Waiting April 3, 2008
This week’s show is all about waiting. Andi McDaniel discovers why it takes so long to join an urban garden. Anrica Deb profiles a woman who is waiting on love and marriage. David Gelles reports on a long-awaited baseball season. Abbie Swanson tracked down musicians who have waited years to play in a band full-time. Rina Palta interviews surfer Grant Washburn about waiting for the perfect wave.
Today’s show was produced by Brett Wilkison. The assistant producer was Laurie Burkitt. Our engineers are Ben Hubbard and Angelica Marin. Our web guru is Kevin Jones. Ben Manilla is the executive producer. The anchors were Jessica Meyers and Robert Lewis.
Songs featured in this show:
“What a Wonderful World,” Louis Armstrong
“Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” Dean Martin
“Hernando’s Hideaway,” Harry Scorzo
“Wait,” The J. Geils Band
“Wait Until Tomorrow,” The Jimi Hendrix Experience
“Tired of Waiting For You,” The Kinks
“Waiting on a Friend,” The Rolling Stones
“SurfWax America,” Weezer
“Here Comes Your Man,” The Pixies
“I Want Ev’ry Bit of It,” Bessie Smith
“Tiembela,” Africando
“Numbers,” “Leave It,” “Meantime” and “Wait,” all by East Hundred
Waiting for Waves
Rina Palta talks to big wave surfer and documentary filmmaker Grant Washburn about waiting for waves.
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Want more information on the Mavericks big wave competition? Visit the official contest site here for alerts, current surf conditions, and a history of the break. For showing times of Grant Washburn’s latest documentary, “Quest for Fear,” check out Tall Tales Productions.
Baseball Begins
David Gelles reports on this year’s baseball season and the fans who have eagerly awaited the opening games.
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To listen to radio host Marty Lurie and archives of “Right Off the Bat” here.
Click the picture above to see a slide show of pictures from a baseball game.
Dirty Waitlist
Andi McDaniel gives us the dirt on the community garden waiting list.
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Want to start biding your time on a community garden waiting list? The Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative can help. Find out about community gardens in cities across America through the American Community Gardening Association, which you can connect with here.
Woman in Waiting
Anrica Deb talks to Anna Broadway, author of “Sexless in the City,” about faith, chastity, and the struggle of life without sex.
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To check out Broadway’s book, “Sexless in the City:A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity,” click here.
Waiting to Rock
Abbie Swanson covers the story of a few musicians waiting for seats on their own tour bus.
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For more about the band, check out their myspace page. You can also get their music at iTunes or at CDBaby.com.
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