WHRB News

Understanding the Cote d'Ivoire Crisis With Professor Akyeampong

news@whrb.org — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:03:40 PDT

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WHRB reporter Allan Bradley sat down with Harvard History Professor Emmanuel K. Akyeampong to learn more about the four-month crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Professor Akyeampong explains that the present division, between president and strongman Laurent Gbagbo and presidential challenger Alassane Ouattara, is the result of an ethnic and religious divide between the north and the south, plus the intrusion of "the politics of indigeneity."

Names for reference:
Félix Houphouët-Boigny - the first president of an independent Cote d'Ivoire after French colonial rule, beginning in 1960.
Henri Konan Bédié - the designated successor to Houphouët-Boigny, Bédié took power in 1993. He was the first to declare Alassane Ouattara ineligible for office because of Ouattara's northern heritage.
Laurent Gbagbo - President of Cote d'Ivoire, 2000-2011
Alassane Ouattara - Prime Minister under Houphouët-Boigny, 1990-1993. Left the nation to work for the International Monetary Fund during Bédié's rule. Winner of the November 2010 presidential election against Gbagbo.

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Voice From Tahrir

news@whrb.org — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:29:37 PDT

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In January and February of this year, the world watched riveted as Egyptians poured into the street to demand the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak after 30 years of rule. At the center of the national movement was Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. A few weeks after those fateful days, WHRB reporter Allan Bradley caught up with Nada El-Khouny, a participant in the historic revolution, to hear how it happened in the words of those who were there.

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Relay for Life

news@whrb.org — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:12:21 PST

Relay for Life: WHRB reporter Natalie Panno interviews Harvard Relay for Life Publicity Co-Chair Eugene Vaios. The Relay will take place on April 22-23, 2011, at Harvard University's Gordon Indoor Track.

Students Protest GOP Cuts

news@whrb.org — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:34:58 PST

By Allan Bradley

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Harvard students demonstrated outside the Kennedy School of Government while Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was giving a talk and answering questions at the John F. Kennedy Forum inside. Over 60 Harvard seniors are planning on joining Teach For America after graduation, and proposed Republican budget cuts would jeopardize those plans.

Full video of the forum event, including Representative Cantor's speech and the question and answer session, should be available at the John F. Kennedy Forum's website. You can hear the protest clearly in the background.

From Across the Yard: Higher Education, Gun Laws

news@whrb.org — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:40:36 PST

Week in Review: Mubarak falls, AOL buys Huffington, Republican rifts appear, and Harvard reconsiders ROTC.

Get a Job: Can you, without a college degree? WHRB's Kevin Sun speaks with Kevin Symonds of the Pathways to Prosperity Project on higher education.

The 2nd Amendment, Revisited: Reporter James Pollack explores the arguments for the right to bear arms, including a chat with libertarian economist Jeffrey Miron and writers from the Harvard Political Review and the Harvard Crimson.

From Across the Yard: Mubarak, Obamacare

news@whrb.org — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:26:45 PST

Week in Review: protests in Egypt, health care, Arizona Senator Giffords, and unusual weather.

Sharing the Caring?: Amy Friedman explores the Senate's debate on national health care.

Parsing the Domodedovo Bombing With Former Ambassador Thomas Simons

news@whrb.org — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:32:46 PST

In this complete, unedited interview, WHRB reporter Allan Bradley interviews Dr. Thomas Simons about the conditions in Russia and its troubled North Caucasus region that led to the Monday, January 24th terrorist attack at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

Dr. Thomas Simons is a former U.S. ambassador to Poland and Pakistan, a lecturer in government at Harvard University from 2007-2010, and a visiting scholar at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

Listen to the full interview here.

A redacted version of this interview was aired Sunday, January 30th, 2011.

This Cambridge Life

news@whrb.org — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:40:30 PST

As part of the usual end-of-the-semester WHRB celebration, called Orgy Season, WHRB News dedicated an hours to exploring our own backyard: Cambridge, Massachusetts.

And it's coming soon.

Things to look forward to:

I. Chess and Au Bon Pain: Vipul Shekhawat takes us inside the world of chess in Harvard Square.

II. The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter: Daniel Gross learns about the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.

III. Pahk Yah Cah: Amy Friedman takes a look at The Hahvahd Tour, one of three Unofficial Tours offered by Trademark Tours.

IV. Revolution Books: James Pollack visits Revolution Books, a communist bookstore in Harvard Square on Massachusetts Avenue.

V. Take Ivy: Natalie Panno steps into the classic men's clothier J. Press and speaks to Dennis Black, general manager for Cambridge and New Haven.

Host: James Pollack

The Sound Bites Orgy® 2010

news@whrb.org — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:33:42 PST

As part of the usual end-of-the-semester WHRB celebration, called Orgy Season, WHRB News dedicated two hours to segments on food.

Eating is always a favorite topic for us, but this fall WHRB News noticed a special emphasis on food, from new Harvard Square restaurants to new courses to a new government health campaigns.

I. Pick Your Own: Allan Bradley called up Aaron Libby, owner of a small pick-your-own orchard in Limerick, Main.

II. Economics of Food Consumption: Following the recent recession, WHRB correspondent James Pollack discussed the impact it has had on food consumption with Professor Raj Chetty.

III. Ghee Whiz: Kevin Sun speaks to Sukhwinder Singh, co-owner of India Pavilion in Cambridge, and Ranveer Singh, corporate chef for One World Cuisine, about the finer details of Indian food.

IV. Talking Diet with a Dietitian: Allan Bradley sat down with registered dietitian Kathleen Searles to talk about gaining control over what we eat on a daily basis.

V. Mollie Katzen: Daniel Gross spoke with chef Mollie Katzen, author of The Moosewood Cookbook, a collection of recipes from Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, NY, as well as the more recent Get Cooking, a collection of simple and accessible recipes.

VI. Obesity: James Pollack explores the obesity epidemic in the United States.

VII. Everybody's a Critic: Chris Kilgore looks at the website Yelp and its effect on the restaurant reviewing business.

VIII. The Science of Beer: Natalie Panno takes a tour at Harpoon Brewery and learns how beer is made.

IX. Devra First: Abigail Lind explores the art of food criticism with Devra First, who writes restaurant reviews for The Boston Globe.

X. How It's Made: Chris Kilgore looks back at the "Science of Cooking" class at Harvard this fall.

Host: Daniel Gross

From Across the Yard: Crime, Thanksgiving

news@whrb.org — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:53:55 PST

I. Cambridge Crime: Sean Bender presents an editorial on the recent robberies that have taken place around the Harvard campus.

II. The Origins of Thanksgiving: James Pollack explores the origins of the American Tradition of Thanksgiving - with surprising results. He spoke with the Deputy Executive Director of the organization that runs Plymouth Plantation, Richard Pickering, and Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, the 300th Anniversary University Professor in the Harvard University History Department.

From Across the Yard: Vice, The Game, Commentary, Molecules

news@whrb.org — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:39:29 PST

I. THE GAME: Amy Friedman.

II. Rules for Food: Daniel Gross.

III. Molecular Animation: WHRB Reporter Natalie Panno talks with Robert Lue, the director of life sciences education at Harvard University, about his long fascination with the subject and on his most recent film, "Powering the Cell: Mitochondria," with molecular animator XVIVO.

IV. A New START: Abigail Lind and James Pollack.

From Across the Yard: Dreams and Galaxies

news@whrb.org — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:37:24 PST

I. Schools of Thought: Public Education Reform in 2010 (Part Three):

II. Fermi Bubbles:

III. A Drunken Dream:

IV. Week in Review:

Host: Daniel Gross

From Across The Yard: Bank Robbers, Water, CIA

news@whrb.org — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:35:52 PST

I. The Way We Live Now...Bank Robberies!: Sean Bender asks, where have all the career bank robbers gone? Are there any in Boston?

II. A Shortage of H2O: The UN adopted a resolution in July that affirmed the right to clean water. Vipul Shekhawat reports.

III. Fair Game: Abigail Lind reviews Fair Game, about the revealing of CIA Agent Valerie Plame's identity.

IV. Election Wrap-Up: Allan Bradley speaks on the aftermath of an exciting election.

Host: Amy Friedman

Election Special

news@whrb.org — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:19:14 PST

Allan Bradley and Daniel Gross with live election commentary and interviews and pieces by WHRB News.

From Across the Yard: Running, Aliens, Humanity

news@whrb.org — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:41:09 PST

I. Gaining a Foothold: Amy Friedman looks at the organization Back on my Feet, which fosters a sense of community among the homeless.

II. Where No Man Has Gone Before: James Pollack explores the relatively new field of exoplanetary science, or the search for planets that could support life, and synthetic biology, which might be able to create new life.

III. Public Service: If Kennedy inspired America to get involved in public service, who will do the same for this generation? Chris Kilgore reports.

IV. Trick or Treat!: Kevin Sun examines Halloween.

From Across the Yard: More Mice

news@whrb.org — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:41:04 PST

I. Smelling Light: Natalie Panno speaks with Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Venkatesh Murthy about mice that researchers from Harvard and Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory have engineered to "smell" light.

II. Week in Review: President Obama promotes Democrats up for election. France protests a change to social security. Harvard Professor Roger Owen explains democracy in Iraq. Wikileaks's secret documents. Allan Bradley reports.

From Across the Yard: Education and Four Lokos

news@whrb.org — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:34:34 PDT

I. Schools of Thought: Public Education Reform in 2010 (Part Two): Abigail Lind looks at the history of public schools in the United States in the second part of our series Schools of Thought.

II. Quintessential College: Four Loko has been banned at Ramapo College after 16 hospitalizations for alcohol poisoning. Cornell has banned alcohol at parties with freshman attendees. Daniel Gross weighs in on the issue of underage college drinking.

II. Week in Review: Chilean miners get rescued, Google invests in a offshore wind energy project called the Atlantic Wind Connection. By Allan Bradley.

Host: Abigail Lind

From Across the Yard: Facebook, Superman, Mice

news@whrb.org — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:34:22 PDT

I. Opinion on Opinion: Daniel Gross explores the critic and buzz, in honor of The Social Network.

II. Schools of Thought: Public Education Reform in 2010 (Part 1): Waiting for Superman drew attention to the abysmal test scores of American public school students. Abigail Lind finds out more.

III. MICE: The first ever Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, or MICE, hosted by the Boston Comics Roundtable took place in late September. Natalie Panno went to check it out and speak to some of its participants.

IV. Week in Review: Foreclosure, Afghanistan, the race for Massachusetts governor, by Allan Bradley.

Host: Natalie Panno

From Across the Yard: Tao Lin and the news

news@whrb.org — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:28:34 PDT

I. Richard Yates: Natalie Panno speaks with author Tao Lin about his book Richard Yates, Wikipedia, "I'm Still Here," Whole Foods, and more.

II. Week in Review: Allan Bradley and Daniel Gross with this week's headlines.

Host: Abigail Lind.

From Across The Yard: Tim McCarthy and Don't Ask Don't Tell

news@whrb.org — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:29:04 PDT

I. Don't Ask Don't Tell: Reporter Allan Bradley interviews Harvard Kennedy School Professor Timothy McCarthy after the Senate fails to pass a repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, September 21st. McCarthy is a Lecturer in History and Literature and Public Policy, and he directs the Human Rights and Social Movements Program at the Carr Center.

II. Week in Review: Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell falls to a filibuster in the Senate, Japan and China are engaged in a diplomatic tussle over maritime claims in the East China Sea, and Harvard University chooses to honor Martin Peretz despite student and faculty protest.

Host: Natalie Panno

From Across the Yard: Gary Shteyngart

news@whrb.org — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:29:16 PDT

I. Super Sad: Reporter Abigail Lind speaks with Gary Shteyngart about his new book, Super Sad True Love Story (Random House). Coming soon.

II. Week in Review: Allan Bradley takes at look at current events.

From Across the Yard: Postcards, Pictures, Farmers Markets.

news@whrb.org — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:29:30 PDT

I. Greetings from Boston: Abigail Lind visits the Boston Public Library to see their news show, Greetings from Boston, all about postcards.

II. Our World at War: Natalie Panno checks out the new photo exhibit, Our World at War, on the lower level of Harvard's Center for International Studies (South Wing) and talks to photographer Ron Haviv and VII Director Stephen Mayes.

III. What is Organic?: Daniel Gross goes to the Farmer's Market at Harvard.

IV. Week in Review: The first in a series of weekly segments by Allan Bradley.

Host: Allan Bradley.

From Across the Yard: Allegra Goodman

news@whrb.org — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:16:19 PDT

It's still hot and muggy in Boston, but we're back in session with more news and stories From Across the Yard. Reporter Abigail Lind talks with author and Cambridge resident Allegra Goodman, whose new book, The Cookbook Collector (Dial Press), is out now.

Foreverendia and Reel-to-Reel Orgies

news@whrb.org — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:33:59 PDT

Our Spring 2010 orgies include a stage play adapted for radio and a collection of reel-to-reel recordings from our archives.

Stay tuned for links to relevant articles and information regarding the stories from our reel-to-reel orgy.

Thanks for listening!

From Across the Yard: April 18, 2010

news@whrb.org — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:51:13 PDT

To listen to the show in its entirety, click here: 4/18/2010

Thanks to our host, Daniel Gross.

Tea Partiers - Allan Bradley attends a rally in Boston for the Tea Party Movement to interview attendants about their views on the government and guest speaker Sarah Palin.
iTunesU - Abigail Lind looks into Harvard's new program to distribute lecture recordings through iTunes.
The Elusive Grad Student - Alyce de Carteret goes in search of the Graduate Student, a species of student often encountered at Harvard University. She encounters the Bridget Alex, who studies archeology and human and evolutionary biology.
Speaking Freely, Pedro Noguera - Dennis Raimondi interview Noguera, a professor in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University, on his show Speaking Freely. (Listen to the whole interview here) (Edited by Natalie Panno.)

Thanks for tuning in!