Monday, Nov 24, 2008

People, Places & Things: Save the Libraries (originally aired 11/24/08)

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11/24: I (Charing Ball) speak with Ouida Davis, chair of the Save the Wadsworth Library Committee,a group of nearby neighbors and library users, who are, and will be, rallying every Saturday to save their branch, which is one of the 11 public libraries proposed for closure under the Mayor's budget cuts. We'll discuss the impact the proposed closure will have on the community as well as the city at-large.
Plus, Micro-chipping AIDS/HIV patients; Barry Manilow as capital punishment; Snitchin' for Dollars; and heartfelt reflections of the real meaning of the upcoming holiday season.

Posted by Charing Ball at 10:07 PM |   

Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008

Quirky, Black & Proud

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I (Charing Ball) welcome Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Moya Bailey, founders of Quirky Black Girls, a new social networking site for Black girls (and women),who prefer lives outside the box, revels in marching to the beat of their own drums and adores books by Octavia E. Bulter.

Plus,sorta-bais news about humanoid robots, butchering Isreal/Palestine relationships, and Philadelphia budget cuts that ignite "Streets of Fire."

Posted by Charing Ball at 8:12 AM |   

Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008

People, Places & Things: Hair Stories and Heritage (air date: 11/10/08)

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People, Places & Things returns Live!!!! Broadcasting from the studio of G-Town Radio (www.gtownradio.com)I (Charing Ball) gets up close and personal with Lori Tharps, who is best known for penning Hair Stories: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America and is one of the feature memoirist in this year's First Person Festival, running Nov. 11-16 here in Philadelphia. Tharps will discuss her recent memoir, Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain, which is an exploration of the complexities of interracial romance, one she found while living in Spain and investigating that country's slave heritage.

ALso, live in studio is Lise Funderburg, author of Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home, who will discuss her own First Person event, Relative History, being co-hosted by Author Daniel Mendelson.

Listen as both ladies describe for us what's its like being bi-racial and in mutli-national relationships. Plus news from around the world that may have flown under your radar.

Posted by Charing Ball at 9:09 AM |   

Monday, Nov 03, 2008

Why Do We Vote, The Finale

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In the Final installation, we'll speak, for the last time, with our 11 decided voters from all across the Philadelphia region (and a couple beyond) who will explains whether or not voting really matters.
Democrats to Republican; Republican to Libertarian, Independent to Democrat - some people change their party affliation like people change clothes. Some have been loyal to their parties since birth. And others are looking for the perfect candidate beyond the two-party system. Hear what makes a person a voter and what they feel about the importance of voting in general.

Posted by Charing Ball at 7:53 PM |