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Before We Could "Snooze:" A Historic Take on Alarm Clocks

Alarm clocks must be one of more hated objects in our homes, but they help get us up and going each morning. How did these dreaded buzzers come to be? Reporter Karen Weise talked with Dorian Clair, who's been repairing antique clocks for over half a century.

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This German beer hall clock plays a different tune every hour as a reminder to get a new glass of beer.

Waking up college students in a different way.

There are a lot of different ways to wake someone up. There's the traditional alarm clock approach, the cold shower, or the extra cup of coffee. But InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a national evangelical organization, is rousing college students in a different way: using the teachings of Jesus. Last year, 32,000 students were involved in the evangelical organization’s chapters on college campuses across the country, and, according to the organization's web site, 2142 students professed their faith in Jesus and Savior and Lord for the first time last year. Reporter Claire Trageser went to check out Berkeley’s chapter.

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Image courtesy of Bootsmalone design.

For more information, visit the International InterVarsity web site, here.

And the Berkeley chapter's web site, here.

Additional interview clips from Erina Kim, the leader of one of Berkeley's InterVarsity chapters:

Divine Dancers

Some dancers find a deep connection between dance and religion. Reporter Elizabeth Shemaria learns how that connection helps dancers wake-up to a belief in a higher power.

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Carla DeSola, photo by Beverly Hall, courtesy of Carla DeSola

Angela Yarber in Carla DeSola's dance studio, courtesy of Angela Yarber

Danielle Woermann teaching a Nia class, photo by Elizabeth Shemaria

Danielle Woermann's Nia class, photo by Elizabeth Shemaria

Betting on Casinos

In hard times, people come up with creative solutions. Reporter Angela Kilduff talked to some homeless people who are waking up far from where they started. Instead of sleeping on the streets, they're napping on buses that take them to casinos far from San Francisco.

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Sanmo Travel is one of the companies that takes San Franciscans to casinos in California and Nevada. For more information about these services, visit their website, here.

For more information about issues surrounding San Francisco's homeless, follow the Coalition on Homelessness' blog, Street Sheet, visit its website, here.

April 16th, 2009
Categories: Podcasts . Author: ian

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