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September 22, 1996 Programs
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1100 - 1159 Hour #1 Child Protection
1200 - 1259 Hour #2 Ancient Civilizations
1300 - 1359 Hour #3 Wilderness/Mountains
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 1:Child Protection
SEGMENT 1:
This segment, the debate over leaving children with
abusive parents. Richard Gelles, director of the Family
Violence Research Program at the University of Rhode
Island, tells Jim Fleming why he thinks abusive parents
should have their parental rights terminated and their
children put in foster care for early adoption. Gelles
is the author of "The Book of David" - a case study of a
fifteen month old boy suffocated by his mother. Also,
Charlotte Booth is all for keeping kids safe, but tells
Judith Strasser that she believes resources ought to go
into helping parents learn life and coping skills. Booth
is executive director of the Behavioural Sciences
Institute in Federal Way, Washington.
SEGMENT 2:
Psychologist Mary Pipher tells Steve Paulson that it's
harder than ever to raise healthy kids. A lot of kids
are terrified and Pipher blames TV. Pipher is the author
of the best-selling "Reviving Ophelia" and "The Shelter
of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families."
SEGMENT 3:
Doug Rushkoff says kids have a totally different
relationship to television than their parents do --
they're naturally more skeptical. Rushkoff tells Steve
Paulson that we should stop worrying about and start
learning from our kids. Rushkoff is the author of
several books, including "Playing the Future: How Kids'
Culture Can Teach Us to Thrive in an Age of Chaos."
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
09-22-A.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN Hour 2:Ancient Civilizations
SEGMENT 1:
Sharman Apt Russell tells Steve Paulson that
archaeologists, under pressure from new legislation and
politically aware native peoples, are changing the way
they handle artifacts from ancient cultures, and that
this is good for the field. Russell teaches writing at
Western New Mexico University and is the author of "When
the Land Was Young."
SEGMENT 2:
Writer Dan Buettner tells Judith Strasser about the
second MayaQuest project: archaeologists and
photographers communicated on line with academics,
amateurs, and school children who directed - and debated
- their work in the field. Buettner tells the story in
"MayaQuest: The Interactive Expedition." Also, Alan
Kolata directs the Center for Latin American Studies at
the University of Chicago and is the author of "Valley of
the Spirits: A Journey to the Lost Realm of the Aymara."
He tells Judith Strasser about this largely unknown
Bolivian culture that rivals the glories of the Incas and
Maya.
SEGMENT 3:
David Traill has written a book de-bunking "the greatest
archaeologist of all time." "Schliemann of Troy:
Treasure and Deceit" exposes Hermann Schliemann as an
unscrupulous individual and a pathological liar. Traill
tells Jim Fleming why, after twenty years of research, he
doubts the veracity of Schliemann's most famous
discovery. Traill teaches classics at the University of
California at Davis.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
9-22-B.
PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 3: Wilderness/Mountains
SEGMENT 1
John Krakauer, contributing editor to "Outside" magazine,
tells Steve Paulson the story of Chris McCandless - an
experienced outdoorsman who perished in the Alaskan
wilderness while on a spiritual quest. Krakauer tells
the full story in his book "Into the Wild."
SEGMENT 2:
Historian Stephen Ambrose tells Jim Fleming stories about
the Lewis and Clark expedition. They went in search of
the Northwest Passage and found the Garden of Eden, and
grizzly bears. Ambrose's new biography of Meriwether
Lewis is called "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis,
Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West."
SEGMENT 3:
Historian Simon Schama makes the case in his book
"Landscape and Memory" that "nature" is a product of the
human imagination. He tells Judith Strasser the various
things that mountains have meant to mankind and finds the
source and inspiration for Mount Rushmore (well-oiled and
wearing a lion skin) at the court of Alexander the Great.
For cassette copies of this hour, call 1-800-747-7444, and ask for program number
3-10-C.
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