Summary:
During the season when hopes for Peace on Earth are expressed, spend an hour hearing from people whose life's work is pursuing peace in different ways. A compendium of compelling moments from the Peace Talks Radio Series in 2007.
Website:
http://www.peacetalksradio.com
Additional Credits and Funding:
McCune Charitable Foundation of New Mexico
Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation
Peace Tales CD Project
KUNM, Albuquerque
Timely on:
December: Year end or New Year's Special - but can run anytime. No specific time language used.
Tones:
Engaging,
Personal,
Thoughtful
Description:
In a season when people are speaking their hopes for a more peaceful planet, we present a compendium of highlights from the Peace Talks Radio series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution.
Listeners will hear about three Nobel Peace Laureates. The peacemaking diplomacy of 1950 Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche is recalled. 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams talks about her campaign to ban landmines and speaks of personal repsonsibility in peacemaking. The microcredit work of 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus is explored.
Also, a remarkable story of forgiveness leads to a program for teaching nonviolence in schools, author Byron Katie talks about the search for inner peace, young people of disparate faiths work together on community projects, and 9/11 Families turn their grief into action for peace.
This is one in a series of evergreen programs highlighting the Peace Talks Radio series. Note other program links below. They can run any time and are usually quite popular with audiences relieved to hear that people ARE working for and talking about peace.
This 2007 program is available in a 59 minute version and a 54 minute newscast ready version. Stations needing the newscast version can drop the optional newscast content segment.
TIMINGS AND CUES
00:00:00 - 00:00:59 - Open Billboard
00:01:00 - 00:05:59 - OPTIONAL NEWSCAST CONTENT
00:06:00 - 00:23:10 - Seg. A (ends with :59 music bed for local spots)
00:23:11 - 00:37:53 - Seg. B (ends with :59 music bed for local spots)
00:37:54 - 00:58:58 - Seg. C (ends with 4 seconds of music out cold)
2006 SPECIAL: http://www.prx.org/pieces/15225
2005 SPECIAL: http://www.prx.org/pieces/6931
2004 SPECIAL: http://www.prx.org/pieces/2866
2003 SPECIAL: http://www.prx.org/pieces/338
