Thanksgiving with the Dale Warland Singers airs Friday, November 28 at 12 noon on Classical 91.5/90.3/HD 91.5-1
American choral classics create a musical feast drawn from the archive and live performances of this 30-year old American choir. Brian Newhouse hosts.

Harvest Home airs Saturday, November 29 at 5 p.m. on Classical 91.5/90.3/HD 91.5-1
A musical cornucopia of American music with folk duo Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. Guests include Peter Ostroushko, The Red Stick Ramblers, Jimmie Rogers, Arlo Guthrie, and Pete Seeger.

Web site: None

 

2008 Third Coast International Audio Festival

Friday, November 28 at 12 noon and 9 p.m.

The 2008 Third Coast International Audio Festival (TCF), airing Friday, November 28 at 12 Noon and 9 p.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2, brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour program. The featured documentaries, all winners of the eighth annual TCF/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, represent radio at its finest: moving, insightful, surprising, and sometimes even life changing.

The 2008 TCF broadcast includes interviews with the winning producers who give us a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the art of audio storytelling. And the program features a profile of the year's Audio Luminary Award winner, along with highlights from the emotional Awards Ceremony.

Award-winning writer, producer and humorist Gwen Macsai serves as host and guide through this annual tour of the world's best new documentaries.

For more information, visit www.thirdcoastfestival.org.

 

Pictured: Baby Izzy.
Photo Credit: None

Born

Saturday, November 29 at 3 p.m. – Born

For one fascinating hour, Born, airing Saturday, November 29 at 3 p.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2, examines the current cultural context in which American babies are born, delving into the postpartum experience. Non-narrated, Born shares the stories of mothers and fathers and how they sense themselves, their babies and the world around them. It also presents expert analysis from doctors, midwives, evolutionary biologists, sociologists, and other scientists.

Born further explores the importance of pre-verbal experiences and how those impressions carry over throughout life. Many people believe that a newborn simply feeds, poops and sleeps, but, in fact, much more is happening. How does the postpartum experience impact a baby's blueprint for life?

Born then hears from people who surround mother and baby as they transition into their new lives as it considers the support systems that are necessary for families to thrive. It ends with recent historical shifts that have greatly contributed to the contemporary postpartum experience.

For more information, visit www.thinairmedia.org/born.html.

 

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