Peace Talks Radio: The Peace Corps Revisited [59:00/54:00/29:00]
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The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by U.S. president John F. Kennedy. On this program, 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 former 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. The 59:00 and 54:00 versions also contain minute long music beds for local announcements at approximately 18:00 and 40:00 into the hour. Music beds are at the end of Segment 2 and Segment 3.
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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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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.