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Specials

Giving Thanks with John Birge 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2:00 p.m.

A music-and-stories celebration of Thanksgiving. Host John Birge creates a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday, for families gathering to share common blessings.

America Abroad: Taking on the Taliban
Wednesday, November 11, 11:00 a.m.

They are an enemy that knows no borders — trafficking between Afghanistan and Pakistan, terrorizing both countries and posing a serious challenge to coalition forces deployed there. “Taking on the Taliban” explores the origins of radicalism in that region, and examines the fight on both sides of the border to eliminate the Taliban and terrorist threats.

2009 Third Coast Broadcast
Friday, November 27, 3:00 p.m.

The 2009 edition of the Third Coast International Audio Festival presents the best new documentaries produced worldwide. Hosted by award-winning writer, producer and humorist Gwen Macsai, the featured documentaries, all winners of the ninth annual TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, prove just how powerful radio can be. Innovative and insightful, the stories engage, provoke, entertain and transport listeners, proving that all one needs to discover new worlds is a little box and an antenna.

In addition to showcasing the winning documentaries, the “2009 Third Coast Broadcast” includes interviews with the winning producers, who give a glimpse into the art of audio storytelling, a profile of the year’s Audio Luminary Award winner, and highlights from the annual Awards Ceremony.

Harvest Home: Thanksgiving with the Dale Warland Singers 2009
Thursday, November 26, 4:00 p.m.

When the Dale Warland Singers decided to create a special Thanksgiving concert, it became a huge hit. As America’s premier a cappella choir for more than 30 years, the Dale Warland Singers crafted a beautiful hour of newly arranged favorites, quiet and simple Shaker tunes and rousing folk songs. With brief, evocative poems by John Keats and Meridel LeSueur interspersed among the songs, Harvest Home is the perfect dessert to set before your guests.

New Series

The Really Big Questions
Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. during November only

This series considers some of the great questions of humanity. What is the nature of consciousness? How do we face death? How do emotions shape our worldview? What is the significance of religious experience? These questions have inspired great works of art, literature, and philosophy and are recurrent themes in human history. They have also inspired scientific inquiry. Provocative new work in the sciences — such as evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and experimental psychology — gives us a chance to have a broader discussion about human nature and human understanding, but science does not have all the answers; sometimes it just shows us how much we still don’t know.

Hosted by NPR’s Lynn Neary, in four one-hour programs, The Really Big Questions considers the intersection of empirical science and the humanities and what that conversation can or cannot tell us about who we are and what we value.

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