Archive for May 31st, 2010
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Looking back at the Berlin Airlift with historian Richard Reeves
May 31
Hour 1
Listen back to our interview with Annenberg School lecturer, columnist, and presidential biographer RICHARD REEVES about his recent book, "Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift." It's about the U.S. pilots who risked their lives to distribute food and supplies to those who were considered enemies just a couple years earlier.
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GORDON HEMPTON'S One Square Inch of Silence
May 31
Hour 2
Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist GORDON HEMPTON has traveled all over the world recording sounds. In his travels, he noticed that natural silent spaces, places free from mechanical sounds, are vanishing. HEMPTON argues that there are only a handful of silent places remaining in America. Today, we'll listen to HEMPTON'S recordings of silence and talk about what we’ve lost in all the noise. HEMPTON is the author of "One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet."
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Looking back at the Berlin Airlift with historian Richard Reeves May 31
Hour 1 Listen back to our interview with Annenberg School lecturer, columnist, and presidential biographer RICHARD REEVES about his recent book, "Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift." It's about the U.S. pilots who risked their lives to distribute food and supplies to those who were considered enemies just a couple years earlier. -
GORDON HEMPTON'S One Square Inch of Silence May 31
Hour 2 Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist GORDON HEMPTON has traveled all over the world recording sounds. In his travels, he noticed that natural silent spaces, places free from mechanical sounds, are vanishing. HEMPTON argues that there are only a handful of silent places remaining in America. Today, we'll listen to HEMPTON'S recordings of silence and talk about what we’ve lost in all the noise. HEMPTON is the author of "One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet."
