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October 2002
Therapy, Martian Invasion and More Rhythm n Blues
Sunday, October 27, 2002
The first hour of this weeks Radio Lab brings you two wildly different stories on New York's pastime: therapy. In the second hour, a Martian attack sends radio-listeners in 1938 New York into a panic. And lastly, approaching the end of our series on Rhythm n Blues, Let the Good Times Roll takes us to Chicago, where soul, the blues and rock and roll all came together.
Food for Thought
Sunday, October 20, 2002
We start this week with stories about food. All kinds! Food therapy (nothing like baked goods to make you feel better), food for thought. Then, a detailed look at the elusive notion of international justice. What have we learned from Nuremberg, Bosnia and Rwanda? Good question. And finally, our series on the history of Rhythm and Blues takes us to the deep south, circa 1950's - a time of "Whites Only" clubs, colored bathrooms and the Chitlin circuit.
Travelers Logs, Soundscapes and the History of Rhythm n Blues
Sunday, October 13, 2002
In the first hour, Radio Lab delves into tavelers logs from Newfoundland to Lisbon. We then take a sonic trip through Fez, Morocco before venturing to the 20s and 30s in the history of RnB when double entendres and metaphors were the only way to get your message across.
Wanderers, Rwanda Maps and Rhythm n Blues
Sunday, October 06, 2002
Migrants, nomads, wanderers, drifters, fanatic reactionary pedestrians, hobo - in the first hour, Radio Lab looks at people who can't stay in one place for to long. The second: a chilling first-person journey through the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. And finally, we shake it off with another milestone in the history of Rhythm n Blues: "the honker" - the beginnings of the saxophone revolution that would send audiences around the world into a frenzy.
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