The Next Big Thing Archive
March 2004
Voices Raised
Show #430
Friday, March 26, 2004
We start with voices on Capitol Hill, and end with music and conversation about prayer, featuring novelist Mary Gordon, singer/songwriters Maggie and Suzzy Roche, and ethicist Peter Singer. In between, we hear from one of the first female cops to patrol the streets of New York City, and from a community of Ivory Coast immigrants who have found both peace and conflict in West Philadelphia. And we drop in on record stores throughout Manhattan, where purveyors of great music talk about what’s playing.
Our Year in War
Show #429
Friday, March 19, 2004
A look back at the voices, both serious and comedic, that have helped us make sense of the war in Iraq. Among them: fifteen young and optimistic Model UN students; thinkers and writers Lawrence Weschler and Mark Danner; Gulf War veterans Robert Holmes and Neal Creighton; and Tony Soprano.
Ritual
Show #428
Friday, March 12, 2004
Flouting, reinventing, and exploring rituals and traditions. Sound artist Ellen Band weaves together prayers offered in fifteen different places of worship. In a short story by John Haskell, a man’s daily toast-eating acquires its own kind of significance. And in a midtown Manhattan loft, cacophony moves toward harmony as Tuvan and American cultures meet in a musical experiment. Also this week, news from the front - of the Martha Stewart trial, from a mother-daughter team of courtroom sketch artists.
Back to the Basics
Show #427
Friday, March 05, 2004
A closer look at what’s most essential. For some, it’s the Bible. For others, it’s the items included in a personal emergency safety kit. For a cop in Maine, it’s Elvis. And for an architect living on the Upper West Side, it’s the recipes that were set down by his great-grandmother in Hungary. We explore all of the above. Also, we venture into uncharted terrain, just a few steps ahead of those who have promised a new media outlet: liberal talk radio.
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