Failing Our Kids, Failing Our Future

Failing Our Kids, Failing Our Future: Reversing the Decline of California's Public Schools
Aired on A World of Possibilities May 22, 2007
http://www.aworldofpossibilities.com/search_results_category.cfm?websitecategory=22

Geo Quiz: Hot Water Beach

Aired on PRI and BBC's The World May 25, 2007

http://theworld.org/?q=node/10361
question w/ theme music: http://www.theworld.org/?q=taxonomy_by_date/1/20070525; answer: http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/10361&answer=true)

The World 's Geo Quiz question was: "We're looking for the name of a peninsula that juts out into the Bay of Plenty. That's the part of the Pacific Ocean that lies off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. Gold miners used to come this way to seek their fortunes along this rugged rocky coastline. One of the peninsula's best kept secrets is: Hot Water Beach. It's place where hot steaming geysers bubble up thru the sand. When the tide comes in, cold seawater mixes with hot steam and voila! It's a natural spa."

Teaching Through Hula

Hula Dancing in Gym Class
Aired on KQED's Pacific Time, April 26, 2007
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R704261830/c

At the Laboratory School, a charter school in Honolulu run by the University of Hawaii's College of Education, hula and other arts classes are as important as academics. Ninth grade students take off their flip flops and practice hula in their school's cafeteria for more than 40 minutes each day.

Revolutionary Piñata Maker

Aired on NPR’s Latino USA, February 23, 2007
http://www.latinousa.org/program/lusapgm070223.html

Aired on KQED's The California Report, Dec. 3, 2006, voiced by guest host Kathy Baron
http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20061203

For centuries, celebrations around the world have included piñatas: treat-filled clay or paper-mache figures suspended on a rope to be smashed by excited party goers. In San Francisco, one Salvadorian craftsman, Romeo Gilberto Osorio goes beyond familiar mass-produced products, building custom piñatas with only a picture.

Illegal Soapbox Derby

Aired on KQED's The California Report January 5, 2007, voiced by host Scott Shafer http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive/R701051630/d

For most people, soap box derbies bring up images of kids zooming downhill in cars made of orange crates and scrap lumber. But for members of The San Francisco Illegal Soap Box Society, the only rules are: cars can’t have motors, but they must have beer holders.

Saying Goodbye to 2006

Aired on KQED's The California Report, December 29, 2006
co-produced with Reid Pillifant, voiced by host Scott Shafer
http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20061224

Filipino Parol Festival

Aired on KQED's The California Report December 22, 2006
co-produced with Reid Pillifant, voiced by host Scott Shafer
http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20061217

For lots of Californians, the holiday season means picking out a Christmas tree, lighting the family's menorah or hanging a decorative wreath on the front door. But for some Filipino-Americans, a different image ushers in the holiday season: a homemade, five-pointed lantern called a parol.