October 2011 | Signal | WSIU Radio

Vol. 4, No. 10: October 2011

Signal

An Online Newsletter from WSIU Public Radio P o w e r e d b y Yo u ®

This Month on Morning Conversations October 4 • Garden Conservancy “Open Days” program

Now in its 25th year, the SI Women’s Health Conference offers information, testing, and support for women all over the region. Women For Health and Wellness Director, Fran Becque, will be in the studio to talk about the event, how it’s grown, and what’s to come.

October 11 • SIUC Chancellor Rita Cheng October 24 • SIU President Glenn Poshard September 27 • Science Café

John Koropchak will be in to discuss an analytic method developed in his lab that has now become commercialized.

All Morning Conversations episodes are available online at www.wsiu.org/live. You can also find them on our podcast page and get a calender listing of upcoming events at www3.wsiu.org/radio/ morningconversation. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

Shown: John Koropchak, Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Dean of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and speaker of Science Café.

Photo: Provided by SIUC.

SIRIS Classic Vinyl Sale A Big Success!

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SIU, in partnership with the University Mall, would like to thank everyone who came out to the 4th Annual SIRIS Classic Vinyl & Media Sale on September 10-11.

Vintage vinyl fans from across the region purchase treasured collectible record albums, CDs, DV’s, eight-track tapes, cassettes, VHS tapes, electronic games, stereo equipment, and more.

And treasures they found! We raised $7,364 at the sale, an increase of almost 25 percent over last year’s total!

All proceeds benefit the Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS), a community service of WSIU Public Radio and Southern Illinois University Carbondale for individuals who are blind or print-impaired.

Many thanks to this year’s sponsors: the University Mall, the SIU Credit Union, Wright Do-It Center, Lyn-Nita Winery, and the Du Quoin Public Library.

Thank You!

For more information about SIRIS, contact Vickie Devenport at (618) 453-6148 or vickie.devenport@wsiu.org.

SIRIS Volunteer: Mary Lynn Winston Winston decided to move to Carbondale in 1994 after her two sons, Curtis and Bob, enrolled at Southern Illinois University and boasted about the beauty of the region. She worked for a short time in WSIU’s membership department before moving to the Office of Research and Development, from which she eventually retired.

SIRIS Volunteer Mary Lynn Winston.

Photo: Katie Tullis.

ary Lynn Winston is a long-time fan of public radio, so when the opportunity to volunteer for SIRIS came up, it only seemed natural for her to get involved.

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After retirement, Winston began to seek volunteer opportunities within the University. Her love for radio comes from its ability to connect individuals to the outside world, which made SIRIS a perfect fit.

Originally from Salem, Illinois, Winston lived and worked in Bloomington-Normal where she worked two full-time careers as a high school English teacher and a copywriter for a local commercial radio station.

“Well, I think SIRIS is a very valuable service for people who can’t read for themselves,” she says. “They can hear local news in greater detail than they can get on television. They learn so much more about their communities.”

As a teacher and writer by profession, Winston was surprised to discover that reading for SIRIS could be such a challenge. “I just never thought it could be so difficult to read a newspaper out loud,” Winston says with a smile. “It was more of a challenge than I thought it would be!”

In addition to her volunteer work, Winston enjoys outdoor activities such as gardening. “When I’m outside, I’m happiest,” she says, adding that her son, Bob, often describes her as a ‘free spirit’. “Bob likes sailing, so we share a common bond in our love for nature.”

Winston says her favorite WSIU Radio programs are Fresh Air, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!. She also enjoys PBS News Hour on WSIU-TV. Learn more about SIRIS and how you can get involved as a volunteer at (618) 453-2808 or wsiu.org/siris.

WSIU Radio Fall 2011 Community Support Celebration Friday, October 21 - Friday, October 28

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o you count on All Things Considered to keep you informed on your ride home from work? Are your weekends incomplete without laughing out loud to Whad’Ya Know?, Car Talk, or Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!?

If you said “Yes” to any of these questions, then we invite you to make a financial contribution during WSIU Radio’s Fall 2011 Community Support Celebration!

Membership support is our most reliable source of funding, accounting for 30% of our annual budget, and helps to pay for the programming and services you’ve come to expect from public broadcasting.

Jimmy Gardner taking calls during the June 2011 member drive.

Photo: Susan Patrick.

If you can’t live without the intelligent and entertaining programs heard around the clock on WSIU Radio… If you value outreach activities that help to improve the quality of life in your community… If you like helping people with physical disabilities stay connected to the world through the Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS)…

If you believe SIUC students should get the best possible broadcast training available…

Make a donation today to WSIU Radio!

Just call 800-745-9748 – or make a secure pledge online at wsiu.org. Your investment in WSIU Radio is an investment in personal excellence and a better life for you, your family, your friends, your neighbors, and your community.

Great things happen when we work together for the common good. And it’s all Powered by You. Thank you!

New Episodes of In the Author’s Voice!

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njoy three new episodes of this in-depth interview series showcasing the works of novelists, poets, literary critics, and more. Coming up this month...

Happy 20th Birthday, World Cafe!

October 3 • Helen Benedict, The Sand Queen October 17 • Robbie Cheuvront and Erik Reed, The Guardian October 31 • D. J. MacHale, The Black

NPR Series: Living Large

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ver the next several months, NPR will present an occasional series "Living Large," exploring what it means to live in a nation where one in three U.S. adults are obese. Just what are the growing costs of living large?

The series launches with a story from NPR's Debbie Elliot, who reports from Mississippi – the state with the highest obesity rate in the nation. This segment is also part of "Southword," a multimedia partnership between The Oxford American and NPR spotlighting the people, places, and trends that shape the modern American South.

First Episode Airs on Saturday, October 1 On Weekend Edition Saturday Living Large: Bariatric Surgery (10/1) Americans spend 61 billion dollars per year on everything from diet pills and exercise videos, to meal plans, health club memberships and medical treatment. NPR's Carrie Kahn examines one fast-growing and lucrative segment of the weight-loss market: bariatric surgery.

Living Large: Colorado Fitness (TBA) Colorado is the thinnest state in the U.S. and though it's always held up as the model of a healthy, active lifestyle, the Rocky Mountain State isn't immune to the obesity crisis facing the rest of the country. One big concern is the state’s growing rate of childhood obesity in Colorado. KUNC's Kirk Siegler reports.

Obesity: Fashion (TBA) In the world of fashion and obesity, one word stands out: Spandex. NPR's Marisa Penaloza reports on how this fabric has altered the fashion landscape, and how designers and retailers are responding to, and leading, attitudes about how people who are obese dress.

Obesity: In The Workplace (TBA) NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on how U.S. jobs are affecting obesity – and vice versa – from the cubicle farm to the factory floor. The costs in terms of lost sick days alone are staggering, and work culture is shifting as "Big and Tall" office furniture and implications for managers in hiring become more prevalent.

Airs Saturdays • 8-10pm

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wenty years ago, World Café debuted on NPR stations nationwide. Since then, more than 3,000 high-profile musicians have appeared on the popular music series, including musical stars such as Joni Mitchell, Black Keys, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Paul McCartney, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Taj Mahal, Coldplay, and Adele.

To mark this historical milestone, twenty specially produced programs will air during the month of October, featuring such artists as Robert Plant, Wilco with Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo, jazz greats Sonny Rollins, Stanley Clarke, Charlie Haden and more; and the Memphis sound of Steve Cropper and Al Green.

Host David Dye also will reveal his picks for 20 albums that have defined the World Café era. Each day will include a feature on the first Café appearances of artists like Sheryl Crow, Counting Crows, and John Mayer.

World Café also will profile 20 new artists – one per day - along with a download sampler for listeners.

We hope you’ll tune in!

Host Bryan Kelso Crow. Photo: Rachel Snow King.

Airs Saturday @ 7pm • Sunday @ 6pm October 8 | New Releases Join host Bryan Kelso Crow for a roundup of new and recent releases from both sides of the Atlantic.

October 15 | Milwaukee Memories We attended this year’s Milwaukee Irish Fest, the largest in the world, and brought back interviews and CDs to share in this week’s program.

October 22 | The Celtic Rock Show There’s a lot of good music under the banner of “Celtic Rock,” and once in a while we devote a whole program to this genre, as a brief departure from our usual acoustic and traditional music focus. If you’re a folk purist, you might find more to like than you might have expected!

October 29 | Samhain Celebration We celebrate the beginning of the new year on the Celtic calendar with music for the harvest season, Halloween, and the ancient festival of Samhain.

Thank You, Underwriters!

Please join us in thanking the underwriters who recently began, renewed, or expanded their partnerships to make public radio possible: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, IL Connect SI, Marion, IL The Garden Conservancy, Cold Spring, NY The Illinois Wine and Art Festival, Mount Vernon, IL Marion Subaru, Marion, IL Outback Concerts Nashville, TN Sound Core Music & Video, Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois Chamber Music Society, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois Metalsmith Society, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL For a complete list of WSIU sponsors and information about sponsoring WSIU programming, visit us online at www.wsiu.org or call (618) 453-4286.

“I appreciate and understand the foundational impact of public radio on communities throughout the country.”

- Leslie Curtis, Carbondale, IL

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y family and I made a significant change when we moved to Carbondale in 1995, after 25 years in Pennsylvania. I had volunteered often over the years for WQLN, the public radio station in Erie, and was pleased to learn that WSIU had a presence here in Carbondale.

Thanks to public radio, I learned a great deal about the community my family and I would be joining.

WSIU and public radio have given me the opportunity to volunteer for a service I’m passionate about. I appreciate public radio and understand its foundational impact on communities around the country.

I’m proud to be a contributor to and volunteer for WSIU.

I’m Leslie Curtis from Carbondale, Illinois and WSIU Public Radio is Powered by Me!

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