Summary: Nearly 40 public radio producers from around the world lend their voices to a roll call of just some of the names of casualties from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including coalition soldiers, Iraqi and Afghan civilians, contractors and journalists.
A striking program in its simplicity, message and delivery. Producer Paul Ingles, whose work I'm hearing for the first time in detail, has put together a collage of names and deadly events surrounding the Afghanistan and Iraq wars that otherwise usually just show up in a box on page 13 of the New York Times. Or every once in a while one somewhat more prominent name makes the front page or is featured on Morning Edition.
The meditative music used underneath is a bonus.
What's that button or bumper sticker - war is not fun for children or for other human beings? I encourage station managers and program directors to put this show - or perhaps the easier to digest segments - on the air, if only to make their listeners think.
Comments for Peace Talks Radio: Taken Too Soon-The Cost of War (A Memorial)[59:00/54:00/29:00 or Modules]
This piece belongs to the series "Peace Talks Radio: Hour Long Specials"
Produced by Paul Ingles / Good Radio Shows, Inc.
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Thomas Marzahl
Posted on March 20, 2006 at 02:36 PM | Permalink
Review of Taken Too Soon: The Cost of War (A Memorial Day/Weekend Special)[59:00/54:00/29:00 or Modules]
A striking program in its simplicity, message and delivery. Producer Paul Ingles, whose work I'm hearing for the first time in detail, has put together a collage of names and deadly events surrounding the Afghanistan and Iraq wars that otherwise usually just show up in a box on page 13 of the New York Times. Or every once in a while one somewhat more prominent name makes the front page or is featured on Morning Edition.
The meditative music used underneath is a bonus.
What's that button or bumper sticker - war is not fun for children or for other human beings? I encourage station managers and program directors to put this show - or perhaps the easier to digest segments - on the air, if only to make their listeners think.