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Humanities Desk (NET Radio)
“Humanities Desk” grew from a relationship begun in 1991 between NHC and the Nebraska Public Radio Network to produce the weekly program “Connections,” which featured excerpts from humanities events. In 2003 “Connections” was replaced with “Humanities Desk” incorporating the highly successful NPR-style of news and information production.
Nebraskans statewide can tune into Saturday's "Weekend Edition" at 8:30 a.m. Central Time and "Sunday Morning Edition" at 9:30 a.m. Central Time for coverage of local humanities events. The council also provides funding for NET programs that record and preserve Nebraska's heritage.
KIOS-91.5 FM also airs “Humanities Desk” to Omaha Public Radio listeners Fridays at 9:54 a.m.
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September 2007 “Humanities Desk” can be downloaded and podcast
Features from the “Humanities Desk” on NET Radio are now available for download and podcasting at the NET website.
The stories of Nebraska culture, history, religion, literature, and other cultural events and issues are produced by Jerry Johnston and air on NET Radio Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. Central Time, and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Central Time. KIOS-91.5 FM also airs “Humanities Desk” to Omaha Public Radio listeners Fridays at 9:54 a.m.
“Humanities Desk” receives major support from the Nebraska Humanities Council. To download the features for more convenient listening or to subscribe to a service through iTunes that will deliver each new story to your computer, visit www.NETNebraska.org/podcasts.
“Now people don't have to be tied to a schedule to hear these stories,” Johnston said. “They can listen anytime.”
Recent “Humanities Desk” stories include features on Elsie Eiler, the only resident of Monowi, Neb.; a Ponca Powwow and how it preserves and teaches Native American traditions; and the Nebraska Barons, the state’s only softball team for people in wheelchairs and their attempt to regain the national title.
“Humanities Desk” grew from a relationship begun in the early 1990s between NHC and the Nebraska Public Radio Network to produce the weekly program “Connections,” which featured excerpts from humanities events. In 2003 “Connections” was replaced with “Humanities Desk” incorporating the highly successful NPR-style of news and information production.
To hear archived “Humanities Desk” features you also can visit www.nebraskahumanites.org, then click on Programs and Humanities Desk.
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NHC expands foreign policy programming
The first was a series of statewide public discussions on U.S. foreign policy related to the trade embargo against Cuba and its impact on U.S. agriculture. An NETV-produced program that draws upon the discussion aired on the statewide network.
The second “By the People” program involved a broad cross-section of Nebraskans in a discussion about U.S. foreign policy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Included in the discussion were scholars from Creighton University, UNO and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as experts from the military and the news media.
The Omaha discussion and similar meetings held in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., are part of two PBS broadcasts. The first aired following the NETV program on the Cuba embargo, and the second aired later. For more information on the national "By the People" initiative, including curriculum guides for teachers, go to the PBS website at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/btp/groups.html
One of the common themes of the Omaha meeting was the need of Nebraskans to have more opportunities for similar discussions about U.S. foreign policy in our rapidly changing world.
If your library, church or other community group wants to organize its own local discussions of America’s global role, contact the Nebraska Humanities Council for information about grants for discussion leaders and reading materials. Scholars acting as discussion leaders are available statewide. For more information, call (402) 474-2131 and talk to the NHC program officer.
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Nebraska Humanities
Council programming on international issues has been expanded through a partnership with Nebraska
Public Television in two new projects sponsored by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
as part of its “By the People” initiative, designed to encourage more Americans
to examine our nation’s role in the world. Phone 402-474-2131 or e-mail nhc@nebraskahumanities.org |
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