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ArchivesNH's First Mosque Faces Uphill BattleBy Debra Daigle on Thursday, August 31, 2006.New Hampshire's first Islamic Mosque is under construction in Manchester. The state's growing Muslim community, now estimated at over 3,000, has long desired its own place of worship. And this past May, builders finally broke ground in a quiet out-of-the-way neighborhood in the state's largest city. However, some local residents don't want the construction to continue. NHPR Correspondent Debra Daigle has the story from Manchester. listen:
  Country Musician Liz CarlisleBy Liz Bulkley on Thursday, August 31, 2006.As part of The Front Porch Summer Arts Series, singer songwriter Liz Carlisle will sing and play in the studio with some backup help. Liz is a Montana-based country singer who's been compared to Ani De Franco, Dar Williams and Faith Hill. She's 22 and has a 2006 summa cum laude degree from Harvard, a new CD, and she'll be playing at Tupelo Music Hall on September 1st. listen:
Pop Culture is Good (Exchange Favorite)By Laura Knoy on Thursday, August 31, 2006.Our guest today tells us that shows like The Simpsons and video games like Grand Theft Auto and The Sims actually challenge us mentally rather than turning our brains into mush and have become more and more sophisticated over the past thirty years. Steven Johnson draws on fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics and literary theory to make his point about pop culture. Laura's guest is Steven Johnson, author of "Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making us Smarter". *This show originally aired on 5/10/06* listen:
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