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Cornucopia of Sound
WHYY
celebrates Thanksgiving with special programs on 91FM
By Mary
Eileen O'Connor
While
you're preparing your Turkey Day feast this year, take a moment
to reflect on the true meaning of the holiday and be sure to
get some culinary tips and tricks from 91FM's Chef Jim Coleman.
Then, pry your family away from the football games on TV and
gather them around the radio to listen to two unique programs
celebrating America's bountiful oral traditions.
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Chef's Table91FM's
Chef Jim Coleman prepares a Thanksgiving turkey with all the
trimmings, giving listeners suggestions on how to roast the
bird, which side dishes to pair with it, and how to keep the
food hot for your guests. Several guest chefs also stop by to
share their family recipes, holiday traditions, and fun stories. Visit the website for recipes.
Saturday,
November 20 at noon and Wednesday, November 24 at 2 p.m. and online anytime.
Thursday, November
25
Giving
Thanks 2004: A Celebration of Fall, Food, and Gratitude
Classical
music and stories are the centerpieces of this thoughtful, contemporary
reflection on the meaning of the holiday. Host John Birge
(pictured) welcomes former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins,
who shares his Thanksgiving memories and reads from his latest
collection Nine Horses, and Palestinian-American poet
Naomi Shihab Nye, who celebrates our shared humanity through
her warm and humorous insights. The program includes music by
Strauss, Mozart, Bach and Bernstein and features rare recordings
of actor Charles Laughton reading from Jack Kerouac's The
Dharma Bums and the 104th Psalm. Noon
Lost
& Found Sound and Beyond
Academy
Award-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola hosts this anthology
of the best radio documentaries from NPR's long-running Lost
& Found
Sound series. Coppola weaves together this eccentric two-hour
collection -- which includes a surprising tale of legendary
piano showman Liberace and The Trinidad Tripoli Steelband and
the saga of Sun Studios producer Sam Phillips -- with his own
stories, memories and home recordings. Particularly interesting
is Coppola's 1977 "interview" with his 5-year-old
daughter Sophia (pictured with her father), herself a recent
Academy Award winner, about what she wanted to be when she grew
up. 9 p.m.
Friday,
November 26
2004
Third Coast Festival
Peabody
Award-winning radio producer Jay Allison hosts this special
featuring the winning entries from the Third Coast International
Audio Festival, an annual celebration of the most creative and
compelling audio documentaries heard
worldwide across the airwaves and on the Internet. Allison presents
the festival's winning work and the awards for Best Documentary,
Best New Artist and Radio Impact. The program features insightful
interviews with the producers of these award-winning pieces,
which are chosen from hundreds of submissions, and examines
the fascinating behind-the-scenes stories about how they were
recorded. The broadcast also includes a retrospective look at
the life and career of Susan Stamberg (pictured), winner of
the Third Coast Festival's 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award.
9 p.m.
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