2006-52 (12/24/06)

Music of the Spanish Jews

Judith Wachs, Director, Voice of the Turtle

Revisiting the Halifax Explosion of 1917

In My Own Words with Laura M. Mac Donald, author, Curse of the Narrows

2006-51 (12/17/06)

Interpreting the World of Child Art

Claire Golomb, author, The Child's Creation of a Pictorial World; Professor Emeritus of Psychology, UMass Boston

Trapeze Twins

Elsie and Serenity Smith, Trapeze artists; founders, Nimble Arts, LLC

2006-50 (12/10/06)

Somerville Illuminations

Greg Jenkins, executive director, Somerville Arts Council; Bob Doherty, Somerville Illuminations tour guide; Somerville Firefighter

Building a Sports Program at an Urban Campus

Terry Condon, Senior Associate Athletic Director, Head Volleyball Coach, UMass Boston

2006-49 (12/3/06)

Saving Energy in the Home

Larry Chretien, executive director, Mass Energy Consumers Alliance

The Fascinating World of Arthropods

Gonzalo Giribit, associate professor of Biology, Harvard University; Associate curator of Invertebrates, Museum of Comparative Zoology

2006-48 (11/26/06)

Combating Storm Water Pollution

Paula Jewell, Executive Director, Massachusetts Bays Estuary Association

The Politics Behind Climate Change

Raymond Bradley, Distinguished Professor, Geosciences Department; director, Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst

2006-47 (11/19/06)

Thanksgiving: Myth vs. Fact

Glenn Marshall, tribal council president; Vernon ?Silent Drum? Lopez, sachem, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Teaching about Thanksgiving

Kim Von Wormer, director of Education, Plimoth Plantation

2006-46 (11/12/06)

High School Baseball in Japan

Kenneth Eng, Director/Editor, Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball.

Insecure at Last: Eve Ensler Discusses her New Book

In My Own Words with Eve Ensler, playwright; author, Insecure at Last: Losing It In Our Security-Obsessed World

2006-45 (11/5/06)

History of Daylight Saving Time

Michael Downing, author, Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time; lecturer, Creative Writing, Tufts University.

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2006-44 (10/29/06)

A History of Halloween in America

Lesley Bannatyne, author Halloween: An American Holiday, An American History.

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2006-43 (10/22/06)

Vigilantes on the US-Mexico Border

Jeremy Levine, producer/director, ?Walking the Line?

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2006-42 (10/15/06)

Navigating Healthy Eating

Walter Willett, M.D., author, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating.

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2006-41 (10/8/06)

Wellfleet?s Famous Oysters

Bob Wallace, Wellfleet shellfish farmer; Nicholas Gulde, member of the board, Shellfish Promotion And Tasting (SPAT)

The Battle Over Urban Sprawl

Anthony Flint, author, This Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America; public affairs manager, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

2006-40 (10/1/06)

The US Racial Wealth Gap

Meizhu Lui, executive director, United For a Fair Economy; co-author, The Color of Wealth.

Katrina and Recovery: The Vietnamese Community of the Gulf Coast
Repeated from March, 2006

Peter Kiang, director, Asian American Studies, UMass Boston; Nam Le, student, UMass Boston

2006-39 (9/24/06)

Music Across Continents

Dan Grossman, science journalist; radio producer.

In My Own Words with Poet, Thomas Sayers Ellis

Thomas Sayers Ellis, poet; author; assistant professor of Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College

2006-38 (9/17/06)

Patentable Projects at the Massachusetts State Science Fair

Timothy French, managing principle, Fish & Richardson P.C Boston; sponsor, Frederick P Fish Patent Award at the 2006 Massachusetts State Science Fair.

Marine Trash Along Massachusetts Shores

Kristin Mallek, research analyst, Urban Harbors Institute, UMass Boston; outreach coordinator, Coastsweeps; Susan Snow-Cotter, director, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

2006-37 (9/10/06)

Hearing Voices: A Play About Mental Illness and Family

Michael Mack, performance poet.

Bluegrass Goes to College

Dave Hollender, professor, ensemble department, Berklee College of Music.

2006-36 (9/3/06)

The Pequot Mill Strike: Salem's Forgotten History

Avi Chomsky, professor of History, Salem State College.

A Working Peoples' Heritage Trail of Boston

James Green, professor of History and Labor Studies, College of Public and Community Service, UMass Boston.

2006-35 (8/27/06)

Jill Ker Conway, author, A Women's Education

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2006-34 (8/20/06)

Robert Meeropol, adopted son of Abel Meeropol, the composer of ?Strange Fruit?

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2006-33 (8/13/06)

Even the Women Must Fight: Memories of War From North Vietnam

Karen Gottschang Turner, author (with Phan Thanh Hao), Even the Women Must Fight: Memories of War from North Vietnam.

Rediscovering Edith Piaf

Christine Zufferey, vocalist and Catherine Capozzi, guitarist for Ziaf.

2006-32 (8/6/06)

Harvard?s 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals

William Wright, author, Harvard?s Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals.

The Search for the Steamer Portland

John Fish, vice president, American Underwater Search and Survey.

2006-31 (7/30/06)

Native Slavery in New England

Thomas Doughton, member, Nipmuc Nation; lecturer Holy Cross College

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2006-30 (7/23/06)

Rare Heritage Breeds: A Response to Industrial Farming

Michael Yezzi, pig farmer; owner, Flying Pigs Farm.

Dune Shacks of the Cape

Russell Powell, producer, "Shack Time;" editor and publisher, New England Watershed Magazine.

2006-29 (7/2/06)

Transformation in Mask Theatre

Eric Bornstein, founder and artistic director, Behind the Mask.

Accents and the Diversity of Dialects

Amelia Broome, voice coach; artist in residence, performing arts faculty, Emerson College

2006-28 (7/9/06)

What Your Doctor Doesn't Know and You Should

John Abramson, MD author, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine.

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2006-27 (7/2/06)

Memory and the Persistence of Identity

le thi diem thuy, author, The Gangster We Are All Looking For

Adventure Photography

Chris Linder, professional photographer.

2006-26 (6/25/06)

Finding Martha's Vineyard

Jill Nelson, author, Finding Martha's Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island.

Cultural Stereotypes as a Health Issue

Chidi Achebe MD, Former Medical Director of Whittier Street Health Center.

2006-25 (6/18/06)

A Discussion with Sylvia Poggioli

Sylvia Poggioli, senior European correspondent, National Public Radio (Foreign Desk);

A University?s Recovery Following Hurricane Katrina

Marvalene Hughes, president, Dillard University, New Orleans

2006-23 (6/4/06)

A Passion for the Old Book Business

Ken Gloss, proprietor, Brattle Book Shop; appraiser, Antiques Road Show

Enrico Fermi: From Fascism to the Manhattan Project

Spencer Di Scala, Chair and Graduate Director, History Department, UMass Boston

2006-22 (5/28/06)

Ruth Rogers, Special Collections Librarian, Wellesley College.

Archeology, Tribal Lands and Collaborative Research

Stephen Silliman, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of the Historical Archaeology M.A. Program, Department of Anthropology UMass Boston; Kathy Sebastian, Tribal Councilor and Historical Preservation Advisor, Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation

2006-21 (5/21/06)

Comic Books for Adults

Anthony Davis, co-owner, Million Year Picnic comic bookstore, Havard Square.

Sandra Daitch, certified laughter leader.

2006-20 (5/14/06)

Agitation Trials in Early Soviet Russia

Elizabeth Wood, author, Performing Justice: Agitation Trials in Early Soviet Russia; director, MIT Program in Women?s Studies

"In My Own Words" with Vusi Mahlasela, South-African singer/songwriter.

2006-19 (5/7/06)

The Singing Life of Birds

Don Kroodsma, author, The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong; professor emeritus, UMass Amherst

Anne Bromer, Owner, Bromer Booksellers, Inc.

2006-18 (4/30/06)

A History of Rosie's Place

Kip Tiernan, founder, Rosie's Place.

Jeff Stone and Michelle Waters-Ekerman, steering committee members, City-Wide Dialogues on Boston's Racial and Ethnic Diversity.

2006-17 (4/23/06)

The Media, Hugo Chavez and Venezuela Today

Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, research associate, The Mauricio Gast?n Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy; associate professor of Sociology, UMass Boston

2006-16 (4/16/06)

The Art of Modern Storytelling

Onawumi Jean Moss, storyteller; founder, Keepers of the Word Storytelling Festival.

2006-15 (4/9/06)

The Ghost Army of World War II

Rick Beyer, documentary producer; writer/producer, ?The Ghost Army?

Steve Oney, founder, Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater

2006-14 (4/2/06)

Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit:" The Story Behind the Anti-Lynching Song

Robert Meeropol, son of Abel Meeropol, the composer of "Strange Fruit;" executive director, Rosenberg Fund for Children

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2006-13 (3/26/06)

Katrina and Recovery: The Vietnamese Community of the Gulf Coast

Peter Kiang, director, Asian American Studies, UMass Boston; Nam Le, student, UMass Boston

The Growing Income Gap in Massachusetts

Jeff McLynch, deputy director, Massachusetts Budge and Policy Center; author, ?The Growing Gap: Income Inequality in Massachusetts?

2006-12 (3/19/06)

Boston's Golden Era of Irish Music & Dance

Susan Gedutis, author, See You at the Hall: Boston's Golden Era of Irish Music and Dance.

Joe Derrane: The Greatest Comeback in the History of Irish Music

Brought to you by Maggie Holtzberg, Folk Arts and Heritage Program Manager for the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

2006-11 (3/12/06)

The Mass Memories Road Show

Joanne Riley, director, The Massachusetts Studies Project at the Institute of Teaching and Learning, Graduate College of Education, UMass Boston

Accused as a Spy: The Case of James Yee

James Yee, author, For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire; former US Military Muslim Chaplain.

2006-10 (3/5/06)

Rescuing Stranded Marine Mammals of the Cape

Sarah Herzig, stranding coordinator, Cape Cod Stranding Network.

A View of Colonial Boston?s Underworld

D. Brenton Simons, author, Witches, Rakes and Rogues: True Stories of Scam, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in Boston, 1630-1775 ; executive director, New England Historic Genealogical Society.

2006-09 (2/26/06)

The Lost Towns of Quabbin Reservoir

Clif Read, director of Interpretive Services, Quabbin Visitors Center; Elizabeth Peirce, president and curator, Swift River Valley Historical Society; author, The Lost Towns of Quabbin Valley.

An Education in Traditional Craftsmanship

Walter McDonald, executive director, North Bennet Street School; Susan Burgess, student in piano tuning program.

2006-08 (2/19/06)

A Woman's Education

Jill Ker Conway, author A Woman's Education.

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2006-07 (2/12/06)

Pop Music Post 911

Reebee Garofalo, professor, College of Public and Community Service, UMass Boston.

Blackface Minstrelsy and the Construction of Racial Stereotypes

Stephanie Dunson, assistant professor of English; director of Graduate Studies, University of Rhode Island

2006-06 (2/5/06)

A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston

Stephanie Schorow, author, Boston on Fire; reporter, Boston Herald.

In My Own Words: Sick of Nature

David Gessner, nature writer and author, Sick of Nature.

2006-05 (1/29/06)

Touching the Future: The Legacy of Christa McAuliffe

Mary Liscombe, Associate Director, Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center; Challenger Learning Center, Framingham State College.

Main Street Revitalization: Connecting Dorchester Avenue

Dan Larner, executive director, St. Mark?s Area Main Street, Inc.

2006-04 (1/22/06)

Who Cooks and Why

Arlene Avakian, co-editor, From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies: Critical Perspectives on Women and Food.

Planning for the Future

Amy McGill, director of Community Education, VistaCare Massachusetts, Ron Kearns, RN; Attorney at Law, Senior Resource Center.

2006-03 (1/15/06)

OpenCourseWare: A New Approach to Learning

Jon Paul Potts, communications manager, OpenCourseWare Program at MIT.

Preserving Cambodian Culture: The Angkor Dance Troupe

Duey Kol, general manager, Angkor Dance Troupe; Peter Veth, former student and junior instructor, Angkor Dance Troupe.

2006-02 (1/8/06)

Overcoming Procrastination

Dr. Barry Kesselman, psychotherapist.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Air Travel

Patrick Smith, airline pilot; author, Ask the Pilot.

2006-01 (1/1/06)

The Uninsured in America

Susan Starr Sered, co-author, The Uninsured in America: Life & Death in the Land of Opportunity.

A Biography of the Boston Accent

John J. McCarthy, professor of Linguistics, UMass Amherst

2005-52 (12/25/05)

The Life and Times of A.C. Gilbert, the Inventor of the Erector Set

Bruce Watson, author, The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made.

Dinner for Dickens

Susan Rossi-Wilcox, Author, Dinner for Dickens: The Culinary History of Mrs. Charles Dickens?s Menu Books.