The Future
The producer of today’s show was Ian Sherr. Our executive producer was Ben Manilla. The assistant producer was Sierra Filucci The engineer was Rina Palta. The webmaster is Ian Sherr. The anchors were Pierre Tchetgen and Lisa Pickoff-White.
Music from today’s show include:
Timbuk3’s “The Future’s So Bright”
INX’s “The Strangest Party”
Tom Jones’ “The Green, Green Grass of Home”
Huey Lewis and the News’ “Back in Time”
Hoyt Curtin’s Theme from the Jetsons
The Old Dominion
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been surging in polls. There’s been a lot of talk about the growing Democratic electorate in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Political reporter Kim Geiger takes us to the southern part of Virginia to explore just how strong Obama’s support really is.
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Rethinking the Front Lawn
Ever since the rise of suburbia after World War 2, Americans have loved their lawns. But with increasing concerns about the environment, the economy and even food safety, people in the Bay Area and beyond are choosing to forego luscious green grass in front of their homes, for something else.
Sierra Filucci takes us to a neighborhood in Oakland where the future of lawns is now.
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Erin Fisher’s lawn has been named a Bay Friendly Garden by Stopwaste.org
Erin Fisher’s Fuji apple tree.
Julie Mills’s sheet-mulched lawn.
Some resources for tearing out your lawn:
StopWaste, Here.
Misty Morning Gardens, Here.
The Faces of the Fallen
Some philosophers say that in order to be prepared for the future, you must understand the past. In that spirit, Ian Sherr sits down with Professor Stephen Zaima to talk about a rather personal memorial for the Iraq war.
Professor Zaima is Syracuse University’s Program coordinator for the School of Art and Design Painting.
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Although the memorial itself has ended, you can still view the portraits Here, and Here.
Ian met Professor Zaima in the course of reporting about the Faces of the Fallen Memorial in 2005. You can read his original feature article about the exhibit from his website. The direct link to the story is Here.
Anthony Grieve–referenced in both the interview and Ian’s original article.
Disappearing Doctors
This Election Season, Presidential Candidates have spent plenty of time talking about the fate of our nation’s health care system. As more and more medical students choose specialty fields, reporter Vianna Davila wonders, will there be family doctors to take care of us in the future?
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It’s the 21st Century–I Was Promised Flying Cars
These days, advances in automotive technology have to do with alternative fuels and getting better gas mileage. But have you ever wondered what happened to the flying car? Ever since George Jetson flew his car to work at Spacely Sprockets and Marty McFly took his Delorian back to the future, science fiction has been predicting that our cars will soon be flying. Adithya Sambamurthy reports on one inventors’ lifelong quest to develop a flying car for consumers.
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For more information, visit:
Paul Moller’s website, Here.
And the website for Terrafugia Inc, makers of the Transition Car, Here.
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