This week on HearSay, May 28-31
Monday, May 28
SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMMING: FOR THE FALLEN
Hosted by Green Beret and poet Major Robert Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces, the hour features voices of veterans remembering their comrades. Troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan share their emails, poems, and journals as part of the NEA project, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. Also, interviews from StoryCorps, essays from This I Believe, and the history and sounds of a Military Honor Guard.
Tuesday, May 29
LIVING CULTURE: SUMMER PAGES
Do you desire to read more this summer? We continue our "Living Culture" series in partnership with Port Folio Weekly with our annual focus on summer literature. We invite you to call in and share what's on your list. Guests: Tom Robotham and Alexis Garland Waller of Port Folio Weekly, author William Irvine "On Desire: Why We Want What We Want" and Elizabeth Khuri, co-founder of Goodreads, a website that combines social networking with book reviewing.
2007 Summer Reading Recommendations
On Desire: Why We Want What We Want – by William Irvine
The Good Priest’s Son – by Reynolds Price
Letter to a Man in the Fire: Does God Exist and Does he Care? – by Reynolds Price
Open To Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught – by Mark Epstein
The Count of Monte Cristo – by Alexandre Dumas pere
Anna Karenina – by Leo Tolstoy
What is the What – by Dave Eggers
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia – by Elizabeth Gilbert
E=MC2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation – by David Bodanis
The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian – by Robin Lane Fox
What the Thunder Said – by Janet Peery
NPR : Under the Radar: Books Not to Miss
Christopher Newport University Great Books Series
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Wednesday, May 30
THE LOSS OF AN AMERICAN DREAM
Segment A: The foreclosure crisis
Home sales are rising but the median price of a new house has dropped dramatically leaving everyone wondering whether the nation's worst housing slump is coming to an end. On top of that, foreclosures are on the rise as many buyers relied on subprime mortgages or interest only loans to purchase homes. On today's HearSay, we'll talk about the state of the real estate market in Hampton Roads and the impact of foreclosures on the entire community.
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Segment B: What Price Paradise
Want to find a neighborhood and still be able to pay the bills? Affordable housing is a critical problem in Hampton Roads and throughout the nation. Many who serve communities are unable to live there due to the lack of affordable housing units and apartments. In this segment, we'll discuss this critical need and why it affects one third of the nation's population. We'll also navigate through what programs are available such as block grants, VHDA and SPARC funds.
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Thursday, May 31
CONSUMED
You are what you buy-that's the underlying message of many marketing campaigns. On today's HearSay, Cathy talks with Dr. Benjamin Barber, noted political scientist and professor of civil society at the University of Maryland, about current consumer culture and why he says it is incompatible with democratic values. His latest book is "Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilizes Adults, and Swallows Citizens Whole." We'll also discuss why trends are often taken seriously, even though their popularity and usefulness is sometimes short-lived with Dr. Joel Best, author of "Flavor Of The Month: Why Smart People Fall For Fads."
Benjamin Barber Website
Joel Best Website
The Center for a New American Dream
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