An hour-long radio special about the Brown University Habitat for Humanity trip to New Orleans, Spring Break 2006. Produced by Adeline Goss, Britt Harwood, Colin Baker and Peter McElroy.
Please contact Adeline.Goss@gmail.com with questions about the show. You can listen to individual pieces at http://www.prx.org/station/WBSR/pieces.
In this week’s episode of Off the Beat, we learn about Predatory Lending Legislation with Matt Sledge, head to the Southside of Providence to meet a group of children creating a mural with Andrew Fox, see what’s going on with those immigrant right protests today with Linda Evarts, and meet up with a group of regulars at the Elmwood Public Library again with Linda Evarts.
This week we meet up with a military mother from North Kingstown, meet the #1 Promoter of the city of Pawtucket (not the Bucket!), learn about child poverty in Rhode Island and the ProvFlux city exploration festival/conference, and take Sounds of the City further afield with one big bang.
In this week’s show we learn about the deregulation of motor scooter licensing, we meet a local street flower vendor, head to Green Rhode Island to meet a maple sugarer and Sounds of the City takes us to a bustling location. You’ll have to listen to find out where!
In this week’s episode we cover the visit of Liberia’s President elect to Providence, meet up with a librarian at the John Carter Brown Library, learn about plans for the Providence Polo Park, and head to an abandoned amusement park with the Art In Ruins website creator J. Hogue.
RI Feminist Theater - Kiera Feldman, Phone calls from ACI - Laura Brion, Lincoln Park ‘Fun Bus’ - Elizabeth Ochs, Local activists protest LNG - Jon Keesecker, Quahogs - Peter McElroy
E-cycling - John Keesecker, Minimum Wage - Peter McElroy, Emergency Rooms - Jonathan Sidhu, Earned Income Tax Credit - Linda Evarts, Providence Olympics - Kiera Feldman, Sounds of the City - Britt Harwood, Produced by Addie Goss.
Computer recycling - Will Bostwick, Redeveloping Waterfront - Will Bowling, Health Insurance - Liza Cochran, News update - Tory Dunnan, Sounds of the City - Shawn Wen
EEE at Roger Williams Park and Zoo, AS220 Stink Tank, The Raku-Rhody O Experimental Sculpture, The Adelaide Avenue School and Contaminated Land
Providence Janitors, Falling Leaf Pow-wow, I want my Buddy Cianci Back!
Host: Will Bostwick
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