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Denise Franklin
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Every week, Voices & Viewpoints brings you conversations with people who have won national or international recognition - and call the Triad home.
The Health & Medicine Report keeps you up-to-date on cutting-edge research.
And you'll hear the viewpoints of our commentators on movies, books, life, and more.
Voices & Viewpoints is a half hour of radio
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Host: Denise Franklin
Producer: Kathryn Mobley |
Compact discs of Voices & Viewpoints may be purchased from 88.5 WFDD.
For more information, call 336-758-8850 or e-mail Julie Patrick at jpatrick@wfu.edu . |
Comic book art...the craft of story-telling that stimulates your eyes as well as your imagination. And it's evolved over the years...bringing to life more than just super heros.
Today's guest is Ben Towle (www.benzilla.com), a nationally published, independent cartoonist and whose work ranges from southern folk tales to historical fiction. He also co-founder a national association that supports the teaching of comic art in higher education.
Ben distinguished himself to being a one man operation from story conception, drawing the characters to composing and lettering their dialogue. Now he's collaborating with a mystery writer--illustrating a biographical graphic novel about Amelia Earhart.
Last December, Midnight Sun was released as a complete graphic novel. And just for fun, Ben recently created a one-page comic strip about the legendary 50s Winston-Salem R&B/soul group, The "5" Royales. It published in the music magazine called Signal to Noise.
On this week's Health & Medicine report...new research into the causes of migraine tension headaches--now shows a commonly used treatement is raising some concerns. Dr. Timothy Houle--a PhD and a research assistant professor in the department of anastetiology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
His study results appeared in Headache...the official journal of the American Headache Society. Here's an encore presentation of Dr. Houle's interview with Denise.
Tropic Thunder gives our Media Critic Mary Dalton a pleasing jolt.
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Tonight we remember Dr. Thomas K. Hearn--the 12th president of Wake Forest University, a passionate leader in strengthening Winston-Salem's economy, a doctor in philosophy, an author and T.K.--a man who many describe as a compassionate life-teacher.
Monday he passed away in his Winston-Salem home after battling brain cancer. He was 71.
Dr. Hearn served as president, from 1983 to 2005...the second longest tenure in the University's history. Under his leadership, the school rose to national acclaim.
He also devoted a tremendous amount of energy to building bridges between Wake Forest and the Winston-Salem community. Then you add in his work with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, the Piedmont Triad Research Park, and with the economic development group, Ideal Alliance...Dr. Hearn's accomplishments were even more impressive.
Then In 2003, he faced one of his most difficult challenges...a malignant brain tumor. He retired in 2005...and that summer he sat down and talked with host Denise Franklin about how his illness taught him how to live.
We'll hear that conversation but first we begin with a portion of their interview in January 2003.
Dr. Hearn did publish his commencement speeches, in a newly released book, On this day of endings and beginnings. It's available in the College Bookstore on Wake Forest's campus and at the Hanes Mall Deacon Shop, or by calling 336.758.5145.
Profits go to the Louise Patton Hearn Scholarship.
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The sport of distance cycling continues growing in popularity. But when one Winston-Salem mother puts on her helmet and hits the road...she's on a mission--educating people about the need to donate blood and related products.
Our guest today is Cindy Johnson. She's a member of the national 2008 Five Points of Life (www.fivepointsoflife.org) cycling team. These riders peddle across the country telling people the importance of donating blood and other vital tissues through their personal stories. This October, the 2008 team will ride 5-weeks from Alabama to Florida.
This is Cindy's second time being selected for the unique national team...her first experience was in August 2004. That's when she road 36-hundred of miles...through chilling rain, blistering sun and through a part of the Rocky Mountains. And motivating her through every grueling mile was the memory of her youngest son...Andy.
After that ride, she sat down with Denise and shared her remarkable journey of love and courage. Here's an encore presentation of their interview.
Sunday August 17, Cindy along her family and friends are hosting a blood drive in memory of Andy. It's at Union Cross Fire Department, 4401 High Point Rd. in Kernersville (corner of High Point Rd. & Watkins Ford Rd.) Schedule an donation appointment by contacting Cindy:
cjohnson1957@triad.rr.com or call 336-769-9844
In our health & medicine report...she's spent her vast nursing career speaking out on behalf elderly patients within the united states healthcare system. Dr. Beth Barba is an associate professor in the UNC-G School of Nursing and she's nationally distinguished for her work. She received the 2006 Fellow in Gerontology and Geriatric Education by the Association for Gerentology in Higher Education and in 2004 she earned the Outstanding Faculty Member in Gerentological Nursing Education Award. A national honor presented by the John A. Hartford Foundaton Institute for Gereatric Nursing and the American Association for Colleges of Nursing.
Denise spoke with Dr. Barba shortly after she received her first award. Here's an encore presentation of their interview.
Many of us think a movie is just for entertainment. But our media critic Mary Dalton believes movies can influence how we see our world. She explains this by sharing a personal experience that she originally recorded with us in 2003.
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Friday night...the opening ceremonies will officially start the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing China. And for the next 16 days--world-class athletes will be the focus of international attention.
But there's another group of elite competitors who don't get as much media air-time...the Paralympic athletes. They'll compete in the same venues after the traditional games end.
One GSO couple hopes to be invited to work with the Paralympic athletes--as professional massage therapists. Today's guests are
Bill Norman and Shelley Johnson--owners of Kneaded Energy in GSO ( www.kneadedenergy.com)
In 2004 they were chosen to be members of an international sports massage team who took care of these world class athletes during the Olympic Summer Games in Athens Greece.
They spoke with Denise earlier...and said the experience gave them a greater appreciation for how the human body and spirit can overcome.
The Paralympics run from September 6 through the 17th. (www.paralympic.org)
In our Health & Medicine Report--how changing parents' ideas about violence can help protect their children. Dr. Shari Barkin talks about her study.
Literary critic Dudley Shearburn reviews Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler.
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Imagine performing in a 17th century palace overlooking Rome...with the U.S. Ambassador in the audiance. Or tuning into a classical music station while traveling overseas and hearing yourself play. Today's guest is pianist Peter Kairoff. He's recently performed in Moscow, in Prague, throughout Italy, in Romania and in Southern France.
Peter spoke with Denise Franklin earlier...here's an encore presentation of their interview.
Peter's latest CD is American Character: Piano Music of George Chadwick. And this fall he'll judge a piano competition in Milan.
Plus, there are some shining moments in theatres this summer. Media critic Mary Dalton explains. | | |
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