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Archived Episodes of Be the Change Radio
Be the Change Radio airs every Wednesday from 5 - 6 pm on WVKR
91.3, Independent Radio in Poughkeepsie NY and streams on WVKR.org .
Each show we invite listeners to call in about a particular theme and let
us know what actions they are taking personally, socially, politically,
globally. We also do a featured interview with people who inspire us to
action by their example.
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17 December 2008 - Gratitude Shout-outs
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-12-17
As we navigate the commercialized holiday season, it can be easy to forget
the basics. Listeners phone in to express their gratitude.
10 December 2008 - Stories in Our
Lives
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-12-10
Story teller Jack Maguire tells some stories and talks with us about
the power of stories to bring about change. You can reach Jack at: jacktale
AT aol DOT com.
3 December 2008 - Music as part of life
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-12-03
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Elly
Wininger will bring her guitar to the studio and treat us to some
of her music. We will talk about the wonder of raising our voices together
in song.
26 November 2008 - Gratitude
Listen: Be the Change 2008-11-26
How do we express thanks? How do we give? What is it
to receive? Zen teacher Bonnie Myotai Treace, founder & director of Hermitage
Heart, a Zen practitioner's community, joins Shoko and Julie in a discussion
of gratitude in this Thanksgiving season.
19 November 2008 - Youth Producing Media
Listen: Be the Change 2008-11-19
Mary Iatropoulous of the Children's
Media Project and several young people tell us about Radio Uprising,
a youth-produced radio show that airs on Thursdays from 4-5pm on WVKR.
12 November 2008 - Community Supported
Agriculture
Listen: Be the Change 2008-11-12
Sylvester "Pete" Taliaferro of Taliaferro
Farms of New Paltz talks about contemporary farming and community
supported agriculture.
5 November 2008 - Community Engagement
Listen: Be the Change 2008-11-05
Vassar Professor of Political Science, Sarita
Gregory, tells us about training 180 college students to be pollworkers
in the historical 2008 presidential election.
29 October 2008 - Green Practice
Listen: Be the Change 2008-10-29
We talk to Stephanie
Kaza, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont.
Stephanie has a new book coming out in November entitled Mindfully
Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking.
22 October 2008 - Voting and Fair Elections
Listen: Be the Change 2008-10-22
Our guest is Vicky Perry, Voting Machine Coordinator for the Dutchess
County Board of Elections.
15 October 2008 - Community Activism
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-10-15
We speak with Fred Bunnell who has been, variously, a college professor,
community activist and Dutchess County legislator, among other things.
8 October 2008 - Art as part of our communities
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-10-08
We speak with John Gilvey, a founder of Hudson
Beach Glass of Beacon NY;
his employee Kathleen Anderson, a recent college graduate; and 10 year
old Maddy who has been organizing a recycling program at her elementary
school.
1 October 2008 - Participating in the
Democratic Process
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-10-01
We talk about engaging the democratic process through volunteering in
voter registration drives, poll-watching, and door-to-door canvassing.
We take phone calls from local activist Marnie Andrews who has been a
volunteer poll-watcher, and Gabe, a first-year college student who has
done door-to-door- canvassing in this year's presidential campaign.
24 September 2008 - Alternative Healing
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-09-24 (Sorry, the beginning of the show is missing.)
We speak with midwife and MD Lucia
Roncalli and acupuncturist Julia Rose.
17 September 2008 - Beacon Sloop Club
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-09-17
In 1969 the newly built sloop 'Clearwater' first visited Beacon. A small
band of local youngsters and oldsters organized a welcoming festival to
support the valiant crew of the sloop and to help spread Clearwater's environmental
message. Thus began the Beacon
Sloop Club.
We speak with long time club member Saul Rozinsky.
10 September 2008 - Fund Drive for Independent
Radio
Listen: It's
the fund drive - do you really want to hear it?
We speak several of the Vassar students who run WVKR about the value of
radio in their lives, and the importance of supporting independent radio.
Make a donation to WVKR to keep independent radio alive and thriving.
3 September 2008 - 103rd Assembly District
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-09-03
We speak with Marc
Molinaro, the incumbent, and Anne
Rubin, the challenger,
for the 103rd Assembly District seat. Vote in the primary on September
9th!
27 August 2008 - Labor
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-08-27
We discuss Labor Day, labor unions, working in America. Many of you phone
in to tell about your experiences.
20 August 2008 - Local Food
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-08-20
Julie, Amy and Val speak with Jane Watson of Green
Peas TV, a traveling regional cooking show. Val reads some food poems.
13 August 2008 - Summer Camp for Everyone
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-08-13
We speak with Eva Gottscho, founder of The
Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation. Eva Gottscho is an active 95-year-old
woman with a remarkable story to tell about how she turned her personal
tragedy of losing her daughter into triumph for children who suffer from
kidney disease, and their families.
We also speak with Jerry Huncosky, the
CEO of Frost
Valley YMCA. Frost Valley teams with the Ruth Gottscho
Kidney Foundation to bring children with kidney disease to summer camp.
6 August 2008 - Public Office
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-08-06
Amy and Julie speak to Dutchess County Legislator Joel
Tyner, host of
The
Real Majority Project on
WVKR, about running for public office, being a public official, how that
differs from being a community activist, and how does one go about it anyway?
30 July 2008 - Art and Society
Listen: Sorry,
no recording.
The impact of art on a society and whole cultures,
as well as on an individual level. Art in any form: music, theater, sculpture,
poetry, etc. Amy speaks to Peggy
Stern, co-founder and musical director
of the Wall Street Jazz
Festival.
23 July 2008 - Are you where you thought you would be?
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no recording.
We discussed what people had seen as their future when they were young
and where they actually are today. Conversation about making
positive changes in one's own life in choosing a career, changing careers,
being married or single, having children and the level of involvement with
one's local community.
16 July 2008 - Relationships
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-07-16
Amy, Julie and Michelle discuss the different relationships in our lives:
with people close to us, and not so close; with the earth; with time; with
work and more.
9 July 2008 - Community Building
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-07-09
Guest host Michelle Spark talks about learning the value of community
and her role as a citizen when a river threatened to wash away back yards
all along her street.
We talk to Sybil Rosen Thomas and Bill Bouris about building a library
from scratch in Whitesburg, GA, with the help of the Rural
Library Project. Rosen Thomas is the author of the forth-coming book,
Living
in the Woods in a Tree, about her years with Texas music legend Blaze
Foley.
We also speak to James Krueger, the Executive DIrector of the Pine
Hill Community Center in Pine Hill, NY.
2 July 2008 - Out of the Box: Redefining Expectations
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-07-02
We talk to Bob Dennison, retired NYS Parole Commisioner and current active
volunteer.
25 June 2008 - Access to Education
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-06-25
We interview Katherine Arnoldi, author of several books
including the graphic novel The
Amazing "True" Story
of a Teenage Single Mom. Arnoldi has developed the organization CollegeMomMagazine.org to
provide information about how to navigate the challenges of continuing
one's education while mothering. In as many venues as possible, including
homeless shelters, she spreads the magical words that changed her life
as a teenage single mom — "financial aid." Arnoldi describes
her favorite cartoon of a mother dressed in graduation robes holding her
daughter. The caption reads, "Thank you, Mom, for taking me to your graduation
so I could imagine it for myself."
Several mothers who went back to school later in life call in and share
their experiences of being role models for their children simply
by their example of curiosity, perseverance, and enjoyment of learning.
18 June 2008 - Education
Listen: Be
the Change 2008-06-18
We often say that "Our children are our future," but do we act as if this
is so? Given that we live in a time of unprecedented global,
political, social, and personal challenge, what are we teaching our children
to help them live well? Discussion includes children with special needs
and awareness of teaching our values by our example.
No
Child Left Inside is a movement to give kids the time-honored opportunity
to enjoy nature. Enjoying nature reduces children's loneliness, depression,
and attention problems. Nature teaches without effort lessons of life
and death, beauty, and appreciation.
A listener advocates teaching local sustainability and supporting CSAs.
Community Supported Agriculture farms allow families to buy into a share
of the produce before the farm season. Most CSAs are completely organic,
all are local. Find
a CSA farm near you.
11 June 2008 - Getting over it
Listen: Be the Change
2008-06-11
How do you get over a grudge or betrayal? How do you get
on with your life after you have been hurt? We interview Amber
Chand, once a refugee from her home in Uganda, now
the director of a non-profit organization that helps refugee women world-wide.
Listeners contribute with their stories of turning despair to
inspiration by simply taking action.
Quotes from the show:
- "It takes effort to hold a grudge."
- "When we're hurt, we're often expected to respond in like fashion.
When we don't, it's disarming."
- "Never look down on a person unless you're picking them up."
- "It's not the circumstances that we go through that determine
how we live our lives. It's the meaning we attach to the circumstance."
4 June 2008 - Courage
Listen: Be the Change
2008-06-04
Dialog about the courage to change and the courage to stand
our ground.
28 May 2008 - Speaking out
Listen: Be the Change
2008-05-28
Everyday
stories about speaking out against racist, sexist,
or homophobic remarks in public. Is it possible to do it straightforwardly
with kindness, humor, and without acting like the "morality police"? What
happens when we care enough about a stranger to encourage them not to succumb
to peer pressure? In our personal lives, how do we take steps toward a
more healthy family and work life? Listeners call in and we interview Karima
Amin, a story-teller in Buffalo NY.
21 May 2008 - The Premiere
Listen: Be the Change
2008-05-21
The premiere of Be the Change Radio. Julie, Amy, and Shoko
present their vision of the show. Shoko interviews Julie, producer and
host of The Fancy
Broccoli Show,
A Voice for the Voiceless. Julie talks about news events in 1999, especially
the Columbine shootings, that made her ask, "What can I do to be a
positive voice in the community?" Amy is interviewed
about her involvement in prison reform. "Be
the change that you want to see in the world." — Gandhi