From Across The Yard: September 27, 2009

If you missed this week's FATY, you can listen to the entire show right here: FATY 9.27.09

Thanks to our host, Natalie Panno!

This week:

• Senate Seat Update - Lili Behm returns with commentary on the ongoing furor surrounding Senator Kennedy's vacent senate seat.
• The Donkey Show - WHRB correspondent Natalie Panno speaks with the ART Director Diane Paulus on their new show, The Donkey Show.
• Live from the Political Arena - Natalie Panno talks with Alexander Heffner, host of the Political Arena and Editor-in-Chief of ScoopDaily.
• Tom Newmark - Dennis Raimondi interviews Newmark, president of New Chapter Inc. and an expert on endangered plants and herbs, on his show Speaking Freely. (Listen to the interview in its entirety here.) (Edited by Alyce de Carteret.)

Thanks for listening!

From Across the Yard: April 5, 2009

If you missed today's broadcast of From Across the yard, you can listen to it in its entirety here: FATY 4.05.09.

Thanks to our host, Lili Behm!

This week:

Birdsong- Colleen Carlston explores the cutting-edge research of a UCSF professor who visited Harvard on April 2.

Man On Wire- Dennis Raimondi hosts Speaking Freely, a radio show which aims to ask intelligent and thought-provoking questions and allow guests to speak in detail about their area of expertise and interest. This week begins WHRB News' collaboration with Speaking Freely, by featuring his interview with daredevil Philippe Petit (edited by Eric Romo).

• Philippe Petit- Listen to Dennis Raimondi's entire 30-minute interview.
• Speaking Freely- Check out his website, www.speakingfreelywithdennis.com.
• Introduction- Listen to what he has to say about his radio program, past, present, and future.
  

Mothers- We continue our collaboration with the Community Charter School of Cambridge with student Anne Nicolas's tribute to her mother.

The Political Arena- Alexander Heffner brings us an interview from Capitol Hill with NY Congressman Dan Maffei, this week inside the Political Arena.

WHRB News will cover Harvard's Relay for Life on our next show, set to air April 19. Join us then for more From Across the Yard!

From Across the Yard: International Women's Day

If you were unable to catch the March 8, 2009 From Across the Yard live, you can listen to the whole episode here: FATY 3.08.09.

Thanks to host Eric Romo!

This week's episode features a few pieces relating to International Women's Day:

Commentary on Women's Week at Harvard - Lili Behm introduces a description of the week and its goals, by Gena Haugen.

How Advertising Uses Women- Colleen Carlston spoke with Jean Kilbourne, who studies and gives lectures about the uses of women's bodies in ads we encounter daily. She discusses the harmful effects of these ads.

Watchmen- This much-anticipated film recently opened. Reporter Natalie Panno attended an opening night showing and collected audience feedback.

The Political Arena- Every week, political correspondent Alexander Heffner brings you the scoop from D.C. This week, he discusses the growing phenomenon of "Twittering" politicians.

My Mother's Values- To continue showcasing the work of students at the Community Charter School of Cambridge, this week's episode features Courtney Johnson discussing why her mother and her mother's values are so important to her life.
Hear more from Courtney Johnson here:
Be Who You Are
My Grandmother's Values

Thanks for listening to this latest From Across the Yard! We'll return on March 22, with a special spring break edition. Listen to the Great American Talk Show next Sunday, March 15 at 12:30 PM.

From Across the Yard: February 22

WHRB's biweekly From Across the Yard newsmagazine returned on Sunday, February 22. If you didn't get a chance to hear it live, you can hear the whole episode here: FATY 2.22.09.

Thanks to Colleen Carlston, our host for this show!

This week:

The Political Arena: Live from Washington - In this installment, chief political correspondent Alexander Heffner begins his tenure live from Capitol Hill! He discusses D.C.'s changing political map with new president Obama.

Burrito Showdown - Eric Romo follows Harvard's own burrito-eating team as they compete for fame, fortune, and a trip to Acapulco in Qdoba's "Rice and Beanpot."

Basketball - In this week's piece from a collection created by students at the Community Charter School of Cambridge, Wale Wright discusses how basketball has become a tradition for him.
Hear more from Wale:

Black History Month - February marks America's first Black History Month with an African-American president. Spencer Hardwick, brotherhood chair of Harvard's Black Men's Forum, discusses what this month means to him.

Improv Comedy Festival - Reporter Alyce de Carteret attends Harvard's improv comedy festival, "Summer Camp," with her trusty recorder, vowing to catch hilarious snippets for From Across the Yard. What happens when the trusty recorder lets her down?

As always, thanks for tuning in! Join us again on March 8 at 12:30 P.M. for news and notes From Across the Yard.

WHRB Election Special

Finally available for download is the full recording of WHRB's Election Special last November 4. You can listen to/download the file here: WHRB Election Special.

Note: Due to technical difficulties, two short portions of the nearly six-hour special did not record properly. As a result, there is dead air for 2 minutes in one portion (beginning around the 3:55:00 mark) and 14 minutes in the other (staring around 4:40:00). We apologize for the inconvenience.

Special thanks to everyone involved in the show's production:
Hosts Alexander Heffner and Markus Kolic
Producer Alyce de Carteret
Engineer Chris Hartl
Special correspondents Lili Behm, Eric Romo, Colleen Carlston, Natalie Panno, and Sanyee Yuan

Please check this blog post for updates including links to shorter segments of the special and a list of special guests.

Welcome Back, From Across the Yard!

WHRB's news magazine From Across the Yard returned from its brief hiatus this afternoon. If you were unable to listen to it live, you can hear it in its entirety here: FATY 12.07.08.

Special thanks to our host, Markus Kolic.

This week:

• The Political Arena: Youth Vote - On this week's segment inside the Political Arena, chief political correspondent Alexander Heffner evaluates the historicity of the youth voter turnout at November 4's election.
• Obama's Election: A Continent Away - A feature on the African reaction to and inspiration by Obama's election, by reporter Natalie Panno
• The Holiday Season - A feature on how the economic recession will affect holiday shopping, by reporter Lili Behm
• Free Culture at Harvard - A feature on the growing Free Culture movement and how it will affect the way universities interact with their students and the community, by reporter Colleen Carlston
• Veteran's Affairs - On this anniversary of Pearl Harbor, a feature on the treatment of veterans in today's community, by reporter Eric Romo

Thanks for listening! Tune in next Sunday, December 14, at 12:30pm for another absurdly comical episode of the Great American Talk Show with Alex Doubet. Your favorite news magazine will return next semester after a brief winter holiday and January’s Orgy season, so be sure to join us in February for more news and stories From Across the Yard.

Inside This Week's Political Arena...

Host Alexander Heffner sat down with Mike Allen, chief political correspondent for Politico.com, and Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. If you missed this week's episode, be sure to check it out here: TPA 11.23.08.

A week from today, December 7, at 12:30pm WHRB's news magazine From Across the Yard will return to the airwaves. Be sure to tune in!

As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail us at news[at]whrb.org.

The Political Arena: Post Election

Inside this week's Political Arena, host Alexander Heffner sat down with Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe Peter Canellos and historian Douglas Brinkley to discuss the results of last Tuesday's historic election. If you couldn't catch the show live, you can listen to it in its entirety here: TPA 11.09.08.

WHRB News' live election coverage last Tuesday was a huge success! Thanks to hosts Alexander Heffner and Markus Kolic, executive producer Alyce de Carteret, and everyone else who helped to make it happen. Audio of the entire five-and-a-half hours of coverage will soon be available right here on our blog, so be sure to check back!

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you can contact us at news[at]whrb.org. The Political Arena will be back with its web-only edition next week, and will return live two weekends from now on November 23.

Inside This Week's Political Arena...

Host Alexander Heffner sat down with Sam Donaldson, reporter and news anchor for ABC news, and Russell Riley, professor at the University of Virginia and chair of the Miller Center of Public Affairs' Presidential Oral History Program. If you missed today's episode, be sure to check it out here: TPA 10.26.08.

Election Night is quickly approaching, and we here at WHRB News are feverishly preparing an election special of epic proportions. Be sure to tune in for a marathon of live political coverage, beginning at 7pm on November 4 and running into the early morning hours. Our hosts Alexander Heffner and Markus Kolic will be reporting results as they come in with the help of special guests including Grover Norquist, Christiane Amanpour, and Doris Kearns Goodwin (among many others).

We hope you will join us! As always, you can direct questions and comments to news[at]whrb.org.

The Political Arena: Webisode

This week, WHRB News is debuting its first webisode series ever: The Political Arena with Alexander Heffner. The Political Arena, a new public affairs broadcast on 95.3FM WHRB, can be heard live on the air bi-weekly on Sunday afternoons. But in the off-weeks you can still expect fresh political insight from bi-weekly webisodes right here on our blog.

In our first webisode, Alexander Heffner sits down with E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post, and Kevin Madden, former national press secretary for Mitt Romney for President 2008. You can check it out here: TPA Webisode 10.19.08.

Be sure to tune in next week for a live episode of The Political Arena on Sunday, October 26 at 12:30pm.

NOTE: The guests on last week's Political Arena were Jonathan Alter, senior editor for Newsweek, and Adam Nagourney, journalist for the New York Times.

The Political Arena: WHRB Debut

Dear listeners,

Due to some unforeseen staffing shortages, WHRB News will be putting its news magazine From Across the Yard on a brief hiatus for the majority of fall semester. We expect that FATY will return to the airwaves on December 7 to showcase the work of our newest reporters, currently in training.

In the mean time, WHRB News is proud to present The Political Arena with Alexander Heffner. This public affairs broadcast will air bi-weekly on Sundays, from 12:30 to 1pm, opposite The Great American Talk Show. Into Election Day and beyond the 2008 campaign, listen for fresh analysis and insight from across the political spectrum. You can learn more about The Political Arena, as well as get extra updates on all things political by visiting the TPA blog.

Along with bi-weekly on-air episodes, we hope to be posting web-only episodes in the off weeks. So check back for more political coverage, analysis, and updates!

(Also, stay tuned for more information about our upcoming election special!)

The first episode of The Political Arena aired this afternoon. If you missed it, check it out here: TPA 10.12.2008.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our recent schedule changes, don't hestate to e-mail us at news[at]whrb.org. We'd love to hear from you!

First FATY of the Year!

After a long summer hiatus, we are glad to be back on the air! This semester is bound to be an exciting one. We are introducing a new segment entitled The Political Arena with Alexander Heffner (TPA). While this may be new to WHRB, Alexander hosted a show with the same title on WPAA, the radio station at his high school in Andover, Massachusetts. Now a student at Harvard, he will continue his long tradition of excellent political journalism, and we are excited and proud to have him join us. WHRB News will also be hosting an election special on the night of the election, November 4. This special will be a marathon of live coverage, reporting the results as they come in with live interviews, expert analysis, and special features you can only get here. You won't want to miss it! Also this semester: the work of local high school students. This summer, WHRB and the Community Charter School of Cambridge (CCSC) paired up to teach students the art of radio. We are proud to broadcast their pieces on the topic of "traditions" throughout these next few months.

It will be an eventful and exciting semester! Don't miss out.

Our first show aired this past Sunday, September 28. If you missed it, you can listen to it in its entirety here: FATY 9.28.08.

Special thanks to our host, John Selig. Also, thanks to Alexander Heffner for his live report for The Political Arena on the evolution of the election, from the conventions to the first debate.

This week:

• The Consequences of Climate Change: Kiribati - An audio postcard edited by reporter Alyce de Carteret on a recent talk President of Kiribati Anote Tong gave on campus entitled "Climate Change: the Human Dimesnion." Kiribati, an island nation in the South Pacific, may face going out of existence due to rising sea levels. To hear the talk in its entirety, see the Extra section.
• Personal Space - A commentary by reporter Larissa Zhou, studying abroad in Shanghai, on adjusting to her new life in China.
• The Crossing Guard - A piece on musical tastes created by high school student Ariel Garcia, brought to you by the CCSC. To hear more of Ariel's work, see the Extra section.

Extra:

• Climate Change: the Human Dimension - Audio of President of Kiribati Anote Tong's entire talk, givenon campus last Monday, September 22.
• Hip-Hop - A piece by high school student Ariel Garcia, brought to you by the CCSC.
• Musical Traditions - A piece by high school student Ariel Garcia, brought to you by the CCSC.

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, don't hesitate to e-mail us at news@whrb[dot]org. Be sure to tune in next Sunday, October 5, at 12:30pm for another fantastic episode of the Great American Talk Show. FATY will be back two weeks from now on October 12, same time, same channel.