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Quality of Life Airs Tuesdays at 9amHost Terry Phillips presents Valley Public Radio's weekly exploration of issues that
affect our Quality of life. The programs are heard Tuesday mornings from 9am to 10am. Sponsors for this series are: Chevron Corporation, James Irvine Foundation, Comcast and Kaiser Permanente |
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QUALITY OF LIFE is a public forum on the air. We look at people and issues affecting all of us in the Central Valley. Listeners are invited to call in and participate. Heard on Tuesdays at 9 a.m and repeated Tuesday evenings at 7 pm. You can call us Tuesday mornings at 275-8989, or 1-800-224-8989 from outside the 559 area code.
Moderator Terry Phillips is a Fresno native whose career in journalism has taken him around the world. He's served as a correspondent for National Public Radio and CBS News - from such places as Moscow, Baghdad, Kabul, Sarajevo...
"Once upon a time," says Phillips, "there was a federal requirement for broadcasters to present controversial issues of public importance in an honest, equal and balanced manner. It was called the Fairness Doctrine. Although no longer mandated by law, I still believe in the concept. QUALITY OF LIFE is intended to serve that purpose."
To learn more about Terry, visit his website: www.TerryPress.com.
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Free Speech on Campus and at Work
Aired March 9th, 2010
Today’s program is a very special pre-recorded program. On March 4th, our moderator, Terry Phillips, led a discussion before a live audience at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia. With questions and comments from the public, the conversation includes Mr. Joe Altschule, an Attorney; Mr. David Miller, President of Pacific Employers; Dr. Sue Cox, adjunct Professor at Fresno Pacific university; Mr. Tommy Smothers, entertainer. The panel discusses our First Amendment protections for freedom of speech, and how they are extended to the workplace, and where the lines should be drawn between exchange of ideas and unreasonable intrusions at Universities.
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Water Bond
Aired March 2nd, 2010
California voters will have an opportunity to decide on passage of a very large water bond. The long-standing and very contentious issues connected to the distribution, sale, use and storage of water are extremely important in the San Joaquin Valley as well as the rest of the state. Our panel of guests speak to the issues, and deliver a stimulating discussion. Our guests are: Dr. Robert Merrill, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Geology, CSU Fresno; Mr. Jim Earp, Co-Chair of the California Water Bond campaign; Mr. Jim Metropulos, Senior Advocate, California Sierra Club. Also, to speak to issues surrounding increasing the flow of water in the Kern River, is Mr. Florn Core, Former Water Resources Manager for the City of Bakersfield.
The Central Valley Water Forum “Fact vs Fiction” will be at Fresno City College on Saturday, March 13 from 9am to 4pm. Registration is free at Revive the San Joaquin (See link below.)
Additional Links:
California Alliance for Jobs - Rebuild California site
Sierra Club California - water
Revive the San Joaquin
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Funerals and Organ Donation
Aired February 23rd, 2010
Today’s topic is difficult but interesting, and moderator Terry Phillips has a most interesting line-up of guests. Our discussion ranges from typical questions about the funeral business to organ and full body donation, interesting observations by an Anthropologist, and finally, a conversation with the COO of a Cryonic Society. And, we have emails and calls from listeners.
Our guests (six of them!) are: Mr. Michael J. Rabara, President of Central Valley Funeral Directors Association; Mr. Russ Heimerich, spokesman for the California Department of Consumer Affairs; Ms. Ayanna Anderson, Community Development Coordinator for California Transplant Donor Network in Oakland; Ms. Kristin Dorn, Community Relations Manager for Science Care in Phoenix; Dr. Ron Barrett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota; Mr. James Yount, Chief Operating Officer for American Cryonics Society.
Additional Links:
Cemetery & Funeral Bureau
Donate Life california - Organ & Tissue Donor Registry
Whole Body, Organ & Tissue Donation
American Cryonics Association
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