North Gate Radio

Our first show of the semester focused on those pearly whites we all have a love-hate relationship with: teeth.  Sierra Filucci explored biting in childhood.  Ian Sherr looked into dental care for homeless residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.  And Julie Johnson interviews her dentist, and then investigates people’s “grillz.”  We also have a political report from Kim Geiger about an interesting twist to the Obama Campaign.

 

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The producer of today’s show was Julie Johnson. Our executive producer was Ben Manilla. The assistant producer was Pierre Tchetgen. The engineer was Kerry Seed. The webmaster is Ian Sherr. The anchors were Kim Geiger and Adithya Samamurthy.

Songs from today’s show include:

A clip from the movie, Smoke Signals
“John Wayne’s Teeth” by the Eaglebear Singers 
“Grillz” by Nelly

 

Traveling for Obama

Kim Geiger investigates a new website designed to help people campaign for Obama.

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for more information, visit Obama Travel’s Website.

 

Palm-Reading Teeth

Julie Johnson interviews her dentist about what a person’s teeth can tell about them.

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Biting

If you’ve ever been bitten by another person, you know it hurts.  Sometimes it’s a good hurt, like a little love bite.  Sometimes it’s a bad hurt, like when Mike Tyson bit Evander Hollifield’s ear.  But it’s not just lovers and boxers who bite.  North Gate Radio’s Sierra Fillucci tells the story of pre-schoolers who bite.

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Dentists for the Needy

Ian Sherr tells us a story from the Tenderloin of the struggle to keep your teeth healthy when you live on the street.

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For more information, visit:

the Department of Public Health’s website on dental services. Here

Glide Memorial Church’s Free Meal Program. Here

 

Grillz

Julie Johnson reports on gold teeth from the man who purports to be the original Mr. Bling Bling.

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