Word of Mouth Past Shows

November 19, 2008

Avishay Artsy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:35:01 -0500

Today on Word of Mouth, Berkeley, California is going solar - not such a surprising headline, but a new government progam helps homeowners finance the upfront cost of installing solar panels. We’ll also review two new indie films among the holiday movie onslaught. And we go to an all-night film screening in São Paulo, Brazil, where cinema-goers use a Website to pick the movies they want to see in the theater.

November 18, 2008

Avishay Artsy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:23:08 -0500

Today on Word of Mouth, we’ve dreamed about it for decades, and now it might finally be here. Flying cars. Seriously! We’ll hear about the Pentagon’s "Personal Air Vehicle Technology" project. And, have you heard from your toaster oven or rerigerator lately?

November 17, 2008

Avishay Artsy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:14:34 -0500

Today on Word of Mouth, gender identity and children. When a five-year-old boy says he really should have been born a girl, his parents face a tough decision. We’ll find out how psychologists, endrocrinologist, and parents navigate a diagnosis that multiplies among children each year. Plus, our bodies produce Vitamin D from sunlight. But most of us don’t make enough of it, especially African-Americans living in cold climates like New England. Some say that may be why black communities see higher rates of life-threatening diseases.

November 13, 2008

Andrew Walsh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:24:02 -0500

Today on Word of Mouth, we take a scientific look at art. A new project pairs researchers with musicians, filmmakers, chefs and even pick-pocket artists. Together, they probe the five human senses to find where creativity, perception and science overlap. Plus, the healing power of words: A professor in the Philippines prescribes poetry to patients. We also visit a home in Kansas that used to be a nuclear missile base, and we look at new genetic research that traces autism and schizophrenia to feuds between our parents DNA.

November 12, 2008

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:11:58 -0500

Today on Word of Mouth, community funding for independent journalism, an emerging financial model that allows news consumers to pitch ideas and journalists to raise money to cover specific stories that mainstream media might not touch. Plus, the Detroit Institute of Arts is finding high-tech ways to bring their collections alive. And some computer hardware companies are encouraging customers to rebuild and reinvent their products. Also, a Scottish blogger trying to bring the world together through music, and the foodie community’s fixation on fancy salts.