March FM Specials
90.1-2 HD & 91.7-2 HD Classical
Metropolitan Opera
3/6/10 Attila (Verdi)
1:00-3:37pm
3/13/10 The Nose (Shostakovich)
1:00-3:00pm
3/20/10 From the House of the Dead (Janacek)
1:00-2:50pm
3/27/10 Hamlet
(Thomas) 1:00-4:45pm
Naples Philharmonic Orchestra - Beauty and Destiny 3/4/10 8:00pm Brahms' spiritual
Song of Destiny and Beethoven's Dionysian Seventh
Symphony. In between is one of the finest of all cello concertos, the bold,
rousing First Concerto by Saint-Saëns, performed by Naumburg competition winner
David Requiro.
On 90.1 & 91.7 FM News & Info
Coal:
Dirty Past, Hazy Future- (Tuesday 3/2 @ 8pm) Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and
check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for
the day. That’s how much coal the average American uses. No matter what, we
all have a stake in coal’s future. The coal and power industries want you to
know about “clean coal,” but environmentalists say there’s no such thing. This
documentary will dig into those claims, and take your listeners on a journey
from their light switch back to America’s coal fields.
Out
of this World: Rocket Girls and Astro-nettes – (Tuesday 3/9 @ 8pm) the
story of women in the ultimate “Man’s World” – working first in the labs and
then the Shuttle crew cabins of NASA. These stories explore the experiences of
NASA’s first woman engineers and scientists and its first
astronauts.
Out
of this World: Rocketing Ahead- (Tuesday 3/16 @ 8pm) The
history of the Space Program and how it helped shape American defense, K-12
education and Americas universities, as well as how the nation spends its
science dollars today.
Engineers of the New Millennium – Robots for Real – (Tuesday 3/23 @ 8pm)
Robots are not just science fiction anymore. Robots are becoming part of our
lives. They’re making their way into living rooms and backyards, into
classrooms, factories, war zones, and hospitals. You’ll hear about robots that
can help with household chores, assist surgeons in operating rooms, and go into
disaster-stricken areas to help save lives.
Intelligence Squared: America Is To Blame For Mexico's Drug
War – (Monday 3/1 @ 8pm) Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the Motion: Andrés Martinez, Jeffrey A. Miron,
and Fareed Zakaria.
Speaking against the Motion: Jorge Castañeda, Chris W. Cox,
and Asa Hutchinson.
Intelligence Squared: Is California the First Failed
State? –
(Monday 3/8 @ 8pm)
Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the motion: Andreas
Kluth, Bobby Shriver, Sharon Waxman
Speaking against the motion: Lawrence
O’Donnell, Van Jones, Gray Davis
Intelligence Squared: Should the U.S. Step back from its special
relationship with Israel? –
(Monday 3/15 @ 8pm) Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the motion: Roger
Cohen, Rashid Khalid
Speaking against the motion: Itamar Rabinovich, Stuart
Eizenstat
Intelligence Squared: Are
teachers unions to blame for our failing schools?
– (Monday
3/22 @ 8pm) Moderator: John Donvan
Speaking for the motion: Randi Weingarten
and two others TBD
Speaking against the motion: Larry Sand, Rod Paige, Terry
Moe
America Abroad- Aids: Politics of Prevention – (Monday 3/29 @ 8pm)
For nearly 30 years, AIDS has ravaged lives and nations around the world. We
diagnose the practice of treatment and prevention in South Africa and Brazil -
countries with different prescriptions for the same disease. And we examine the
Bush Administration's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Inside Out: Heat of the Moment – (Tuesday 3/30 @ 8pm)
Today, climate change is generally expressed as the gradual warming of Earth's
atmosphere over decades. Scientists see these changes as startlingly rapid in
the context of geologic time - but to millions of people around the world, the
impacts of global warming are immediate, and becoming increasingly frequent and
severe. In "Heat Of The Moment: Inside Out," science journalist Daniel Grossman
takes us to places where the effects of climate change are acutely
felt.
Naples Council on World Affairs – (Thursday 3/4 @ 8pm)
Ambassador Robert Hunter reviews the current administration’s Foreign Policy and what
effect and success the appointed Special Envoys have had to date. The ever
present problems in Israel and Palestine, provoke Special Envoy George Mitchell,
to search for new pathways to re-open the peace talks. Meanwhile, Richard
Holbrooke is balancing a grenade with the pin pulled between Pakistan and
Afghanistan. Can they succeed?
Naples Council on World Affairs – (Thursday 3/18 @ 8pm)
Dr. Victor
Cha, Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song-Korea Foundation in Asian Studies
and Government at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service speaks on
“The North Korean Dilemma”.
Hearing Voices (Wednesdays @ 8pm) -a
weekly one-hour stream of "driveway moments all connected by a weekly
theme
It’s
Your World
(Thursday 3/11 @8pm)- captures leading voices in politics, business, academia,
media and art in candid discussions on issues concerning the world
today.
World
Vision Report (Fridays @ 8pm) -captures the human drama behind global issues and
events.
The Changing World- (Thursday 3/25 @ 8pm)
-
in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our
evolving world.