Link to Friday's Radiolab (November 28) :
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2008/11/28
There are four segments here, that you can listen to, online:
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Race
The U.S. Census defines five races, and an "other" category. When the
human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig
Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that "The
concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis."
Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and
where does it leave us? It doesn't seem to have wiped out our evolving
conversation about race.
Race Doesn't Exist. Or Does It?
Tony Frudakis and his company DNA Print Genomics believe they can
identify hair, eye, and skin color and point to the genetic ancestry
of test subjects by scanning their DNA. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce
goes to investigate, using a sample of Jad's DNA to find out what they
could discover. The results? Surprising to all. We found another
surprised DNA test subject, Wayne Joseph, a high school principal and
writer on the topic of race.
Race and Medicine
BiDil was the first drug approved by the FDA for a specific racial
group. We want to know what the ramifications are for using skin color
as a diagnostic tool for diseases and disorders that can't be seen.
Producer Soren Wheeler talks to Dr. Jay Cohn, developer of BiDil and
cardiac specialist. Sociologist Troy Duster and epidemiologist Richard
Cooper discuss race, medicine, slippery slopes, and the dangers of
false stereotypes.
Journalist Malcolm Gladwell has thought about stereotypes. Growing up
in Ontario to an English father and Jamaican mother, he became one of
the top sprinters in his age-group and he noticed that a surprising
number of the most successful runners in Canada were from Jamaica. It
got him wondering about the relation****p between race and athletic
success, and he's pretty sure his initial ideas were wrong.
Can You See Race?
Teacher David Sherrin presents an exercise called "Sorting People" to
his 9th graders at the Facing History School. The outcome? Well, have
a listen. How accurately can you guess a person's background from
their appearance? Re****ter Ali Abbas takes us to Baghdad, where that
question has become an issue of life and death as tensions and
violence have risen between Sunni and ****'a in Iraq, and safety can
come down to the spelling of your name.
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List of some stations that have carried Radiolab... courtesy of
Sam1933 on Investors Hub:
State City Station
AZ Phoenix KJZZ
CA Fresno KVPR
CA Los Angeles KPCC
CA Rohnert Park KRCB
CA San Diego KPBS
CA San Francisco KALW
CA San Francisco KQED
CO Denver KCFR
CT Hartford WNPR
DC Wa****ngton DC WAMU
FL Ft. Pierce WQCS
FL Miami WLRN
FL Orlando WMFE
IA Iowa Iowa Public Radio
IL Chicago WBEZ
IL Detroit WDET
IL Rockford WNIJ
IN Elkhart WVPE
IN Indianapolis WFYI
KY Louisville WFPL
KY Murray WKMS
KY Richmond WEKU
LO New Orleans WWNO
MA Amhearst WNNZ-AM
MA Boston WBUR
MA Boston WGBH
MA Cape & Islands WCAI/WNAN/WZAI
MD Baltimore WYPR
MI Ann Arbor/Detroit WUOM
MI Kalamazoo WMUK
MN Mpls/St. Paul KNOW
MO Kansas City KCUR
MO St. Louis KWMU
NC Ashville WCQS
NC Charlotte WFAE
NC Greensboro WFDD
NC Raleigh WUNC
NE Omaha KIOS
NH New Hamp****re WEVO
NV Las Vegas KNPR
NY Buffalo WNED-AM
NY New York WNYC-AM
NY New York WNYC-FM
NY North Country Public Radio WSLU
NY Oswego WRVO
NY Rochester WXXI-AM
OH Cincinnati WVXU
OH Cincinnati WNKU
OH Cleveland WCPN
OH Columbus WCBE
OH Columbus WOSU-AM
OH Kent/Cleveland WKSU
OR ****tland KOAC-AM
PA Pittsburgh WYEP
PA State College WPSU
RI Providence WRNI-AM
TX Austin KUT
TX Dallas KERA
TX San Antonio KSTX
UT Salt Lake City KUER
VA Harrisonburg WMRA
VT Burlington Vermont Public Radio
WA ****tland KOPB-FM
WA Seattle KUOW
WI Milwaukee WUWM
WV West Virginia West Virginia Public Radio
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2008/11/28/segments/113754
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Daniel Gannon
****tland, Oregon, USA
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