Peace Talks Radio: The Peace Corps Revisited [59:00/54:00/29:00]
From Good Radio Shows, Inc.
| Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Hour Long Specials series
| 01:04:00
Producers: Good Radio Shows, Inc. / Paul Ingles
In March 2006, the Peace Corps marks its 45th anniversary. Five returned Peace Corps volunteers share stories and give their perspective on the history of the corps. A current Peace Corps volunteer in Africa who is helping a community deal with the AIDS epidemic is interviewed. The program also features a conversation with current Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez.
Hosted by Carol Boss and Paul Ingles.
THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED IN 59:00, 54:00 (newscast compatible) and 29:00 LENGTHS.
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- Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Joseph Garcia, Jan Vanderburg, Arne Vanderberg, Dave Davenport, and Lauren Koller (RPCV1.jpg)
- Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez (GaddiVasquez.jpg)
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Additional Information
- Produced: Mar 03, 2006
- Added to PRX: Mar 03, 2006
- This piece is in English
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Charles Lane
Posted on March 24, 2006 at 09:39 AM | Permalink
Review of The Peace Corps at 45 (Peace Talks Radio Series) [59:00/54:00/29:00]
Thoughtful and engaging topic!
This program is in the talk show format and gathers a group of Peace Corp volunteers in a studio to talk about their experience. At times the questions are very engaging, for example, "how does the Peace Corp promote peace?" Thankfully the panelists are intelligent and add something to a clever idea for a show.
At other times this program can be inspiring. Historical commercials were included in the program to texture and segway out of the breaks. Also just listening to these folks talk makes you want to do good.
Journalistically, the show could benefit from alternative points of view. Clearly, it's difficult to say bad things about the Peace Corps, however, at times the discussion seemed to exist in a vacuum where alternatives to the Peace Corps were excluded. Those moments were rare.