http://wpsu.org/radio/podcast.html en-us 2008 The Pennsylvania State University WPSU - Penn State Hosted by Patty Satalia, this continuing interview series covers a very broad range of topics from entertainment, politics, science, literature, journalism and more. WPSU wpsu@psu.edu WPSU - Penn State Part one – Gypsy Moths Part two – Alternative Energy Series: Coal Gypsy moth caterpillar populations were high in central Pennsylvania last summer and are projected to be higher this year http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080504.mp3 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:43:00 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Part one – Better Education for At-Risk Youth Part two – Alternative Energy Series: Fuel Cells The Pennsylvania Department of Education was recently awarded a half million dollar grant from the John D http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080427.mp3 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:16:44 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Part one - Capital Culture Part two - Race for the 5th As recently as the 1970s, the U http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080420.mp3 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:44:13 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Part one: A Conversation with Writer Mario Vargas Llosa Part two: “Novel “Approach to Gun Control Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the most prolific and celebrated Latin-American writers of our time http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080413.mp3 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:03:59 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Past & Present Presidential Elections Pundits are calling this year's primaries invigorating, unprecedented, unforgettable http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080406.mp3 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:20:34 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: The Amish Sociologist Donald Kraybill and photographer Bill Coleman have had more access to the Amish than most outsiders http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080330.mp3 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:09:02 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Blackout Girl At age 12 and in the throes of her first alcohol-induced blackout, Jennifer Storm was raped http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080323.mp3 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:09:32 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Beating the Odds / Cataract Surgery A diving accident in 1992 left Bill Cawley a quadriplegic http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080316.mp3 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:46:59 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080309.mp3 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:48:38 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: The Decline of the Death Penalty In theory, most Americans support the death penalty, but the possibility of mistakes and recent discoveries of innocence have led to historic shifts in public opinion and to a sharp decline in executions http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080302.mp3 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:26:28 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Classrooms for the Future/Family Planning What if every high school student in Pennsylvania had a laptop? That's the goal of a new Classrooms of the Future initiative, led by Penn State http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080224.mp3 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:11:29 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Negro Baseball League When the entire white culture was telling them, 'You will not play baseball,' they went ahead and formed a league http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080217.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:34:18 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Centralia Mine Fire Anniversary/ Fit to be Crazy The underground mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania, is widely regarded as the nation's worst http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080210.mp3 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:46:24 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Antibiotics Overuse/Healthy Homes Since the introduction of penicillin in 1929, antibiotics have revolutionized medicine and saved countless lives http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080203.mp3 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:03:41 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Emerging Diseases & 2005 Nobel Prize Co-Recipient Barry Marshall We speak with a Penn State biologist about new infectious diseases and those we still don’t control and one prominent gastroenterologist dismissed him as “a crazy guy, saying crazy things http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080127.mp3 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:18:02 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Oil & Biomass Energy As gasoline prices rise, so do battle cries to reduce U http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080120.mp3 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:57:56 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Remembering Tom Larson/Sheetz Convenience Stores When the late Tom Larson took the helm of PennDOT in 1979, he inherited a highway system mired in scandal http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080113.mp3 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:11:01 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Restorative Justice Our current model of criminal justice emphasizes punishment and retribution, which helps explain why the United States has the highest incarceration rates in the world http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN080106.mp3 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:19:17 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Mountaineer Fred Beckey His name is synonymous with mountaineering in Alaska, Canada and the western United States http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071230.mp3 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:27:04 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Our Skin In her fascinating book, Skin: A Natural History, Penn State anthropologist Nina Jablonski traces the three-hundred-million-year evolution of our skin, revealing a host of essential functions most of us take for granted http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071223.mp3 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:17:47 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Slave Neighborhoods & New Planet They married across plantation lines, strived to get right with God, and fashioned neighborhoods as the focus for their struggles to overthrow slave owners http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071216.mp3 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:10:14 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Lost Boys of Sudan In 1987, thousands of boys in Sudan were forced to flee their homelands http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071209.mp3 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:26:35 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Muslim Dialog Gender, war and the Middle East http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071202.mp3 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:16:47 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Trans Fat & Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Trans fats are the hydrogenated oils contained in tens of thousands of processed foods http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071125.mp3 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:10 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Athletes in Trouble & a Conversation with Jake Corman Rarely does a week go by that we're not reading about student athletes in trouble with the law http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071118.mp3 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:35:06 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Striking a Balance & PA Emergency Radios Pressures on our time seem greater than ever, with work encroaching more and more into family life http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071111.mp3 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:31:47 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Female Candidates When the first woman president moves into the White House-whenever that day might be-she will be indebted to at least five women who ran for president before her and helped pave the way http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071104.mp3 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:24:38 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Affirmative Action & Supreme Court Justice Robert H http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071028.mp3 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:27:11 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Horseshoe Curve & Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease A new book released on the history of the Horseshoe Curve tells the story of three little-known events in American history, including the Nazi plot to destroy the Horseshoe Curve, a mission Adolf Hitler himself conceived http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071021.mp3 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:24:05 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Smoking Ban & Breast Cancer Awareness Month Is there public support for a smoking ban in restaurants, bars and casinos? There’s a coalition that's pushing for a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law that protects all Pennsylvanians http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071014.mp3 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:47:15 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Domestic Violence October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month! Relationship violence on college campuses is on the rise http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN071007.mp3 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:00:16 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Law and the War on Terrorism & Along the Tigris The trial of Saddam Hussein to the conviction of Jose Padilla has sparked heated global debate about national security law and international criminal law http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070930.mp3 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:00:50 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Mata Hari When Mata Hari's mummified head was discovered missing from the Museum of Anatomy in Paris, biographer Pat Shipman was intrigued http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070923.mp3 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:47:19 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Sentenced to Science From 1951 until 1974, hundreds of Philadelphia prisoners were used as human guinea pigs in an array of unethical and often dangerous medical experiments http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070916.mp3 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:20:04 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: International Terrorism What do Columbian drug-smuggling enterprises and terrorist networks, including al Qaeda, have in common? We talk with a Penn State professor of political science and public policy about his new book, which explores how drug cartels and terrorist groups remain one step ahead of us, despite our military and technical advantages http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070909.mp3 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:36:27 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Wild Mushrooms & Allegheny Woodrat Are you in the dark about mushrooms? Picking edible mushrooms in the wild can be risky business-and a practice not to be undertaken by amateurs http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070902.mp3 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:58:21 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: New Cathedrals & the Civilian Conservation Corp in PA From the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, many great cities of Europe were best known for their cathedrals http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070826.mp3 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:46:28 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Substance Abuse & Hepatitis C The use of alcohol, marijuana, and other illegal drugs—most notably heroin and oxycontin—is on the rise in central Pennsylvania http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070819.mp3 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:34:34 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Alzheimer’s Disease Dr http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070812.mp3 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:43:21 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Disability Rights There are more than 54 million Americans with disabilities http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070805.mp3 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:41:53 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage & "Who Cares?" Why do poor women put motherhood before marriage, despite the daunting challenges? We talk with a noted sociologist about what motherhood and marriage mean in the context of poverty http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070729.mp3 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:44:24 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: International Center for the Study of Terrorism & Nuclear Terrorism What makes someone join-or support-a terrorist group? A new International Center for the Study of Terrorism has just been established on the University Park campus of Penn State http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070722.mp3 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:36:48 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Affordable Housing & Rural Economy At least one in four Pennsylvanians find it difficult to bridge the gap between their wages and increased housing costs http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070715.mp3 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:42:02 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Pistol Pete & Jimmy Stewart Some say his life reads like a Greek tragedy http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070708.mp3 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:58:37 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: 15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall & the Battle of Gettysburg Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower paved the way to U http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070701.mp3 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:12:05 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Science & Technology and Author Martha Freeman Author and journalist David Freedman writes about science, technology and business, and the intersections between them http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070624.mp3 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:43:40 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Burn Out Nation & Does the Nittany Lion live? Are we becoming a nation of burnouts? We talk with an executive coach who says employees are struggling to survive in today's fast-paced workplace http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070617.mp3 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:52:05 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: International Terrorism What do Columbian drug-smuggling enterprises and terrorist networks, including al Qaeda, have in common? We talk with a Penn State professor of political science and public policy about his new book, which explores how drug cartels and terrorist groups remain one step ahead of us, despite our military and technical advantages http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070610.mp3 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:40:27 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Legislative Reform Are you unhappy with state government? Last November, Pennsylvanians voted for change http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070603.mp3 Tue, 29 May 2007 12:47:33 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: World War II Remembered & Boalsburg Memorial Day Sculptor The thirty-six day campaign to capture Iwo Jima was the bloodiest in the history of the U http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070527.mp3 Wed, 23 May 2007 17:05:18 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Hepatitis C & Skin Cancer Awareness Month An estimated four million Americans are infected with Hepatitis C http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070520.mp3 Tue, 15 May 2007 10:51:40 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Alzheimer’s Disease Dr http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070513.mp3 Mon, 07 May 2007 10:34:14 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Reptiland, Agritourism & Annual River Sojourn Reptiland, located between Williamsport and Lewisburg, is much more than a roadside attraction http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070506.mp3 Mon, 07 May 2007 09:18:57 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Tawni O’Dell & Language in Motion Her debut novel, Back Roads, was an Oprah Book Club selection and a New York Times bestseller http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070429.mp3 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:47:33 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Medical Errors & Cancer Control Month Tens of thousands of people die in hospitals each year as a result of preventable medical errors, making it the eighth leading cause of death in the U http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070422.mp3 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:47:14 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Holocaust Remembrance Sunday, April 15th is Holocaust Remembrance Day, we talk with the producer/director of a new documentary “On the Side of Angels,” about Polish Christians who risked their lives to save Jewish neighbors during World War II http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070415.mp3 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:18:36 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: New Cathedrals & the Civilian Conservation Corp in PA From the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, many great cities of Europe were best known for their cathedrals http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070408.mp3 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:22:35 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: ‘Who Cares?’ & Pennsylvania’s Rural Economy Time is not money, in fact time is more important than money! On this edition of Take Note, we talk with a feminist economist who says the Gross Domestic Product doesn't adequately measure unpaid labor predominantly performed by women, such as housework, childcare, and eldercare http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070401.mp3 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:10:47 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Disability Rights There are more than 54 million Americans with disabilities http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070325.mp3 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:09:47 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Homeless & Micro-Loans Gary Clark's photographs of the homeless in Wilkes-Barre and New York City are drawing attention to the plight of homelessness http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070318.mp3 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:52:15 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Wildlife Photography & PA Alpacas Chances are you've seen their iconic photographic images http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070311.mp3 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:47:52 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Muslim in America An American Muslim leader says American Muslims have a special duty to demythologize Islam to the American public and to stop violence committed by Muslims in the name of Islam http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070304.mp3 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:50:43 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Black Bears & Anne Sullivan Gary Alt is best known as one of the nation's leading experts on the biology of the black bear http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070225.mp3 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:03:11 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Chainsaw Rendezvous The world famous Ridgway Chainsaw Rendezvous is the world's largest gathering of chainsaw artists in the country and last year the event received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070218.mp3 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:17:01 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Substance Abuse & Blair County Drug Task Force Substance abuse is a growing problem in central Pennsylvania http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070211.mp3 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:56:45 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Living While Black & the African American Read-in What role does stress play on the quality of life among Black Americans? During the program, we'll talk with a Penn State researcher about his state-by-state Living While Black index http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070204.mp3 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:44:15 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Horse & Buggy Mennonites The murders of five little girls at an Amish school house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this past fall was viewed not just as a human tragedy but as a dreadful clash of cultures http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070128.mp3 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:55:56 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Cervical Cancer January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070121.mp3 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:06:50 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: PA Secretary of Education Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education has a challenging job: to oversee all education initiatives in the state http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070114.mp3 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:06:50 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: A Conversation with Frank Deford Among the most celebrated and versatile writers in the country, Frank Deford's work appears in virtually every medium-books, magazines, movies and television http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN070107.mp3 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:44:35 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: A Conversation with Mike Reid He was an All-American Penn State football player in the 1960s and later, a first-round draft pick for the Cincinnati Bengals http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061231.mp3 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:06:48 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Fred Waring America Collection His name has been synonymous with music since his high school years in Tyrone, Pennsylvania http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061217.mp3 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:14:47 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: 11 Days in December & Wild Hogs In his newest book, 11 Days in December, master historian Stanley Weintraub transports readers to the frontlines of what was one of the deadliest battles for American forces during WWII http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061210.mp3 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:17:24 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: 34 Million Friends & Promises I Can Keep They were so outraged when the Bush Administration reneged on its commitment to provide $34 million to the United Nations Population Fund that they took matters into their own hands http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061203.mp3 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:04:06 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: The Penny & Now You See It A penny saved may be a penny earned, but today, many of us are reluctant to even take pennies as change http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061126.mp3 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:34:49 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Affordable Housing & Allegheny Chronicles Housing is considered "affordable" if a family pays no more than 30% of its monthly income for total housing costs http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061119.mp3 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:22:33 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Lung Cancer Lung cancer kills more Americans than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061112.mp3 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:47:39 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Ethanol Plant The Bush Administration's Biofuels Initiative to reduce foreign oil dependence calls for the development of advanced technologies for producing ethanol that is both practical and competitive by 2012 http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061105.mp3 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:38:48 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Wild Mushrooms & Allegheny Woodrat Are you in the dark about mushrooms? Picking edible mushrooms in the wild can be risky business-and a practice not to be undertaken by amateurs http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061029.mp3 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:08:55 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Terrorism What makes someone join-or support-a terrorist group? A new International Center for the Study of Terrorism has just been established on the University Park campus of Penn State http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061022.mp3 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:29:38 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Who's Positive? When Tom Donohue learned three years ago that he was HIV positive, it was a very private and painful moment http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061015.mp3 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:13:34 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Global Warming Researchers now say that climate change didn't happen gradually in the past, and it won't happen that way in the future http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061008.mp3 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:12:04 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This past July, Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame filed a civil lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney, Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby and Karl Rove http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN061001.mp3 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:56:41 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Black Mafia Beginning in the late 1960s, the infamous ‘Black Mafia’ terrorized predominantly African-American sections of Philadelphia and was linked to some of the most heinous crimes in Philadelphia history http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060924.mp3 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:35:31 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Title: Pennslvania Voting Machines The Help America Vote Act, which revised election standards and encouraged states to get ride of punch-card voting systems, came in response to the dimpled ballots fiasco that accompanied the 2000 presidential election http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060917.mp3 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:11:48 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State It is hard to find anyone writing today who doesn't owe a debt of influence to Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest American authors of all time http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060820.mp3 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:46:06 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State He discovered mountaineering in 1986 http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060716.mp3 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:49:22 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The simple little molecule we call H20 may not be so simple after all http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060709.mp3 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:45:51 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State At the age of seven, he became the youngest student ever admitted to the acclaimed Juilliard School of Music http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060702.mp3 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:44:48 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State His lifelong love affair with radio began more than 50 years ago http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060625.mp3 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:36:00 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State His newest book has been called utterly original, provocative and truly unforgettable http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060618.mp3 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:12:25 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Pennsylvania's yearlong initiative, "One Book, Every Young Child," is dedicated to instilling in children a lifelong love of learning http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060611.mp3 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:08:42 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State He once lamented "People are now much more interested in writers than in their writing http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060604.mp3 Tue, 30 May 2006 11:03:24 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The Civil War Preservation Trust has preserved more than 22,000 acres of battlefield land in 19 states, including key parcels in Pennsylvania http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060528.mp3 Mon, 22 May 2006 09:46:55 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State If “banjo” makes you think “hillbilly”, you’re the one in the dark ages http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060521.mp3 Fri, 19 May 2006 09:38:46 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The State College Area School District is a district divided http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060514.mp3 Mon, 08 May 2006 12:25:38 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Scientists may have found a less controversial way of getting special human cells capable of growing into nerves, organs or any other cell in the body http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060507.mp3 Tue, 02 May 2006 12:15:06 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Residents of Appalachia suffer from more colorectal cancer deaths than the rest of the country, and in Pennsylvania, colorectal cancer is most often diagnosed during the late stages when chances of survival is lower http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060430.mp3 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:44:18 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State In celebration of Earth Day 2006, we talk with two environmentalists about their work on a former Superfund site in Mifflin County http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060423.mp3 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:23:06 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5 http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060416.mp3 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:50:00 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State To hear a performance by Penn State's student choir, Essence of Joy, is to know that the message and meaning of gospel is powerful and contagious http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060409.mp3 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:19:42 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The construction of Interstate 99 over Centre County's Skytop Mountain has been stalled for almost three years-ever since excavations turned up acid-bearing rocks that threaten area trout streams and groundwater http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060402.mp3 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:32:54 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Family literacy programs have been hurt by cuts in federal funding http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060326.mp3 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:34:38 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State In the name of justice we employ 700,000 lawyers, file 36 million lawsuits and imprison more than two million people http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060319.mp3 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:29:03 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State She's been called one of the best satirists on the planet http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060312.mp3 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:43:13 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State In 1946, 23 leading Nazi doctors stood trial for murder, torture and other atrocities committed in the name of medical science http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060305.mp3 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:41:32 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State It is estimated that nearly 2/3 of high school seniors consume alcohol, the drug of choice for teenagers http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060226.mp3 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:57:35 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State General James Joseph is the new director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060219.mp3 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:50:13 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State His lawsuits and press releases have Pennsylvania's top legislators in a tizzy http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060212.mp3 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:19:47 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State According to the American Red Cross, only 5 percent of people who are eligible donate blood http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060205.mp3 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:16:00 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State In one of the biggest courtroom clashes between faith and evolution since the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, a federal judge ruled that it was unconstitutional for the Dover School district to present Intelligent Design in high school biology courses, saying the concept is creationism in disguise http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060129.mp3 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 06:40:37 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State On this edition of the program, we talk with Robert Shaler http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060122.mp3 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:08:50 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, better known as PennDot, operates the fifth largest state-owned highway system in the nation http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN060115.mp3 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:53:17 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State We speak with Croatian-born writer Josip Novakovich, winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous other awards, about his newest work Infidelities, another masterful collection of short stories http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN010806.mp3 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:58:45 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Earlier Pennsylvanians rarely passed up an opportunity to dam a river, creek or stream http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN010106.mp3 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:40:56 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State We talked with Jim Lichtman, an ethics specialist, who says Martha Stewart may have paid her debt to society for lying to government investigators about a suspicious stock trade, but that doesn't make her a role model for how to run a successful business http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN121805.mp3 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:44:41 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This week we observe the 10th anniversary of the peace accord after the war in Bosnia http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN121105.mp3 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:11:27 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Penn State Press has released a new poetry anthology that’s a unique celebration of Pennsylvania http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN120405.mp3 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:48:03 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State According to one reviewer, "You couldn't get off this bus if you tried http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN112705.mp3 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:10:04 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State For more than three decades, Andrew Vachss has sought to protect children from the devastating effects of child abuse both as a lawyer who represents children exclusively and as a writer whose dark fiction brings his battle before a wider audience http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN112005.mp3 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:46:26 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State It is hard to find anyone writing today who doesn't owe a debt of influence to Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest American authors of all time http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN111305.mp3 Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:37:52 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State He says he was the least funny of everyone in his family http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN110605.mp3 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:27:42 -0500 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State On Friday, October 28, 2005, Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff, "Scooter" Libby, was indicted in the Valerie Plame spy case, prompting us to open our archives http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN103005.mp3 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:38:41 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State The only Republican to be elected to two successive terms of governor of Pennsylvania, Dick Thornburgh has been a key player in American political and legal life for more than three decades http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN102305.mp3 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:54:11 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State This past August, Debbie Elliott was named host of the weekend edition of All Things Considered http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/TN101605.mp3 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:24:38 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State With more than 25 years of varied experience in the news business, Ray Saurez is not only a senior correspondent for the NewsHour on PBS, the former NPR host is also an author and essayist http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/Ray_Suarez.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:37:31 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Lots of novelists get their start at small-town newspapers, like Jennifer Weiner, a reporter for the Centre Daily Times in State College in the early ‘90s http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/Jennifer_Weiner.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:36:51 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State As the school year gears up, parents and teachers are wrestling with the issue of "how do you get kids to read?" In Central Pennsylvania there's an institution dedicated to promoting reading -- for kids, and for readers of ALL ages http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/Steven_Herb.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:35:29 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State We talk with performers Susie Glaze and Peter Pickow about "Singing the Moon Up," an evening of music and storytelling based on the life of folk music legend Jean Ritchie http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/Susie_Glaze.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:34:43 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu WPSU - Penn State Rock star Bruce Springsteen dropped out of college http://www.pspb.org/podcast/files/TakeNote/Mark_Bernhard.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:34:15 -0400 wpsu, penn state, psu