HOTSHEET FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
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-- RADIO ONE --
1. THE CURRENT:
Today [November 9th] marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the
Berlin Wall…a moment in history that changed the face of Europe
forever. To commemorate the occasion, The Current talks to Sylke
Schumann, a journalist and translator who grew up in East Germany.
When the wall came down, her whole way of life collapsed with it.
She’ll join the program to tell her story…and reveal how the
experience lifted the veil over some difficult family secrets.
A look at the political - and personal - effects of the fall of the
Berlin Wall – on The Current with host Anna Maria Tremonti, today at
8:30 a.m. (9 NT) on CBC Radio One.
2. Q:
Today, Q commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin
Wall with a look at the historical impact of German reunification and
its cultural echoes. Host Jian Ghomeshi will also explore other real
and metaphorical walls that currently divide societies around the
world…from Mexico and the U.S., to the two Koreas, to India and
Pakistan. The program will hear from a range of international guests,
including Berlin architect Daniel Libeskind, MTV's chief executive
Bill Roedy and author/historian Margaret MacMillan. Documentary
filmmaker Min Sook Lee and Salman Ahmed, lead singer of the Pakistani
Sufi rock group Junoon will also be on the show to discuss how the
collapse of the wall resonated around the globe.
Don’t miss “The Wall and its Shadows” on Q with host Jian Ghomeshi,
Monday, November 9th at 10 a.m. (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
3. THE NEXT CHAPTER:
This week on The Next Chapter… if it's not one thing, it's... the
MOTHER. Two daughters and their memoirs are on this week's show. Host
Shelagh Rogers pays a visit to Lorna Crozier, who grew up poor in
Swift Current, Saskatchewan before becoming one of Canada's best-known
poets. In her recently released book, Small Beneath the Sky, Crozier
writes about her upbringing…particularly her tough-and-tender mom.
THEN, author Jane Christmas joins the program to talk about her
extraordinary trip to Italy with her mother. The journey was an
attempt to find a renaissance in their difficult relationship…and it’s
featured in Christmas’s travel memoir, Incontinent on the Continent.
A tribute to mother-daughter relationships on The Next Chapter with
host Shelagh Rogers…today at 1:00 p.m. (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
4. IDEAS IN THE AFTERNOON:
In the last decade or so, scientists have been re-evaluating
Neanderthals. Through old and new techniques…researchers are on the
verge of decoding not just their genome, but also some of their
behaviour. Today on IDEAS in the Afternoon, broadcaster Dave Redel
digs into the mysteries of prehistoric Homo sapiens…and discovers that
knowing them is really about knowing ourselves.
It’s the first installment of a fascinating two-part series on
Neanderthals…on IDEAS in the Afternoon with host Paul Kennedy, today
at 2:00 p.m. (2:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
-- RADIO 2 --
5. CANADA LIVE:
It’s all in the family this week on Canada Live…with concerts
featuring brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, and more. After
all, a family that plays together, stays together!
On tonight’s program… Winnipeg favourite Nathan is an urban-rootsy
quartet with guitars, banjo, accordion, bass and drums. Their musical
blend is topped by the sweetest vocals - and enhanced, unusually, by
the theremin. The band features husband and wife team Keri and Devin
Latimer…with Shelley Marshall and Damon Mitchell rounding out the
group. This evening, they play for an adoring audience at Winnipeg’s
Park Theatre with a homespun sound that captures the duality of the
prairies.
Nathan delivers a performance that’s at once contemporary and old-
fashioned, dark and light, lonely yet cozy. That’s on Canada Live…
tonight at 7:00 p.m. (7:30 NT) on CBC Radio 2.