Keeping Kurrent

The Place where we talk about the ideas, issues and trends that shapes our everyday life.

 

The Duquesne Incline building that has two cars that travel up and down a hillside in Pittsburgh, PA. This is a short ride but well worth it since you look down on three major rivers in Pittsburgh, the Allegheney, Monongahela rivers which form the Ohio river.

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Program Schedules & Recordings

Season #11

October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009

A bull carved out of one rock by 8th Century AD craftsmen. The figure is located on the southeast coast of India along the Bay of Bengal at Mahabalipuram in the state of Tamil Nadu. For more information on this work see the web site: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Archit/Mahaba.html.

Wayne Potter and his wife, Pam Brown traveled to southern India in February 2007 and took this picture.

Quick Start to Keeping Kurrent

Our lives are busy. Keeping Kurrent is the place where you can listen to short, reasonably in depth interviews and presentations about a variety of issues, ideas and trends are helpful to you. You are invited to take a quick look some of the broad issues we cover by clicking on the items listed below. Or, you can also examine the details for each category by checking the statements on the right hand side of this page.

Program Number
Date
Program Title
Description
CD Available
#514
Oct. 7, 2008
Oregon's Japanese Immigrants
Yes
#515
Oct. 14, 2008
Writers and Publishers
Diana Abujaber Yes
#516
Oct. 21, 2008
Oregon and Idaho Writers
Yes
#517
Oct. 28, 2008
Molly's Fund and Personal Lupus Stories
Yes
#518
Nov. 4, 2008
Halloween Special
Yes
#519
Nov. 11, 2008
Living with Animals
Yes
#520
Nov. 18, 2008
Japanese Immersion School and Impact of Schools on the Community
Yes
#521
Nov 25, 2008
No show aired.
No
#522
Dec. 2, 2008
Yes
#523
Dec.9, 2008
AARP of Oregon Forum on Diversity and Aging
Yes
#524
Dec. 16, 2008
AARP of Oregon Forum on Diversity and Aging
Replay of program from prior week Yes
#525
Dec. 23, 2008
Snow Day - no program
No
#526
Dec.30, 2008
Sustainable Practices in Grape Growing and Wine Making - Health Benefits of wine
Yes
#527
Jan. 6, 2009
Singer-Songwriter Craig Burke
Yes
#528
Jan. 13, 2009
F.L. Wright -Falling Water and the Gordon House

Hear the Executive Director of the Western Pennsylvania Conservation explain how this organization obtained the Falling Water house and property for their use.

Also, hear xxxx, the Executive Director of the Gordon House tell how the organization became the owners of the house, how they moved it to the Oregon Garden site. The public has access to this house for a fee.

Yes
#529
Jan. 20, 2009
#530
Jan.27, 2009
#531
Feb. 3, 2009
#532
Feb. 10, 2009
#533
Feb.17, 2009
#534
Feb.24, 2009
#535
Mar. 3, 2009
#536
Mar. 10, 2009
#537
Mar.17, 2009
#538
Mar. 24, 2009
#539
Mar. 31, 2009
#540
April 7, 2009
#541
April 14, 2009
#542
April 21, 2009
#543
April 28, 2009
#544
May 5, 2009
#545
May12, 2009
#546
May 19, 2009
#547
May 26, 2009
#548
June 2, 2009
#549
June 9, 2009
#550
June 16, 2009
#551
June 23, 2009
#552
June 30, 2009
#553
July 7, 2009
#554
July 14, 2009
#555
July 21, 2009
#556
July 28, 2009
#557
Aug 4, 2009
#558
Aug 11, 2009
#559
Aug 18, 2009
#560
Aug 25, 2009
"The Typist"
Members of the Senior Services Institute read a play entitled "The Typist." The cast includes Irene Peterson, J.T. Peterson, Arden Benson and Vema Russell. Yes
#561
Sept. 1, 2009

Poetry, a book reading and a personal story

Bret Lott reads from his book, Dorianne Laux reads her poetry and G. Laverne Smith reads from his personal memoirs. Lott and Laux were recorded at Pacific University MFA program in January 2008. Yes
#562
Sept. 8, 2009
#563
Sept.15, 2009
#564
Sept. 22, 2009
   
#565
Sept.29, 2009