Local Pilot Responds to Germanwings Flight 9525
March 28, 2015
Wood River Valley Resident and local pilot Steven Garman spoke to Dayle Ohlau this week about the Germanwings flight #9525 that crashed in the French Alps early Tuesday morning. Steve has 35 years flying experience and shares his thoughts about what needs to change to make flying more safe across the globe, and his first reactions after hearing about the crash that took the lives of 150 passengers, including the crew, and pilots…
NPR-Climate Change Awareness Through Music
(Robert Davies) He left Oxford, England and quantum optics for Logan, Utah and a job at the Utah State University Climate Center.
One day it occurred to him that maybe music was the answer. His idea was a hybrid event: one that sort of combined a lecture on climate with a musical performance — performance art and performance science.
This American Life- ‘Three Miles’
‘There’s a program that brings together kids from two schools. One school is public and in the country’s poorest congressional district. The other is private and costs $43,000/year. They are three miles apart. The hope is that kids connect, but some of the public school kids just can’t get over the divide. We hear what happens when you get to see the other side and it looks a lot better.’
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/550/three-miles
