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November 12, 2009 - "Anthropologist Stephanie Aleman on the Wai Wai Tribe"
This week we look at an amazing, one of a kind cultural exchange program involving UW-Stevens Point and an indigenous tribe of Amerindians who live deep in the Amazon rainforest of Guyana. Over the past twelve years, anthropologist Stephanie Aleman has spent many months living with the Wai Wai tribe, learning their ways, speaking their language, and sharing the wild game killed by their hunters. This fall, Aleman brought two Wai Wai tribesmen, Wachana and Reuben Yaymochi, back with her to central Wisconsin and UW-Stevens Point. Reuben plans to return to get a biology degree so he can help his people preserve the biodiversity of their native rainforest. Aleman will talk about her life with the Wai Wai, the challenges of living a tribal existence 200 miles from the nearest road, and the greater challenges the tribe faces as they try to preserve their way of life in a changing world.

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November 19, 2009 - "Photojournalist Kevin Rivoli"
Route 51 takes its show on the road to the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau for a special program before a live audience on the artistic legacy of Norman Rockwell…and an American photographer who uses Rockwell’s paintings for inspiration. Our guest will be photographer Kevin Rivoli, whose book, In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America features side by side comparisons of his photographs and Rockwell’s paintings. Rivoli demonstrates that Rockwell wasn’t portraying an idealized image of American life…he was portraying America as it actually existed. The public is invited to attend this special live remote radio broadcast between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. November 19th at the Woodson Museum, 700 North 12th Street in Wausau.

Rockwell Freedom of Want

Rivoli Much to be Thankful For

Rivoli Welcome Home

Rockwell Homecoming Soldier

November 26, 2009 - "Happy Thanksgiving"
Route 51 will not air today due to the Thanksgiving holiday. (Yes, Glen will be eating turkey, rather than talking turkey today.) Please enjoy the
Third Coast International Audio Festival which brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour program; airing today from 4-6 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network stations.