August FM Specials
90.1-2 HD &
91.7-2 HD Classical
LA
Opera @ 1:00pm
8/7/10 Siegfried (in German)
8/14/10 Gotterdammerung (in German)
8/21/10 The Stigmatized (in German)
San Francisco Opera @
1:00pm
8/28/10 Otello (in Itallian)
On 90.1 & 91.7 FM
News & Info
The Moth Radio Hour – 8/2 @ 8:00pm A prisoner in a small town lock-up gets sprung
on a promise; a man desperate for a cure for depression travels to Africa to
try a tribal remedy; and novelist/screenwriter Richard Price
("Clockers," "Lush Life," "The Wire") gets a
lesson in interrogation in the back of a NYC cop car. Hosted by The Moth's
Founder, George Dawes Green. NOTE: Some stories are emotionally intense and not
for children.
The Moth Radio Hour 8/9 @ 8:00pm Geneticist Paul Nurse, a Nobel Laureate, learns the shocking
truth about his origins; a nine-alarm blaze in Boston's Chinatown teaches a
daughter about her father's wisdom; and a cop makes an erroneous ID on a
stakeout. Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns. NOTE: some
stories are emotionally intense and not for children.
The Moth Radio Hour 8/16 @ 8:00 pm A man in a mid-life crisis takes a terrifying parachute
jump; an Iraq war veteran comes out of the closet; a daughter "pulls the
plug" on her ailing father; a fireman tries to save two children; and a
would-be Romeo laments the agony of platonic love. NOTE: Some stories are
emotionally intense and not for children.
The Moth Radio Hour 8/23 @ 8:00 pm The top editor of French "Vogue" rents a haunted
flat in Paris; a man takes his wife on a final motorcycle ride; rapper Darryl
"DMC" McDaniels admits his Sarah McLachlan obsession; and a high
schooler is put to the test when he comes out of the closet. NOTE: some stories
are emotionally intense and not for children.
The Moth Radio Hour 8/30 @ 8:00pm A retired felon remembers when he first enrolled in
pickpocket school, a Mormon virgin gives us an episode of No-Sex in the City,
and the victim of a random stabbing has his day in court. NOTE: some stories
are emotionally intense and not for children.
American Radioworks - War on
Poverty: From the Great Society to the Great Recession 8/3/10 @ 8:00pm President
Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty in 1964. He believed a mighty
nation could eliminate want. After all, America had won World War II and was
enjoying spectacular prosperity. Almost five decades later, the poverty rate is
lower but the war is far from won. In the wake of the Great Recession, a new
generation of Americans is struggling with economic deprivation. "War on
Poverty" will blend contemporary storytelling with rich archival audio to
examine the modern face of poverty, and to ask why LBJ's dream of a Great
Society is still beyond reach.
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are
Failing Black Students
8/10 @ 8:00pm Nationwide, suburban schools are
doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not getting
the same results with black and Latino students. This documentary tells the
story of a suburban high school with lots of resources and a diverse student
body that is struggling to close the minority achievement gap.
Nursing a Shortage: Inside Out 8/17 @ 8:00pm special correspondent Rachel Gotbaum reports on how
the shortage has come about and why it matters for nurses, hospitals and
patients alike. She takes us into hospitals where the longest running nursing
shortage in history is already having an impact on quality of care. She reports
on the roots of the problem, encompassing not just changing career choices for
young women and out-dated images of nursing but also the serious difficulties
faced by nursing schools trying to find nurse-educators.
Quality
of Death, End of Life Care: Inside Out
8/24 @ 8:00pm In this full-hour documentary,
Gotbaum follows several patients in their last months, as they confront some of
the most difficult decisions of their lives: whether they should pursue
aggressive and sometimes painful medical treatments that may extend survival or
focus on how to maintain the best quality of life in their final months.
Gotbaum reports on how trends in the American healthcare system influence
patients' decisions and she talks with family members, who are often pushing
for more aggressive treatments.
The Vanishing Middle Class: Inside Out 8/31 @ 8:00pm veteran NPR correspondent Anthony Brooks brings us stories
of real families, and presents snap-shots of the growing challenges that many
of them face. Our journey begins in Massachusetts, where the promise of hi-tech
and a knowledge-based economy is leaving millions of Baystaters behind. We
visit rural Vermont, where despite the beauty of the state’s green rolling
hills, thousands of working families are struggling to heat their homes and
make ends meet. And Brooks speaks with leading economic experts about the
causes and realities of the changing conditions facing the middle class.
Humankind Wednesdays 8/4, 8/11,
8/18, 8/25 @ 8:00pm This series profiles humanitarians,
idealists and visionaries, hosted by award-winning documentary producer David
Freudberg.
It’s Your World -Thursdays 8/5 & 8/12 @8pm- captures leading
voices in politics, business, academia, media and art in candid discussions on
issues concerning the world today.
The
Changing World- Thursdays 8/19& 8/26 @ 8pm - in-depth
documentaries from the BBC
World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our
evolving world.
World Vision Report -Fridays @ 8pm -captures the human drama behind global issues and events.
Stay tuned to Gulf Coast Live weekdays at noon in
early August for Primary Election
coverage. WGCU news will cover the U.S. Representative races for Districts 13
and 16 as well as State Representative races for Districts 55, 73 and 112.
US Representative
District 13
– Vern Buchanan incumbent (rep)
Don Baldauf (rep)
Rick Eaton (dem)
James Golden (dem)
District 16 – Tom Rooney incumbent (rep)
Christopher Craft (dem)
Jim Horn (NPA)
Stan Smilan (dem)
State
Representative –
1) District 55 & District 73 in one GCL
District 55: Martha Allen (dem)
Darryl Rouson (dem) incumbent
District 73:
Matt Caldwell (rep)
Jason Moon (rep)
Cole Peacock (dem)
2) District 112 in one GCL
Juan D’Arce (rep)
Johnny Farias (dem)
James Guerrero (rep)
Jeanette Nunez (rep)
Sandra Ruiz (dem)
Robert Van Name (NPA)