Public radio program developer and manager at NPR, WBFO, MPR, WHYY, Philadelphia. Radio development in Africa. Now senior fellow at Wyncote Foundation.
Wyndmoor, PA
Joined September 2008
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Got into @lyft and driver turned around to say, “Laugh for me. I want to hear that laugh.” I laughed. “Ah, yes, I know it’s you.” Said he’s been in US for ten years, from Ethiopia, and has lived in Houston, Austin, Milwaukee, and more, “But always with you…” Awww.
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Our Open Book returns TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY. Steinbeck on sequoias, family political quarrels, and near end.. teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1OwxWNdnY…
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RETWEET this. Every day. Until Election Day.
Anyone anywhere in America who tells you Donald Trump will be better for the economy needs this tweeted at them IMMEDIATELY.
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12. Blackpool, England
"The shape was born out of the need for a weathervane to turn the structure and a deflector to protect the occupants from the wind," explained the English architect Ian McChesney.
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4. Bus stop library in Bogotá, Colombia
Providing access to books for those patiently awaiting public transport.
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And though it might look random and organic, every inch is intentional and packed with symbolism. There are 18 towers: 12 represent the apostles, four the evangelists, one for the Virgin Mary...
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And look at the garden of fruits atop the pinnacles. They represent the fruit of good deeds, even arranged by the seasons in which they grow. Grapes and shafts of wheat symbolize the Eucharist...
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He had this genius idea: hanging weights on strings will form arches that spread their weight optimally under gravity.
Turn this upside down and you have the most structurally-sound arch or dome shapes possible.
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But how does something so irregular-looking stand upright?
Before there was computational analysis, Gaudí realized nature was bound by the laws of mathematics — and forms that mimic nature are structurally sound.
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Gaudí combined these organic forms with the key principle of Gothic architecture: that light itself is divine and should be maximized inside.
He was an artist painting with light...
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The Nativity façade, for example, is an ode to the wonder of nature and life. Mary, Jesus and the saints are surrounded by lush carvings of plants and animals.
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This church has been under construction for 124 years. In 2026, it will become the tallest in the world.
It isn't funded by the state or even the Church — it's being built entirely by the people.
And it's far more impressive than you realize... (thread) 🧵
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DRP partner, Chirundu Radio, interviewed Mpamba School student council members in Nkhota Bay, Malawi, about removing drugs and alcohol from the school grounds. The youth took action after a program on Chirundu Radio.
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Members of the all-boys radio club from DRP-partner Radio Dinosaur in Karonga, Malawi, planted trees on public grounds near the old post office. This initiative, organized by Radio Dinosaur, aims to teach youth the importance of conservation and how trees protect the environment.
