wnyc.org / 93.9fm / am 820

On Demand

Program Schedule

Topics

Radiolab Archive

  • 2005
  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

November 2002

Nike, Nature's Revenge and Gunrunners

Sunday, November 24, 2002

Nike isn't just a shoe company, it's an image, a way of understanding economic globalization writ large. In the first hour, Radio Lab looks at both sides of the Nike coin: first, a visit to the Nike Campus in Portland, Oregon. Second, a trip to a former Nike sweatshop in Jakarta Indonesia. Hour two uncovers an entire region of the United States that is slipping into the sea - The Louisiana Wetlands. And lastly, we explore the invisible industry otherwise known as the small arms trade. Today, there are over 550,000,000 small arms in circulation.


Revolt

Sunday, November 17, 2002

This week, Radio Lab starts off with a couple stories that don't have much in common except 1) they're great, and 2) the characters are in various stages of a revolt against the idea of normal. Hour two brings you a piece from American Radio Works about the summer of 1964 in Mississippi, when black activists and white college kids joined together to fight segregation. And sadly, hour three marks the end of our History of Rhythm and Blues series where music becomes a catalyst for social change, and aids in the desegregation of a country.


Veteran's Day Special

Sunday, November 10, 2002

In honor of Veteran's Day, Radio Lab brings you two hours of programming on life during wartime: the soldier, the wife, the "bloods." In our third hour, we wind down towards the end of our beloved series on the History of Rhythm and Blues with an hour on the women of soul.


Race Relations, The Power of Pop and the History of Rhythm n Blues

Sunday, November 03, 2002

In the first hour, two friends visit the new South Africa but find different things (hint: one is white, the other black). Hour two looks at four pop songs that will probably still be in our brains until humans cease to walk the planet, despite generations of abuse by commercials and Japanese punk bands. Lastly, our beloved series on the history of Rhythm and Blues takes us to Detroit.