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Vol. 6, No. 8 • August 2013

This Month on Morning Conversation Broadcast dates and times are still to be determined for August, but here’s a list of some of the people and topics we’re planning to feature this month. We’ll update this newsletter and re-post it online as soon as details are finalized!

American Cancer Society. Caleb Nehring of the American Cancer Society will talk about the organization’s new study that’s tracking cancer rates and other factors among local residents over the course of several years.

Franklin-Williamson Schools. Matt Donkin, regional superintendent of schools for Franklin-Williamson County, will discuss back-to-school readiness, 2013-14 school standards, and the ongoing process of regional district reorganization.

August 19 • SIU Chancellor Rita Cheng TBD • SIU President Glenn Poshard Matt Donkin, Regional Superintendent, Franklin-Williamson Regional Office of Education (ROE) 21. Photo: ROE 21.

Morning Conversation airs at 8:30am on Tuesdays and other weekdays, as scheduled, and repeats at 5:30pm. For updates, check the Morning Conversation Calendar at wsiu.org/programs morning-conversation.

Find Your Treasure at the

S a t u r d a y , S E P T E M B E R 7 • 1 0 a m - 9 pm s u n d a y , septembe r 8 • n o o n - 6 pm

Wanted! Your unused record albums, CDs, DVDs,

and country western are especially welcome. All donations must be in good, working condition and will be accepted now through Friday, August 16 at the following locations: • University Mall Guest Services, 1237 East Main, Carbondale • SIU Credit Union, 1217 West Main & 395 North Giant City Road, Carbondale • SIU Credit Union, 300 South Pershing, Energy • SIU Credit Union, 540 North Commercial, Harrisburg • SIU Credit Union, 2809 Outer Drive, Marion • SIU Credit Union, 704 East 5th St., Metropolis • Wright Do-It Center, 208 South Williams, Murphysboro Event sponsors include the University Mall, the SIU Credit Union, and Wright Do-It Center.

cassettes, VHS tapes, eight-track tapes, electronic games, audio books, and working stereo equipment!

Volunteers also will be needed to sort and price items, to assist with set-up and clean-up, and to help at the sale. To volunteer, contact Robby Ballard at (618) 453-4355 or robby.ballard@wsiu.org.

The Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS) is seeking these items and more for our annual SIRIS Classic Vinyl & Media Sale. This year’s sale will once again be held at the University Mall in Carbondale, across from the Food Court, on September 7-8 (see times above).

Stereo equipment and music donations of rock, jazz, blues,

Proceeds will benefit the SIRIS, a service of WSIU Radio and SIU for individuals who are blind or print impaired.

Broadcasts include local and national newspapers, magazines, and books. Learn more at wsiunews.org/siris.

Meet SIRIS Board Member teaches a Freshmen Orientation course, which helps students adapt to college life.

“I really enjoy teaching and feel it’s what I was meant to do as my career,” says Dunn.

“I seem to have a knack for being able to make complex material easy for students to understand. Having the opportunity to teach and inspire others is a privilege.”

SIRIS Board member JP Dunn.

Photo: Robby Ballard, WSIU.

Centralia, Illinois native and Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS) board member JP Dunn has made education and helping others his life’s work.

After graduating from Kaskaskia College with an AAS in Electronics Technology, Dunn went on to Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Management. He enjoyed his experience at SIU so much that he decided to stay and earned a Master’s degree in Education, with a specialization in Computer-Based Education, which has since been renamed Instructional Technology.

Dunn was a continuing education instructor at John A. Logan College and a web developer and Blackboard administrator at SIU before becoming a full-time SIU employee in 1997, where he now works as the Learning Management System Administrator for the Center for Teaching Excellence. He also

Dunn first became involved at WSIU many years ago when he volunteered to answer phones during a pledge drive at the urging of his friend, the late Mary Jane Dwyer, a former WSIU Radio staff member. “She said they were always looking for phone volunteers,” he said.

“I thought it sounded like fun – and it was!”

Dunn now also serves as on-air talent during WSIU’s membership drives.

Invited by friend and former SIRIS director, Vickie Devenport, to join the board, Dunn has been an active member for seven years, working to update policies, help with fundraising, and develop outreach activities.

He also helped to rewrite the board’s operating papers. Other goals, he says, include “increasing fundraising, making sure users have functional radios, and adding a SIRIS Internet stream so users can listen online.”

With federal funding for social services dwindling each year, Dunn says he thinks it’s more critical than ever to support SIRIS and public radio, so people of all backgrounds can have access to information about their communities and the world.

“People with disabilities are often left out of certain aspects of society simply because they lack access to information and content,” says Dunn. “I think that’s unacceptable.”

Summer Nights on ATC

JP Dunn

Dunn cites an important friendship as motivation for supporting SIRIS and services like it. “I had a friend in high school who is blind,” he says. “We got to know each other very well and shared an interest in amateur radio. I was inspired by his ability to get around and his refusal to let his disability prevent him from enjoying life. I’m fortunate to have everything I need and more, and serving on the SIRIS board is one of the ways I can share my good fortune and help others.”

A public media fan, Dunn has experienced “many driveway and shower moments” while listening to Morning Conversation, NPR News, StoryCorps, and the Saturday morning lineup.

“I also loved Music From the Hearts of Space and was sorry to see it go,” he says.

Dunn is an avid cook, so he’s also a regular viewer of WSIU-TV’s CREATE channel. “I’ve learned new cooking skills and expanded my culinary vocabulary,” he says. He also enjoys watching NOVA, Frontline, and MotorWeek.

In his spare time, Dunn serves as kitchen coordinator of the Newman Center’s annual Thanksgiving dinner and enjoys spending time with his family, biking, and swimming.

He’d also like to explore the centuries-old architecture in Rome and try skydiving, but adds, “I might have to talk myself in to jumping out of a perfectly good airplane!”

To learn more about SIRIS or to volunteer, call (618) 453-2808 or contact David Whitfield at david.whitfield@wsiu.org.

Summer is in full swing, and in Fridays, Aug 2-30 • All Things Considered honor of the season All Things Considered has brought back the Sylvia Poggioli reports on the mayor’s travels up Summer Nights series! Discover goal to make the The Eternal City more Piestewa places around the country that come to life Peak in when the sun goes down…from well-known pedestrian- and bike-friendly.

Phoenix to hotspots to more surprising locations.

August 16 • Chicago Summer Dance Party get a bird’s Sonari Glinton checks out the dance lessons August 2 • Frog Gigging eye view of and live music at the Spirit of Music Garden Blake Farmer of member station WPLN the city at night. in Chicago’s Grant Park. profiles the southern sport of frog gigging.

August 30 • Senior Softball Gloria Hillard August 23 • Piestewa Peak Hike August 9 • A Roman White Night catches up with female members of Senior Peter O’Dowd of member station KJZZ From Rome’s “White Night” arts festival, Softball USA in Southern California.

What’s the Scoop?

The Summer of ‘63 Airs Through Mid-September During Morning Edition and All Things Considered

Tune in to Morning Edition and All Things Considered daily through mid-September for a series of stories about a pivotal period in the civil rights movement that included Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

The Summer of ‘63 revisits the people and events of that time, and shares relevant stories from the present day. It also features digital elements, including the @TodayIn1963 Twitter account, which compiles moments from the summer of 1963 and tweets them as they happened then. Follow the series online at www.npr.org/ series/188312863/the-summer-of-63.

August Segments

Lessons for Immigrant Rights The immigration bill in Congress has advanced with the help of what is called a vibrant Immigrant’s Rights movement.

Civil rights icons like John Lewis and Rev. James Lawson support it, and the movement has used Immigrant Worker Freedom Rides and undocumented students, called Dreamers, as an

Hosted by NPR’s Michele Norris, The Race Card airs during Morning Edition and features conversations about race and cultural identity from everyday people. Individuals write six-word essays that describe personal insights, with the opportunity to explain the stories behind the essays.

Wed, Aug 7 • Jack Hansan Hear the story of Jack Hansan, a white Cincinnati social worker, who came to DC

organizing force. But while the movement is inspired by the civil rights era, tension has arisen between the Immigrant’s Rights and Black communities.

Yuri Kochiyama, AsianAmerican Activist Former Japanese-American internee Yuri Kochiyama’s chance encounter with Malcolm X in 1963 started a friendship that sparked activism within the AsianAmerican community.

Expats and the March James Baldwin and other expatriates worked to call attention to civil rights issues from abroad. The week before the “official” March on Washington, a smaller gathering was held in Paris.

The Martyrs’ Children Several civil rights advocates who died pursuing equality left behind devastated families, especially children.

While immensely proud of their parents, many report it was a struggle to grow up in the shadow of a martyred hero.

The children of Medgar Evers, Viola Liuzzo, and Martin Luther King share how they’ve coped with the burden and privilege of their legacies.

Blowin’ In The Wind (Encore) Enjoy an encore of this definitive piece on the anthem, recorded in 2000.

Bayard Rustin, Organizer Learn how the March on Washington’s key strategist has inspired many in the gay rights movement.

Witness to History Three people who traveled from Detroit to Washington during the March in 1963 share their stories.

Race Card See article below.

Atlanta March Marches and motorcades led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will start in Birmingham, Alabama, making their way to Washington D.C. NPR covers the march in Atlanta on August 17.

The Race Card Project

in 1963 on a chartered train with 500 likeminded people from Ohio.

Wed, Aug 14 • Robert Avery At 15 years-old, Robert Avery and two friends hitchhiked from Alabama to Washington, where Avery met Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avery is now working on a journey from Chattanooga to the office of the Governor in Mississippi.

Wed, Aug 21 • Edith Lee Payne Detroit activist Edith Lee Payne turned 12 the day of the March on Washington.

Her picture became an iconic image from the ‘63 March.

Mon, Aug 26 • DC Cops Two DC policemen, one black, one white, recall their experiences during the March on Washington. They didn’t work together, but talk about being assigned to work with officers from different races, as the DC police department was segregated back in ‘63.

Tue, Aug 27 & Wed, Aug 28 • Clarence B. Jones Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s attorney discusses King’s “March on Washington” and “I Have a Dream” speeches, the FBI’s wiretaps of his conversations with King, and Mahalia Jackson’s influence on King.

Tune in to WSIU 91.9 HD2 Do you have an HD radio and live in the Carbondale area? If so, have you tuned in to WSIU’s all news and info channel, 91.9 HD2? Our new second channel features programs like Here and Now, The Diane Rehm Show, Talk of the Nation, and Mountain Stage, along with favorites such as Morning Edition and local programs like Rhythm in Bloom, Magic Soul, and Acoustic Nature Hour. You can always listen online, too, at wsiunews.org. Check it out!

Monday

Saturday 7pm • Sunday 6pm August 3 • New Releases Our monthly survey of new and recent releases is sure to hold some pleasant surprises this month!

August 10 • 30 Years Ago: Albums of 1983 This week we dust off the record shelf and play tracks from LPs that were released 30 years ago, in 1983.

August 17 • Encore: They Came From Cork Ireland’s Co. Cork is home to some of the leading singers and instrumentalists, past and present. This week we feature the likes of Jimmy Crowley, Mairtin de Cogain, Paddy Homan, Elizabeth Cronin, Jackie Daly, Patsy O’Brien, and Nollaig Casey and her sister, Maire Ni Chathasaigh.

August 24 • Encore: The Outside Track The five-member young Celtic band The Outside Track visits our studio for some individual interviews and live ensemble playing. The band features two Scottish women, two Canadian women, and a German-born but Irish-raised male guitar player. Their three CDs to date offer some of the most musical and lively arrangements we’ve heard in a long time. Not to be missed!

August 31 • Old Favorites Music from the past several decades turns up in this week’s show, in no particular order, but all top-notch.

12am Putumayo World

Music Hour 1am Sounds Like Radio 3am BBC World Service 4am Morning Edition 9am The Diane Rehm Show 11am On Point 1pm Here and Now 3pm All Things Considered 6pm Fresh Air 7pm Tell Me More 8pm RadioLab 9pm BBC World Service

Tuesday - Friday 12am BBC World Service 4am Morning Edition 9am The Diane Rehm Show 11am On Point 1pm Here and Now (M-Th); Science Friday (F) 3pm All Things Considered 6pm Fresh Air 7pm Tell Me More 8pm BBC World Service (airs daily ‘til 4am, T-F)

Saturday

12am BBC World Service 5:30 State Week in Review 6am Only A Game 7am Weekend Edition Saturday 9am Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! 10am Car Talk

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Saturday, cont’d

11am Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know?

1pm Computer Ed Radio 3pm TED Radio Hour 4pm All Things Considered 5pm This American Life 6pm Celtic Connections 7pm Mountain Stage 9pm Rhythm in Bloom 10pm Magic Soul 11pm World Café

Sunday

12am World Café 1am Sounds Like Radio 3am BBC World Service 5am Acoustic Nature Hour 6am Latino USA 6:30 State Week In Review 7am Weekend Edition 9am On the Media 10am Being w/ Krista Tippett 11am Zorba Paster On Your Health 12pm A Splendid Table 1pm A Prairie Home Companion 3pm Ask Me Another 4pm All Things Considered 5pm Celtic Connections 6pm American Routes 8pm Magic Soul 9pm Mountain Stage 11pm Rhythm in Bloom