For our Christmas Day program, highlights from the old CBS series--and current NPR series--"This I Believe." We'll hear excerpts from the statements of belief by Leonard Bernstein, Jackie Robinson, and Penn Gillette. Also: biking in New York.
Making a Statement
Jay Allison, independent broadcast journalist, host and curator of NPR’s "This I Believe" series, now a book: This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (Henry Holt, 2006)
selected listeners share their credos plus excerpts from the audio book, "This I Believe"
selected listeners share their credos plus excerpts from the audio book, "This I Believe"
Will Science Save Creation?
Edward O. Wilson, scientist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth (W. W. Norton, 2006)
and
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
- preview their seminar: "Sustainable Development—Can it Save the Creation?"
and
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
- preview their seminar: "Sustainable Development—Can it Save the Creation?"
Trouble on Two Wheels
Noah Budnick, programs director of transportation alternatives
- on alternative means of transport in New York
and
Iris Weinshall, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner
- on the city's effort to make biking in New York safe
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- on alternative means of transport in New York
and
Iris Weinshall, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner
- on the city's effort to make biking in New York safe
» NYC ...
Open Phones
listeners call in on about when they give to panhandlers
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